Getting the formula right for a change

Recipe for success:

• Find an old track, the cheesier the better


• Mix in a dance beat


• Add an unknown wanabee soul-diva to wail over the top


• Leave in the clubs for 3 to 4 months

and voila, a dance hit.

Usually dull & repetitive garbage making you wish you were tied up in a chair in front of Mr Blonde. It might be painful, but cutting off your ears when stuff like this comes on is usually a better option.

Except for this one:

Supermode - Tell Me Why

A re-working of Bronski Beat's Smalltown Boy from the still brilliant Age of Consent album. No need for a high pitched soul-diva on the top of this one, Jimmy Sommerville's there already.

From the same people who re-mixed Hard-Fi's 'Hard to Beat' last year, it's been around on compilations and played on the more dancier radio stations for a few months now, but it gets its own release a week on Monday.

Nice.