Shaznay Lewis hated being the 'nerd'

Former All Saints singer Shaznay Lewis felt like the "nerd" of the successful girl group - because of her songwriting talent.

The Never Felt Like This Before hitmaker spent hours of overtime in the studio working on her tunes while her sexy bandmates - Nicole Appleton, Natalie Appleton and Melanie Blatt - were out partying all night.

And Lewis cites her creative talents as the reason she felt isolated from the group, who split in 2001.

She says: "I felt like a nerd, especially when Nic and Nat were the 'sexy Saints' and Mel was the 'mysterious French Saint'. I didn't even have a nickname. It was upsetting.

"It was nice that people acknowledged I wrote the songs, but I didn't want to be branded the Gary Barlow (former Take That star) of All Saints."