Tom: I know, I know, it’s Pitbull. It’s going to be awful.
Tim: Hmm. The thing is, and bear in mind we all know how much I loathe the term ‘guilty pleasure’: Don’t Stop The Party does come bloody close for me. It’s a terrible piece of music, and the rapping’s awful, but when the chorus comes on I can’t stop myself, well, having a good time. I’M SORRY.
Tom: But it looks like this’ll be the next single, and I mention it for a few reasons.
First: this sounds pretty close to old-school Eurodance, and considering it’s a massive American track, that’s pretty rare.
And second: everything apart from Pitbull is absolutely amazing.
Tim: Hmm. Definitely just Don’t Stop The Party.
Tom: Seriously, isn’t that brilliant? Put a club edit out without Pitbull, and that’d be one of the Eurodance tracks of the year for me.
Tim: You’re not far wrong – it is pretty good, largely because it sticks to a tried and tested formula.
Tom: Sample a well-known 80s track, add a whole new melody on top of it, get a fantastic vocalist to perform it, and then make it a PROPER BANGING CHOON.
Tim: Exactly – get all those steps right, and you’ve likely got a hit on your hands.
Tom: For crying out loud, there’s even a subtle 8-bit breakdown after the last vocal line.
It’s just a pity about Pitbull, really.
Tim: Yes. Yes, it really is.