It's all about the England team doing well, you know, and there's a line in there 'it can be done'.
When I was a teenager in Leeds I was a big Joy Division fan, so I loved New Order too. 'World In Motion' was great, it was a bit subversive in a way. We didn't try to be subversive - we were looking to produce one of those communal moments that brings everyone together.
Life's now a great journey for us and we're enjoying the view.
We went into [producer] Youth's studio in Spain just to jam. In the first nine days, we got 24 songs. Instead of it being about ballads, all these big anthems came out.
I was scared to death by the idea. Me dad said to me, it boils down to do you think you're up to it? If you do, do it.
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