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1234 Technique
Great lyrics move us like the world's best poems. Take a close-up look at the art.
Music
What makes the music of "1234" so compelling is that its soft, bouncy acoustic guitar backbone perfectly matches the steady bounce of the counting lyrics. Afterward, Feist keeps the verses short an...
Songwriting
This song began as an idea by Sally Seltmann, a singer and songwriter from Melbourne, Australia who, until 2009, performed under the moniker New Buffalo. "I wrote the song '1234' after a good frien...