First off, you must, I repeat must, see the video for this. It will change your life. That poor singer/bass player looks like a But since I'm supposed to write about the cover itself, I won't say too much about the video, except that is the best roller skating dance ever! Honestly, that might just be in my top three dances along with Pee-Wee's "Tequila" dance and Napoleon Dynamite's Vote For Pedro epic.
I actually bought a picture sleeve of the original single just because the entire enterprise is so cheesy- but not just cheesy, late 1970s European cheesy. Oh yeah, what about the music? Well, it's a sad fin-de-decade attempted funk take on the classic song. It's not very good, but I am so happy that Gilla did this cover because if they did not, would they ever have made such an awesome video?
✅ ✅
(p.s. how in the world did Beavis & Butthead miss this one?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdE1GiolIkc
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