Thursday, April 9, 2009

UK Download of the Day 4/9: "Untouchable" by Girls Aloud

Leave it to the excellent Girls Aloud to improve on an already excellent song.

"Untouchable", the fan favorite, six minute-long pop opus, has been chopped up and glossed over for its release as a third single. Despite the initial reservations that would cause, the song's beauty remains intact. In actuality, it has been enhanced somehow.

Originally an ethereal, synth-styled epic, "Untouchable" is now a full-stop, electrifying club smash. The editing of the song has done wonders; the synths are more present and powerful, the lyrics are more emotional, and the chorus and it's build-up, the song's bread-and-butter, are twice as massive as they were before. Hell, even the unnecessary Auto-Tuning of the girl's voices (lord knows Nicola and Nadine don't need it at all) help make the song stronger than it was. Combined with the space music video, it's as if a brilliant Martian was sitting at the turntable.

(Extra points for keeping the excellent lyric: "like beautiful robots dancing alone")

Rating: 8.5/10

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