from before allowed us to do that...I remember Chris Hughes bringing in more American stuff; that's when we started listening to Steely Dan – even, dare I say it, to Bryan Adams, before he took off. And Bruce Springsteen. It was really to broaden our horizons more than anything else...As usual, it started with us demoing songs, but the demoing turned into the recording as we became attached to the original demos:' The band started to generate new material around the beginning of 1984. The first song written for Big Chair was "Head Over Heels;' which TFF played live during a tour undertaken between the two albums. Regarding the recording sessions for the album, "They weren't bad. There wasn't any real pain involved in doing Songs From The Big Chair. I certainly think not being as precious and breaking out allowed us to relax a little. I don't remember it as particularly a painful experience."