Oh my God. It's like 2 Unlimited never went away.
"You & Me" is utter drivel. It's a classic example of lowest common denominator, hands-aloft, cattle-market Eurodisco-cruising pap. It simply serves to remind you that any young buck with access to programs like Cubase can flood the market any time they like.
Just to further indulge the conceit involved, "You & Me" also arrives with a staggering SIX remixes. Of these, only the CLOUD 99 one has any worth, purely because it's the sparsest and least irritating, but the sheer financial undertaking o paying this many remixers in itself reminds you this single will inevitably be successful. Actually, it's REALLY depressing when that thought leads to the realisation this will probably sell more than all the other eight or nine singles I'm reviewing today will between them. And that statistic may be irreversible fact, but it's still bloody hard to swallow.
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The final nail in the coffin is struck when you realise Uniting Nations' previous 'smash' was a cover of Hall & Oates' "Out Of Touch". Predictably, that too plumbed execrable depths, but somehow "You & Me" trumps it in terms of sheer Godawfulness.
Uniting Nations are comprised of Paul Keenan and Daz Sampson. They should hang their heads in shame, but in reality will probably laugh all the way to the bank. In these Reality TV-condoning days, it all seems so horribly preordained.
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