S Club actually did it
Tina Barrett had promised Radio 1 that S Club would deliberately sing “reach up for the stars” at their gig.
Scott and Chris received the evidence.
Before doing it, the group explained to the audience that Radio 1 had been causing trouble over the lyric.
The crowd were initially resistant.
The original song had existed for nearly two decades and people did not necessarily want Scott Mills rewriting it.
S Club eventually charmed them into joining in.
Then the forbidden “up” appeared.
Scott could hardly believe the whole chain of events.
Chris had noticed one strange word at a Chichester silent disco.
Two days later, S Club were changing one of their biggest hits because of it.
Example had also become invested in the debate through voice notes, complaining that audiences added sounds and words to his own songs too.
The problem was apparently much wider than S Club.
Olly Murs was accused of eye flirting
Olly Murs joined the show to answer a separate allegation.
Scott had noticed the particular way Olly looked at people during performances and interviews.
He thought Olly could flirt almost entirely through his eyes.
Listeners recognised the phenomenon.
Some people became convinced a singer had looked directly at them in a crowd and created a private connection lasting several seconds.
Olly denied deliberately walking around trying to seduce everybody visually.
He accepted that eye contact was part of performing and connecting with an audience.
Scott still thought he was unusually good at it.
The discussion became less about Olly’s songs and more about whether somebody could be held responsible for the effect of a prolonged look.
Bamboleo Wednesday returned
The show’s midweek tradition continued.
During “Bamboleo”, the instrumental gap was filled with old clips selected by listeners.
The feature allowed tiny moments from years of Scott Mills radio to suddenly reappear for a few seconds.
It also gave Scott and Chris an excuse to treat Wednesday as though a national event occurred every week at exactly the same point in the record.
Funny Business made Scott lose control
Another round of Funny Business returned.
The rules were simple.
One presenter had to call a genuine business with a ridiculous name and conduct a normal enquiry.
Laughing meant losing.
Scott had already discovered that some of the funniest calls occurred when the person answering the phone was completely aware of the joke hidden in their company name and had heard every possible variation before.
This edition broke Scott particularly quickly.
The premise was becoming self-sustaining because listeners constantly sent the programme new businesses from around Britain.
There appeared to be no danger of the country running out of accidental innuendo.
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