Mark Gane discusses how he wrote Echo Beach in the UK’s Songwriting Magazine. The song has hit 30 million streams worldwide on Spotify, was a top 10 international hit and won a JUNO for Single of the Year. It has had cultural impact as well. There is a venue in Toronto called Echo Beach, a German record label, a UK television series, an Irish show jumping horse, an American surf film, hotels in Bali and Zanzibar and an Australian youth hostel.
You can check out the interview here: https://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/how-i-wrote/echo-beach-martha-and-the-muffins-mark-gane