I opened the kitchen window today & two flies flew in, as if to say, “HELLO! REMEMBER US? THE FLIES?! REMEMBER HOW YOU CAN’T CONCENTRATE ON ANYTHING AT ALL WHILE WE’RE GOING BZZZ BZZZ BZZZ ALL OVER YOUR KITCHEN? WELL, WE’RE *BACK*!! FOR ROUGHLY 5 MONTHS!!!” (1/quite a few, sorry)

So, to honour this moment, I started thinking about flies in pop. And about how, even though flies are annoying, they inspire a higher-than-average rate of good songs. By way of illustratioon, here are #mytenfavouritesongsaboutflies (2/12, I think)

2. Tim Buckley: Buzzin’ Fly #mytenfavouritesongsaboutflies

Just one to go now. What do you think it’s going to be?

8. Nick Drake: Fly #mytenfavouritesongsaboutflies

6. Wire: I Am The Fly #mytenfavouritesongsaboutflies

7. The Young Knives: Flies #mytenfavouritesongsaboutflies

5. Esperanza Spalding: Little Fly #mytenfavouritesongsaboutflies

3. U2: The Fly #mytenfavouritesongsaboutflies

9. Death Grips: Flies #mytenfavouritesongsaboutflies

4. The Handsome Family: Flies #mytenfavouritesongsaboutflies