“Utopia” is an epic, cinematic electronic song that heavily features Alison’s operatic vocals.
On A Trip to Felt Mountain Alison explains what it is about:
Utopia’s about genetics and cloning and the idea that – I mean, I’m not saying that this is right, but I’m playing with the idea that if we’re...
[Verse 1]
It's a strange day
No colours or shapes
No sound in my head
I forget who I am
When I'm with you
There's no reason
There's no sense
I'm not supposed to feel
I forget who I am
I forget
[Chorus]
Fascist baby
Utopia, utopia
[Verse 2]
My dog needs new ears
Make his eyes see forever
Make him live like me
Again and again
[Chorus]
Fascist baby
Utopia, utopia
[Bridge]
I'm wired to the world
That's how I know everything
I'm super brain
That's how they made me
[Chorus]
Fascist baby
Utopia, utopia
Utopia was written by Alison Goldfrapp & Will Gregory.
Utopia was produced by Goldfrapp.
Will Gregory told Choler Magazine:
I don’t write the lyrics, so I’m not fully qualified to talk about them. What I will say is that I think we tend to go with the emotion rather than the kind of politics. And I think that the emotion behind the idea that we are potentially in control, scientificall...
Here’s Alison Goldfrapp’s quote from X-ray Magazine, issue 12:
The original Solaris is typical of a certain type of cinema being made around 67/68: real psychological thrillers. They’re all about the idea of what it means to be human, the struggle of being human and what that is, love and death. Al...
It was released as Felt Mountain’s second single on October 16, 2000.
It was later re-released as a slightly remixed version subtitled “(Genetically Enriched)” on June 11, 2001, as Felt Mountain’s fourth single, with the B-side “U.K. Girls (Physical)”. It became Goldfrapp’s first single to chart in...