That's because J C is a DANCE record & the majority of 60'S Northern tracks are DANCE records.
Compare it to a classic Northern stormer like the Velvet Satins. Both simple lyrics, both about 120 bpm - about the same speed your heart beats when you dance to e'm.
Not going to go down the usual road of saying Soulful House is the new Northern that some go down as I see it the other way. Prefer to think of the 70's Northern scene as the House scene of the day.
Before the usual folks get the gallows out to lynch me from think about it for a minute, Young kids who don't go down the mainstream music road as they need that extra buzz from the music.