He tells Billboard: "It's absolutely awful. We had no input as to what it would be about or who would be in it. They had people give us clothes to wear - we were just dumbfounded. Fortunately, the song had some roots so we were saved."

The song cracked the top 40 in the US - something he says he had always dreamed about. He continues: "I used to dream about the day when Casey Kasem would talk about us on American Top 40 - and there it was, on Sunday morning, hearing that voice saying, 'No.39, a brand new band from New Jersey.' I was just so happy.