Get the latest gossip

‘You’re Beautiful by James Blunt is terrible!’: Paloma Faith’s honest playlist


The singer hates a certain James Blunt megahit and feels empowered by Chaka Khan, but which Aussie bard does she think wrote the best song of all time?

The first single I bought Especially for You by Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue, on cassette from Woolworths on the high street in Stoke Newington, with the contents of my piggy bank. The song I inexplicably know every lyric to Every road trip I did as a kid had Tracy Chapman’s [self-titled] first album, the one with Fast Car on it, on rotation on the cassette player. The best song to play at a party Growing up in Hackney, there’s a specific dance that everyone does every time Candy by Cameo comes on.

Get the Android app

Or read this on The Guardian

Read more on:

Photo of Paloma Faith

Paloma Faith

Photo of James Blunt

James Blunt

Related news:

News photo

Paloma Faith on split from second husband: ‘Our relationship ended because we have those children’

News photo

Paloma Faith shares candid snap pumping her breast milk to mark the release of her memoir - after revealing she dislikes the term 'co-parenting'

News photo

Carrie Fisher Had ‘a Lot of Pressure on Her to Be Thin’ for ‘Star Wars’ Before Her Death, Says Friend James Blunt: ‘She Really Put a Lot of Pressure on Herself’