Dubious But Decent

In which we once again shamelessly rip off draw inspiration from Gideon Coe's now-defunct Dodgy But Great series of surprisingly fantastic songs by tragically-unhip artists, which formed an integral part of his much-missed mid-morning show on BBC 6 Music a few years ago (until, inexplicably, he binned it).

Today it's the turn of Scottish actress and singer Barbara Dickson, and her 1980 #11 smash January, February - which actually entered the charts in March. Oh the irony. This song is ridiculously good, anyway; the video's not bad either, despite the fact that in it Barbara appears to be auditioning for Stars In Their Eyes as Brian May. (She also appears to have nicked my mum and dad's patio table and chairs, but that's famous people for you - no respect.)



Barbara Dickson - January, February mp3 (for 7 days)

Mildly Interesting Pop Fact: I Know Him So Well, Barbara's 1985 duet with Elaine Paige, remains in the Guinness Book of World Records as the best-selling female duet of all-time, narrowly pipping Shampoo's Trouble and Daphne & Celeste's Ooh Stick You to the title.