Norman Cook

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500 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 25 Jul

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Desert Island Discs · Norman Cook, DJ and musician · 25 Jul 2026 podcast

Well, this is the contentious one, probably.

Rainbow Connection by The Muppets, which I think the only person probably who might have also chosen this would be my darling ex-wife Zoe, because in our family, this is just the tune that cements everything together.

If you get over the fact that it's sung by a puppet frog, it's actually a very beautiful, soulful song.

I can imagine it lifting my spirits on those days when I realise that I am on my own and I've got no-one to show off to.

This is really one of those songs that would just make me smile and laugh and remember people.

My dear old father-in-law, Rick, it's just his favourite song.

So I would play this for Rick, I would remember him and I remember everyone who's danced around the room with me to it.

I think I did it for one term until my parents couldn't stand the screeching noise any longer and I switched to piano.

But yeah, no, it's quite funny because some people say, when they say, oh, you know, I was at school with so-and-so, it means like they were in a different year and, you know, but me and Keir were actually in the same form for five years.

Yeah, yeah.

I remember I saw him on TV when he was Director of Public Prosecutions.

I remember seeing him on the news thinking, there can't be more than one person called Keir Starmer.

It's a weird name.

And I suppose he probably had the same thing with me, only I would have changed my name.

He's like, that don't half look like Cook from 4K.

I hadn't seen him since the last day of school.

And then just to sort of watch his rise.

Bizarrely enough, there was somebody in our school who was a real swat and he was brilliant.

He was gifted and talented.

And when you asked him, he said, I want to be prime minister.

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