 But although some bemoaned the feature's mawkish nature, "Our Tune" helped to establish Simon Bates as a household name in the United Kingdom.A spin-off album featuring songs chosen by listeners was released in 2006, while to celebrate ten years of "Our Tune", in 1990 Arrow Books published a paperback of "Our Tune" stories co-authored by Simon Bates.The feature disappeared from Radio 1 after Bates resigned from the network in 1993.