The Streets - Don't Mug Yourself

This song is goofy and ridiculous and not at all the best of Mike Skinner's work under the name "The Streets." So why pick this song, and none of the others, which are a million shades of brilliant? Because this one is fun like very few songs are.

If you're an American mulling over your current comprehension of the meaning of the word "mug," know that "don't mug yourself" is British slang for something akin to "don't make an ass of yourself." The song is a brief two and a half minutes long, but it manages to wrap up an entire subculture in that time.

Don't Mug Yourself is about sitting around in a bar with your mates the day after a date and staring at your phone trying to decide whether or not to call, only to have your friends take your phone away and tell you to stop being an obvious git. Add a feisty drum loop, some heavily-accented rap, and a goofy chorus, and you have what is by far one of the most entertaining Streets songs to date.