David Noël

tuneage:

The Ting Tings - “That’s Not My Name”

The Ting Tings are absolutely huge in the UK right now. Despite being a resident of the UK, I completely missed this, probably because I go to great lengths to ignore British media. And so by the time I discovered them, their album, We Started Nothing, was already at the top of the album chart, and this track, their first single from the album, was at the top of the singles chart.

Anyway, The Tings Tings are fairly standard pop fare, with a double-coating of sugary sass. A little like Girls Aloud, if they hadn’t been the runners-up in a nationwide talent show. But this track is an easy album standout; perfect fun, infectious pop, with a chorus catchy enough that you’ll still be singing it hours later. I was, anyway.

Just today we released the iNterview with The Ting Tings on Sly-Fi when tuneage posts this. Pretty cool. Although this is a catchy song, I think that “Great DJ” is the bigger hit.