<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Since I Left You" A 24 - second sample of the song, featuring its sampled chorus </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> <P> A dance song of four minutes and twenty - two seconds in length, "Since I Left You" is primarily sample - based . The track features doo - wop vocal harmonies and employs various pieces of instrumentation, including organs, flutes and acoustic guitars . Its chorus, sampled from "Everyday" by the Main Attraction, features a woman singing about leaving her lover . The "Everyday" sample was the final element of "Since I Left You" to be added by Chater and Seltmann, and the former stated that its addition was a moment when they "really succeeded in writing a pop song ." The original song described a woman's happiness after meeting a man, but Chater and Seltmann re-arranged various vocals to make the final sample appear to describe a break - up . Other sample sources include Rose Royce's "Daddy Rich", Tony Mottola's "Anema e core" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", the Duprees' "The Sky's the Limit", Lamont Dozier's "Take Off Your Make - Up" and Klaus Wunderlich's "Let's Do the Latin Hustle". </P> <P> A demo version of "Since I Left You" was included on a mixtape sold by the Avalanches at their gigs in mid-2000 in an attempt to prevent spreading of bootlegged copies of an unfinished version of the group's debut album--the tape was re-released with the title Gimix later that year . The finished version of the track was included on their debut album Since I Left You and subsequently released as its third single on 5 February 2001 . The CD single contained the non-album track "Everyday" and a remix by English electronic musician Andy Votel of a previously released B - side, "Thank You Caroline". Remixes of "Since I Left You" by alternative music band Stereolab and producers Prince Paul and Cornelius were created for the single's American release . </P>

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