Worldview "nail" the Credit Crunch!!

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When historians come to write the history of the current Global Downturn, they will probably focus not on the sudden, unexpected implosion of our credit-fuelled consumer economies, or the demise of Thatcherite neo-liberal dogmas, but on the fact that a little-known Oxford artist who looked a bit like Louis Theroux made a song about it which sounded a bit like John Lennon.

Worldview's "Party's Over". This song is clever, right, cos it has nice "Imagine"-style piano chords, crashing drums and builds to a soaring, dare I say it, Coldplay-like anthemic chorus, and lyrically could be alluding to either the Credit Crunch, the end of an affair, or an actual party/knees-up. This means it will appeal to the common plebs and fans of chick-lit as well as Guardian readers, making a very wide demographic (ker-ching!!).

But don't take my word for it ; "Party's Over" has just spent a fortnight at Number One in the Somojo.net Radio Pop Muzik Chart (which means that dozens of insomniacs and hospitalised listeners like it). And this is what the main players in the Credit Crunch have said about Oliver's latest Worldview slice of pop commentary:

"On hearing Oliver Shaw's elegaic ballad "Party's Over" while dressing for PMQs I was suddenly made aware of my own deluded hubris in thinking I had brought an end to boom and bust in the economy, and shaken into finally accepting my share of the blame for the de-regulation of our financial instituitions and for maintaining our dependence on the services sector while overlooking our once-great manufacturing base. I particulary like the graceful slide guitar work before the last chorus". - The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, MP (and PM at time of writing).

"Shaw has really nailed it with this tune. I feel like a right twat for letting the Royal Bank Of Scotland go to the wall and will now pay back my sick and outrageous retirement pay-off. It does go on a bit though: I hope he's done a shorter Radio Edit". - Fred Goodwin, former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).

"Party's Over" is has been rushed out in an Instant Karma style while it's still current and potentially lucrative, and is now available at the following digital download outlets:

iTunes (UK and other stores worldwide):
http://www.apple.com/uk/search/ipoditunes/?q=worldview+party%27s+over

Amazon MP3 (UK and US): http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_dmusic?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=worldview+party%27s+over

Also at Napster, eMusic, Rhapsody and various obscure ones I've never heard of.

So why not track it down at any of the above and strike a blow for the endangered species of intelligent pop music, and for Oliver's self-image.

Hear the track on Youtube below: