I just did something I’ve never done before. I voted for a music video.

Goodbye, hipster credibility, I hardly knew ye. What did I give it all up for?

http://www.amerie.net/

I just can’t help it. This is the single of the year. Nothing I’ve heard so far this year comes close, with the possible exception of Kelly Clarkson. I actually heard this song first in remix form, featuring the inimitable Juelz Santana and some other cats whose names escape me, but that was all it took. It’s all…about…that…hook!

Except, there’s so much more. Amerie sings every single line in a state of keyed-up sexual tension that brings to mind the very best Girl Group singers of the sixties. The beat, as both the Juelz and Jay-Z remixes (soon to be available at my Toronto Cream Team blog, to your immediate left) prove, is also a banger.

Absolutely perfect song, with an absolutely perfect video and an absolutely perfect artist. How perfect is she? Well, let’s just say Eva Mendes is in the video too, and I now realize that Eva Mendes isn’t really very good looking at all.

Check it, yeah!