My other Singalonga CD was in fact the second. This, as it happens was the first, but due to a bit of iTunes shenaniganism (Authorising/Deauthorising blah blah blah) I couldn’t actually burn it, so I started again. Typically now I can, I have and there we are.

Sorry, too confusing. What I mean to say is that I’ve done two CDs and this is the other one.

1. B-52s – Rock Lobster
The ultimate opener, and one that taught the world to shake yer booty, before booty was invented

2. Transvision Vamp – Baby I Don’t Care
This selection seems to be rather poppy, which I think is a good thing for once. Better than the Primitives and more tuneful than Fuzzbox (just) TV were part of a delightful movement that never happened. Andy Warhol is dead. Guaranteed

3. Strawberry Switchblade – Since Yesterday
Not sure they ever had a hit after this, though the video to the cover of ‘Jolene’ has stayed with me. More pop, and once supported Howard Jones at the NEC. Why do I know that?

4. Stephen Tin Tin Duffy – Kiss Me With My Mouth
OK, he might not have the yachts, but the ex-Duran front man made much better songs. Lilac Time were excellent, but this is where he got known and who doesn’t hum along with the chorus..?

5. The Cardigans – Rise & Shine
Before they went MTV the Cardies were quirky and covered Black Sabbath songs. Knew a thing about a catchy tune too.

6. The Smiths – The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
Flowers up the arse time again..

7. Throwing Muses – Dizzy
Catchy catchy and catchy…needs to be well loud, but worth it.

8. Suede – The Drowners
Camp and cool and not at all Bowie-influenced, with one of the 90s best guitarists to boot. Actually, maybe this should be called wiggleyourarsealonga

9. Soft Cell – Bedsitter
Maybe not quite as singable, but I always preferred this to their more obvious hits, but there you go. One for the non-singers among us

10. The Bolshoi – Away
They should have been big in a low-key goth way, if you can imagine a goth-Pulp. Think you need to be able to do the hand dancing to truly pass it off though

11. Galaxie 500 – Blue Thunder
And this could be more of a shimmeralonga. I think I put one of their songs on the first CD (oh, so very long ago) but this was probably more representative. Split up far too early and did shonky things afterwards, but good one for a Friday nite when you haven’t pulled and are trying to blot out the nightbus sounds and forget that maybe you shouldn’t really be singing at all as the geezers in suits will no doubt object and stomp on your head.

12. Spear of Destiny – Never Take Me Alive
Maybe not wise to go for a neo-Nazi image, and the singer was meant to be Boy George’s love interest. Not the best recommendation either way, but a pretty wicked song in a dramatic yet not-Bryan-Adams kind of way.

13. The Pogues – A Pair of Brown Eyes
Perhaps the best drinking song ever

14. Bob Dylan – Subterranean Homesick Blues
Now would REM have ever sang about the end of the world if Bobby boy hadn’t come up with this first? Actually, I haven’t got a clue, but a great song and the video has handrolic subtitles.

15. The Cult – She Sells Sanctuary
This one is a great one to sing as you don’t have to know any of the words, and instead just drop in a few animal-caught-in-a-trap impressions

16. The Alarm – Spirit of ‘76
Not at all self-occupied, the Alarm did a couple of great anthems before they decided they wanted to be U2. Both had numbers in the title. Now if that isn’t a conspiracy theory waiting to be typed, I don’t know what is.