The Slits – I Heard It Through The Grapevine (1979)

Second B Side of the evening (the A side was Typical Girls) - boy, do I know how to grab folks’ attention, “work” the crowd and get the party started – by the way, I’m available to DJ at any party within a 5 mile radius of home so long as you provide the light ale and the taxi fare ….

Simply one of the greatest cover versions of all time – following the simple formula for success that others all too often forget:

• Choose a great track
• Forget everything that made it great to start with
• Remodel and recut it according to the noises in your head
• Ideally, change the genre

Ticks all the boxes.