Pub quiz compilers of the 2030s take note: the surprise guest singer on the sixth album by north London indie band Bombay Bicycle Club, in one of the most unlikely music team-ups ever, is none other than Chicago disco queen Chaka Khan.
The 70-year-old, who has previously had songs written for her by Stevie Wonder and Prince, keeps everyone waiting for her big moment, nine songs in, on a bouncy groove titled Tekken 2 after the Nineties arcade game. Two and a half minutes along, the fuzzy bass gives way to low piano notes, handclaps, a spacey synth line and that familiar, emphatic voice. It’s certainly unexpected, but it works.
