Eighties pop icon Clare Grogan alters her image for new role at Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum - Liam Rudden

That song has been in my head since seeing Clare and her now all female band at the Liquid Room on Thursday night.

A cracking gig, all the old hits were there, from the single that started it all, the darkly titled Dead Pop Stars, to the joyous I Could Be Happy, the evocative See Those Eyes and the anthemic Don’t Talk to Me About Love, each had the audience singing along and the diminutive star bouncing about the stage with more energy than most half her age.

Indeed it’s hard to believe that Clare, still fondly remembered by generations of film lovers as Susan in Gregory’s Girl, is now 57, a fact she proudly announces to the audience.

Looking around, most aren’t far behind, if not already way ahead of her.

A celebration of girl power, the current Altered Images line-up recreate the classic hits with a nostalgic authenticity while the ever self-deprecating singer revels in the opportunity to entertain, keeping her fans laughing between songs with anecdotes and fleeting musings that just beg to be shared.

Popping by to say hello and catch up at the end of the gig - my other half starred in the Glasgow King’s panto with Clare a few years back - the singer was buzzing, excited to be back in Scotland where she will be spending the next two months.

So at ease is she in pop star mode as she effortlessly works the audience, it’s easy to forget that Clare’s talent extends far beyond her music - she’s also a novelist and her acting credits are many and impressive. Everything from Bill Forsyth’s 1984 movie Comfort and Joy to TV series like Blott on the Landscape, Red Dwarf, Father Ted and EastEnders, as Ian Beale’s love interest, have benefited from the input of the diminutive dynamo.

As a whole new generation of fans discovered her when she landed a role in Channel 4’s Skins, on stage her credits were racking up to include playing Rita in Educating Rita and a fitness instructor in the play Lady Macbeth Firmed My Buttocks, at the Fringe. It’s an eclectic resume that Clare will add to later this year when she stars in Neil Simon’s Barefoot In The Park (see the picture) at the Royal Lyceum.

A co-production with Pitlochry Theatre, she told me it’s one of her favourite plays... which is how she came to be cast. Seeing the piece announced on social media as part of the theatre’s new season, she remarked that she ‘loved the play’. If she was excited at the announcement, you can only imagine her joy when the producer got in touch and said, ‘Well, actually Clare....”

The rest as they say is history.