‘I’d be tempted to have sex to Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)’: David Baddiel’s honest playlist

‘The person I most hate is the inventor of the alarm clock’ … David Baddiel. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

The first song I fell in love with
Total Control by 80s new wave band the Motels, although now the lyrics seem a bit stalkery: “I’d sell my soul for total control over you.” But it’s sung by a woman in a very vulnerable way. In my teens, I was obsessed with women who wouldn’t go near me. Every time I heard it, I thought: if I just sold my soul, maybe I could have some control.