In the early Nineties, Wet Wet Wet approached their record company with a demand. “We said, ‘We want to do a James Bond theme,’” says bassist Graeme Clark. The Glaswegian band were big – their soulful soft rock had yielded them two number one singles by this point – but they weren’t Bond big. This was reflected in label Polygram’s response.
“They said, ‘We can’t get you that. But we can get you this Four Weddings and a Funeral movie.’ And we went, ‘It’s not f–king James Bond is it, man? Come on, f–king get yer finger out,’” recalls Clark. But 007 was not to be. It was the low budget Hugh Grant rom-com or nothing. “This was the only thing on offer and we were, like, ‘OK let’s just do it.’”
