It’s about time we talked about Usher’s latest single, Love In This Club. Long terms readers of this blog will know my thoughts on Usher and how much I resent his existence in the pop charts.

However, no-one can deny the greatness of this track. Not only is this a great track, I’m going as far as to call it an epic track, and you don’t get many of those in R&B these days.

Originally titled Lust At First Sight, they obviously came to their senses and gave the song a less cheesy name, allowed awkwardly-named rapper Young Jeezy to do a verse and roped in hot-babe-for-hire Keri Hilson for the video.

The video itself features an all-star cast with Diddy, Nelly and Kanye all showing up in support of possibly one of the best R&B tracks of 2008. The only weak point is a lame bit of acting at the start as they try to establish Hilson’s character as some kind of ethereal hot chick who teases Usher by appearing and disappearing in the club of the title.

A spectacular turnaround from the guy, as I never ever expected to be writing a positive review of an Usher song. Even a jaded music hack like me can be surprised from time to time…