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I know that sounds a bit corny. We may have a bit more about us than someone else, and more drive, definitely, but we were all extremely lucky. You wrote, produced and played all the instruments on Did you feel you had something to prove after British production trio Stock Aitken Waterman produced and wrote your Eighties hits?

Mike Stock used to produce the vocals. What made you decide to open up? I was just doing what I was doing. I want to mark that for myself. My mum and dad got divorced when I was probably four or five. And then the fact that we were raised by my dad, but in the same very small town where my mom lived because she went to live with my gran.

I saw my mum every day, sometimes twice a day. My dad was really, really pissed off a lot of the time. Have you? I genuinely have felt [faith] at gigs. I think a lot of it is to do with age as well. I quite like that and I thought it would be quite funny.

Truth to be told, I was not expecting [to have] the Number One album in the U. It does feel like one chapter starts, one finishes. You know your time here on earth is likely more than halfway done.

How do you feel about it? I have no problem with it. It helped introduce you to a new generation. And reminded another generation [about me]. Somebody stole it off me in Northern Ireland. We [played] a radio broadcast outside and it got swamped. There were a couple of policemen, but it all went just a bit mad. Everyone was grabbing hold of me and before I knew it, it just went off of me. What would the year-old you tell the year-old you?

I think there was definitely from my childhood a part of me that was [still] unhappy. You just have to worked that out for yourself. Now you seem so relaxed, happy and confident on stage. In recent years, Marr has appeared to distance himself from his former bandmate's political views, making a reunion appear unlikely.

So that is now where Astley and Blossoms come in, it seems. Astley made his name around the same time that one of his favourite bands disbanded. The Newton-le-Willows singer has spoken at length about his love of The Smiths, and Morrissey seemed to reciprocate that affection and respect in when he put a backstage photograph of the two of them together on the reissue of his single, The Last Of The Famous International Playboys, after David Bowie prevented him from using an image of himself with the star.

Blossoms, who have two number one albums to their arm, have frequently covered songs by The Smiths, including Bigmouth Strikes Again. Frontman Tom Ogden said: "The Smiths have always meant so much to Blossoms, with even their rainiest songs complete with wry humour and soul-reaching musicianship and melody.

He added: "Their poppier moments are pure, joyful, danceable poetry. We've had wilder dreams, but not many. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment. The Smiths' producer shares his hit-making secrets. Image source, Blossoms. Astley is a self-confessed Smiths nut.