Ting Tings: 'Shut Up And Let Me Go'

Released on Monday, Jul 21 2008

Published Saturday, Jul 5 2008, 12:20 BST | By Nick Levine | 18 comments

They may have an incredibly dumb name, but the Ting Tings are doing something very clever at the moment. They're releasing big, catchy singles that nearly lots of people will grow to love - recent No.1 'That's Not My Name' gets played at G-A-Y and on Xfm - without putting off the indie kids. Chris Martin must be well and truly baffled.

'Shut Up And Let Me Go', the brilliant disco tune from the iTunes ad, shows why they can pull off this nifty balancing act. It's so infectious it should probably be put in quarantine before being allowed to go abroad, but there's enough spiky attitude here to please the cool crowd. The star of the show, once again, is singer Katie White, who comes off like Debbie Harry with PMS, but in a good way. No-one would dare to call her Stay-cee any more.

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Karly, Fife, on August 13th, 2009
Easily the best song of 2009 - The Ting Tings are FANTASTIC!

Breanne,Australia, on July 29th, 2009
The Ting tings rock! More and more new artists with this type of Music are coming into the indistry. The ting tings are just the Begining of a whole new phase. com'on people this is the 21st centuary.this is the music of the future, GET WITH IT!!!!

Ashley, South Africa, on December 14th, 2008
This is by far the most pathetic song I've ever heard in my life. It's an insult to any musician and shouldn't be classified as music.. but I guess they deserve some recognition for getting their cacophonies aired, even produced.

Kayla, on October 23rd, 2008
I really loved shut up and let me go on my myspace i sent all my friends the song and they loved it so much

G, South East, on September 4th, 2008
Anyone over the age of 15 shouldn't even admit to enjoy lyrics like this. Infectious should read "irritating" in your second paragraph.

David, London, on August 6th, 2008
The Chic-like rhythm guitar is ok but the beat and overall production sounds plastic and irritating, not satisfying (kind of abrasive and rasping, not chunky). Her vocals are obviously a love it or hate it thing and I'm afraid I am in the 'hate it' camp.

Dean Ward, on July 21st, 2008
this song and band make me want to vomit wildly all over the place in a bid to stop them from ever releasing or even playing any more music. They are no talented, they are generic in every meaning of the word from the oxford dictionary. how can so many of you have been brain washed to quality of music. Ting Tings = Mcdonalds Music

Matt, Derby, on July 21st, 2008
Great song - even better in acoustic.. Paul in Brum what you going on about?

Lara, on July 12th, 2008
I love this song!! The Ting Tings just keep on getting better and better.

Kate, London, on July 12th, 2008
"Shut up and let me go" is an brilliant and unique single, it's different to other singles out now and has a very catchy tune! OK ... the lyrics are meaning-less but who cares ?!

Jo, UK, on July 11th, 2008
The Ting Tings have done it again! Another fab single.

Chris, Merseyside, on July 8th, 2008
One of my favourite songs from the album. Hope it does well in the charts.

Ken, on July 8th, 2008
i effing love this song! :D

Helen, on July 7th, 2008
just because she talks on one of the songs. does not mean she can not sing. I just heard her sing acoustic on live lounge and she sang amazingly. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ben, Rigsby, on July 6th, 2008
I perfer this than 'great dj' & 'that's not my name'!

Paul, Birmingham, on July 6th, 2008
This band are just hideous, probably one or two hit wonders. She can't sing, she just goes on this out of tune non-melodic rant... And live, they are dreadful. At Glastonbury she was all over the place, and obviously can't play instruments as well as being an abysmal singer.

Joe, on July 5th, 2008
The woman SHOUTS, ffs.

Sarah, Norwich, on July 5th, 2008
I might be in the minority, but I've hated their singles so far. She has such a whiny petulant teenager type voice which drives me mad!