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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Interviews by Sarfraz Manzoor

‘My mum made outfits for us to wear on Top of the Pops’: how the Real Thing made You to Me Are Everything

The Real Thing in 1976.
‘I think the song’s longevity has to do with the sentiment in the lyrics’ ... the Real Thing in 1976, with Chris Amoo, left. Photograph: George Wilkes Archive/Getty Images

Ken Gold, co-writer/producer

It was early 1976 and Mick Denne and I were songwriters for hire. I really wanted to work with the Real Thing, who’d had a couple of chart entries and had toured and recorded with David Essex – who was huge at the time. I thought their singer Chris Amoo had a great voice.

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