Ting Tings discuss 'Name' inspiration

Ting Tings star Katie White has revealed that the band's chart-topping single 'That's Not My Name' was inspired by a "horrible" experience with a record company.

The singer admitted that she felt hurt and underappreciated after being dropped before her last project with bandmate Jules De Martino got off the ground.

"We wrote this song when we were going through a bit of a horrible time," White told MTV. "We've been in a band before this one, and with more members, and have been signed and dropped without even getting an album out, and we felt really frustrated and unconfident at the time.

"The song's not literally about going for a night out and someone forgetting your name. It's just about feeling invisible and prejudged, and people making their minds up about you and what they think of you isn't really true. It's a bit of a 'screw you' song, about feeling frustrated."

De Martino recently called for the return of Top of the Pops, revealing that The Ting Tings are keen to perform on a revived version of the programme.