Pop Is Not The Enemy: Track of the Week #4

It's only the bloody track of the week!

This week's track of the week brings together two total legends, one the godfather of electronic dance music (see 'I Feel Love' by Donna Summer and 'Together in Electric Dreams' by Giorgio and Phil Oakey for proof of how he ruled the late 70's/early 80's), the other the songwriter responsible for some of the biggest hits and most endearing pop tunes of the last 10 years including 'Diamonds' by Rihanna, David Guetta's 'Titanium' and 'Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)' by NeYo. We are of course talking about the incomparable Giorgio Moroder and Sia, truly a marriage made in heaven.

Apparently Giorgio's interest in producing a new album came from working with Daft Punk on the global smash album 'Random Access Memories', and Sia was a name that was at the top of his list. The new album, recently titled 'Deja Vu', is due out in the UK in June and has already produced old school Moroder thumper '74 is the new 24' (yes he really is 74 years old!) and 'Right Here, Right Now' featuring Kylie. The album also features such unknowns as Britney Spears and Charlie XCX, and he has recently announced work with Kelis and Lana Del Rey although not which projects these collaborations are linked to.

So this bring us to our featured track this week, the title track from the new album 'Deja Vu'.

Can we just have a moment for the amazing artwork, the perfect cover art for a collaboration between 2 artists with such strong visual identities. The track in question, written by the lady herself of course, is a fizzing explosion of retro sounds with an epic soulful performance from Sia. Infectious disco strings and guitar riffs wonderfully compliment the summery beats, and that vocal - wow! There are definite echoes of 'Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)' by Spiller featuring Dame Sophie of Ellis-Bextor, which is never a bad thing. The breakdown before the chorus perfectly showcases Sia at the height of her powers:

"Oh my heart aches but I know fate,

Will send you my way.

And when you came my heart was saved,

I've known you for lifetimes baby."

On another note it is so nice to hear Sia on something uplifting and poppy after the amazing but brooding darkness of '1000 Forms of Fear' ('Chandelier' is still a total tune). If there's any justice in the world, this should be the soundtrack to the summer worldwide, and I for one can't wait to hear the remixes.

Unfortunately there are only pitched versions of the track on YouTube at the moment, so if you can stand to listen to it here it is: