 He and Chris Lowe wrote new music for the song, and with Woolley's approval asked Dusty Springfield to sing it.According to Tennant, Woolley liked the idea of having the song performed by someone who was already well-known at the time of the Profumo affair; in 1963, Dusty was lead singer of the popular group the Springfields and was just about to launch her solo career.The lyrics of the song describe in roughly chronological order the actual course of events and mention, by first name only, the main characters involved