Hot Chip: 'One Life Stand'

Released on Monday, Feb 1 2010

Published Tuesday, Feb 2 2010, 14:55 GMT | By Nick Levine | 4 comments

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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James, Watford, on February 25th, 2010
shawn - this song did get good airplay on Radio 1, it even made their A-list. But I agree with everything else you said.

shawn, London, on February 20th, 2010
good tune but it has failed. Why? Not because people hate it, but because people can't be bothered to expand their tastes and instead stick with listening to whatever Simon Cowell manufactures. Only XFM has ever played this song on the radio.

James, Watford, on February 3rd, 2010
Oh this is definitely one that makes me want to get up and dance - by the second verse I'm bobbing about all over the place! One of the best songs they've done IMO. Should be doing better in the midweeks than it is. The album is really good too.

Thom, Pompey, on February 2nd, 2010
not much to write home about to be honest, his voice is irritating and this is not a gem in the way Ready For The Floor was by any means... maybe i just don't like Hot Chip though.