Something Outa Nothing is a song written by Simon May, Stewart James and Bradley James, for the BBC soap opera EastEnders. It featured in an EastEnders storyline in 1986 and was recorded by actors Letitia Dean and Paul J. Medford. It was released as a single in 1986 reaching #12 in the UK Singles Chart.
The song in EastEnders[]
In 1986, Dean and Medford's characters, Sharon Watts and Kelvin Carpenter, were members of a band called The Banned, along with Simon Wicks, Eddie Hunter, Ian Beale and Harry Reynolds. They entered a competition for young musicians, and both Harry and Simon vowed to outdo each other by writing the best song to perform. Simon's song, "Every Loser Wins", was preferred by the rest of the band, but as Harry owned all the instruments and equipment, they were forced to pick his song, "Something Outa Nothing", for the contest. Harry then sabotaged the performance and the band were booed off stage.
The song was played in the episode broadcast on 24 August 2010 when Ian found a cassette tape and played it to his family.
Music Video[]
Something Outa Nothing
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1: Sharon]
Close your eyes and watch the music playing on the radio
Listen to the colours that are running from the stereo
When you come to all your senses
You can read between the lines
And you jump the fence that seems so hard to climb
[Chorus:]
We're going to make something out of nothing
Going turn a spark into a flame
We're going to make something out of nothing
Have to take a chance to win the game
And suddenly a no-one will be someone special to you
[Verse 2: Sharon]
You simply try to beat the system its a fight you'll never win
But we know we're going and we know we're going to fit in
'Cause there's always strength in numbers
And that just what friends are for
So let's turn the key and open up the door
[Chorus:]
[Middle Eight:Kelvin]
Gonna leave our bridges burning bright
Set this world alight
London town is falling down tonight
[Guitar Solo]
[Sharon] (Kelvin)
Something out of nothing
(Something out of)
Something out of
[Chorus to end:]