Johnny Marr has denied reports in the NME that he will net £200,000 from a cover version of his Smiths classic 'How Soon Is Now' by chart topping duo TaTu. The track features on the duo's album '200km/H In The Wrong Lane' and is tipped to be their next UK single release.
"I don't quite know how that is worked out," he told Aussie website Undercover. "That is the first I have heard of it. I'm sure the taxman and the Smith's drummer probably already have plans for it."
In fact Marr didn't seem to know much about the cover or the pop duo at all. "I have no idea who they are. I heard something about it. I've got no interest in it whatsoever. Unless it is better than our version then it is business as usual but I don't know how they work that out. I'd be very surprised if I made that kind of money".
When Undercover told him more about TaTu he continued: "Oh they are the two young girls that pretend to be lesbians. They are pretend lesbians. I don't know anything about it.”