Travis frontman Fran Healy told Jaxsta the story behind this song from the band's fifth studio album. "We had an apartment in New York and I got a little keyboard and was trying to write songs for what would be The Boy With No Name," he recalled. "I've got a very small family, and I was thinking about this idea of taking people for granted, you just get used to them being there. And you never really stop to go, wait a second… It was a song to remind myself that these people are amazing and I love them."
The album title was inspired by Healy and his partner Nora's struggle to name their newborn son. Healy emailed a photo of the baby (whom they eventually named Clay) to a friend with the caption "The Boy With No Name."
This was the album's first and most successful single, peaking at #10 in the UK. It was also a #1 hit in the group's native Scotland.
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