This has gotten under my skin–I’ve been listening to it nonstop for the past three days. The lyrics are shite, but I love the mood and feeling it evokes.

It’s a bit sad when the best song on your new album is a sexed-up version of your previous big hit. Still, I approve of this.

Alphabeat – DJ (I Could Be Dancing)

The latest Alphabeat album is very good. Hole In My Heart is brooding and melancholic. DJ is touched up a bit from the album version, particularly with the cascading bells during the Stine’s part, and it’s a slight improvement.

OMG THE BRIDGE IS SO GOOD

Robyn – Dancing On My Own (Chew Fu Remix)

I adore this. I like the original more and more every time I hear it. And the Chew Fu Remix adds a bit of sparkle. So good. And so excited for Body Talk.

This is part of a ‘foreign exchange,’ where Yelle did a Robyn song and Robyn did a Yelle song. Yelle’s is way better–Robyn just added Yelle’s lyrics on top of Cobrastyle, while Yelle constructed something completely new. The chorus is gorgeous.

Royksopp feat. Robyn – The Girl and the Robot
Davide Rossi – Suite for a Robotic Girl (Reinterpretation)

Speaking of Robyn — this is awesome. I love the synth and strings, and Robyn’s anger, and the fact that they took the song literally when they made the video.

Royksopp – This Must Be It

And speaking of Royksopp — another good track off their recent album.

Christina Aguilera – Genie 2.0

And here it is, the full version of this from the VMAs. I really like it, but having listened to the short version again and again and again, this version feels a bit too long–actually, 1:21 too long to be exact. Still, I love the strings.

Sash! feat. Stunt – Raindrops (Encore Une Fois) (Fonzerelli Club Remix)

I often find long mixes of songs boring and repetitive. But I absolutely adore Fonzerelli’s short remix of Raindrops, and his long version is perfectly executed–the anticipation builds and builds until the multi-tracked chorus explodes in a well-worth-it release.

Katy Perry – Hot N Cold (Bimbo Jones Remix Radio Edit)

As light and fun as the Jason Nevins mix while often sounding like the beginning of The Cure’s Just Like Heaven.

Christina Aguilera – Keeps Getting Better (Tom Neville Club Remix)

The original of this: nice but nothing to write home about. Tom Neville’s take: driving, pulsing, actually better.

Forever the Sickest Kids – Whoa Oh! (Me vs Everyone)

Nice emo rock song with a fantastically catchy chorus.

Love Gaga. Love Stuart Price. This is brilliant: brooding with a great piano riff.

Freemasons feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Heartbreak Make Me A Dancer (Radio Edit)
Freemasons feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Heartbreak Make Me A Dancer (Bitrocka Italo Mix)

I am obsessed with this song. I like extra sheen the radio edit has over the original, and the Italo mix stretches it out in a rather nice way.

Britney Spears – Womanizer (Mike Rizzo Funk Generation Radio Edit)
Britney Spears – If U Seek Amy (Mike Rizzo Funk Generation Radio Edit)

Mike Rizzo’s Womanizer mix has become one of my favorite songs of all time; it’s by far the best of the Womanizer mixes. Britney’s taking no prisoners — I love it. The If U Seek Amy mix is also very good. It takes a song that couldn’t take itself less seriously and plays it straight, turning it into something very danceable.

Lady Gaga – Poker Face (JDB Edit)

It’s the ah-ah-ah-AHs at the beginning and during the chorus that really make this for me. As a whole the song is poppy (the poppiest Jody Den Broeder mix I’ve heard certainly) but still a little restrained, and quite pretty.

The Saturdays – Just Can’t Get Enough (Wideboys Club Mix)

This song is irresistibly camp, even after this by-the-numbers remix. I also love the video.

Lily Allen – The Fear (Stonebridge Explicit Radio Edit)

A remix that very much improves upon a decent song. The progression at the beginning, that the whole song is layered upon, really suits it.

First I love the narcissism of the chorus. Then I love the bombast that Cobra Starship adds compared to the original.

Sash! feat. Stunt – Raindrops (Encore Une Fois) (Fonzerelli Rework Radio Edit)

Fonzerelli takes the chorus somewhere completely unexpected, and it’s amazing.

Paul Oakenfold feat. Ryan Tedder – Not Over (Oakenfold 2008 Remix)

The downward progression during the chorus is so good.

Katy Perry – Hot N Cold (Jason Nevins Radio Edit)

I loved the original, and I love this remix even more. It’s uncontrollably joyous. There’s bouncy synth! There’s a superfluous mini guitar solo at the end! I can’t resist.