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) "I Wouldn't Wanna Be" a new arrangement and renamed the song "Black Coffee". Recording took place at Guerilla Beach and Larrabee West in Los Angeles, and at Sarm West and Olympic Studios in London. According to Blatt, their collaboration with Orbit allowed All Saints to explore more experimental genres than those of their previous releases, while Nichols viewed Orbit's production in the new arrangement completely different, and better than that of his own on the original. The "Black Coffee" sessions were more frustrating for group member Natalie Appleton who saw the song as an opportunity for fellow member Nicole Appleton