‘I’ve listened to A Hard Day’s Night 400 times but can’t tell you the words’: Tim Key’s honest playlist

‘I get self-conscious singing English songs’ … Tim Key. Photograph: Jonathan Birch

The first song I remember hearing
Symphony No 101 in D major – also known as The Clock – by Joseph Haydn. My dad used to make elderberry wine or beer; any booze really. I’d be in my bedroom as the fumes and Haydn drifted up from the kitchen.

The first single I bought
Baby I Don’t Care by Transvision Vamp. I was in love with Wendy James. Still am.