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Here's the original (part 1)

And here's the Freemasons edit (part 2)...

Both have that '60s Motown thing going on, both owe Diana Ross a drink (and very possibly a platinum sandwich, depending on how well the single does), and both sound completely different to the work of Sol's older sister*, despite certain vocal similarities.

The Neptunes version is jazzier, more true to the Motown Sound (waspy synthesizer parts aside, and is largely based on 'Where Did Our Love Go' by the Supremes. But it's a bit more noodly and generally easier to ignore.

The Freemasons version seems to stick to the point a lot better, and seems to have picked 'Chain Reaction' by Diana Ross as a place to start from. And Solange seems to be a smidge louder in this version. On the down side, you do lose the fun of the Motown thing.

Which makes this a very rare beastie indeed, a song which can survive a mauling by remixers and still come back smelling of hit. That's hit with an H, you understand...

Download: Out now
CD Released: August 11th

(Fraser McAlpine)

*Oh DO keep up. Solange KNOWLES?

PS: disagrees about the singing, but not about the song.