The best bit about Stop Me (If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before) is that the ‘one’ I’ve heard before is by The Supremes, not The Smiths.

Smiths fans internet-wide are totally hating on this track. Well, pipe down purists, even Morrisey likes it.

Having never heard the original, I don’t have any inconvenient bias. When I first heard it, I thought it has a bit of that Gnarls Barkley-type of new old-school soul about it. That would be courtesy of Daniel Merriweather’s authentically soulful vocals.

Despite the obscure pairing of The Supremes with The Smiths, the song works. Mostly, I would say because Ronson doesn’t mess around with the formula and sticks with classic soul sounds all the way – strong bassline and tasteful use of strings that compliment the genre he’s mimicking here. It gets a thumbs up from me.