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Happy 10th birthday, 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head'.

  • September 8, 2011
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One of the defining songs of the modern pop era, still brilliant one decade after its release.

We feel very priv­ileged to have been present when the song was given its first public airing, six months ahead of release as a surprise blast of new material on the opening night of Kylie's 2001 theatre tour. In a review the next day we said that the song was "not rubbish" (CORRECT) and that it sounded a bit like Kraftwerk and Modjo (DEBATABLE).

Seriously though what a song.

WHAT.

A.

SONG.

Further reading:
» 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' on Wikipedia
» Paul Morley going off on one
» Why not put on a per­form­ance later today?

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