heard this one first on kevin smith & scott mosier's smodcast on one especially good episode and they used it as an intro and it grabbed me instantly. it had that kind of not quite rhythm and blues and not quite disco thing to it even though it's a four on the floor and it's a danceable number.
i never heard it before or at least consciously nor in it's original form as it's mainly a cover of the four seasons song. the main difference is that it's a medley and features a second song in the later half of the song but it's similarly themed to the four seasons song.
while i think it's really groovy and like this song, it puzzles me as time after time these kind of songs eventually pop up and become big. reason why is the topical content of the song, which in this song is "i had you, i cheated on you, you broke up with me/you are pissed at me, i want you back and i really love you".
the spinners have some of the smoothest voices which makes this "apology" seem sincere but look at it in text form and it's just douchebaggery at it's worst. i don't get how people like these songs (no, i have idea either, well apart for the rhythm being good) but sure enough they get big.
just recently (well, the recent enough) there was that stupid jason derulo song called "whatcha said" and i absolutely despised that song. not just because he (and when i mean he, i mean the producers) sampled an imogen heap song called "hide & seek" that's about from the other point of view in this topic. it's that he sounded so insincere and like a jackass.
then again had the beat been better and jasons's voice been better or smoother like the spinners did i'd probably would have eaten up his story wholesale and been playing the song in my sets. i want to hate this song because it's not really a topic you should endorse but it's so good.
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