After ending OMD, McCluskey became a pop mogul – he helped put Atomic Kitten together and co-wrote their 2000 debut album Right Now, featuring the smash single Whole Again. “Three good-looking young women, two of whom could sing well, and hey presto, my only No.1 single,” he laughs. “That first Atomic Kitten album is a fantastic set of slightly weird and wonderful millennial pop.”