1997 got off to a fine start for the band with four nominations for brit awards, and they subsequently took home the award for "british breakthrough act" at the ceremony in february. in the same month they released what would turn out to be their biggest hit, a cover of "hush" (originally written by joe south for billy joe royal, and most famously performed by the british hard-rock band deep purple), which peaked at number 2. the song also proved successful in the u.s., where it was used on the soundtrack to the blockbuster movie "i know what you did last summer" and again in the trailer for the 2014 film "". the song was also placed at no. 224 by virgin radio, in a poll for the 20th century's greatest songs. in the wake of the single's release, some ill-advised remarks on the traditional mystical properties of swastikas by crispian mills put the band in the firing line of some of the uk press.