It’s incredible to think that Addicted to Love – while obviously a surefire smash once it was in the can – was actually the third single to be released from Robert Palmer’s 1986 album Riptide.

Sharp-suited Robert Palmer became known as Britain's blue-eyed soul singer, though album Riptide oozed sex much more than soul, and Addicted To Love was the most overt seduction of them all. It is ...