Pete Doherty aspires to Barry White

Pete Doherty has always wanted to write a "Barry White-style hit".

The troubled Babyshambles rocker is always striving to write an epic pop song and believes he has finally achieved his ambition with a new track called 'After He'.

He told NME magazine: "It's a f***ing belter. It hasn't really got a title but we're calling it 'After He' for now.

"Well Mik Whitnall, years ago, when we first started writing together, he took me aside and said, 'Look, if we're really going to bother with this we're going to have to come up with a 'My Way' or something. Like a f**k off big Frank Sinatra or Barry White style, one-off, big hit.

"I've been trying and I've had a couple that have come close. 'Albion' was good. I felt that was quite big, but this could be the one."

The singer also spoke about how embarrassed he was when he met one of his heroes, former The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr.

He recalled: "I felt like a right t**t. I said to him, 'I feel like a k**b asking you this, but can you play 'Jeane' for us.' "