Amerie. An artist with a deadly fear of wearing trousers. She looks a bit like Myleene Klass, doesn’t she? I sometimes like to imagine she’s from a parallel universe where Myleene had a music career instead of doing the lad’s mag circuit and taking cold showers in the jungle. Still, both girls run around in their pants a lot.

Anyway, this isn’t about jungle lady, or pants, it’s about Amerie’s new single Take Control. Who knows what she does between singles, but I haven’t heard of Amerie since 1 Thing.

Take Control perhaps isn’t as catchy a track as 1 Thing, it doesn’t have the immediate appeal. It could be a slow burner, though. It’s got a funky guitar riff running right through it, a sexy R&B vocal from Amerie. On the down side, it can be a bit repetitive and probably lasts a full minute too long.

On the plus side, it’s great stripper music!

Take Control is from Amerie’s new album Because I Love It.