"Step Into My Office, Baby" is a song by

Belle & Sebastian Belle and Sebastian are a Scottish indie pop band formed in Glasgow in 1996. Led by Stuart Murdoch, the band has released eleven albums. They are often compared with acts such as The Smiths and Nick Drake. The name "Belle and Sebastian" come ...

, released as their first single for

Rough Trade Records Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London, England. It was formed in 1976 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove. Having successfully promoted and sold records by punk rock and early post-pu ...

in 2003. The track was produced by

Trevor Horn Trevor Charles Horn (born 15 July 1949) is an English music producer, label and recording studio owner, musician and composer. He is best known for his production work in the 1980s, and for being one half of the new wave band The Buggles (wit ...

and is lifted from ''

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''. The front cover features band member

Bobby Kildea Bobby Kildea is a musician from Northern Ireland. He plays bass and guitar in the Scottish indie pop band Belle & Sebastian, after joining in 2001 to replace departing bassist Stuart David, and had previously been in V-Twin. In December 2008, ...

with Roxanne Clifford (later of

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) and Hannah Robinson. The track reached number 32 on the

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, number 80 in the Netherlands, and came in at number 64 on Australia's

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in 2003. The single release includes "Love on the March", which the band recorded with

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producer Darren Allison.

Reception

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'' said the song, "swaggers into the party like a drunken junior accountant in a

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T-shirt, slinging British-invasion guitar twang, Swingin' Sixties orchestral charts, and hostile-work environment double entendres ("I'm pushin' for a raise")".

Track listings

CD # "Step into My Office, Baby" – 4:14 # "Love on the March" – 3:49 # "Desperation Made a Fool of Me" – 4:15 # "Step into My Office, Baby" (video) 7-inch vinyl # "Step into My Office, Baby" – 4:14 # "Love on the March" – 3:49 DVD # "Step into My Office, Baby" (video) # "Love on the March" (audio and photo gallery) # "Desperation Made a Fool of Me" (audio)

Charts

Release history

References

External links

"Step Into My Office, Baby" at belleandsebastian.com
{{Authority control Belle and Sebastian songs 2003 singles 2003 songs Rough Trade Records singles Song recordings produced by Trevor Horn