Geri Halliwell – Half of Me

Geri Haliwell – Half of Me

 

What happened to the Spice Girls philosophy?! The video is about as good as the lyrics…

 

Chart Round-Up – 17 November 2013

Dance hits continue to top the charts

Riding upon the #1 success of Storm Queen’s dance hit ‘Look Right Through’ last week, Garrix’s dance floor smash breaks the spell of the John Lewis Christmas magic and beats Lily Allen to the number one spot (though Keane’s original has crept back into the Top 40 9 years after its release at number 29).

New entries

Lady Gaga makes another disappointing entry into the singles chart at number 9, which is a shame as ‘Do What You Want’ is a return to the proper catchy tunes of previous albums. Still at least ARTPOP is number 1 in the album chart –  all is not lost, let’s not eject GaGa into space just yet. Canadian Queen-of-Ballads, Celine Dion makes a return with her highest charting single in the UK in over a decade at number 14 with yet another Sia Furler penned hit ‘Loved Me Back To Life’.

Best Song: Youth – Foxes – beautiful shimmering electro-pop at its finest with a superb vocal and melody from this Rudimental vocalist. Not to be confused with Ylvis ‘The Fox’ which was a contender for Worst Song…

Worst song:  All Bad – Justin Bieber – Another dull single in a string of generic hits from Justin Bieber, securing his sixth top 40 hit in as many weeks All Bad. Someone needs to tell this boy quantity doesn’t mean quality.

Lily Allen – Hard Out Here

Following her launch back into the music scene with the aid of a certain Christmas advertisement, Lily Allen has dropped her debut single from her forthcoming album ‘Hard Out Here’, co-written and produced by Greg Kurstin.

Off-beat verses hint at the ska-grooves of vintage Lily Allen, before heading for a four-on-the-floor build towards the huge drop of the electro-pop chorus. The chorus hook has a playful descending melody, extremely catchy, singable and booty-shaking danceable. Allen’s pleasing vocals delve into her soft upper range for the bridge, which perhaps make the delivery of the line ‘”forget your balls and grow a pair of tits” that much funnier.

And that’s what really sets this song apart, the wit, the sarcasm, the satire. The lyrics are Lily Allen at her best. Ripping the piss out of the music industry line by line. The feisty girl-power pop song has finally made a return and it can’t come soon enough.