![]() "Can't Speak French" is yet another flawless pop treat from the still-lamely-named girl group that'll surely garner repeated play. As ever, you get the distinct impression that lyricist Miranda Cooper may require surgery to get her tongue out of her cheek: "I'll let the funky music do the talking," runs the chorus, over a beat that couldn't be more cumbersome and unfunky if it tried. Here, you get a peculiar, loping rhythm that can't decide whether it's swing shuffle or glitter stomp, topped off with an ungainly synthesised bassline and intricate jazzy guitar. It's titled "Je Ne Parle Pas Francais".Įnter Can't Speak French, a prime example of Xenomania's ability to throw wildly disparate musical elements together, an ability they seem to reserve for Girls Aloud, possibly because it fits so perfectly with Cole and co: these ideas shouldn't work but they do, just like the notion of a reality TV-birthed band making thrilling and ground-breaking albums. The single was released on March 17, 2008.īrian Higgins describes "Can't Speak French" as perhaps the easiest Girls Aloud single they made.Ī French version of the song has been recorded and released as a b-side on the single. "Can't Speak French" is Girls Aloud's eighteenth single and the second to be taken from Tangled Up. Mastering engineer: Dick Beetham for 360 Mastering Keyboards: Tim Powell, Brian Higgins and Miranda Cooper. Written by Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, Nick Coler, Jody Lei and Carla Marie Williams. ![]() Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French (2008) CD-S, digital download So I'll let the funky music do the talking So I'll let the funky music do the talking talking I get the feeling boy I want you, want you Got me stuck in a rut, you're made for me And who could ever question any crying I doĪnd I fall a little harder every time that I do
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