Anthony David - "Something About You"

While sitting at my neighborhood Walgreens one rainy spring evening, a familiar song played over the loudspeaker.  I immediately recognized the song was "Something About You", but I didn't know the man's voice singing.  He almost sounded like Seal.  One quick trip to Google revealed the singer's name was R&B singer Anthony David (whose name sounds like a place you would go to get your hair done).  While the Cary Brothers successfully remade this song, add Anthony David's name to artists who also remade the '80s song without ruining it.

Level 42 - "Something About You"

 

80s music is loaded with catchy hooks.  

• She blinded me with science.  Science!
• Are you feeling hot hot hot?
• Don't worry, be happy.

The problem was that these songs now sounded dated.  That's not the case with Level 42's "Something About You".  Here's a catchy tune that sounds like it could be from 2015...much less 1985.  In fact, the Cary Brothers covered the song in 2011 using their formulaic stripped-down acoustic sound.  The result is almost as good as the original.