Girl Ray Cover Sophie Ellis Bextor’s ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’

Girl Ray have shared a fun take on Sophie Ellis Bextor’s evergreen pop banger ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’.

The London trio get into that office party spirit with neat cover, opting to re-work a perennial fave from a true pop queen.

Yep, Sophie Ellis Bextor’s ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’ gets the Girl Ray treatment, and it’s a slinky, sincere rendition.

Pleasingly straight-faced, the cover comes equipped with a hilarious video depicting some office festive party hi-jinks.

Trivia note: it’s filmed in the same office Clash is based in! Girl Ray comment…

“’Murder On The Dancefloor’ has always had a special place in our hearts – it was forever etched into our memory when a few years back at a post-show karaoke session in Bristol, I over-excitedly shoved the microphone to Iris’ lips when it was finally our turn to sing, chipping her front tooth in half for the remainder of the tour.”

“Since then it has of course remained our karaoke song, and a favourite at our DJ sets. When we were looking for a song to cover for this year’s festival seasons, it seemed a natural fit. It became one of our favourite parts of our live set, and we thought it would be only right to record it in honour of Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s truly perfect pop song.”

The band’s own Poppy Rankin directed the video, with Girl Ray adding:

“We’ve always wanted to work together in an office; I think we’re secretly middle-aged office workers at heart. None of us have been to an office party but they sound really fun so we decided to recreate one for our video. It felt like ‘Murder on the Dancefloor’ is the sort of song that would go down really well at an office party. Poppy seemed really excited about her new ‘gimbal’ she’d bought for her iPhone, so we decided to let her film, direct, and edit the whole video. We couldn’t find any actual offices to make the video in, so Moshi Moshi reluctantly let us use their work space for it. Hopefully after they see the video they’ll take us on full time.”

Tune in now.

Photo Credit: Alex Cantouris

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