"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 twelve studio albums. They are often compared with acts such as the Smiths and Nick Drake. The band took their name from ...

, released as their first single for

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in 2003. The track was produced by

Trevor Horn Trevor Charles Horn (born 15 July 1949) is an English record producer and musician. His influence on pop and electronic music in the 1980s was such that he has been called "the man who invented the eighties". Horn took up the bass guitar at an ...

and is lifted from ''

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''. The front cover features band member Bobby Kildea with Roxanne Clifford (later of

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) and Hannah Robinson. The track reached number 32 on the UK Singles Chart, 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 Darren Allison (born May 1968, Ashington, Northumberland, England) is an English record producer, musician, and audio engineer, best known for his production work with artists such as Spiritualized,Kempster, Chris "Studio secrets of the sta ...

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