Call the DJs

As sure as Girls Aloud are followed by a gang of slavering camerapervs, so too their singles are trailed by countless remixes, ‘club edits‘ and so on. Sometimes the remixes are very good. Often, they are terrible. Below are details of one remix that is very good and one that is not as good but still quite good. See if you can guess which is which.

Call The Shots - Lamezma Remix
Ah, good old Tony Lamezma. With him, you always know what you’re getting; which is to say pounding beats and lashings of euphoria, usually. This mix is no exception, and although it takes a good one-and-three-quarter minutes to ‘kick off’, it does so with such dizzy glee that a clearer invite to break open the Liquid Gold you will not hear all year. PUT YOUR FUCKING HANDS UP, etc.

Call The Shots - Xenomania Mix
Not content with just writing Girls Aloud’s songs, Xenomania have also taken to remixing them. Of course, with this being Higgins & Company, nothing is straightforward. What was once a sweet discopop number becomes a terrifying parry of old school beats and dinosaur farts. Which might sound great, but when all you want to do is dance, the extra meddling only serves to scupper things - a bit like laying speed bumps on a motorway.

(Click the title of each remix for a YouTube-tastic fan 'video').