Song history written by TimelandIsWacky
Describing the feelings of someone who finds themselves in purgatory after dying, “No Body” is a smooth, soulful song led by emotional guitar parts akin to the work of David Gilmour or Don Felder (especially 3:16, which resembles moments of “Hotel California”).
A demo for the song was first heard in the film Sleeping Monster before seeing an official release on Demos Vol. 8: Music To Change To. This recording is close to the final version, but lacks the lead guitar part and vocals with the keyboard playing the main melody.
The final studio version of the song was performed by only Stu (vocals/Wurlitzer/bass/guitar/synthesizer), Cavs (drums) and Ambrose (keyboards/percussion/vocals), and released as part of Changes on October 28th, 2022. The song, like all tracks on Changes, takes motifs from “Change” — “No Body,” in this case, taking the main melody, slowing it down and changing its rhythm for lines like “to be not real, to have no soul, to have no body.”
The song received a limited edition 7” single for the Gizzverse Record Fair in Amsterdam.
“No Body” was not played for years after the release of Changes, though Ambrose said he wanted to play it live during the band’s 2025 Reddit AMA. It was supposed to make its live debut at Poolen in Copenhagen on 2025-11-14 but was skipped due to technical issues with the audio program Ableton. It would end up debuting a day later at Filmstudion in Gothenburg. This was the only performance of the song in 2025. Unlike the studio version, this arrangement had a heavy emphasis on synthesizer though it retained the song’s recognizable guitar work.