Marti Pellow: ‘I can’t get out a building without singing that song’

“It was REM’s interpretation of it that I knew,” he said. “Then I found out it was written by Reg Presley from the Troggs, lovely man.

“It just shows you that when a good song is written, everyone can have a shot at it.”

Pellow grew up in Clydebank, near Glasgow and became a part of Wet Wet Wet when the band were all teenagers.

The band enjoyed massive success, catapulting Pellow into a hearthrob – a status that remains decades on.

Between stints in and out of the band, he has continued making music, branching into West End and Broadway musicals including Chicago, Chess and The Witches of Eastwick.

But it is the Wet Wet Wet hits that keep the fans coming back and he has announced a Love Is All Around celebration tour for 2025.

He said he believed all the old hits would endure.

“The songs aren’t about yesterday, they are about today and tomorrow.” he said.

“My idea is to celebrate the Wet Wet Wet songs – that’s what people most associate me as a singer with – under the umbrella of Love Is All Around.”