How we made the pop song 19 by Paul Hardcastle and Ken Grunbaum

'Paul played me a rough version. When I heard that 'N-n-n-nineteen' hook I thought: What the heck?'Paul Hardcastle, composerAll my life I wanted to be a motorbike racer, until I had a bad crash and ended up in hospital for four months. While I was bedridden I listened to the radio all the time, especially clubby stuff, and thought: "I can do that." So I swapped my video camera for a friend's synthesiser and did.Then, one night, I was watching TV and happened to tape a documentary – it was A...

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