How did it feel to have a hit song on the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack?
CC: I’ve always been a comic book fan, and specifically a fan of Spider-Man. I used to collect them. So I got a call from them to see if I wanted to be involved. I saw the movie before the release, and the minor themes like the romantic parts really stuck with me. I said, “I have this song,” and recorded it quickly and they said, “Yep, we want to use this song.” But I kept thinking about it and asked to redo the song. They told me I had one day to redo it, so I redid it in a day – less than 20 minutes. And I said to the guys, “We gotta track this tomorrow so you gotta sorta play what I tell you. So it’s either gonna work or it’s not gonna work.” We sent them the rough copy. Originally, I had this song that I’d just written and was looking at it like the centerpiece of our next record but I was ready to give it to them. But I was going back and forth and got some advice to try writing another, different song. It was really cool when I found out they wanted that song for the single. They
