"Perfect Stranger" | |||||||||||
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Single by Magnetic Man featuring Katy B | |||||||||||
from the album Magnetic Man and On a Mission | |||||||||||
Released | 1 October 2010 | ||||||||||
Format | Digital download, 12" | ||||||||||
Recorded | 2010 | ||||||||||
Genre | Dubstep, breakbeat hardcore | ||||||||||
Length | 5:56 (Magnetic Man version) 3:13 (On a Mission version) |
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Label | Columbia | ||||||||||
Writer(s) |
Benga Adejumo Oliver Jones Arthur Smith Katie Brien |
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Producer(s) | Magnetic Man | ||||||||||
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"Perfect Stranger" is a song by British electronic music project Magnetic Man featuring singer-songwriter Katy B. It is the second single to be released from their debut album Magnetic Man and can also be found on Katy B's debut album On a Mission. It was released on 1 October 2010. It peaked at number sixteen on the UK Singles Chart.
In an interview with The Guardian they said: "We worked on this song for two weeks to get the original version perfect. Then Benga does a remix that's absolutely amazing. I think it's testament to his talent that he can live so closely with a track and then do something completely different with it."
Nick Levine of Digital Spy gave the song a positive review stating:
Songs about spotting a proper fitty on the dancefloor and getting in a right old tizzy about it are as rare as OK! covers featuring Katie Price. Still, if anyone can eek fresh juice out of this well-squeezed lyrical lemon, it's the combined talents of a dubstep supergroup and the hippest pop singer in Croydon town, right?
Well, yes, actually. The cut-above club pop of 'Perfect Stranger' is simultaneously stately and spacious, with production that manages to sound clattering without feeling cluttered, and the vocals of Katy "No relation to Mel!" B are just as enchanting as they were when she went 'On A Mission' recently. It all adds up to our favourite song about love at first sight since Kylie chirped "Baby when we heard you..." Right, time for a new iTunes playlist.