"Tea and Toast" is the debut single by English musician

Lucy Spraggan Lucy Honour Ruby Spraggan (born 21 July 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. She auditioned for ''The X Factor (UK series 9), The X Factor'' in 2012, performing her own composition, "Last Night (Lucy Spraggan song), Last Night". On 3 November ...

. The song was released in the

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as a digital download on 13 July 2012, and the following year on 13 December 2013,

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re-released the song. It is included on her studio album ''

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'' (2013).

Live performances

She sang the song on ''The X Factor'' at bootcamp after

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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.

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."

Track listing

Big Hits 2012 cover version

After Spraggan was asked to remove her album ''

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'' (2011) from

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, a group called Big Hits 2012 took advantage and released their own version. This version charted at No. 52 on the

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, while their version of " Last Night" also charted, at No. 74.

Chart performance

The song entered the

at number 135 and number 11 on the

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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 ''

''.

Weekly charts

Release history

References

2011 songs 2012 debut singles Lucy Spraggan songs Columbia Records singles {{2012-single-stub