Sage began his career as a tea boy at Trident Studios in London, later going on to be a tape operator assisting Elton John and Queen, among others.
That song, "Start Me Up", would go on to international success, with Sage estimating in a 2017 interview that the lifetime royalties he received for his work on the track totalled some 15 million Chilean pesos (roughly US$22,000).
[3] By the late 1980s Sage shifted to Spanish pop amid changes in the British music industry, working with La Oreja de Van Gogh and Sergio Dalma, among others.
Two years later, he would make his first visit to the country, to record the album Play for local rock group Solar [es].
[3] Sage also cited a better work-life balance in Chile as a reason to relocate, as well as that major artists in the UK increasingly make money from their back catalogue and produce few new recordings.