YeahYeeeeeehaaaaaaa!!!! GROOVE ARMADA have just released the most perfect pop song of all time! No, really.
“Song 4 Mutya” is a glittering, 80’s synth-driven bubble gum pink catchy, fun, and razor sharp song of the highest order. It’s so good that I just invented a new word…
It’s impossible to listen to this without jumping out of your seat and engaging in some serious hip gyrating action.
For the benefit of those who may have been living in either a rainforest or on Mars for the past year, Mutya Buena left the mighty Sugarbabes, and has lent her bubbly, vivacious vocals to this track – which appears on her debut album “Real Girl”, and also on Groove Armada’s latest album “Soundboy Rocks”.
So why all the fuss? Why is this cynical wizened old hack chomping at the bit for this new single? Well, first of all IT IS A TUNE. Think Gary Newman coupled with the power of the Sugarbabes (clearly, cause that one has been done before), with some of the best bits from the Stock Aitiken and Waterman era (oh come on, they had their moments!). The end result is a superb catchy song with a feel good factor that bursts off the Richter scale in a shower of bright colours - mainly from the pink end of the spectrum.
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Secondly, it’s a darn good song about getting over your ex. Or not, because clearly every time Mutya encounters him with another lass she has to take time out to stop herself from pouring beer over his head/punching him in the face/crying hysterically and begging him back.*
*Not remotely based on this writer’s personal experience.
This song just goes to show how much the 'Babes relied on Mutya for their trademark, edgy sound. She’s basically just moved her skill somewhere else. Groove Armada and Mutya suit each other to a T. Like baked beans and cheese, salt and pepper, the cherry on the icing, the tinsel on the tree, we could go on. But we won’t.
You should just check this track out, but no doubt you’ll hear it all over the shop soon. It’s already No. 16 in the singles charts and it hasn’t even been released yet…
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