nelson and the band had some problems when they were making some parts of the song. champion said that "... it was really difficult to record, because it worked at about five or six different tempos. it was a tough choice of choosing which tempo to play, because sometimes it sounded too rushed, and sometimes it sounded as if it was dragging..." the band tried to get the tempo correct, according to nelson, "because a beat either side of the tempo we picked didn't have the same groove". to improve the song, they recorded this part live and buckland overdubbed his guitar. they recorded it two or three times until nelson and the band were happy at the output. the band recorded backing vocals in the control room of quadrangle.