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The bank holiday weekend came with a condition: if any day was sunny, we’d spend it in a beer garden. Flashback to Good Friday: the sun was indeed shining. Onforth to the beer garden. Quite the misnomer, given that the drink of choice was our old friend, the Jaegerbomb…

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Fastforward to later that evening, back at home, feeling great. And then someone brings out the 90s tunes. Sorry, 90s TOOOOOOOOOOOOONZ. My favourite hazy memory is dancing on the sofa to this song. Of all the Swedish songstresses of the late 1990s, Meja is perhaps my favourite. ‘All ‘Bout The Money’ is by far her greatest hit. Even Billboard Magazine agrees: “Once in a while, a debut single hits you between your eyes and makes you want to do everything in your power to lend support to its success.” The nonsense lyrics of the chorus – “It’s all ‘bout the money/It’s all ‘bout the the dum dum didudumdum” speak volumes about our societal dependence on the dosh. Here, Meja is a foil to our home-grown songstress Jessie J, and her smash hit ‘Price Tag’ – “It’s not about the money, money, money/We don’t need your money, money, money”. Meja vs Jessie. Money vs the power of song. Sounds like a day at the office…

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Back to the song! It’s from Meja’s second album (really?) Seven Sisters. Wikepedia informs me that the album won Best Album of the Year and Best selling Scandinavian artist at the illustrious World Music Awards in Monte Carlo. Fuelled by Jaeger and Red Bull, I bestowed the track my own award – “BEST SONG EVERRRRRRRRRR!” Quite. 

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PC