The legendary battery studios in manhattan, where everyone from john lennon to bruce bringstein recorded. He always preferred to cut everyone in one room, y and record live. Recording the song was not alvis's idea. It was a favorite of the wife of his manager, tom parker. In the studio, alvis asked that the lights be turned off, so the room was in darkness. He didn't like any of them. So he made everyone get out of the studio, go away, and then he just did it.