Life On Top (July 1998)

This interview has been archived from the former Official B*Witched website. Do you feel like stars now?

Sinead: Sometimes, but we don't think we're really famous yet! You forget people might know you, so it can be really weird to see people staring at you in restaurants and places. But we're having a ball, we really are.

So what's been going on?

Lindsay:  We've been doing a lot of the radio roadshows around England and been to Sweden, Finland, Germany, Holland, Italy, France and Belgium where we did lots of press and TV. We've also been putting the finishing touches to the album which is out in October. There's a wide variety of different musical styles on it: a bit of pop, hip-hop, a few ballads and a tiny bit of indie and rock, but there's that Irish feel throughout it.

What happened when you found out 'C'est La Vie' was number one in Britain?

Sinead:  We were with our producer and our managers at the time. When they told us, we thought it was a joke. We started crying then we started laughing and then we'd go really quiet.

Keavy:  That evening we were in Southampton on stage and Dr Fox from Capital Radio made the announcement to the 60,000 people in the audience. We gasped then went mad, and it was so funny 'cause the crowd enjoyed it as much as we did!

Where's the strangest place you've heard 'C'est La Vie' played?

Lindsay:  To be honest, we haven't heard it that much. We've been working such long hours we don't get to hear the radio or see the television. But I was in Dublin recently and when I walked into Knickerbox 'C'est La Vie' was playing. I just went red and immediately walked out again. I was mortified, I felt like everyone was staring at me!

What's been your fave performance?

Edele:  I really enjoyed the very first Top Of The Pops we did in Britain because it's so famous. It really lived up to our dreams. We were quite confident though we're always a little bit nervous when we perform, but we said our little prayer and gave each other a hug before going on.

Sinead:  But watching the Top 20 countdown was nerve-wracking. We knew we were top of the pops, but we thought there might have been some change. It was weird and exciting!

Do you remember the first autograph you signed?

Keavy:  I think we'd been in the paper just once and we'd come to England for the first time. There was this guy on the train and he looked at us and said, 'Are you that new band?' And we said, 'Yeah!!!' We were so excited. I can even remember his name!

Is there one question you don't ever want to hear again?

Lindsay: 'How did you get together?' I think we've told that story about five million times! And it's such a complicated story, you just can't summarise it.

Do you ever get sick of answering the same questions?

Lindsay: No, because there's two or three questions that are different with every interview. In the beginning, we didn't have a clue, we just did very, very short answers, but now we're used to it and it's interesting because you learn a lot about yourself.

Any cringe-worthy moments?

Edele: At London's Party In The Park, I lost my shoe when we were performing because Keavy stood on the back of it. It wasn't too embarrassing at the time, but we did a lot of TV interviews afterwards and everyone mentioned it. I was like: 'How embarrassing!'

What have you learnt about the others?

Sinead:  I think we knew each other quite well before all this started. We were aware that if things took off, we'd need to be really, really close. We're always there for each other and now we're even closer, which is nice!

Keavy:  I've learnt that they're good friends and that I wouldn't want to do this with anyone else!