12. MIA- 'Galang’
Quote:
Its roots were in the dying embers of Electroclash (MIA adopted the Roland MC-505 drum machine after seeing what Peaches did with it on ‘The Teaches Of Peaches’) and Elastica (it was co-written by Justine Frischmann and originally intended for the band), but ‘Galang’ was game changing, bringing elements of dancehall into collision with hip-hop, pop culture references undercut with a pan-global feel.
Released: June, 2003
Find it: 'Arular'
Highest UK chart position: 77
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11. The Human League - The Sound Of The Crowd
10. Girls Aloud - Biology
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Just when you thought the pop song couldn’t get any weirder, ‘Biology’ plied us with two choruses (one a galloping jerk, the second a jet powered drivetime rocker), throwing out the rulebook and adding a much needed deft eccentric touch to the charts. Girls Aloud’s finest moment.
Released: November, 2005
Find it: 'Chemistry'
Highest UK chart position: 4
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9. New Order - Confusion
8. Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
7. David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes
Quote:
With a bracing sense of modernity, Bowie toasted his ‘Space Oddity’ compadre Major Tom with the sound of blushing pianos and a squelching wall of sound which pre-dated Eno-assisted arty stadium rock (U2, Coldplay).
Released: August, 1980
Find it: 'Scary Monsters And Super Creeps'
Highest UK chart position: 1
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6. Kraftwerk - The Model
5. Dizzee Racal - Fix Up, Look Sharp
4. Blondie - Rapture
Quote:
Skimmed the surface of proto-rap (Debbie Harry’s manic “man from mars” flow was paired with the girlish guile of the verses) but also opened a door of musical possibilities for pop music. This seemed the perfect way to usher the 80s in, as music morphed into bounding, polymorphous shapes.
Released: January, 1981
Find it: 'Autoamerican'
Highest UK chart position: 5
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3. Laurie Anderson - O Superman
2. Missy Elliot - Get Ur Freak On
Quote:
Missy and Timbaland’s wildest experiment was also their most successful. This late period classic continued their trademark run of trailblazing beats and jams, with a Bhangra-sampling gallop of wicked, wild proportions.
Released: March, 2001
Find it: 'Miss E... So Addictive'
Highest UK chart position: 4
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1. Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Quote:
It seems ridiculously simple now, but with this number Giorgio Moroder helped usher in a European electronic aesthetic to American music, changing the sound of pop forever. The flood of G-spot rhythms clustered on Summer’s knee-trembling falsetto and the result was a non-stop, forever gold classic.
Released: July, 1977
Find it: 'I Remember Yesterday'
Highest UK chart position: 1
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