Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terell - The Onion Song

One of my less attractive habits to is sing in my sleep.

My boyfriend at the time woke up one morning to hear me murdering this tune as I snoozed, claiming dogmatically that the world was "just a great big onion".

Thankfully, Marvin and Tammi do it so much better.

The Four Tops - Just Walk Away Renee

I first heard this terrific tune watching a documentary about Belgium.

I immediately resolved two things:

a) to buy this track
b) visit Belgium

I can confirm that Belgium is definitely worth a look, and they do play Motown as well as Led Zeppelin, together with weeny beers that blow your senses to Outer Mongolia.

It's also one of the most surreal places you can visit. Never mind Barcelona, visit Brussels. Everytime I leave my head reels.

Michael Jackson - Off the Wall

Jesus juice, crotchless bunny suits and duck butter to be forgotten. This is a great track.



It's worth noting that a lot of Michael Jackson classics were written by Rod Temperton. Including Thriller. Rod Temperton is from Cleethorpes. Yes, when you've been hitting that dancefloor, you're being made to shift your feet by a chap from Cleethorpes.

What killed Michael Jackson?

Was it:

a) sunshine
b) moonlight
c) good times
d) boogie?

Alan Parsons Project - I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You

Another crusty 1970s number from the Alan Parsons Project. The video was shot around the Royal Festival Hall on London's South Bank, with its confusing alienating "robot". In the olden days, brutualist architecture was enough to make you rip up flowerbeds and jump and up down staircases at random. We've all seen A Clockwork Orange.

If the track reminds you a little of Pink Floyd, that would likely be because Alan Parsons engineered Dark Side of the Moon for the band.

Dee Irwin - I Only Get This Feeling

My heart beats a little bit stronger... if you need it, here's a two minute cure for angina pectoris.

Other versions exist of this Northern Soul ballad recorded in 1968, but this remains the best, if not simply for the Spector/Turner style mid section.

Keith Prowse - Light and Tuneful

Ah, Wimbledon. Home of the strawberry, sweatband, and sunburn. This year I shall be donning my boater in the centre court and making light clapping noises as Roger Federer's bottom goes past.

The only downside to actually being at Wimbledon and not watching it on the BBC is the lack of the super theme tune of Keith Prowse. So here it is:

Peaches and Herb - We Got Love

Another disco classic, and isn't Peaches gorgeous?

The best thing is that they look like are having a ball singing it. And when was the last time you saw a male singer just sweetly hold the hand of the girl he's duetting with?