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The song came before Fairground Attraction formed. I was living in a damp bedsit in Cricklewood, London. I had a girlfriend but it wasn’t going anywhere. One morning I sat in the kitchen and wrote the words: “I don’t want half-hearted love affairs / I need someone who really cares.” I soon had the first two verses and maybe even the title, Perfect. But it was a different song, more downbeat and reggae-ish. I just left it there in a book.
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