Launching an album with a cover song is a risky strategy, not least when the track is also launching your pop career. Oh, and the track in question was originally by Cher.
Still, that's exactly how Sophie Ellis-Bextor decided to kick things off back in 2001 with Take Me Home, which made its chart debut 20 years ago this week.
Having fronted a band called Theaudience for four years previously, Sophie found herself going it alone after things didn't work out, signing to Polydor Records. "I was first signed when I was 18 and I was in this band Theaudience," Sophie explained.
We were really hyped at the time but nothing really came of it, and I sort of just naturally found myself having a solo career afterwards." Sophie's solo career
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