Written in a garden shed, the song that soundtracked Apple’s Ipod ad has survived comparisons with Lust for Life – and a shonky performance with nonsense lyrics

We weren’t signed when I wrote the track. Nobody knew who we were. We were playing pubs around Melbourne and no one was coming. The Strokes and that whole scene hadn’t hit yet and people weren’t interested. I had a little shed in my back yardwhere I’d sit with an acoustic guitar and write. I’d take my ideas to the band and we’d flesh them out. All the stuff for Get Born, our first album, was written there.