Alexis Jordan: 'Happiness'

You know when you're stuck in traffic on a particularly uninspiring stretch of motorway, it's raining moggies 'n' doggies outside and Coach Trip's due to begin? You're about to unleash an Anglo Saxon expletive entirely for your own benefit, but then... then... an absolute cracker of a tune you've never heard before comes on the radio and instantly lifts your spirits.

You do? Good, because 'Happiness' is precisely that kinda song - and not just because it begins with the singer trilling about "this traffic making me sick". Produced by Stargate, it's a tale of romantic regret, realisation and ultimately exultation built over a breathmint cool-deadmau5 instrumental, creating a club pop throbber that's classier than Joan Collins's best crockery. If your mate told you that the vocalist - soulful, sexy, full of yearning - was an 18-year old former child soap star who reached the semis on America's Got Talent four years ago, you wouldn't believe him. But he'd be telling the truth.