Noddy Holder & Jim Lea - ’Shooting Me Down’ (1987 demo)

The Noddy Holder and Jim Lea demo of Shooting Me Down, recorded in 1987. The song was originally intended for Samantha Fox, whose label Jive Records approached Holder and Lea, asking them to provide a song for her upcoming album. The song was written and demoed within a couple of weeks but, with Fox’s latest single ’Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now’ climbing the UK Singles Chart, Jive quickly had her new album hastily packaged and ready for a July 1987 release. There was not enough time for Fox to record the song and, although Jive liked it and wished to keep hold of it for the future, the singer never recorded it. Some newspapers later reported that Holder and Lea put the song aside as a potential comeback single for Slade. However, with the band on hiatus at the time, the song was ultimately given to the band Chrome Molly.