Hope Ain't a Bad Thing

Album: Single Release Only (2014)
Charted: 16
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Songfacts®:

  • This charity single in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust commemorates Stephen Sutton, who raised over £4 million for charity before he died on May 14, 2014.
  • The Neon Brotherhood comprises 40 musicians from Neon Sound Studios in Burntwood, who either knew Stephen, or were just simply inspired by him. They came together to write and record a charity single in the late teenager's memory. Tom Drover, guitarist and assistant engineer on the track told the Official Charts Company: "The idea was hatched when Stephen posted his thumbs up picture. We all decided to come together to do something for Ste, one of the things on his bucket list was to have a charity single."

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