“You Do Something to Me” by Paul Weller

"You Do Something to Me" was the third single off Stanley Road, Paul Weller's third solo album, put out by Go! Discs in 1995, and it's the sound of Weller slowing right down. He wrote it alone, played the guitar and piano himself and co-produced it with Brendan Lynch, who also mixed it, while Yolanda Charles on bass and Steve White on drums keep the pulse low and steady.

It's a smoky, melancholy ballad with a bluesy guitar solo that takes its sweet time. Weller has said it's about a love he could never have, which hasn't stopped couples from dancing to it at their weddings. It reached number nine in the UK and the top 30 in the Netherlands, and Melody Maker's David Stubbs summed it up in a single word: balmy.

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