That same year, English singer Lily Allen recorded a cover of the song, released on her single "Littlest Things" (a version later appeared on the 2007 compilation album, The Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Leary Show).

The version appearing on the Fierce Panda release was a home-recorded song, supposedly recorded in a single room.

The release arose as a result of Simon Williams attending a Keane gig at London's Betsey Trotwood in December 2002, and liking what he heard so much that he immediately offered to put out a single for the band.

The cover art, designed by Alex Lake, represents Tom Chaplin's shadow filled with the photography of two boats.

The 2004 version of "Everybody's Changing", re-recorded during the Heliocentric sessions of winter 2003, is Keane's second major-label release during the Hopes and Fears campaign.

There were also pocket CDs with two songs and polyphonic ringtones, as well as alternative versions for France, the Netherlands and Germany.

These include a basketball player, a Japanese geisha, a military soldier, a doctor in a white lab coat, a female bodybuilder, a young female gymnast, an Aboriginal Australian tribesman, a British policewoman, a Girl Guide, an Inuk man, a Ballet dancer and a homeless man.

Keane appear on a scene representing a sunset – their performance is broken up with clips of gigs in London, Mexico City and United States.

The song was first recorded as a quick demo including a solo of a melodica Tim Rice-Oxley bought in Vienna when Keane were supporting Starsailor.

The demo included a simple drum pattern and Rice-Oxley providing both lead and backing vocals.

When the band decided to use the song as a B-side for Everybody's Changing, they went into the old Island Studios in St Peter's Square to record vocals and real drums.

For some reason Steve Winwood's Hammond organ was in the studio, deciding the band to add this instrument to the track too.

I think it just captures a feeling of missing people and wondering why life can't just be a bit simpler sometimes.

The song was originally composed on guitar, and a regular feature of live gigs before Scott's departure.

Band member Richard Hughes later stated on Twitter that he was "horrified" to hear the song being played,[6] and said he would not vote for them.