released in the warm afterglow of st valentine's day 1997, between a man and a woman appears out of a retro-guitar mist and disappears in a romantic sweep of strings. it's the movie soundtrack song on andy's new album teenage.

produced by kim fowley - the legendary american record producer with an irish grandmother and a string of american number one singles - between a man and a woman seeks to capture that elusive moment between innocence and experience in a relationship.

the single also features because she loves it produced by john leckie. recorded at peter gabriel's real world studio, musicians include andy's alt collaborator and friend tim finn, vika and linda (two tongan singers) and karl wallinger from world party.

two extra tracks on the cd single (and unavailable elsewhere) are live versions of hand in my pocket by alanis morissette and get back home andy's first single from 'teenage'. these were recorded by andy white's spiritual supermarket in session on gerry ryan's 2fm show.

during their january 1997 series of concerts in england and scotland, the band followed up their london show by playing till 4 a.m. in an underground club in tin pan alley, their glasgow show by discussing icelandic literature with blur until the wee small hours (and discovering dick spring at the glasgow hilton into the bargain), and their liverpool show by searching for menlove avenue in the pale moonlight. all good preparations details for the dates on tour page 97.

andy then attends ireland's national hot press awards, televised on 21st february, where he has been nominated as songwriter of the year, the award he won in 1993.