The Wanted - Lightning

The cracking new tune from The Wanted.



Spyke

This is awesome. A point I thought needed to be made clear from the beginning. After this summer's sensational anthem Glad You Came I presumed we were about to get the standard 'second single from the album ballad' but it's not to be; the boys have gone one better and given us a corker of a tune. The infectious beat will have you nodding your head and tapping your foot before you know it. As the verses progress up you can feel the momentum build up; the breathy vocals really give you the impression that the song is going somewhere and the boys are in a hurry to take you there.

On my first listen, the chorus might seem like a slight anticlimax after all that build up but in fact it works really majestically as the calm before the storm. Just like those first few seconds before a kiss; the uncertainty, the excitement and the rush of adrenaline. As the song develops each chorus brings a new level of excitement and feeling of celebration; having conquered the nerves the confidence is beginning to skyrocket again. During the final chorus you can really sense the energy bursting through on the second "We touch . . " as though the atmosphere is electric.

Maybe it's because it has been many a year since I used to buy Smash Hits or Top Of The Pops Magazine but this group are on to their second album and I still don't really know what the boys are called. A quick look on Wikipedia tells me that we have: Max, Siva, Jay, Tom and Nathan - of which I wouldn't have been able to guess any more than 3 (tops). Similarly it surprised me to discover which of The Saturdays is pregnant! As they launch their '4th' album I still don't really know who is who (Frankie aside). A decade ago this would never have been an issue. We had the Spice Girls with their alter-egos, S Club 7 singing about each other with "Tina's doing her dance, Jon's looking for romance..." and Girls Aloud taking the time to sit on correctly named chairs.

I actually thought that Katy Perry's Firework would be the track to celebrate Bonfire Night last year (though it actually fit the New Year's celebrations just as effectively) but this will no doubt be the Guy Fawkes song of choice for 2011. My only concern is that The Wanted should maybe be a bit more careful where they are throwing their dynamite in their videos as I don't think that sort of behavior should really be encouraged!

To conclude: this is awesome.

Chart Predictions:
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