The Script: 'Nothing'

When down the local with a mate who's drowning his sorrows, the one thing you pray he doesn't ask is 'Am I better off dead?' Not only does it force you to play an impromptu game of Hide The Pint, but it generally means you're going to have to call time on your own hard-earned drinking session. Nonetheless, it's how Danny O'Donoghue kicks things off on The Script's latest single, and seeing as he's a lovely chap, we'll give him the benefit of the doubt just this once.

"They say a few drinks will help you forget her / But after one too many I know that I'll never," he continues over a typically solid, glossy 'n' melodic pop-rock backdrop. Oh dear, we're in dodgy territory already. "And my mates are all there trying to calm me down / 'Cause I'm shouting your name all over town." Now what did we tell you? There's a lesson to be learnt here, but seeing as all of us been there in the past, we'll plump for Alka Seltzer and sympathy over a stern talking to. Plenty more fish, eh matey?