‘You’re Beautiful by James Blunt is terrible!’: Paloma

The singer hates a certain James Blunt megahit and feels empowered by Chaka Khan, but which Aussie bard does she think wrote the best song of all time?

The first song I remember hearing
My mum was a massive fan of Nina Simone but she’s got dyspraxia. She was always having dinner parties, but she’d always make people dance. I just have an image of her clapping out of time to Simone’s song Baltimore.

The first single I bought
Especially for You by Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue, on cassette from Woolworths on the high street in Stoke Newington, with the contents of my piggy bank.