It’s like a 6/8 blues waltz, and we kept thinking: “People aren’t gonna be able to dance to this.” But Chris Evans made it single of the week and when we did the TFI Friday pilot, he said he wanted it as the walk-on music.
Apart from Jools Holland’s Later, TFI was probably the last TV show where you could watch three or four bands playing live every Friday night.
He said: “Are you all sitting down?” I said: “Of course we’re sitting down, we’re in the fucking van.” He said: “It’s gone in at No 12 midweek.” We went on Top of the Pops.
It was a time when everything wasn’t scrutinised as much as it is in the studio today – it was rawer, a bit more like a live performance where you don’t get to change things.
‘Chris Evans told us he wanted it for the TFI Friday walk-on music.
