I Still Want To Dance

Johnny Boy “You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve” – This is a soaring, somewhat twee Phil Spector-esque mini-epic which feels so intensely British that the lyrics may as well be all in rhyming Cockney slang. Only people from the UK make these kind of records nowadays, it has become something like the indigenous music of the British isles. It’s a lovely, vaguely Christmas-y tune, and it really soars when the girl emphatically sings “yeah, yeah!” as the back-up singers coo “ooh baby, ah baby.” (Click here to buy it from Amazon UK.)

Superthriller “Ahjustwannadance” – Not all copycat Prince tracks hit the mark, but this funky, shiny little electro tune has enough charm and bounce to it to make it a suitable surrogate for the real deal, circa the late 80s. It’s hard not to love this song, especially when the singer’s Prince impression ends up sounding a bit more like a smarmy Lyrics Born. (Click here to buy it from Rough Trade.)