At the time of the song’s creation and release, the band consisted of Grey and the following: Who wrote “I Melt with You”?ĭespite Robbie Grey apparently being the primary originator of this song, he shares writing credits with his fellow Modern English band members. “I Melt with You” was released as a single from Modern English’s 1982 album titled “After the Snow”. And since Modern English is a band from England, it is clear that the members of the band also had to deal with these fears or rather worries from time to time. This meant that the average person living in England in the 1980s was occasionally worried about the possibility of a nuclear attack. Owing to this, it stood a high risk of being targeted by the USSR in the event of a nuclear conflict.
It should be noted that the United Kingdom was an active participant and ally of the United States during the Cold War. The Cold War and its associated nuclear war threat inspired a lot of fictional works, including of course Modern English’s “I Melt with You”. This made a lot of Western governments, including the UK government circulate official guides to their citizens on what to do to survive a nuclear war. During this period there were multiple times where there were real threats of a nuclear conflict between the world’s two superpowers (the Soviet Union and the United States).įor example, the 1980s was one of those periods when a nuclear war between the aforementioned superpowers seemed very likely.
The Cold War, which started from the late 1940s and ended in the early 1990s. This deeply touching moment is what the song’s lyric “ melt with you” means.
In doing so, their bodies are not only physically fused together but are also literally melted by the sheer destructive power of the bomb. So they proceed to use their last moments on earth making love, apparently ignoring the bombs falling down from the skies above them. They are not scared of their impending death since they know they are dying in each other’s arms. Despite being in the blast site with no place to escape to, the couple is unnerved. The couple are physically and intimately together as a nuclear bomb is being dropped on them. When he tells his lover that he would melt with her, he is not being figurative. The lyrics portray how deep the narrator’s love is for his partner. But that being said, the long and short of “I Melt with You” is that it is a love song albeit a dark one. This is apparently the reason why certain parts of the lyrics are hard to comprehend. It should be noted that Robbie has stated that he was highly intoxicated when he wrote the lyrics of this song. In those last moments before they are melted together, we can assume goodbyes and promises were exchanged – in hopes to be together in the afterlife. It is at this point that the narrator feels the world has completely stopped while being in the embrace of their significant other. In the chorus, it feels like it’s reached mere seconds just before the bomb hits ground. Using their last breath to make love with their significant other and choosing to be as one till death and beyond. This is the moment the subjects of this song (a couple) are experiencing. Would time feel like it’s stopped? Would the pleasure of their lips on yours be even sweeter than you could remember before? And lastly, would their touch be equivalent to that of an angel’s? Yet, instead of running for cover, you decide to be your lover’s side and make love. Imagine the world about to crash down on you with the blaring sounds of screams and cries.
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