You And Me Are Gone

Album: The Pursuit (2009)
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  • English crossover jazz singer-songwriter Jamie Cullum explained: "This is a stream of consciousness song. I was with my band in the studio and I wrote the lyrics as we were playing. Then I went to LA and was in Sunset Sounds, the studio where they recorded Led Zeppelin I, II and III when the engineer said, 'You know what else was recorded here? The Jungle Book!' Right then I knew how I wanted the song to sound. We channeled that Louis Prima, Jungle Book feel into it. It's got a double meaning – you and me are gone and so in love and you and me are finished."

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