As his popularity soared, Robbie became more 
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and more playful with his image. He appeared 
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pensive, almost demure, on the sleeve for 
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Angels in 1997, and later posed, prettied-up, in 
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moody black-and-white shots with his jumper 
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pulled up over most of his face on various CD 
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and DVD covers. But as the century closed 
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Robbie wanted to have some fun.
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For starters, there was a song in the bag he knew 
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was a winner: it used a sample that had been 
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knocking around for a couple of years, one lifted 
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from John Barry’s theme to the 1967 Bond film, 
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You Only Live Twice (which you can hear in our 
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interview with Barry in the Arts channel).