"Time Goes By", are also given
Marty's modern overhaul to round out the album's track list to cover the full scope of his take on the Japanese music scene.
Friedman put a lot of energy into selecting the right songs to cover for the album, He shared: "In Japan, you have to get permission to record and release cover versions, and that can be a very tricky and long process. So, the last thing I wanted to do was to ask permission to do a song, only to wind up not recording it for whatever reason. That would be very impolite. I spent several weeks choosing songs and demoing them to see whether I could create versions that I could get pumped up about, before I even approached any publishers. I came up with a short list of 20 songs, and from this chose about 15 that I knew I could really score with."