FALLING DOWN, THROWING UP

There are some fine actors who can sing, and vice versa. Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson are two who spring to mind immediately, though you could easily include luminaries such as Billie Piper and Nick Berry to the pantheon of legendary crooning thespians. Not Scarlett Johansson though, lovely as she is.

Here she is covering the Tom Waits song 'Falling Down', from her upcoming album of Tom Waits covers which features David Bowie on backing vocals (oh, what a pretty face can do for you), and somehow she makes the original Waits version sound upbeat and cheerful, which is quite an achievement.

It's all very reminiscent of Nico managing to ruin some Velvet Underground tracks with a listless and tuneless Teutonic noise.

Warning! There's a rumour going around that some people have heard this version of the song and never smiled again.