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Close up The Hoosiers guitarist Martin Skarendahl, pull out to wide of fellow band members Irwin Sparkes and Alfonso Sharland with comedian Katy Brand2. Medium shot vocalist Irwin Sparkes talking to...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eLondon, 27 July 2010\u003cbr/\u003e1. Close up The Hoosiers guitarist Martin Skarendahl, pull out to wide of fellow band members Irwin Sparkes and Alfonso Sharland with comedian Katy Brand\u003cbr/\u003e2. Medium shot vocalist Irwin Sparkes talking to Katy Brand UPSOUND (English) Irwin Sparkes: \"We are going to break the record for the longest single and longest download single and probably most co-writes ever in a song and probably longest title of a record.\" \u003cbr/\u003eUPSOUND (English) Katy Brand: \"I've actually written my own verse, yeah I scribbled it down on the tube and printed it out.\"\u003cbr/\u003eUPSOUND (English) Irwin Sparkes: \"And I suppose you want to sing that?\"\u003cbr/\u003eUPSOUND Katy Brand: \"Yeah I wouldn't mind singing it.\"\u003cbr/\u003e(Left to right: Irwin Sparkes, Martin Skarendahl, Alfonso Sharland)\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Skarendahl, recording artist: \u003cbr/\u003e\"This was my idea.\"\u003cbr/\u003eIrwin Sparkes: \"You dreamt it didn't you?\"\u003cbr/\u003eMartin Skarendahl: \"Yeah, I dreamt it up in a dream.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAlfonso Sharland: \"In a dream theater if you will.\"\u003cbr/\u003eIrwin Sparkes: \"Which is ironic because Dream Theater were the original holders of this record.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAlfonso Sharland: \"Previous holders.\"\u003cbr/\u003eIrwin Sparkes: \"So thanks for keeping it warm for us.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. Various of Katy Brand and The Hoosiers singing during filming of music video\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Irwin Sparkes, recording artist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think because we've been talking about...I mean Al and I always wanted to be record breakers when we were young. We were big fans of the show. We've got dedication. We sometimes have a trumpet player play with us.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAlfonso Sharland: \"What else do you need?\"\u003cbr/\u003eIrwin Sparkes: \"Yeah.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAlfonso Sharland: \"Nothing.\"\u003cbr/\u003eIrwin Sparkes: \"That's Roy Castle related.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAlfonso Sharland: \"All you need is dedication.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Various of Katy Brand and The Hoosiers singing during filming of music video\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE (English) Alfonso Sharland, recording artist: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Forty three minutes.\"\u003cbr/\u003eIrwin Sparkes: \"Yeah, but for the world record attempt we're going to be stretching that out to an hour and fifty minutes.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAlfonso Sharland: \"Why? That's stupid. We'll still win if we just get forty three minutes.\"\u003cbr/\u003eIrwin Sparkes: \"Well let's just do that one then.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAlfonso Sharland: \"Yeah, let's do that. It's forty three minutes.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Close up music video director saying \"action,\" pull out to cameraman \u003cbr/\u003e9. Medium shot comedian Jeff Leach singing during video shoot \u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English) Alfonso Sharland, recording artist: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Yeah, we've had people...we asked fans and people to send in their suggestions of verses and then we've picked the best twenty five or so and we're going to sing them to the track.\"\u003cbr/\u003eIrwin Sparkes: \"You could see it as a nice sort of an altruistic idea of getting all the audience on stage with us and having one big gig together or you could see it as a real kind of deal of laziness because we're not going to write forty three minutes worth of song - not after doing a second album. That took us long enough. This would be like another six months.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide shot, zoom in of The Hoosiers performing during video shoot, pull out to wide\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (English) Irwin Sparkes, recording artist: \u003cbr/\u003e\"I'm struggling to learn all the words to the songs we've got already so I don't like the chances of us recreating this one.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAlfonso Sharland: \"Yes, it's just going to be...we're just going to do a big recorded version, like a video, and then put together the full forty three minutes in song version and that will be available on itunes.\"\u003cbr/\u003eIrwin Sparkes: \"Yes it will be Al. But we also tried to make it as interesting as possible so we do have other elements as well. We've added sort of string and brass sections and there will be drop down parts and different ukelele solos.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAlfonso Sharland: \"A bit of vocoder.\"\u003cbr/\u003eIrwin Sparkes: \"Oh yeah.\"\u003cbr/\u003eMartin Skarendahl: \"Featuring heavily, yeah.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close up The Hoosiers frontman Irwin Sparkes singing \u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide of The Hoosiers during video shoot\u003cbr/\u003eBritish band The Hoosiers are on a mission to make it into the history books.\u003cbr/\u003eThe band say their new 43 minute single \"Choices\" will be the longest pop song ever to be released as a single in the UK.\u003cbr/\u003eBut they haven't done it alone. \u003cbr/\u003eThey've had help from their fans, who have submitted lyrics for the track. \u003cbr/\u003e\"We asked fans and people to send in their suggestions of verses and then we've picked the best twenty five or so and we're going to sing them to the track,\" said drummer Alfonso Sharland.\u003cbr/\u003e\"You could see it as a nice sort of an altruistic idea of getting all the audience on stage with us and having one big gig together or you could see it as a real kind of deal of laziness,\" added frontman Irwin Sparkes.\u003cbr/\u003eFans whose lyrics got selected will also get their picture on the sleeve of the download release - and a song-writing 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