Avicii - Levels

You'd be forgiven for thinking Avicii's last minute inclusion on Leona Lewis's Collide would overshadow any future releases by the Swedish DJ - with all the furore over the track it did more than take away from the actual quality of how good the producer's command of dance essentials on the song were. The inspired reworking of the Perpetuum Mobile piano riff, the rise and fall of the track's surging bassline - that was all him.

But he's back, and with a club-busting smash to boot - new single Levels boasts one of those indelible dance hooks that on first hearing already feels familiar. Surely, if anything, the sign of a future classic. With all the R&B/dance crossovers at the moment, Levels is a refreshing return to good honest floorfiller magic at its best.

Levels is released on the 2nd January.

Some very nice video stills from Leona's Collide...

What with all the attention afforded to the rather unsavory dispute between Leona Lewis and Avicii over 'that' sample, it's easy to forget just how good a track Collide actually is.

The more you hear it, the more it grows on you, just as the track itself builds and builds within itself to a jaw-dropping crescendo.

Listening to it on some flash speakers or headphones, you can really appreciate that thundering bassline in all its majesty - and above it, that piano riff soaring and crashing like waves breaking on a distant beach... which leads us nicely on to the first of these gorgeous stills from the track's upcoming video:

Stunning! The full video premieres later this week - we can't wait! As many others have commented, Collide is kind of what you imagine Coldplay would come out with if they 'went all dancey' - and this is a very good thing indeed.

What's more, Leona has always been in possession of a truly peerless vocal, but on Collide - removed from the epic balladry of her first and second albums - you appreciate new subtleties, new textures to it.

Here's another shot - Leona looking very hot as she takes a ride in a sporty classic car. Nice!