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Producer Ian Little recalls the sound Nick Rhodes came up with on his Roland Jupiter-8 keyboard: "... whenever I hear that steel-drum part it always brings a smile to my face because it's so out of tune.

Steel drums always are, but it was exactly right in terms of rhythm and tone.

So a wood-block sound was mixed in to make it even more percussive and, successfully, it did the job.