I remember this song from my childhood, there's something unusually sad and soulful about what at first appears to be a fairly upbeat dance track. For some reason the verse lyrics have always stuck with me, the mundanity of this domestic scene being played out so mournfully, something strange and moving is created. It's the little telling phrases here and there that have always intrigued me - 'my sister went to Georgia, to get away from the smog', 'the couple looked so happy, I wonder if they'll change...'. The video too, summery and unassuming, there's a kind of 'sad party' vibe to the whole thing, something we as a band have long strived to do ourselves (still trying...).

There's something about songs like this, 'Dancing Queen', T Pain's 'buy u a drank', singing mundanities or even really happy things in the case of abba, but singing them like it's the saddest thing in the world, that can really go deep in a way that straightforward sad lyrics don't. This is one of the best examples of 'happy/sad' or 'sad-party' feel, this amazingly soulful voice simply talking about a morning routine, before breaking down utterly with the chorus refrain 'oh lord! oh lord! I did everything I could do!' - what's happening here? Why's he so sad? How can this make me feel so up and so down at same time? It's so brilliant, so moving and strange, and so much more than a throwaway dance hit of yesteryear. Some of the lyrics feel more pertinent than ever, moving cities to follow work, some kind of unspoken crisis, a darkness and a desperation, be it personal, economic, political. If nothing more, we hope our version throws light onto this amazing song, we did our best to do it justice.

Check out the TOTP live version and original video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wOR5-trJbA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfFC-xyAlSc