Radio may by steered by Akon, Justin Timberlake, and Lil' Wayne in North America, but in Britain, it still has the endearing propensity for turning the odd underdog into man of the hour. This track-- a joint collaboration between sorta-rapper Scroobious Pip and knob-twiddler Dan Le Sac-- debuted to tremendous response on London radio sometime around the beginning of the year; with Lex now set to re-release it over three months and thousands of requests later, it shows no sign of going away any time soon.

A spoken word list of Thou Shalt Nots that ranges from sensible ("Thou shalt not steal if there is a direct victim") and practical ("Thou shalt not go into the woods with your boyfriend's best friend, take drugs and cheat on him") to pointed ("Thou shalt not return to the same club or bar week in, week out just 'cause you once saw a girl there that you fancied but you're never gonna fucking talk to") and vaguely embarrassing ("Thou shalt remember that guns, bitches and bling were never part of the four elements and never will be"), "Thou Shalt Always Kill" is a manifesto song that follows in the fine tradition of Art Brut, the Streets, and, um, Baz Luhrmann. Between Le Sac's sproingy electronic textures and the song's middle verse, wherein Pip lays everyone from the Beatles to Radiohead to waste by soberly reminding us they were all "just a band," there's loads to like here. Something tells me there's a shelf-life, though, so get your fix before sunscreen season.

[from Thou Shalt Always Kill 7"; out 04/16/07 on Lex Records]