Grace (how low can you go?)

Work continues apace on the Belleville EP, but here's a brief diversion concocted in an evening.

There's nothing more depressing than daytime Radio 1. When spending a day in somebody else's office, it's bad manners to ask them to turn the wireless off. But as Moyles mutated into Fern Britton, then Greg James and Scott Mills, life got more grey by the moment.

It's not so much the pop jocks as the playlist that appalls. Suicide seemed a sensible option after the third play of the latest Editors single. The only bright moment came with the new Britney Spears single, Three.

It's a pop classic and another triumph for the splendid Ms Spears. Courting the necessary tabloid semi-stiffy, Britney sings about three-in-a-bed romps with first wave clean-cut sunshine folkies, Peter, Paul and Mary. It would be bizarre if it wasn't so catchy.

Of course, it's all been done before. Jefferson Airplane's marvellous Triad was a highpoint of liberated 1968. Back then, chicks like Janis Joplin used to trip you up in the street and beat you to the pavement. Grace Slick possessed just the right voice and looks to make the song, written with David Crosby, positively stink with the sort of audio-musk that Britney can only hint at.

Here, in a simple mini-mix, is the Stately remix of Britney's Three followed by the Airplane's Triad. Each a classic in its own sweet way. And, for the record, Lady Gaga can go hang. And our version is better than the original.