TOXIC - DOUBLE A SIDE FLOOR FILLER 7”

The Third Degree was the band that fooled the nation that Duffy's hit record, Mercy, was a cover version of an older, much better, Northern Soul original; were you fooled? Another modern classic gets The Third Degree treatment; this time it's Madonna-snogger Britney Spears' turn to be outclassed with this sexed-up version of Toxic, re-imagined as a heavy soul rocker. Sounding like the mutant lovechild of seventies stadium fillers, Chicago and Meatloaf, with a guitar riff reminiscent of The Knack's My Sherona, the moody horn section insists, this red hot vinyl roots the limited edition funk master-class directly onto DJ decks, and dancing shoes spinning on polished boards in late night dance joints everywhere. The flip side is I Kissed A Girl, the song that made Katy Perry famous... But whose version came first?