The first thing that springs to mind when hearing this next record to peak at number 40 is that it sounds a bit like "Greased Lightnin'". As this was from 1977 and Grease was 1978, could this record have inspired it?
The answer is no as it turns out "Greased Lightnin'" had previously been recorded by The Wild Angels in 1972 so was likely the other way round.
Peter Blake was a successful actor and this record came about after he appeared in a Pepsi Cola advert. It was basically the same song in the advert but had the lyrics "lipsmackin' Pepsi Cola". Given the success stories of several songs from adverts in years to come, this record may have fared better had it been a few years later.
One of the songwriters, Gary Sulsh, would have further hits as songwriter for Shakin' Stevens.
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