Daniel Merriweather's Unknown Song

Daniel Merriweather had barely heard the song that shot him to fame.

The Australian star provided vocals on Mark Ronson's hit 'Stop Me' - a reworking of The Smiths' classic 'Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before' - but admits he had only heard the original track once before the producer played it to him.

He said: "Mark said, 'I want you to sing on my favourite Smiths song' so I listened to it. I'd heard it once before but I was never a Smiths fan. But I thought it was beautiful."

Despite an initial hostile response to the track, the 'Change' singer was delighted when he began to win round fans.

He added: "Mark had a few death threats via MySpace but I only ever got positive feedback.

"A lot of guys came up to me saying, 'I'm a huge Smiths fan and I hated it when it first came out but now I love it.' "