I’m not going to present a case to reappraise the underrated musical genius of Captain Sensible, but this bassline is iconic.

The Damned’s second single, released in February 1977, captures all the excitement of that first wave of punk rock. Not just the bassline but the clatter of Rat Scabies’ drums, the bloodcurdling roar of Dave Vanian, and the buzzsaw guitar of Brian James.

Forty years after its release, the song found a new cultural moment in Edgar Wright’s film Baby Driver, when Ansel Elfort’s babyfaced getaway driver plays it as preparation for a heist.

I particularly enjoy the fact that, in order to get in the zone, he has to delay matters while he winds back his Walkman to start the song again. With its frenetic pace it is, of course, the perfect song for a frantic car chase.

The scene gave it a new lease of life – and a new audience – four decades after its initial release, and appearance on the first UK punk album, Damned Damned Damned.

Produced by Nick Lowe, it was recorded, like the album, and The Damned’s debut single New Rose – the first UK punk single – just up the road from me at Pathway Studios in Newington Green.