>> lowe: curtis stigers, yes. >> smith: curtis stigers. >> lowe: yes. >> smith: who recorded the song and the record sold 44 million copies worldwide? is that correct? >> lowe: did it really? i didn't know it was as many as that. >> smith: 44 million worldwide, 17 million here. >> lowe: if it did, then i was underpaid. [ laughter ] >> smith: well, but you did, you did do as they say okay is on, as a result for that. >> lowe: i did very, very well for it. >> smith: set you up. >> lowe: i mean, you get pennies, literally pennies, when it sells those copies. >> smith: that's a lot of pennies. >> lowe: that amount is a lot of pennies. >> smith: that's many, many pennies. >> lowe: and needless to say, curtis and i are extremely good friends. [ laughter ] >> smith: he is on your christmas card list every year. >> lowe: yes. >> smith: when you hear, let's leave curtis out of it because he did such a solid for you on this, but when you hear chris cornell or bruce springstein or wilco who you are touring with at the moment and they have performed this song, when you hear folks like that sing,