Homemade still photo videos are an abomination and should be burned at the stake.
Well, we got that out of the way early. I feel better now.
So, what do you do when the NME asks you to contribute to a CD for the 2008 NME Awards? When you are the Manic Street Preachers, you record the most annoying song of the previous year and make it sound cool, that's what. So there.
In February of 2008, the NME gave away a souvenir box set with the magazine. It included numerous artists, but the Manics' choice stood out. They recored 'Umbrella', originally released by Rhianna in 2007. The less said about it the better.
Two other interesting factoids: The song was not and will not be released as an official single, and Rhianna performed it with British band Klaxons at the 2008 Brit Awards, not the Manics.
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