“When 'Wherever I Lay My Hat' went to number one in 1983, I was still driving a green Viva HC that my dad had given me. People would see me drive past and say, 'It can't be him,' but you don't get any money until about six months after a record is a hit.”

English musician, singer and songwriter

Paul Antony Young is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He first came to wider notice as the frontman of Kat Kool & the Kool Cats, Streetband, and Q-Tips, then became a solo pop star in the 1980s. He is best known for a run of UK hit singles, including "Love of the Common People", "Wherever I Lay My Hat", "Come Back and Stay", "Every Time You Go Away", and "Everything Must Change". His debut album, No Parlez, released in 1983, was the first of three albums to reach number one in the UK.