Tom: “This is a really good track, and I’ve not heard it before,” I thought the other day while listening to an old Almighty Records compilation, “I wonder what the original is?”
Tim: Huh, that is a really good track. What is the original?
Tom: Well, you see, that’s where it all fell apart, because it turns out the original is Paris Hilton’s first single.
Tim: Oof. You mean the one…
Tom: The one that’s close enough to UB40’s Kingston Town that they sued over it, yes.
So by all standards, I should hate this song. But without the half-assed reggae backing of the original; you’ve got a dance remix — standard, yes, but one that fits the song pretty much perfectly.
Tim: Yep. I’d far rather listen to this than the original, certainly.
Tom: As they occasionally do, Almighty Records have pretty much fixed the song.
Tim: And this is why we love them so much – even if it’s a slightly bizarre reinterpretation, more often than not they’re just brilliant.