The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name – Single Review

These Ting Tings, and their stripped down musical stylings. First it was the very lo-fi Great DJ, which I wasn’t impressed with. That’s Not My Name, by comparison is a major improvement.
The whole song revolves around a repetitive Hey Mickey style drumbeat, which is the only instrumentation at the beginning, gradually joined by guitars and bass and other sound effects until the whole thing builds into a raucous noisy crescendo.
Let’s not mince our words here – That’s Not My Name is one of those songs that somehow straddles the line between great pop music and highly annoying. Fortunately they manage to keep the tune on the side of great pop…
My favourite lyric from the song? “Maybe Joleisa” Just such a funny name, delivered in such a way that you’ve got to try it out for yourself.
The bottom line is that the Ting Tings have crafted a fun pop song. It won’t change your life, but then again it probably never promised to.
And just in case you’re wondering what her from The Ting Tings’ name is…it’s Katie White.
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