The Streets Star Mike Skinner On Unreleased Chris Martin Duet
Mike Skinner of The Streets has spoken about an early version of his No 1 hit Dry Your Eyes which featured Chris Martin of Coldplay and remains unreleased.
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In an interview with The Guardian, Skinner revealed, “It was never released because Chris just thought it didn’t need him. When you’re making music, you’re constantly trying different things. Sometimes you think something’s really good when it isn’t and other times you don’t really pay much attention to something and suddenly there’s a whole field of people singing it. The people decide and you just become this weird facilitator. I’ve hung out with Chris since; whenever we’ve been in the same area of the world, we’ve had dinner and stuff. That’s what famous people do [laughs]. It’s what they do, anyway.
Skinner also revealed which album by The Streets he is proudest of, “Original Pirate Material, because it took courage and nobody expected it to happen. I’ve had a similar feeling making the film – feeling really embarrassed all the time because everyone thinks you’re mad for stepping out of the normal. At the time, some people thought that first album was a joke, but it’s been a great friend to me. I’m not always good at making music, but I’ve always been good at being a bit weird.”
He also spoke about how it felt to be namechecked by Charli XCX in her song Club Classics (she sings, “Tight like Mike kinda flow”). “She asked me to be on the remix, Skinner said. “I wrote some stuff and it wasn’t very good, basically! So it never saw the light of day. Getting mentioned in things like that, or rap and stuff, is a nice feeling. If I could speak to me 20 years ago, I would definitely say things are going to be all right.”
The Streets play the Other stage at Glastonbury festival on 29 June at 8.30pm