On Saturday night I was watching Storage Wars and a Michelin commercial came on. I'm not sure if this was the commercial - but this was the song.
It made me remember how absolutely amazing The Chemical Brothers were for a few minutes. Featuring vocals by co-writer Q-Tip and making heavy use of a song by Morrocan singer Najat Aatabou, the song clearly endures more than 20 years after its initial November 2004 release. It also won a Best Dance Recording Grammy in 2006.
The song is a great pump-up and an absolute banger.
Lest you think they made up that beat and did not sample it, here is the Najat Aatabou song.
Also kind of a banger.
I was concerned that I would not be able to find live performances of this song that is so clearly electronica.
I was wrong.
But this version from the 2019 Glastonbury music festival is.... strange and not really cohesive, although the beat is clearly there.
I did, however, find great footage of Najat Aatabou performing her song live.
Still a little strange.
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