Brass in pocket (1979)

In what is possibly the biggest understatement in all of rock, Chrissie Hynde opens this 1979 track telling us she’s got bottle.

She’ll go on to give an utterly self-assured performance in which she all but closes the deal with the object of her affections before the request for a meeting to discuss it has even been sent.

For most people, who hate themselves, it’s an unfamiliar sentiment.

The song’s shimmering confidence sees it join Bizarre Inc feat. Angie Brown’s I’m Gonna Get You as potentially the only other piece of music about their singer’s belief in their ability to get someone between the sheets.

The assets Hynde is going to use to bag her partner are numerous and strange. They include:

• the style of driving she favours
• her mastery of ska slang
• all the loose change in her pocket

These days, however, finding out a potential partner carries actual cash is almost certainly a red flag, akin to witnessing them throw a supermarket trolley into a canal.

Contactless was invented to save us from hauling our bags of money to the shops and to free up room for fun things like puppies and Cornettos.

It’s the way Chrissie pulls the best parts of herself together into this incredibly A-type persona that makes the song.

“I feel inventive,” she sings.

And to hear her conjure up someone so fiercely attractive and strong from merely her style and sidestep is breathtaking and liberating.