‘Take That asked for our autographs!’ How Cola Boy made 7 Ways to Love

‘Can you ad-lib?’ … Cola Boy, AKA Andrew Midgley and Janey Lee Grace, in 1991. Photograph: Martyn Goodacre/Getty Images

Bob Stanley, co-writer

St Etienne did a club tour in early 1991 and we were hearing all these dance hits like DJ H featuring Stefy’s I Like It and (I Wanna Give You) Devotion by Nomad. We thought: “Let’s go home and write something that will work in a club.” We made the song as basic as possible, with a memorable hook.