The complete Let there be love/It's a Crime saga
"It’s taken me eight and a half years to write. We both sing, like The Self-Righteous Brothers. It’s a fitting anthem to finish off the record."
First lyrics "There's no time" written in Japan that surfaced recently as part of an auction (x)
Transcription:
"And if the world would sit and pray
then all your hopes and dreams
would not be fading away
but everybody knows yeah everybody knows
everybody knows there is no time
Is no time"
(I believe at the bottom right it says Japan '00)
In 1999/2000 the "It's a crime" demo is recorded, with different lyrics, presumably for SOTSOG and performed by Noel acoustically.
In 2005 the official version is released as a single with yet another set of lyrics, now titled "Let there be love" in which both Liam and Noel perform vocals and Noel sings the "come on baby blue" bridge.
However in 2025 a demo (recorded in August of 2004) surfaced, in which Liam sings the bridge instead of Noel (x). Liam later confirmed it was real. (x)
Finally, in 2024 Noel said this about the "It's a crime" demo:
"Matt: Um, Matthew Finnegan, question for NG. What are your thoughts on the first version of "Let There Be Love" you wrote, titled "It's a Crime"? Why the massive difference in lyrics between the two, and would you be interested in playing it live?
Noel: (long pause) I have no idea what he's going on about.
Matt: "Let There Be Love," you wrote an earlier version, he says, called "It's a Crime" and there's big differences of lyrics.
Noel: (long pause) That's fucking news to me.
Matt: Ok, I don't know what Matthew Finnegan's talking about. I've tried. I've put it to the man. He don't know what the fuck it's all about.
Noel: Why-
Matt: -would you ever write a song called "It's a Crime" anyway?
Noel: I'd never put out a song called "It's a Crime." I might title something like that as a holding title, so..."
- Bracknoel: Podcast #178, August 5 2024 (x)
