That towering national treasure, Jarvis Cocker, played this on his 6 Music radio show a while ago and I had to sit down for a minute it was that good. Poor Kiki Dee will be forever remembered, of course, for Don't Go Breaking My Heart with Elton John - great pop song and everything but it barely scratches the surface of Kiki's talents - lest we forget she was signed to Motown and this song shows you why. A cover of a song written by French artist Veronique Sanson (no, me neither), it's a devastating account of the aftermath of a girl losing her virginity to some unfeeling cove. Beautiful vocals, whooshing brass and strings and a knock out of a chorus ("I should have told him, I'd do anything if I could hold him"), it's fragile white-girl soul at its finest. A real heart breaker.
Amoureuse by Kiki Dee - listen on Spotify here.
From: The Best Of Kiki Dee (2009)
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