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
Rock Steady (All Saints song) and, recorded and mixed the song at Mayfair Studios in London, England. John Hudson was Kurstin's recording assistant for the track and Jasper Irm, Simon Hayes and Toshi Minesaki were involved in its engineering. All backing vocals in the song are sung by group members Nicole Appleton and Natalie Appleton. "Rock Steady" was mastered by Geoff Pesche. The song is composed in the key of D minor, the beat is set in common time and moves at 130 (closer to 137) beats per minute. "Rock Steady" features a different and new style in music in comparison to previous All Saints