“It was too successful really - we weren’t cut out for it. We were fish out of water”: How the Boo Radleys wrote one of the most optimistic radio hits of the ‘90s, with fresh insight from its singer

Boo Radleys.

It’s the summer of 1995 (mid-August to be specific) and the UK is in the grip of a heatwave. On the news and in the press, the so-called, ‘Battle of Britpop’ is raging, with Oasis and Blur facing off for the coveted No.1 spot in the British charts.

Will it be the Mancunians’ Roll With It, or Albarn’s parodic class critique, Country House that Britain elects as its premier pop single? If you believe the media hype - this is the biggest rock and roll rivalry since the Beatles and the Rolling Stones back in the ‘60s.