The Singles Jukebox

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Crystal Leww: My mom loves Craig David. She loves him because he makes really catchy R&B tunes, but she finds him special because he never sounds like he is particularly struggling to sing. There is something effortless in the way that David sings that makes his songs seem deceptively easy to sing, but lesser singers really uh… expose themselves. It’s not just the notes; David’s got a particularly quick delivery, too. His style of R&B, which mixes heavily with dance music and relies on a breezy quality, wouldn’t work without his enormous gifts. “One More Time” is Classic Craig David combining rap-bits with a rapid-fire chorus, too. He really glides over the production here, and the result is an absolute bop. 
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Katie Gill: This is downright frenetic! The song trips along at an insane pace, plunging you from part to part at breakneck speed. Get past the sheer fastness of it though, and you’ll find a bangin’ club jam perfect for a comeback album — though I do wonder how much the speed is used to overshadow some less-than-quality aspects.
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Edward Okulicz: Aw, bless Craig David for keeping a frenetic pace to remind you of the heyday of UK garage. And even nicer for him to put in that middle-eight for those of us who can’t quite go hard for a whole three minutes to have a bit of a rest. It lacks the melodic smoothness of his earlier hits (the hooks to “Re-Rewind” and “Fill Me In” are still so buttery 15 years on) but it passes the “can you go off to it in your bedroom?” test easily.
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Katherine St Asaph: Sometimes speed alone is virtue enough.
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Iain Mew: Craig David’s comeback has been predicated on the resemblance of current trends in British dance-pop to garage, and this is the ultimate expression of that. It’s less specifically self-referential than “When the Bassline Drops,” but it’s way more garage. And it fits in without standing out now, just as it would have then.
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Alfred Soto: Given a less sweet vocal that wobbly bass sequencer would have sounded like Saturday night.
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Will Adams: It’s a testament to Craig David’s skill that by the end of the song I came around to the counting hook. Like always, he’s simply smooth, not just because of his timbre but his ability to roll out sixteenth notes at this high a tempo without tripping over himself. Paired with a garage arrangement that’s as sweet as it is understated, “One More Time” feels effortless.
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