VIDEO: CHRISTINA AGUILERA - NOT MYSELF TONIGHT | NEW MUSIC: NOT MYSELF TONIGHT (JODY DEN BROEDER REMIX)

Ahh! Finally an improvement over its lacklustre original version – Jody de Broeder saves the day with this stomper of a remix for Christina Aguilera’s new single Not Myself Tonight. den Broder’s sound is more of a fit to where she is trying to go with this new album of hers. Although it’s still not quite up to the standard of classic Aguilera, it’ll have to do for now considering the boastful press releases surrounding new album Bionic. Check it out below, courtesy of our friends at Sony Music.

And of course, how could I forget to mention her just-released bondage-themed video for the track with plenty of girl-on-boy/girl action? The Madonna/Gaga comparisons are inevitable especially with director Hype Williams having worked with the latter. And of course physically speaking, both artists being platinum blonde with a taste for the provocative so one cannot help but compare. Well done, but done well by others before her....

NEW MUSIC: CHRISTINA AGUILERA - NOT MYSELF TONIGHT

As announced last week, Christina Aguilera's first single from new album Bionic, Not Myself Tonight, was premiered on her official website earlier this evening.  Although much of the Blogosphere is raving about the track, I'm still on-the-fence with this Polow De Don-produced single.  It is essentially an electro-refreshing of her 2002 single Dirrty with some added Britney/Janet come-hitherness.  

Aguilera definitely sounds much more in her element here though than on recent efforts like Keeps Gettin' Better and Dynamite, allowing her vocals to soar fully.  And we can thank God she got her wartime era itch scratched on her 2006 studio album Back to Basics, as we can welcome her back into the realm of pop relevance once again.

Surely this is just a teaser and I'm expecting her to pull out the big guns on forthcoming singles.  The single will be on iTunes Tuesday, April 13, 2010 and Bionic will be in stores June 8, 2010.

Preview Not Myself Tonight in full below courtesy of Sony Music: