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Kay also alleged the lyrics went beyond referencing the quality of the new stereo and were also a reference to his relationship with his wife Jutta and envisioning that he had made a wish with Aladdin's lamp. While denying that the song was about drug experiences, Kay did admit to the Wall Street Journal in 2016 that "I may have smoked a joint" the night he and Monarch got the idea for the song.
After completing the lyrics and recording the vocal track, Kay overdubbed a falsetto, and sound engineer Bill Cooper spliced an extra chorus at the end of the track.
John Kay had recently bought a new top-quality hi-fi system, and started writing lyrics "about how great our new stereo system sounded," adding imagery about making a wish. For the introduction, guitarist Michael Monarch created feedback which was spliced on to the beginning of the band's recording. Band member Jerry Edmonton's brother, Mars Bonfire, started playing guitar, and the band developed the riff. When preparing to record the band's second album, The Second, bassist Rushton Moreve came up with a "bouncy riff".
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