"His 'n' Hers" was originally planned to be the title track off the album of the same name, released earlier in 1994, but it ultimately missed the cut and was instead was included on The Sisters EP, which included two other songs which missed the album: "Your Sister's Clothes" and "Seconds," along with the single "Babies."
In a Melody Maker interview in December 1995, Cocker explained the theme of the entire His 'n' Hers album, which are reflected and brought to an apex on the title track. "That thing where two people start wearing matching clothes, their personalities start to merge, they know exactly what each other's thinking, and they haven't a whole personality of their own any more," he said. "They've just got half of something else. And if that's taken away, they're less than a person."
"His 'n' Hers" lyrically deals with a fear of settling down into conventional married life, and rejecting conformity in relationships via the bizarre conduit of fears of interior decorating, which for the narrator seems to represent the domestic bliss he fears.
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