Description
EMI, EMI
Catalog#:12 MARIL P10, 12MARIL 10
Format:Vinyl, 12″”, 45 RPM
Country:UK
Released:1989
Genre:Rock
Tracklist:
A Hooks In You (Meaty Mix) 3:57
B1 Hooks In You (7″” Version) 2:57
B2 After Me 3:24
“Hooks in You” is the first single from British rock band Marillion’s fifth album Seasons End, released in 1989. It was the first single to feature lead singer Steve Hogarth, who joined the band the same year, replacing Fish.
“Hooks in You” peaked at #30 on the UK Singles Chart, the highest-charting single from Seasons End and the band’s twelfth consecutive top 40 hit since 1983.
Written as a single, “Hooks in You” is a departure from the progressive rock slant of most of Seasons End, featuring a more straightforward hard rock sound. In 1992 Steve Hogarth discussed how the song came about: “ February ’89. The Music Farm. The days were spent jamming in the studio and drinking fresh coffee in the lounge next door. On one such afternoon I was wrestling with the cafetiere plunger when I heard that guitar riff coming through the wall. I was perusing a fax from the ever-creative John Helmer and there was this line “when the fear gets a hook in you…” The song unfolded in my head, right there and then and, in about an hour, we had the basic structure nailed. We all wondered whether it was too “straight ahead” but always liked its attitude.
B-side featured the predominantly acoustic ballad “After Me”
A music video was released for this single, featuring the band performing the song before a crowd at the Brixton Academy.
I feel so strange; what’s wrong with me?
You’ve got a problem that you can’t see
But I’ve got a feeling that the rumours are true
I see the girl got a hook in you
You carry on believing
That you can take or leave it
Now who are you deceiving?
‘Cause when it’s own up time, she’s in the back of your mind
She’s got her hooks in you
Yeah, she’s got her hooks in you
You said you’d never let it happen again
You spend your money and you’re deeper in
Your fair-weather friends call two by two
To let you know what’s wrong with you
But now your heartbeat’s thumpin’
You watch your nerve ends jumpin’
Well I can tell you something
When it’s own up time, you’re gonna toe the line
She’s got her hooks in you
Yeah, she’s got her hooks in you
She got her hooks in me, too
Say, I feel so strange; what’s wrong with me?
You’ve got a problem that you can’t see
But I’ve got a feeling that the rumours are true
I see the girl got her, I see the girl got her hooks in you
Yeah, she got her hooks in you (she got her hooks in you)
She got her hooks in you (she got her hooks in you)
She got her hooks in you
Yeah!
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