Tim: This guy’s off Berlin, and this is his second single, following last year’s fair well performing “Na und?!” According to his Wikipedia page, he’s never smoked and drunk massive amounts of whiskey – his voice is just naturally like this.
Tim: Isn’t that good?
Tom: Oh, that is a heck of a voice. Admittedly I want to clear my throat now you’ve pointed it out, but yes, that’s a proper Blues Singer voice being applied to pop, which is fun.
Tim: Title translates to “What A Great Time”, and the song’s basically about a load of friends getting back together for a party, and, whether it’s intentional or not, the musical progression of this song sums the whole situation up perfectly. We start out as a fairly standard light rock track that you get when everyone’s “hey, how are you doing, what are you up to?”, gradually becoming a little more boisterous for the “wait, you really did do that? With her?” period, before the massive breakdown when basically everybody’s losing their shit on the dancefloor, and he’s doing that with her all over again.
Tom: That sounds like a personal story there, but, yeah, sure.
Tim: A great time indeed, and Ben, you’re very welcome to nick that concept for the music video.
Tom: This isn’t immediately going on my playlist, but there’s nothing wrong with it either — I just feel it needs something a little bit more.
Tim: Well, this isn’t the version I first heard and which inspired me to post this; that version is the Darius & Finlay Edit, which adds in a fabulous string backing and has an even better post chorus, but sadly it’s not on YouTube. If you’ve got a streaming service near you, do yourself a favour and play it now. You won’t regret it.