People really like Duke Dumont's new single

This is popping up everywhere today, so allow me to join the deafening chorus of applause for blurry-faced dance producer Duke Dumont and his new single I Got U.

Following up the Grammy-nominated Need U (100%) Duke (if that is in fact his name) ramps up the house vibes with a chunky piano riff that - just about - gets away with stealing the chord sequence from Daft Punk's One More Time. It also features steel drums. Steel drums!

Here's what other people had to say:

:: "Radio-friendly and iPod-worthy" [The Frontliner]

:: "Almost certainly going to be a massive hit." [Harderbloggerfaster]

:: "Duke Dumont is on an absolute killing spree right now" [the hopefully euphemistic Purple Sneakers]

:: "Sounds like something out of the Lion King" [Will Howath on Soundcloud]

:: "It's got some Whitneyisms in it" [Popjustice - noting the sample from My Love Is Your Love around the 1'00" mark]

:: "He's riding the pop gravy train, and good for him." [Pump The Beat]

:: "I love this guy wish I cold ser him live in concert." [A YouTube User]

The song premiered on Annie Mac's Radio One show, which is why the "radio rip" below features about two minutes of dicking about before you get to hear the full song. Annoying, but worth it.

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Here's the best Whitney Houston cover you'll hear this week

Today's big song comes from Postiljonen - a Norwegian dream-pop trio, who sound like Saint Etienne played at 33rpm (ask your dad).

Comprised of Mia Brox Bøe, Joel Nyström Holm and Daniel Sjörs, they're named after an archaic Swedish word for postman or messenger (most Swedes use "Brevbärare" nowadays). "We just liked the way it sounds," Mia told this website. "Not too happy about the translation in English, though, cos we’re no postmen, we are Postiljonen".

The band's debut album, Skyer, came out earlier this year to excellent reviews. If you're a fan of Daughter or London Grammar, its a perfect companion piece - with Mia's sweeping, breathy melodies soaring on the thermals created by the band's hazy synth atmospherics.

Anyway, I promised you a Whitney Houston cover so here it is: All That We Had Is Lost, Postiljonen's down-tempo, marimba-powered new single, which lifts the verses of Whitney's How Will I Know, transposes them to a minor key, and embellishes them with a mournful saxophone solo.

It's a lot better than I've made it sound.

Posiljonen - All That We Had Is Lost

Recorded shortly after Whitney's untimely death in 2012, All That We Had Is Lost is Postiljonen's tribute to the 'My Name Is Not Susan' hitmaker. "I really do love her," Mia noted.

If you like the official version, you should also try out the Keep Shelly in Athens remix, which pushes the autmunal song into the chilly depths of winter. Brrr.

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A remarkable voice

A performance like this is the only eulogy Whitney Houston needs.

Whitney Houston - How Will I Know (a capella)

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