Many people believe the song is referring to an actual fling with a particular female presenter or pop star with lines like "Considering the amount of prang you've done, you looked amazing on CD:UK" and a reference to MTV's children's appeal.
•
The reference to the television show CD:UK in the song is quite notable because the show was axed just two days after "When You Wasn't Famous"' release.
Famous Studios | It Wasn't Me | Famous Funnies | Nathan's Famous | Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous | Famous Players Film Company | Famous Monsters of Filmland | ...Famous Last Words... | Almost Famous | The Halloween That Almost Wasn't | The Naked and Famous | Let Us Now Praise Famous Men | Famous Players-Lasky | Famous Blue Raincoat | Rich and Famous (1981 film) | Rich and Famous | It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels | If It Wasn't For The Moon | He Wasn't Man Enough | Famous Writers School | Brand new 63d MAW C-141As on the ramp at Norton AFB, 1967. Serial 66-0177 is in foreground. This aircraft will become the famous "Hanoi Taxi | Young, Black, Rich and Famous | World Famous Bushman | Widdowson (hand on hip) depicted in an engraving titled "Famous Football Players" issued by the ''Boy's Own Paper | wasn't actually Dillinger | Verwey hall from the Grote Houtstraat looking north. The street level is in use by shops and a restaurant, and the upper levels are accessible from the entrance near the Vleeshal. Along the top of the facade are the words "Modern Art" and the more famous names in Haarlem Modern art | The World Famous Pontani Sisters | ''The Stables and Two Famous Running Horses belonging to His Grace, the Duke of Bolton'', by James Seymour | The Night That Made America Famous | The God Who Wasn't There |