‘The more the music press slagged us, the more copies we sold’: Kajagoogoo on Too Shy

‘The local punks hated us’ … Kajagoogoo. Photograph: Sheila Rock/Shutterstock

Chris Hamill AKA Limahl, singer, songwriter

I was in a pub in Brixton watching a trio on stage when the compere asked if anyone wanted to get up and sing. My mate nudged me. “Go on, you know you want to.” I sang Yesterday by the Beatles and the six-person audience gave me a standing ovation. All the way home I kept thinking, “I can sing.”