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Can't Sing Straight

Can't BE that straight either

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Teddy Thompson
Mar 23, 2026
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This had a very different tune originally. Quite laid back and power chord-y. Producer Marius DeVries thought it was too similar to another tune on what would become the A Piece of What you Need record. So I had to go away and try to come up with something different. Which I did at the kitchen table of Ben Lederman’s house in Notting Hill. I remember it probably because I had been pushed out of my comfort zone and put under some pressure by Marius, and it was so good for me.

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