Tea and Toast explained

Tea and Toast
Cover:	TeaandToast.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Lucy Spraggan
Album:	Join the Club
Released:	13 July 2012 13 December 2013 (re-release)
Recorded:	2011
Genre:	Indie pop
Length:	4:36
Label:	Independent Columbia
Next Title:	Lighthouse
Next Year:	2013

"Tea and Toast" is the debut single by the English musician Lucy Spraggan. The song was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 13 July 2012, and the following year on 13 December 2013, Columbia Records re-released the song. It is included on her studio album Join the Club (2013).

Live performances

She sang the song on The X Factor at bootcamp after Tulisa said that she wanted to hear one of her tracks. Spraggan said that the song was about a real couple that she had seen. After she performed the song, she burst into tears when she received a standing ovation from the audience and the judging panel.^{[1] [2]}

Inspiration for song

Spraggan explains the inspiration behind "Tea and Toast". She revealed that she was inspired by an elderly couple walking down the street when "the lady collapsed in the street and was unconscious. And the look on the husbands face was like he'd never lost her before and he'd just lost her then. It was horrible and it inspired me to write a song after I got them into an ambulance."^[3]

Big Hits 2012 cover version

After Spraggan was asked to remove her album Top Room at the Zoo (2011) from iTunes,^[4] a group called Big Hits 2012 took advantage and released their own version. This version charted at No. 52 on the UK Singles Chart,^[5] while their version of "Last Night" also charted, at No. 74.^[5]

Chart performance

The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 135 and number 11 on the UK Indie Chart after she performed her song "Last Night" at X Factor auditions which was shown on 25 August 2012. In October 2013, the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 50, due to the release of her album Join the Club.

Weekly charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[6]	135
Chart (2013)	Peak position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[7]	50

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
United Kingdom	13 July 2012^[8]	Digital download	Independent
	13 December 2013^[9]		Columbia Records

Notes and References

1. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s103/the-x-factor/news/a407428/x-factor-tulisa-requests-lucy-spraggan-original-song-at-boot-camp.html 'X Factor': Tulisa requests Lucy Spraggan original song at Boot Camp – X Factor News – Reality TV – Digital Spy
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egBlPQpo6H4 Lucy's Bootcamp performance – Tea And Toast – The X Factor UK 2012
3. Web site: Unrealitytv.co.uk.
4. News: Eames. Tom. 'X Factor' Lucy Spraggan's song taken off iTunes due to 'rule change'. 2 September 2012. Digital Spy. 29 August 2012.
5. Web site: BIG HITS 2012. Official Charts Company. 25 August 2013.
6. Web site: New Chart Entries > 8 September 2012. Zobbel.de. 8 September 2012.
7. Web site: UK Charts > Lucy Spraggan. Official Charts Company.
8. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tea-and-Toast/dp/B008L6QQ5S Tea and Toast: Lucy Spraggan: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads
9. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/tea-toast-single/id757665726 iTunes – Music – Tea & Toast – Single by Lucy Spraggan