In February 1987, the band released a cover of Dusty Springfield's I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten as a non-album single. The song failed to chart. The duo, with their live band, had played the song on tour, and although Stewart advised against recording it, he produced the song with the duo. In the spring and summer of 1987, the band returned to the studio to record their second album, "The Big Lie". By this time Gilbert had left the band. Iovine, Stewart and Daniel Lanois shared production, however upon completion A&M Records declined to release it. It was later unofficially released in 1997 as a limited promotional factory-pressed CD.