To this day, when I play it in a show, the iconic opening chord progression brings tears to my eyes. I’m instantly back in New York, dancing at a club where they projected the video on the wall—a bigger-than-life image of this stunning woman in a silver straitjacket. She stands in the middle of a cold, clinical environment that felt horribly familiar to me. Then comes the unstoppable pulse of the music. At first, there’s sorrow in the lyrics: Where did we go wrong? Where did we lose our faith? The despair is undeniable, but as the song evolves, joy takes over. You want it, you want it, reach
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