So Tough
instrumental indie pop pop indie british
Written by Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Produced by Saint Etienne Released February 1993 on So Tough Notes Contains a sample from an older track, Scene 93. The sample at the beginning of the song is spoken by Moira Shearer and then Karlheinz Boehm, taken from the Michael Powell horror film "Peeping Tom". The ghostly reverbed vocal harmony (10 seconds or so) after the "Peeping Tom" sample is from The Flamingos' Golden Teardrops. A vocal version, entitled Read more on Last.fm.

Saint Etienne is an indie dance/indie pop trio which formed in Croydon, England in 1990. The band was founded by journalist Bob Stanley (born December 25, 1964) and Pete Wiggs (born May 15, 1966) in Croydon, UK, January 1990. After recording 2 singles with guest singers, Sarah Cracknell (born April 12, 1967, Chelmsford, Essex) joined as a full member. The band is named after a French football team. Saint Etienne are one of the bands who defined the early 90s indie dance genre, fusing the production values of the dance-pop that emerged in the wake of the Second Summer of Love with the clever lyrics and self-aware production of indie music. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.