Thank You, Baked Potato

The idea of re-writing ’Thank You, Baked Potato’ – which I originally

sang on TV about twenty years ago – came to me on the 24th March 2020,

when I was watching the news about the developing coronavirus situation.

Despite the government’s advice, people were still going out to pubs,

restaurants and shops, so I wrote some new words to encourage them to

stay in and also to help explain some vital new do’s and don’ts to some

of our younger friends. Two minutes later, I recorded it on my phone,

uploaded it to Twitter and thought perhaps a couple of hundred people

would see it. Within 48 hours it had been viewed three million times

and I was recording it as a single (in my bedroom, of course),

with all proceeds going to FeedNHS.

Thank you to Scott Coello for his wonderful illustrations, to Kevan Frost,

who played all the instruments and produced the song, and to all of the

amazing, kind people who have given their time for free to help me get

the song (and now this book) to you. And lastly thank you to YOU for

buying this book and supporting our heroic NHS workers.

www.thankyoubakedpotato.com www.feednhs.com