This is the series where I feature The Guardian's idea of the 100 best UK #1s ever, and we see what I have to say about them (which usually isn't much, to be honest).
Seems like this series has been going forever, but no, here we are having reached the dizzying heights of #85.
Here's what The Guardian had to say about the record they placed here:
This will get you thinking, "I miss the old Kanye" – the rapper's touristic whirl through Ribena, wags and the epithet "rubbish" is full of wit with just a touch of his incoming megalomania. Estelle is even better, perfectly capturing the mood of uncertain excitement at a potential American lover: "Like the way he speaking, his confidence is peaking / Don't like his baggy jeans but I might like what's underneath them." The bump of will.i.am's cosmic funk production launches it into the transatlantic skies.
Now don't let the mention of Kanye or will.i.am put you off (although it should), for this is an absolute belter:
Estelle - American Boy (Feat. Kanye West)
Of course, released back in 2008 it attracted its fair share of remixes and mash-ups, and here's one of them:
Estelle vs. The Ting Tings (DJ STV SLV) - Shut Up, American Boy
Now, I know what DJ means. But STV and SLV? Are we just apeing the final round of Only Connect and missing the vowels out? Is it by DJ Steve Slave? Stove Salve? I give up.
More soon.
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