We have been listening to Britain's Got Talent winner George Sampson's jaw-dropping new single, 'Get Up On The Dancefloor', on repeat for about half an hour. This is either one of the most unexpectedly good singles of the year or a new low in a popcultural year that has already given us Hole In The Wall and Kerry Katona's horrible tits. We think it's probably brilliant — we'll get back to you on that. The long and short of it is that the song takes the form of a big medley-style mashup featuring samples (probably not actual samples, that wouldn't make financial sense at all!!!!) from danceable hits of the last few decades.
We think the video works really really well — you can watch it here.
| REASONS THE SONG IS AMAZING |
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| It features 2008's best use of a Yazoo sample.
It's a medley. Medleys are never not amazing. It's got crowd noise in it — it's not just medley, it's STADIUM MEDLEY. The medley stakes have been raised. It's got a bit of C&C Music Factory's 'Everybody Dance Now' — which continues to be incredible even eight decades after it was released. George will no doubt be able to do some fancy footwork to it. It is actually very toe-tapping. (He should've just covered Chromeo's 'Fancy Footwork' shouldn't he, the big loon.) Bongo noise. Whistle noise. The lyrics are about not very much at all except having a dance and George Sampson being quite good. |
It features 2008's 49th Yazoo sample
It ends with George going 'STOP!' but doesn't come back in with a yell of 'SAMPSON TIME!' before crashing into a bit of 'Super Freak' and then fading out again. MISSED OPPORTUNITY. It features a bit of 'Play That Funky Music', one of the world's worst songs. It features a bit of House Of Pain's 'Jump Around', another of the world's worst songs. George puts on an American accent a bit like when you are at school and pretend unconvincingly to be in The A‑Team. The lyrics are about not very much at all except having a dance and George Sampson being quite good. |
If George's people 'target' the 'right demographic' and 'load' the release with 'great content' through the right sort of Bebo partnershipszzzz they might just get this away — George seems like a good bloke and is genuinely liked by people of his own age, in the same way that Lil' Chris was a couple of years ago. It's going head to head with Take That, McFly and a load of other big acts when it's released on November 24, so this could really be a case of 'Sampson and Goliath'! (David and Delilah are unavailable for comment.)