Former lead singer with top punk rock band The Stranglers, Hugh Cornwell, has co-written a dance record that went down a storm in Ibiza.

The versatile singer/songwriter left The Stranglers a decade ago and has no regrets about throwing in the towel with one of the top rock bands to come out of the UK.

"You have to stick to a certain image with a group like The Stranglers. It is difficult to have a free hand,'' said Hugh, who has also just released his new album Hi-Fi.

His adventure into clubland with the single Attention, came about when Rough Driver sent him some of their tracks.

"I took a shine to one of them and put it together,'' said Hugh. "They took it all over Ibiza.''

The song will also be on Rough Drivers' new album. "I have no qualms about writing with anybody,'' said Hugh, who enjoys the no barriers freedom of being a solo artist.

The musician has also been asked to sing a new version of the Stranglers' hit No More Heroes as the theme tune to a TV series starring Jennifer Saunders, due to be screened in the New Year.

"Jennifer is a fan of the Stranglers and I have met her several times over the years," said Hugh.

He worked with Laurie Lathan on his new CD and has moved a step forward from the psychedelic feel of his last album Guilty.

"It is now stereophonic, hence Hi-Fi, I wanted to take it a few steps further on.''

It is a 10-track CD and includes a track written about one of Hugh's childhood heroes Robert Mitchum and another about Arthur Lee, a 1960s psychedelic pop song writer.

"He's in jail at the moment so I wrote it for him,'' said Hugh. "Other tracks are about relationships and people I know and Miss Teazy Weezy is about a friend.''

On Monday, October 16, Hugh drops into Swindon's Arts Centre in Old Town with his band Sumyunguise (some young guys mixed with Samyun the Thai meal).

His band includes Mike Rolson, a guitarist who has worked with Hugh for the past four years, a new bass player, Midus from Lisbon, and the drummer Johnny Miller who played with Etienne.