It’s a month to go until the latest assault from Kylie’s X tries to crack the charts. The One had ‘single’ leeching from every disco-bleep electronic pore, and it’s been an X highlight for many a fan, so it’s good to see it getting the commercial treatment.
Part of that treatment is of course, the ubiquitous set of remixes. Mostly, the majority of remixes on a single (or in modern pop parlance, download) are rubbish, all dancefloor filler, only appealing to clubbers and not those of us who only wave their hands in the air when saying goodbye to someone. It will, somewhat obviously, go down a storm in the gay clubs, but will it be a summer smash?
Popjustice is campaigning the track, and so in good jumping on the bandwagon fashion, I’ve pinched their clever widget, as I like it a lot, too. I don’t know about ‘one of the most beautiful and captivating pieces of electronic music you’ll hear in 2008,’ but as the high-camp album version (also produced by The Freemasons) got such a favourable response, this remix should do equally well.
(Bah, spoilsports! You’ll have to click on the Popjustice link above to hear the remix, as Parlophone have made this player only feature recent Kylie tracks.)
And, perhaps as a masterstroke, Parlophone have chosen a 28 July release date, just a few days into the tiny stars (broken) 7-night KylieX2008 tour residency at The O2.
‘Love Me, Love Me, Love Me,’ Kylie coos in the chorus. Applicable to both the singer and the song, I already do…
Apparently this single has been cancelled. HMV website also says CD now deleted and not going to be available.
But, why? It could have given the best result from the X campaign so far.
It’s recently been announced that the single will be available to download from kylie.com and also iTunes on 28 July.
Promo CDs are doing the rounds on eBay, though, if this one is needed to complete the collection…