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(. JUST WATCH IT OK?)

Now it's important to say that the skipping video would be as naught - NAUGHT I TELL YOU - without a suitably helter-skelter, pell-mell soundtrack. I say this even though there is a man in the video who is clearly the Timbaland of Double Dutch, but the beats have to move as fast as the ropes. This is not a video which would suit a slow jam, or a whimsical skiffle from the Kooks. What you need is the crushing skitter of ridiculous drums, you need angelic harmonies, some ranting, a four-chord turnaround which just won't quit, and it has to be FAST and FURIOUS.

It has to feel like you almost can't assimilate everything you're hearing on one listen. It has to feel massively distracting. It has to be the kind of song it would be impossible to do homework to. It has to be the kind of song you would only play to help you get over a breakup if the person you had split up with was Jeremy Clarkson. It has to feel like the kind of song which demands stage-diving, even if you're listening in your kitchen and the only soft surface to land on is your nan.*

THIS IS THAT SONG! It is to music what super-caffeinated energy drinks, mixed with sugar, and that stuff they put in chocolate bars that has a name like guano - guanana? Guerina? GUARANA! That's it! - are to tap water. Yes there are long term health implications, yes it's not as nourishing as a good square meal, and yes you can have too much of it, but OH GOLLY WHAT A RUSH! I FEEL SO ALIIIVE! RACE YOU TO THE SWINGS!

Can you tell I'm writing this in a state of high excitement? I'm not sure if it comes across.

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(Fraser McAlpine)

"When the half-beat drops, you realise how popular this track promises to become."

" I'm not usually a fan of Ministry Of Sound videos but this one is pukka."

"The drum and bass scene rarely offers the world a track that has as much mainstream appeal as it does underground credibility."

* NOTE: Do NOT stage-dive onto your nan. EVER.