Their first single, a cover version of "The Green Fields of France", was released in 1984. Written by Eric Bogle (of "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" fame), the song's protagonist imagined having a conversation with one of the fallen soldiers of World War I whilst sitting by his graveside. It received airplay on the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1, and finished at Number 3 in Peel's Festive 50 for that year. It became a No.1 hit in the UK Indie Chart.