"Something Outa Nothing" is a song written by Simon May

Simon May

Simon May is a British musician and composer, best known for composing some of British television's best known theme tunes, including EastEnders and Howards' Way, and for composing the music for the 1988 film The Dawning....

, Stewart James and Bradley James, for the BBC

BBC

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 soap opera

Soap opera

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 EastEnders

EastEnders

EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...

. It featured in an EastEnders storyline in 1986 and was recorded by actors Letitia Dean

Letitia Dean

Letitia Dean is an English actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Sharon Watts in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders, who was one of the serial's original characters. Dean was part of the original cast in 1985 and remained in the series until 1995...

 and Paul J. Medford

Paul J. Medford

Paul J. Medford is a British actor and performer of Barbadian descent. He is best known for playing the role of Kelvin Carpenter in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from the show's inception in 1985 to 1987...

. It was released as a single in 1986 reaching #12 in the UK Singles Chart

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.

The song in EastEnders

In 1986, Dean and Medford's characters, Sharon Watts and Kelvin Carpenter

Kelvin Carpenter

Kelvin Carpenter is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Paul J. Medford.Kelvin was a bright spark and full of initiative. He opened several businesses in Albert Square and even formed a band. He was a bit of a heartbreaker in EastEnders early years, but he ended up...

, were members of a band called The Banned, along with Simon Wicks

Simon Wicks

Simon "Wicksy" Wicks is a fictional character from the British BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Nick Berry between 1985 and 1990. Wicksy was introduced to take on some of the more adult storylines that had been scripted for another character, Mark Fowler; Mark's actor David Scarboro had left...

 (played by Nick Berry

Nick Berry

Nicholas "Nick" Berry is a British television actor and musician. He is best known for his roles as Simon Wicks in the British soap opera EastEnders from 1985 to 1990 and as PC Nick Rowan in the British drama television series Heartbeat from 1992 to 1998.-Career:Berry started acting at the age of...

), Eddie Hunter (Simon Henderson

Simon Henderson

-Life and career:Born in Chiswick, London, in 1965, Simon started in the music business as a drummer at the age of nine playing concerts in the UK. He had several acting stints, and among other things, appeared in Star Wars as a Jawa. He also played the character of rock guitarist Eddie Hunter in...

), Ian Beale

Ian Beale

Ian Albert Beale is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Adam Woodyatt. He is the longest-serving character and the only remaining original character to have appeared continuously since the first episode on 19 February 1985...

 (Adam Woodyatt

Adam Woodyatt

Adam Brinley Woodyatt is an English actor and media personality, best known for his role as Ian Beale in the long-running BBC soap opera EastEnders...

) and Harry Reynolds (Gareth Potter). They entered a competition for young musicians, and both Harry and Simon vowed to outdo each other by writing the best song to perform. Simon's song, "Every Loser Wins

Every Loser Wins

"Every Loser Wins" is a song written by Simon May for the BBC television soap opera EastEnders. It was performed by Nick Berry.Written and produced by Simon May, Stewart James and Bradley James the song was heavily featured in the BBC soap opera EastEnders throughout the summer of 1986, sung by...

", was preferred by the rest of the band, but as Harry owned all the instruments

Musical instrument

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and equipment, they were forced to pick his song, "Something Outa Nothing", for the contest. Harry then sabotaged the performance and the band were booed off stage.

The song was played in the episode broadcast on 24 August 2010 when Ian found a cassette tape and played it to his family.