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Plan B thinks Gabriella Cilmi's 'On A Mission' is the perfect pop song

  • May 17, 2012
  • Brad O'Mance

'Mama (Loves a Crackhead)' hitmaker Plan B thinks Gabriella Cilmi's seminal 'On A Mission' is the perfect pop song.

We will just run that past you again: Plan B thinks 'On A Mission' is the perfect pop song.

Taking part in a Music Week feature titled 'THE PERFECT POP SONG' — running to celebrate the Ivor Novellos — B described the 2010 chart­buster as a "big pop song".

Incredible.

Other popstars picking their favour­ites included Sophie Ellis-Bextor ('Mickey' by Toni Basil), Will Young ('I Will Always Love You', both versions) and Paloma Faith, who plumped for '9 To 5' by Dolly Parton.

Katie Melua, meanwhile, picked 'Spaceman' by Babylon Zoo.

Anyway never mind all that, let's all examine Plan B's idea of the perfect pop song.

Amazing.

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