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Telegraph
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
‘I don't like cricket' singer enjoys first match 47 years later
The rock singer whose band sang 'I don't like cricket, I love it' has enjoyed watching his first match 47 years later. Nearly five decades after 10cc's hit song Dreadlock Holiday, Graham Gouldman watched England romp to a 3-0 series clean sweep over the West Indies at The Oval. The reggae song was co-written by Gouldman and has become a regular feature at cricket matches since its 1978 release. Speaking to BBC Three Counties Radio, Gouldman, 79, said: 'After today's experience I can say 'I don't like cricket, I absolutely love it. 'I've had a really lovely day really, enjoyed it... great atmosphere, great people. 'I just had a wonderful time.' A founding member of the band from Stockport, Gouldman previously told how the lyrics for the song came after speaking to a Jamaican man on holiday. When he asked him if he liked cricket, he replied: 'Oh no… I love it.' The song is a firm fan favourite among both cricket players and fans. Phil Tufnell, the former England bowler, said it was the 'soundtrack to my cricket career'. He told Gouldman: 'Wherever we was touring, it was always on. 'Also I'm pretty sure when I came out of the second jungle [on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here] that was the tune I came out to.' The singer even teased a sequel song could be in the offing, when he was asked if he could write another hit about attending his first match. He said: 'When you have had a nice experience like this I'm sure somewhere, at some point, something will crop up in a song.' The band 10cc had five consecutive UK top-10 albums between 1972 and 1978. Twelve of their singles reached the UK Top 40, including three that were chart-toppers. Their other hits include Rubber Bullets and I'm Not in Love.
BBC News
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
10cc star Graham Gouldman sees first match and does love cricket
A rock musician who co-wrote a song with the lyrics "I don't like cricket - I love it" has just gone to his first match - nearly 47 years after the hit was released. Graham Gouldman, a founding member of the band 10cc, had never seen live cricket, despite the 1978 hit "Dreadlock Holiday" being adopted as an anthem by many fans of the with the help of BBC Three Counties Radio, Gouldman saw England beat the West Indies in Tuesday's one-day international at The Oval."After today's experience I can say 'I don't like cricket, I absolutely love it'," said Gouldman, 79. He added: "I've had a really lovely day really, enjoyed it... great atmosphere, great people. "I just had a wonderful time." Asked if he would attempt to write another hit about his first match, he said: "When you have had a nice experience like this I'm sure somewhere, at some point. something will crop up in a song." He is the only original member in the current line-up of 10cc, which formed in Stockport in band had five consecutive UK top-ten albums and twelve singles in the UK Top 40, including three has said "Dreadlock Holiday" was inspired by a man he met on holiday in Jamaica. Since it hit number one in several countries, including the UK, the song has been played at countless was described by former England cricketer Phil Tufnell as the "soundtrack to my cricket career"."Wherever we was touring, it was always on," he told Gouldman."Also I'm pretty sure when I came out of the second jungle [on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here] that was the tune I came out to." Fans told BBC Three Counties presenter Justin Dealey - who helped organise Gouldman's day at The Oval - they could hardly believe it was the musician's first match. Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
