Format Digital download | Recorded 2011 Length 4:36 | |
Released 13 July 201213 December 2013 (re-release) Label IndependentColumbia Records | ||
"Tea and Toast" is a single by English musician Lucy Spraggan. The song was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 13 July 2012, Columbia Records re-released the song on 13 December 2013. The song was written by Lucy Spraggan. The song is included on her album Join the Club (2013).
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Live performances
She sang the song on The X Factor at bootcamp after Tulisa said that she wanted to hear one of her tracks. Lucy said that the song was about a real couple that she had seen. After she performed the song, she burst into tears when she received a standing ovation from the audience and the judging panel.
Inspiration for song
Spraggan explains the inspiration behind "Tea and Toast". She revealed that she was inspired by an elderly couple walking down the street when "the lady collapsed in the street and was unconscious. And the look on the husbands face was like he'd never lost her before and he'd just lost her then. It was horrible and it inspired me to write a song — after I got them into an ambulance. "
Big Hits 2012 cover version
After Spraggan was asked to remove her album Top Room at the Zoo from iTunes, a group called Big Hits 2012 took advantage and released their own version. This version charted at #52 on the UK Singles Chart, while their version of Last Night also charted at #74.
Chart performance
The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 135 and number 11 on the UK Indie Chart after she performed her song "Last Night" at The X Factor auditions which was shown on 25 August 2012. In October 2013 the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 50, due to the release of her album Join the Club.