When Matt Lucas revived a song he wrote 20 years ago and posted it online last week to give advice on how to stop spreading the coronavirus, he didn't expect it to lead to millions of views and an official single release. "It's all come along really quickly," he told us. "I thought about 500 people would watch the video".
Matt has reworked his Baked Potato Song, which originally featured on BBC comedy panel show Shooting Stars, to promote key messages about social distancing and hand-washing during the coronavirus pandemic. "I was tinkling around on my piano," Matt explained to Official Charts. "There are a couple of songs I did on Shooting Stars that people remember and seem to ask me about in interviews, and Baked Potato is one of them.