Posted October 29, 20195 yr 18 voters. 15 songs. 1 winner. Stay tuned as I kick off the results of the Basement Jaxx 'The Singles' rate soon! In the mean time feel free to speculate. Here is a reminder of the songs: xx Red Alert xx Good Luck xx Romeo xx Oh My Gosh xx Bingo Bango xx Where's Your Head At xx Rendez-Vu xx Jump n' Shout xx Lucky Star xx Plug It In xx U Don't Know Me xx Do Your Thing xx Jus 1 Kiss xx Flylife xx Samba Magic
October 29, 20195 yr Actually don't really have any idea what would be winning this so interested to see how this plays out. x
October 29, 20195 yr Ideally it would be right near the bottom but I'll be happy if Where's Your Head At isn't in the top 3
October 29, 20195 yr Good Luck is the best thing they've sone but think I'm alone with that one :D probably Wheres your head at or Red Alert will win
October 29, 20195 yr Romeo is my fave of theirs but all of Red Alert, Good Luck, Where's Your Head At & Plug It In would be great winners too! If I had to predict the winner I'd go for Good Luck. Actually nah, Red Alert. Edited October 29, 20195 yr by dobbo
October 29, 20195 yr Red Alert, Romeo and Where's Your Head At would be a great top 3 in any order really.
October 30, 20195 yr Author 15. Lucky Star vMVKBA8NXK4 Average: 5.83 Highest scores: 10 (Euphorique + lewistgreen), 9 (Tones and Iz) Lowest scores: 1 (Sleepy Rollo), 2 (dobbo) Taking home the wooden spoon is 'Lucky Star' from Basement Jaxx's third album 'Kish Kash'. This single features a then 19-year-old Dizzee Rascal and Mona Singh, daughter of Bhangra singer Channi Singh. Basement Jaxx and Dizzee were label-mates at the time, so he was a logical choice of rap feature. The dance duo had been releasing top 40 hits for six years at this point, but Dizzee was very new to it all - scoring his debut chart appearance with 'I Luv U' just months before 'Lucky Star' was released. Basement Jaxx gave 'Lucky Star' the single treatment in 2003 and got to #23 with it in the U.K. chart. They certainly turn up the zaniness with both the production of 'Lucky Star' and its accompanying green-screen heavy video! The hopeful chorus is pretty demanding and in-your-face too. The verses from Dizzee are down-to-Earth and mention tougher times in the past - a particular stand-out lyric for me is "what do you know about hustling for a school meal?". Another memorable element of the song is the quirky effect that's added to Mona Singh's voice towards the end. I don't know about you guys but this was a surprising last place for me! It's all very unpredictable when even 15th place has 10s.
October 30, 20195 yr That was one of the songs I gave a slightly lower score to so can't complain too much about its placement (there weren't any songs on here that I actually disliked). Not as good as the combination of Basement Jaxx and Dizzee Rascal should be really.
October 31, 20195 yr Author 14. U Don't Know Me 7yVwnCTI1dU Average: 6 Highest scores: 10 (Nick F1), 9 (lewistgreen) Lowest scores: 3 (Sleepy Rollo), 4 (Jester, Jess Glynne + DanG) Avoiding last place with a nice round average of 6 is 'U Don't Know Me'! It was released as a single from this very 'The Singles' album to help promote it back in 2005. It ultimately charted at #26 in the U.K. Lisa Kekaula takes the reins on lead vocal here. However, there's still another appearance from her to come as she is also the singer on 'Good Luck'. The backing vocalists include Vula Malinga, Daniel Pearce and Shaun Escoffery. 'U Don't Know Me' is one of Basement Jaxx's more rocky offerings for sure - the instrumentation helps an otherwise pretty standard song jump out more. This direction divided critics - with some claiming that this was their weakest single to date. But others loved it. The version on 'The Singles' is mid-tempo, but the sped up 'JaxxHouz' version is the one used for the music video. It's quite an amusing visual as it shows someone dressed up as Queen Elizabeth II participating in wild antics. This of course ties in with the title of the song - that we don't know her behind the scenes. ~ 'U Don't Know Me' is potentially the weakest track on 'The Singles' for me so I'm fine with this position. I definitely prefer the JaxxHouz version!
October 31, 20195 yr Not surprised at its position but as I said in my rate I’ve grown quite fond of it especially the original version on the album.
November 1, 20195 yr Author 13. Samba Magic ZSmaHtazJ6M Average: 6.25 Highest scores: 10 (gavindeejay), 9 (Tones and Iz) Lowest scores: 2 (Sleepy Rollo), 3 (Jester + dobbo) Also claiming a place in the bottom 3 is 'Samba Magic'! This was Basement Jaxx's first ever single, released back in 1995. Unfortunately it failed to crack the top 40 but they'd only have to wait a couple of years to do so. It acts as the closing track on 'The Singles' and is the longest song on the album. It samples Brazilian artist Airto Moreira's 'Samba de Flora', a song from the 1980s. 'Samba Magic' is largely instrumental and features minimal vocals - quite toned down by Basement Jaxx's standards. But it has a flavour to it that feels distinctively them nevertheless. The biggest standout element to me is the carnival feel to the song which can also be found in 'Bingo Bango'. The electronic production also feels delightfully 90s. They would come so far but the reminder of where they began was a nice way to round off the compilation. ~ This probably suffered a bit by being the most unknown song here - it was the only one that multiple people left blank in their rates. Also it was very early days of their career anyway - they'd go on to bigger and better things. Definitely not a Basement Jaxx classic by any means for me but I think I would've liked to see it a couple of spots higher. I can't complain though as I actually expected this to be last - that's why 'Lucky Star' being 15th surprised me!
November 1, 20195 yr The last 2 songs on the album were the only ones that I didn't recognise - 'Samba Magic' was the weaker of the two but still good fun. Expecting 'Flylife' to probably also be out early and to be the first song to drop out that I actually gave a higher score. 'U Don't Know Me' quite easily the weakest on the album for me but still decent.
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