My first encounter with Danish singer-songwriter Ida Corr was her 2007 team-up with Fedde Le Grand on “Let Me Think About It.” That bit of electro-dance brilliance (and a worldwide hit) still ranks high on my fave tracks of 21st century vintage, thanks to a descending synth hook that does me in every time.
I didn’t care for Corr’s follow-up single, “Ride My Tempo,” and hadn’t heard much from her in the years since. Then at the start of summer, she returned with “What Goes Around Comes Around.” The hypnotic track had its merits, though the video version (the only take I heard) never quite took flight. I waited for some U.S. release news on the single and its associated mixes, but “What Goes Around Comes Around” never made the rounds, issued only in her native Denmark.
And yet it was today’s latest search for “What Goes Around Comes Around” on iTunes that surprisingly unearthed a different new release from Ida Corr, “In The Name Of Love.” Taken from her 2009 album, Under The Sun (not surprisingly, unreleased here and in the UK), the original has a tropical lilt. But in remixed form, specifically the Extended Mix, “In The Name Of Love” becomes a bouncy house thumper on which Corr’s smooth, soulful vocals really shine. Hear here:
Prepping this post, some Interweb searching revealed that these “In The Name Of Love” mixes were originally shared elsewhere last October, though it was only at the tail end of August that they surfaced in the U.S. and UK via iTunes. When it comes to Corr, better now than never.
Purchase Ida Corr – “In The Name Of Love” (Extended Mix) via iTunes.