While
I Wanna Have Some Fun continues to trade on
Samantha Fox's frank sex appeal, it does expand her stylistic palette a bit. So while the
Full Force-penned title track (and hit single) starts with some sexy-accented come-hitherness from
Fox ("Don't you know it's hard to keep a good woman down?"), and continues through a freestyle-lite arrangement that offers plenty of cheekiness,
Fun also includes a relatively straightforward version of the pop classic "I Only Want to Be With You." For all her vocal shortcomings, it's obvious (to the point of over-singing) that
Fox is trying very hard on the cut. Her bid to be the next
Dusty Springfield is eventually undercut by a spazzy synth arrangement, but
Fox doesn't quit, segueing boldly into the lighthearted "You Started Something." What's interesting about these songs, in the context of
I Wanna Have Some Fun, is that they're actual songs. On an album of extended teases like "Your House or My House" and "Hot for You" -- which are both populated by hokey, heavy breathing and a heap of grinding double entendre --
Fox's attempt at real depth is admirable, even if it doesn't quite work out.