According to the Hands Songfacts, this was the first song the Ting Tings wrote after an exhausting year and a half on the road, which is reflected when Katie White sings, "clap your hands if you're working too hard." She explained the lyric to Spinner UK: "Traveling around the world, we saw how hard people worked. With our hectic tour schedule, we experienced it first hand. People should have a little more time for themselves."
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According to the Hands Songfacts, this was the first song the Ting Tings wrote after an exhausting year and a half on the road, which is reflected wh… read more
According to the Hands Songfacts, this was the first song the Ting Tings wrote after an exhausting year and a half on the road, which is reflected when Katie White sings, "clap your… read more
Named after a Chinese friend whose name sounds like the Mandarin pronunciation of "bandstand," the Ting Tings – a scrappy, dance-oriented duo consisting of singer/guitarist Katie White and drummer Jules De Martino – formed in the Salford district of Manchester, England in 2006. Prior to forming the group, the pair worked together in 2001 when White was in the all-female punk-pop group TKO and De Martino wrote some songs for them. Later the pair reunited, and with another friend formed the trio Eskimo Kiss, which signed to Mercury Records but disbanded, in part … read more
Named after a Chinese friend whose name sounds like the Mandarin pronunciation of "bandstand," the Ting Tings – a scrappy, dance-oriented duo consisting of singer/guitarist … read more
Named after a Chinese friend whose name sounds like the Mandarin pronunciation of "bandstand," the Ting Tings – a scrappy, dance-oriented duo consisting of singer/guitarist Katie White and drummer Jules De Martino &ndas… read more