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| The song was written in spring 1999 in London. That time Makovoz resided on Mill Row, which is very close to the Regents Canal in Hackney. He used to take long walks along the canal up to the Regents Park almost every night in a vain attempt to return the times he spent there. Perhaps the canal reminded him of the Moscow River in Strogino Park, a very romantic place, popular among the young couples. It took an hour and a half to compose the main tune, chords, and initial lyrics, which however differ from the final ones.
At first the song sounded really mellow and was supposed to become vocal-and-acoustic guitar piece, which it did: a week later he recorded a simple acoustic version in Airwave Studio, NW6. Next year it was decided to re-do the title. Steff (Stefan Joseph Bohrer) suggested recording in a faster upbeat manner. Background vocals and keyboards were added. Steff spontaneously came up with powerful guitar solo. He also helped to improve lyrics. While Sara and Audley did their job in a couple of takes, Eugene struggled with his keyboards for an hour or two to achieve such a rolling sound.
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