During Iggy Pop's song Success, a chorus is repeating the words of Iggy. This call-and-response technique is used a lot on Pop's 1977 album Lust for Life.
Towards the end of this song, this refrain seems to become increasingly impromptu, especially during the last verse:
[Timestamp in video]
In the last ditch (in the last ditch)
Here comes success (here comes success)
Here comes success (here comes success)
I'm going to do the twist (I'm going to do the twist)
I'm moved, man, I'm wigged (oh I'm moved and I'm wigged)
I'm crazy, I'm going to (I'm going to go crazy)
(And if you, maybe you'd like, let's blast off!)[Timestamp in video]
Alright! Baby, let's blast off (oh, baby let's blast off)
Blast off on success (blast off on success)
Oh you slay me (oh you slay me, baby, ooh, you slay me, baby)
I'm going to do the twist (I'm going to do the twist)
I'm going to hop like a frog (I'm going to hop like a frog)
I'm going to go out on the street and do anything I want (I'm going to go out on the street and do anything)
Oh, shit! (Oh, shit!)
Was this sequence written entirely in advance, or was it—as it sounds—improvised?
The reason I'm wondering is that it all sounds so ...(appropriately) jolly, as if they're just having a lot of fun with it, but the chorus really keeps up well.
