267376TF
1964
Millie Small recorded a load of stuff (including one of only two Nick Drake covers recorded during his lifetime, an inexplicable take on Mayfair), but it's this utterly perfect two minutes that she'll always be best known for.
It's the song that brought ska to global attention, a delightful skippy groove with a harsh slap of a production.
When I'm DJing I keep My Boy Lollipop and Superstition separate and always visible. If ever I paint myself into a corner or summat's floundering and flagging, I throw either of them on. They set themselves completely apart from any tune you may have just played, and they are utterly incendiary to a dancefloor.
This isn't the version you know, mind. It is, as the sleeve proudly proclaims, the Deutsche Originalaufnahme.
Unlike others who sang versions of songs entirely in German, Millie veers randomly between that language and her native English. This, though, only serves to make it all the weirder.
Corker.
download My Boy Lollipop (German version) (2.9MB MP3)
