“Strict Machine” is a stomping electronic dance song inspired by a newspaper article about experiments in which scientists stimulated rats' brains so that the rats would feel joy when following commands, and also by “more human aspects of machines, sex and control.”
It was released as Black Cherry’...
[Verse 1]
I get high on a buzz
Then a rush when I'm plugged in you
I connect when I'm flush
You get love when told what to do
[Pre-Chorus]
Wonderful electric
Wonderful electric
Wonderful electric
Cover me in you
[Chorus]
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love with a strict machine
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love with a strict machine
[Verse 2]
When you send me a pulse
Feel a wave of new love through me
I'm dressed in white noise
You know just what I want, so please
[Pre-Chorus]
Wonderful electric
Wonderful electric
Wonderful electric
Cover me in you
[Chorus]
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love with a strict machine
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love with a strict machine
[Bridge]
I'm in love
[Chorus]
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love with a strict machine
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love with a strict machine
[Chorus]
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love with a strict machine
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love with a strict machine
Strict Machine was written by Alison Goldfrapp & Nick Batt & Will Gregory.
Strict Machine was produced by Goldfrapp.
Goldfrapp released Strict Machine on Mon Jul 21 2003.
Alison commented on the song on Twitter during the lead-up to the release of The Singles:
[It was] inspired by an article about electrodes used on rats to make them feel elation & euphoria while performing tasks."