It Took Seconds

Three minutes and fifty-six seconds: After I posted Crush’s “Jellyhead” somebody asked me, was there much more of that kind of lyrical dance-pop around? Well, the answer is, not a great deal, at least not between the Pet Shop Boys getting serious and Xenomania coming along. A few people tried but there wasn’t really a public for it: Belvedere Kane’s fruity “Never Felt As Good”, one of the best Popjustice-style pop songs of the 90s, has around 700 plays on Last.FM. It was never a hit of any kind - I only know it because Duncan The Manics Fan who worked in the record shop when I worked in the bookshop knew I liked pop and turned up one lunch break with a 50p copy of the cassette single insisting I buy it. Thanks Duncan!

What would your 3’56” track be?