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Pierra Willix

Razorlight reveal they wanted to ‘give away’ song that became number one hit

Johnny Borrell of Razorlight performing in 2012 (Dominic Lipinski/PA) - (PA Archive)

Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell has revealed the band initially wanted to “give away” their hit song America, which would become their first and only number one single.

To mark the 20th anniversary of their self-titled second album, on which America featured, Borrell and drummer Andy Burrows played an acoustic set at Stereo in London on Wednesday night.

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