[peel] So you guys know everything, some more

[Martin Wheatley]

Tom said

> >> A co-worker was trying to tell me it was Rod Stewart - not to worry I
> >>pushed him out the window into traffic - but to me it sounds exactly like
> >>Roger Chapman and/or Family. But in credits it is listed as being by some
> >>bloke I've not heard of (and whom I cant remember at this moment.)
> >
> >> I guess my question is is it an old Family track...?


and Maureen replied
> >Afraid to disappoint but The Office uses the version of Handbags and
> >Gladrags recorded by the Stereophonics. It was written by Mike D'Abo (who
> >was in Manfred Mann) and Chris Farlowe covered it to

Rod Stewart did record it and that's probably the best
known version of the song in the US so you'd better go and
scrape your co-worker up and apologize!

martinw