"Just the Thing" is a song recorded by Australian singer-songwriter and music producer

Paul Mac Paul Francis McDermott (born 17 September 1965), who performs as Paul Mac, is an Australian electropop musician, singer-songwriter, producer and music re-mixer. He was classically trained at Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Mac has formed variou ...

and features the vocals of Peta Morris. The song was released in June 2001 as the second single from Mac's debut studio album '' 3000 Feet High''. "Just the Thing" peaked at number 17 on the Australian

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and was certified gold. At the

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, the song was nominated for Best Male Artist and Best Dance Release. At the

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the song won the APRA Award for Most Performed Dance Work.

Reception

Nick Jarvis from in the Mix said "From the gospel intro to the tribal conga drums, driving bassline and diva vocals exploring themes of "love on the dancefloor", 'Just the Thing' takes a swathe of deep house and disco tropes and turns them into an indelible hands-in-the-air jam. What a hook, and what a voice; Paul Mac's most commercially successful single is an all-time funky house belter that's probably still getting thrashed on pub jukeboxes in regional towns".

Track listing

# "Just the Thing" – 3:54 # "Just the Thing" (The Funk Corporation's Just The Verse remix) – 8:29 # "See You Much Later" – 3:48 # "Just the Thing" (Stephen Allkins with Stereogamous remix) – 7:58

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