![]() ![]() ![]() (it's available for preorder now.) He'll kick off a nationwide tour beginning in August. You can listen to the exclusive premiere of Hay’s version of “I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself” and see the track listing for the album, which arrives on Aug. ‘I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself’ was produced by Johnny Franz, whose team created the closest thing Britain had to the Phil Spector Wall of Sound.’ Dusty Springfield’s voice is divine.” "It seemed Dusty Springfield always had a hit on the charts. “I worked in my parents' record store in the '60s,” he explained. Hay chose “I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself” because it reminded him of his youth in Scotland, before he and his family relocated to Australia. Dionne Warwick, Elvis Costello, Linda Ronstadt and the White Stripes are among the other artists who have put their spin on the song over the years. The song was penned by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and made famous by Dusty Springfield in 1964. The classic “I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself” serves as the LP's title track. “And so it went, until we had 10,” Hay explained. The producer liked what he heard and encouraged more. Hay sent this initial recording to his friend and frequent collaborator Chad Fischer. So I switched on the machines with the pretty lights and recorded it. “Gerry Marsden had just died, and I was sitting around in the basement, playing major 7th chords, as you do, and I started singing ‘Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying’ to myself. “I wasn’t particularly planning a covers album,” the singer admitted. ![]()
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