McLovin
I've always had a cautious relationship with remixes. This stems from my single-buying days, which would often (always) come with some horrible ten minute 'bonus track' butchering of everything I loved about the original. Remixes should change the way you hear a song, perhaps breathing new life into something that you've overplayed. Until now, I don't think there's ever been a remix I've enjoyed more to an original version of a song.
This has all changed with the 7th Heaven club mix of Katy Perry's 'The One That Got Away'. The sixth cut from 'Teenage Dream' is a solid mid-tempo ballad about lost love and regret. Whenever I hear it, I'm constantly caught off-guard by how fast it is. It has a insistent, driving rhythm that stops it becoming a bit too mawkish (I go to the acoustic version when I need to satisfy my sappier needs).
Seventh Heaven have built on this quick tempo to produce something quite remarkable. Taking the word 'one' and making it a vocal hook is a brilliant idea, and instantly draws the listener in. By the minute mark, the synth chord pattern begins, which (to my ears) takes the song to another level. The wistful lyrics are matched by a far more dramatic production, which gives the song a greater sense of urgency. Rather than just sitting back and reminiscing, this version makes you want to dance like mad in a club, arms aloft in a defiant gesture of carrying on regardless of what's gone before (tears running down your face are an optional extra).
Basically, I've fallen in love with this remix and you may well do yourself.
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