Perfect Strangers
by Jonas Blue (featuring JP Cooper)

Album: Blue (2016)
Charted: 2
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Songfacts®:

  • British dance producer Jonas Blue hooked up with Manchester singer/songwriter J.P .Cooper for this summery single, which was released as the follow-up to his breakthrough hit "Fast Car." The song finds Cooper singing about not over-thinking a romance over Blue's topical house instrumentation.
  • Jonas Blue explained to the The Idolator that the song is not just for the dancefloor. "I come from a songwriter background, so essentially with my music, I'm trying to make songs that will last a lifetime and although 'Fast Car' was a cover, it reflects what I'm trying to do," he explained. "I want to make songs that you can play on a guitar and they're going to sound just as good as the dance version."
  • So how did Jonas Blue end up working with J.P. Cooper for this track? He explained:

    "I actually wrote the chord progression for 'Perfect Strangers' soon after I finished producing 'Fast Car.' It was just an instrumental for quite a while and we were looking for someone who could sing on it and co-write it as well.

    My manager had a meeting at Island Records case and they happened to say, 'We've got this singer/songwriter, J.P. Cooper. He might be a good fit to work with Jonas.' My manager gave them the instrumental and they sent back a rough version of 'Perfect Strangers,' which sounded great. It had so much vibe to it, soul. The direction he was going, the story he was trying to tell sounded great. I came back to London and finished writing it."

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