"World Play is very '70s arena rock, very raw and in your face, and that's what we wanted. We recorded it in a very off-the-cuff manner and didn't really plan out how we were going to play. My solos are first takes"

This quote by Neal Schon talks to the imaginative procedure behind the song "World Play". Schon wished to record the raw energy of '70s arena rock, therefore he and the band selected to record the tune in an off-the-cuff manner. This suggests that they did not plan out how they were going to play the song, and rather selected to record it in a more spontaneous way. This is evident in Schon's solos, which were all very first takes. This method to recording allowed the band to catch the energy and emotion of the song, and to create a noise that was real to the '70s arena rock style. The result was a song that was raw and in your face, and that recorded the spirit of the age.