Papa and Nicole advert played during the advertising break for "Coronation Street" on 29 May 1998; an estimated 23 million viewers watched Nicole leave Vic Reeves at the altar and start a new life with Bob Mortimer in his new Renault Clio. All but one of the advertisements used Renault's 1980s to 1990s signature tune, Robert Palmer's "Johnny And Mary". Each used a variation of the song, including Martin Taylor's acoustic interpretation, an alternative version of which he released on his album "Spirit of Django" and Renault's promotional compilation, "Miles More Music". The advert that did not use "Johnny And Mary" was Le
Re-Make/Re-Model explained in an interview that Eno and MacKay's backing vocal chorus of "CPL 593H" was the number plate of the car in which the woman is riding. Ferry took inspiration from a personal experience - the number plate CPL 593H belonged to a car he previously owned, a blue 1970 Mini Clubman. After it had left his ownership he saw it parked in a street, and on going to look at it observed an attractive young woman get into the car and drive away. Thus, in true Ferry style, the song was indirectly about 'the girl'. Ferry reworked "Re-Make/Re-Model" on