Cccan't You See

"Cccan't You See"
Single by Vicious Pink
from the album Vicious Pink
Released	1984
Format	Vinyl, 12"
Genre	electronic
Label	Parlophone
Songwriter(s)	Brian Moss, Josie Warden
Producer(s)	Tony Mansfield

"Cccan't You See" is a 1984 single by Vicious Pink. Released as their third single, it charted at number 67 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming their only top 75 entry on that chart.

"Cccan't You See" was Vicious Pink's third single, after "My Private Tokyo" and "Je T'Aime (Moi Non Plus)". It was recorded in September 1983 at Buckinghamshire's FarmYard Studios.

For this single, the band had acquired a new producer, Tony Mansfield of New Musik; their previous producer, Dave Ball, was also a member of Soft Cell, and left after the release of "Je T'Aime" after Soft Cell had an international hit single with "Tainted Love". The single featured Mansfield's Fairlight CMI, which was used to sample Russian choirs from short wave radio in an effort to defuse tensions caused by the Cold War, which was a major issue at the time. In addition, vocalist Josephine Warden was sampled and then chopped into assorted rhythms. A Roland Juno-60, a Jupiter 8 and a LinnDrum machine were also used.

"Cccan't You See" had two B-sides, recorded consecutively. "8:15 to Nowhere" was recorded using a Roland TB-303. While Moss and Mansfield were recording it, Warden was watching a documentary on Jerry Lee Lewis in the studio's recreation room, and requested that they do a cover version of "Great Balls of Fire". For this, Mansfield recorded his guitar on to a Revox, scratched the tape reels and recorded the result onto the multitrack. Both B-sides were recorded on the same day at Eden Studios, and both records were produced by Mansfield and used his Fairlight CMI.

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