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Coz I Luv You by Slade, because I cover it on tour. If you’re doing an evening of James Blunt songs, you’re going to need to throw in a cover of someone else to give the night a bit of rock, aren’t you? Otherwise, it’s going to be a pretty downtempo affair. So we chuck in a bit of Slade, because it allows me to crowdsurf.
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