Hot Chip: 'One Life Stand'

Wordplay in song titles can be eat-your-own-fist irritating - c.f. the back catalogue of The Darkness - but from Hot Chip, a pun like 'One Life Stand' comes off as sweet. Then again, from that line about the monkey with a miniature cymbal to the swooning melodies of 'Ready For The Floor', this lot have prompted many an "aww, bless" moment.

They're at it again here. This song's pro-monogamy message is so sweet, and the electro-disco-calypso of the music so irresistible, that it actually presents something of a conundrum. When Alexis Taylor croons the deliciously soppy chorus - "I only wanna be your one life stand / Tell me, do you stand by your man?" - you won't know whether to get up and dance or snuggle up on the sofa with your loved one. (For the record, we choose the latter but reserve the right to tap our toes while cutching.)


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