The brass sound in the song is played on an E-mu Emulator II by Banks. According to Banks, the sample itself is "from some tape I found lying around," and was not taken from a horn chart of one of the band's previous songs ("Paperlate"), which featured the Earth, Wind & Fire horn section.
The brass sound in the song is created using an E-mu Emulator II by Banks, according to Banks, who claims that the sample was found on tape and not taken from a horn chart of one of the band's previous songs ("Paperlate"), which featured the Earth, Wind & Fire horn section.