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Adding in a parp of brass can make almost any song sound a bit more upbeat, as Streetlight Manifesto’s racuous ska cover of The Postal Service’s Such Great Heights shows.

Hot 8 Brass Band, too, somewhat bafflingly turned the suave likes of Sexual Healing into a big-band tune, as Marvin Gaye presumably never intended.

B is also for... Baz Luhrman: Luhrman’s 2001 film Moulin Rouge! featured a soundtrack jam-packed with covers of contemporary songs and mash-ups. The finest of these was undoubtedly the sprawling Elephant Love Medley.