There’s something distinctly reheated-sounding about this song. The endless eight-bar Mixolydian chord pattern, as in his previous big hit ‘Seventeen Going Under’. The constantly chiming upper pedal notes, as in his previous big hit ‘Seventeen Going Under’. The plodding kick-snare-kick-snare drum pattern, as in his previous big hit ‘Seventeen Going Under’. If it ain’t broke, I suppose…

It doesn’t help, though, that all this (and the sax solo too) reminds me so heavily of Bruce Springsteen’s 'Dancing In The Dark', a song that matches Fender’s socially conscious working-class lyrics and impassioned vocal delivery, but raises it with an actual song structure featuring several well-judged changes of chord-pattern. Perhaps it’s no surprise that Sam’s yet to make much of an impact in the States, where The Boss casts a much longer shadow than over here in Blighty.