It’s Womanizer Wednesday!

Franz Ferdinandno strangers to the gay bar, they — have become the latest band to fall under the spell of Britney Spears‘ relentless hit single:

This of course follows months of cover versions from artists as diverse as Lily Allen

The All-American Rejects

Ladyhawke

Fall Out Boy (sort of)…

 

a sexy sign-language version from ‘Captainl0ver’…

the mysterious Marrina

and, umm, this guy:

Oh dear. Well, at least Pete Wentz looks good in a habit.

Asked why Franz Ferdinand chose to cover “Womanizer,” singer Alex Kapranos said it was because it’s the best song out in the last few months. Maybe so, but I’m at the point of begging for someone to take on “Poker Face!”

A former editor of the late, lamented fab magazine, Scott has been writing for Xtra since 2007 on a variety of topics in news pieces, interviews, blogs, reviews and humour pieces. He lives on the Danforth with his boyfriend of 12 years, a manic Jack Russell Terrier, a well-stocked mini-bar and a shelf of toy Daleks.

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