“I said, ‘That will get us pigeonholed as a Christian band, and that’s not what we want to do.’ I remember thinking, ‘This is the kiss of death!’”: The singer who had a bad feeling about a song – before it ended up going all the way to No.1

Mr. Mister.

In 1986, American pop rock band Mr. Mister celebrated a second consecutive US No1. hit – with a song that had given singer Richard Page the jitters when it was first written.

In Mr. Mister it was Page, lead vocalist and bassist, who composed most of the music with keyboard player Steve George. But the lyrics were written by someone from outside of the band, yet close to Page – his cousin, John Lang.