Black Coffee (All Saints song) Coffee" was written by Tom Nichols, Alexander von Soos and Kirsty Bertarelli. It is unique for being the only All Saints original single not to be written by group member Shaznay Lewis. Instead, the song was initially recorded by Kirsty under the title "I Wouldn't Wanna Be". She first wrote the song, basing it on her relationship with Swiss entrepreneur Ernesto Bertarelli who she met on his yacht off the coast of Sardinia in 1997. Gary Davies, a BBC Radio 1 DJ and Kirsty's manager, passed on the track's production to Nichols who was also under his management at the
Black Coffee (All Saints song) and Nichols all agreed to. After much time had passed since the recording arrangement, Nichols stressed whether All Saints were going to record the song at all. Over 40 songs were written for the group's second album, "Saints & Sinners", for which William Orbit was enlisted to produce, but Orbit's popularity at the time made it difficult for All Saints to meet with him in studio. It was only after the release of the album's lead single "Pure Shores" in February 2000 that they began working on a follow-up together. Orbit along with Lewis and group member Melanie Blatt gave