"Switch It On" by Will Young

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It's like Al Green doing a fucked-up cover version of "Footloose" as remixed by Basement Jaxx. The harmonica over the chorus is played by Mark Feltham, the dude who did harmonica on Laughing Stock and Spirit Of Eden. Single of the year.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Monday, 14 November 2005 23:08 (twenty years ago)

on my list

― anthony, Monday, 14 November 2005 23:35 (twenty years ago)

it r0x

― dumdum, Tuesday, 15 November 2005 00:25 (twenty years ago)

bo diddley styley

― dumdum, Tuesday, 15 November 2005 00:25 (twenty years ago)

Bloody hell, cause I thought it sounded a bit like "Desire" offa "Spirit of Eden". That's a personnel juxtaposition I can't deal with. Unless you're just comparing it to that, but i doubt you'd go into that much detail.

― sex tourist dinosaur, Tuesday, 15 November 2005 02:37 (twenty years ago)

The song can be seen and heard in full below, the harmonica comes in about 3/4 the way through:
http://www.willyoung.co.uk/cinema/

― Matt Sephton (emsef), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 09:59 (twenty years ago)

It reminds me of "Suicide Blonde" for some reason.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 10:11 (twenty years ago)

Anything that can turn redemptionless apocalpyse wahmonica into camp disco classic has to be genius, right?

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 10:21 (twenty years ago)

Oh, it's genius alright.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 10:26 (twenty years ago)

Musical acts that come up when you search for "Will Young" in slsk:

Skrewdriver
Devandra Banhart
Gucci Man
Rancid
The Paper Chase

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 10:49 (twenty years ago)

Will Young 'Switch It On'

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 11:20 (twenty years ago)

i guess it's all about timing.

― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 11:21 (twenty years ago)

late to the party here because i don't really listen to the radio but i'm amazed to say that i really like this. the beats are tremendous. is it number one? it should be.

― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 13:29 (twenty years ago)

It ain't, but it's hard to tell whether it really deserved to be beaten by 'My Humps' in the charts because both vids are pretty amusing.

I do like it a bit and Will's TV performances of it are stylishly exuberant and detail-attentive.

― BARMS, Tuesday, 22 November 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)

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