This song was the first I wrote down when I initially decided on it being an all-female covers album, but honestly it would have made the list no matter what gender we were celebrating. We mixed up the main riff a little and tried to make it a little bit more of ‘Mothers Finest' vibe (Joyce Kennedy, another awesome powerhouse black female vocalist - maybe Heroine II…?). It’s a bold opener to the album for sure, but I think it really shows people just what we can do as a band. Aggressive vocal delivery, guitar riffs, big chorus, a guitar solo! And those awesome harmonies. But this is an out and out hard rock song.
We broke the cardinal rule by covering her, and I think when it comes to her ballads they shouldn’t be touched. As a kid I really found female voices fascinating as I was constantly in search of that next song to really push me outside of the male rock vocal world, and Whitney was always the greatest. Her life was filled with immense highs and dreadful lows, but when she sang you knew she was the real deal and she meant every word. Whitney will always be one of the greatest singers of all time, and for that reason we had to honour her on this album: an album celebrating female artists of all genres.
