Behind the Songs: ****

Interviewer: "Was the B-side of the 'Sister Europe' 45 ["****"] originally intended as the introduction of 'India'?"

Richard Butler: "No. We used it as the intro to 'India' afterwards. It's the introduction to 'India' played backwards." (Overview 1981)

Interviewer: "I remember years ago the first time I heard 'Sister Europe' when it was a single. Blown out by that. With the 'Dot Dot Dot', the asterisk on the back of it?"

Richard Butler: "Oh yeah."

Interviewer: "[Laughs] The four song asterisk? What a great one. That was my--"

Richard Butler: "I'd tell you what that title was [laughs]."

Interviewer: "What was it? You can't say it?"

Richard Butler: "I don't think so."

Interviewer: "Is it four asterisks? Was it one word?"

Richard Butler: "Yeah."

Interviewer: "It stood for kinda like the 'F You...' was that it?"

Richard Butler: "Something like that." ["****" is actually titled the F word] (Radio interview with Matt Pinfield, 1991)