Texas singer Sharleen Spiteri: It took me 20 years to ask Thierry Henry to be in a music video

Video star: Thierry Henry stars in the new Texas video
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Alistair Foster2 May 2017
The Weekender

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Texas singer Sharleen Spiteri says it took her 20 years to pluck up the courage to ask Arsenal star Thierry Henry to appear in a video for the band.

She has been friends with the former striker, 39, for two decades after they became neighbours in Belsize Park, and he is godfather to her daughter, Misty Kyd Heath.

He is seen behind the wheel of a Porsche in the video for new single Let’s Work It Out, driving Spiteri, 49, to a studio.

She told the Standard: “I met him after an Arsenal match, we were chatting and it turned out he lived in the street behind me in Belsize Park.

"He had just moved to London so I asked him if he needed someone to show him around town.

“It took me 20 years to pluck up the guts to ask him to be in a video. I never like asking my friends for favours as you never know if they feel too pressured into doing it.

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"Being in a music video is slightly beyond the call of duty. But I texted him and said, ‘Don’t say no, but…’ He heard the record and really liked it, so luckily he said yes.”

Texas release their ninth studio album, Jump On Board, next month. They have now been together for 27 years, selling more than 35 million records, and despite several breaks have never split up.

Spiteri, who recently got engaged to chef Bryn Williams, said: “We’ve always known when to go away so people don’t get too sick of you.”

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