DIZZEE RASCAL — ‘I Luv U (Clean Radio Edit)’

Botch job — they cut out the girl MC, which means they lose the bits that make the song loveable as well as sensational (plus: a love song as well as a sensation), that duel of ‘oh well’s. Without that it’s just being hectored by a genius.

(The swearblock noises are great though, corroded arcade blurts much more in keeping with the tune than the usual censor-bleeps.)

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