McLovin
This was Dizzee's fourth chart topper in three years as he extended his reach to all parts of the mainstream. After Dance Wiv Me (poppy) Bonkers (dancey) and Holiday (trancey), disco seemed the last dancefloor space he had left to fill. The lyrics are upbeat and demonstrate Dizzee's ease with his transition from critically acclaimed mercury prize-winning grime artist to commercial blockbuster festival-filling pop star.
But there's something a bit laboured about the whole production. The strings seem like a pastiche of what disco should sound like and while the video is amusing, it emphasises the wedding disco cringyness of it all. This is a perfect example of a song reaching the top because of the artist releasing it, rather than whether the song is actually any good. Still, at least it meant Daniel Pierce, who never got to number one as a member of One True Voice, finally had his shot at the big time singing the chorus (bit mean of Dizzee not to credit him as a featured artist though!).
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