HOW WAS IT FOR YOU?
First released 1990
How Was It For You? was James first single for Mercury, their first attempt at multiformatting and their first Top 40 single in May 1990. The video was banned from Top Of The Pops as it featured Tim singing underwater.
The track itself was mixed by Tim Palmer, David Bowie's Tin Machine producer and was the only track off Gold Mother that hadn't been extensively previewed before its release.
WHERE TO GET
7" Version : How Was It For You? 7" (JIM 5), CASS (JIMMC 5), CDS (JIMCD 5)
7" Version : The Best Of CAS (536 898-2), CD (536 898-4), 2CD (558 173-2), Take 7 Canadian promo (PCD 197)
12" / Album Version : How Was It For You? red 12" (JIM 512), silver 12" (JIMM 512)
12" / Album Version : Gold Mother original issue LP (848 595-1), CAS (848 594-5), CD (848 595-2)
12" / Album Version : Gold Mother re-release LP (846 189-1), CAS (846 189-4), CD (846 189-2)
12" / Album Version : Gold Mother re-issue CD (548 785-2)
12" /Album Version : James Japanese compilation CD PHCR-1102
Album Version : The Gathering Sound boxset USB stick
Fresh As A Daisy - The Singles (1 disc version)
Fresh As A Daisy - The Singles (2 disc version)
Band Mix : How Was It For You? silver 12" (JIMM 512)
Live Version (Manchester 8.12.90) : Setlist EP US promo (SACD 561)
Live Version : Come Home Live Video (083 092-3)
Live Version : The Gathering Sound boxset - Come Home Live DVD
Live Version (Shepherds Bush 20.4.97) : Waltzing Along CDS2 (JIMDD 18)
Demo Version : The Gathering Sound boxset - vinyl
LYRICS
Well they said you are as good as you look but that
Would be impossible
For you look better than the face of god on a sunny day
You look good enough to eat but I've had a bellyful
And now I have this bill I don't wanna pay
How was it for you
How was it for you
How was it for you
How was it for you
How was it for you
How was it for you
How was it for you
Do you really need that drink to disarm defences
Can you never face the flak when you're in control
Well I don't believe my luck I am defenceless
Do with me what you want but don't tell a soul
Don't tell my soul
How was it for you
How was it for you
How was it for you
How was it for you
How was it for you
How was it for you
Was it as good as it was for me
Well that's the best it's ever been
And you're the best I've ever seen
How was it for you
How was it for you
How was it for you my love
Was it good for you my dear
How was it for you my love
If you ain't out of your head can you ever enjoy yourself
But if you ain't in your head then who's at home?
I'm so possessed by sex I could destroy my health
We could be dancing over coals and we'd never know
We'd never know
How was it for you
How was it for you
How was it for you
How was it for you
How was it for you
How was it for you
How was it for you
How was it for you
How was it for you
Was it as good as it was for me
Well that's the best it's ever been
And you're the best I've ever seen
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah Yeah
We lie awake and feeling warm
I need to feel your healing hands
We lie awake and rise at dawn
Only your fingers understand
Feeling warm
Can understand
The feeling calls
The healing hands
It's such a feeling, yeah
It's such a feeling, woah
It's such a feeling, yeah
It's such a feeling, woah
It's such a feeling