After the success of Fast Car, I went straight on the road and was touring for quite a while.My record label asked me if I could follow up with a song, so I did three instrumentals, but I needed toplines. My manager Aaron Ross had a chance meeting at Island Records and said, “I’ve got this instrumental from Jonas, maybe it might work for one of your artists” – and thank God they sent it to JP [Cooper]!

I was in ...