There is a myth surrounding this song that Lowe is mocking David Bowie’s “Breaking Glass” (partly because Lowe has a history of mocking Bowie, having named his 1977 EP Bowi as reprisal for Bowie chopping the “e” off of his album Low). But Lowe denies having ever heard the song:
Lowe allegedly had n...
I love the sound of breaking glass
Especially when I'm lonely
I need the noises of destruction
When there's nothing new
Oh nothing new, sound of breaking glass
I love the sound of breaking glass
Deep into the night
I love the sound of its condition
Flying all around
Oh all around, sound of breaking glass
Nothing new, sound of breaking glass
Oh all around, sound of breaking glass
Nothin' new, sound of breakin' glass
Safe at last, sound of breaking glass
I love the sound of breaking glass
Deep into the night
I Iove the work on it can do
Oh a change of mind
Oh change of mind, sound of breaking glass
All around, sound of breaking glass
Nothing new, sound of breaklng glass
Breaking glass, sound of breaking glass
Sound of breaking glass
I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass was written by Nick Lowe & Steve Goulding & Andrew Bodnar.
I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass was produced by Nick Lowe.
In 2011, Lowe told GQ:
There’s one song of mine called “I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass,” which was a fairly big hit in Europe, and people ask me for that sometimes, and I just don’t do it. It’s a really good record, but there’s not actually any song there. It was a half-baked idea I had when I...