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“Flake” is the track that announced Johnson to the world. With Ben Harper on the guitar, Johnson managed to sneak into number 73 on the US Hot 100 with his anxious ode to the tumult of trying to save a doomed relationship. He questions himself and his actions, and those of his partner, in the quest to work out whether their union is worth saving. It debuted a style Johnson would employ regularly throughout his career. Although the guitar sounds laid-back