[FR] Depuis la sortie de l’album de Lily Allen il y a de cela quelques mois maintenant, “Knock ‘em Out” a toujours été un de mes titres préférés. Construit sur un rythme dancehall et un riff de piano accéléré repris du hit “Big Chief” de Professor Longhair, “Knock ‘em Out” traite avec humour des garçons incommandants. Lily Allen y énumère les excuses les plus improbables pour se débarrasser des pires d’entre eux (“Oh, you know, I gotta go my house is on fire! I’ve – I’ve got herpes!”). On est plus proche de M.I.A. que de “Smile”, premier single autrement plus convenable…
[EN] Since the release of Lily Allen’s first album a few months ago, “Knock ‘em Out” kept beeing one of my prefered tracks. Built on a dancehall rhythm and an accelerated piano riff from the hit “Big Chief” by Professor Longhair, “Knock ‘em Out” sarcastically deals with annoying guys. Lily Allen enumerates the most unlikely excuses to get rid of the worst of them (“Oh, you know, I gotta go my house is on fire! I’ve – I’ve got herpes!”). We’re closer to M.I.A. than to “Smile”, her first single which is rather more suitable…
