# Explain this Guess Who song to me **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-guess-who-song-to-me/208354 "2003-10-19T13:24:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-guess-who-song-to-me/208354/1 "2003-10-19T13:24:07Z")
So what’s the story with the song(s) “No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature”. My Rock and Roll radar says its about drugs, probably coke or heroin. Having never done either, I can’t say for sure if > [@](#): > > Lonely feelin’ deep inside > Find a corner where I can hide > Silent footsteps crowdin’ me > Sudden darkness, but I can see that makes any sense or not. This isn’t a question for the ages or anything, but its got me scratchin my noggin. [LINK](http://www.lyricsxp.com/lyrics/n/no_sugar_tonight_new_mother_nature_the_guess_who.html) to song lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-guess-who-song-to-me/208354/2 "2003-10-19T15:22:48Z")
To me this song was always a toss up between a love song and a dope song. That was the perfect mix for a pop song when it was released (around 1969 I believe). If I remember right, a couple of the members of the Guess Who were confirmed heroin users at the time, so any reference to a “lady” could also be a reference to drugs. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Evil\_Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Mr.Evil\_Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Evil_Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-guess-who-song-to-me/208354/3 "2003-10-19T15:52:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ccwaterback \* > \*\*To me this song was always a toss up between a love song and a dope song. If I remember right, a couple of the members of the Guess Who were confirmed heroin users at the time, so any reference to a “lady” could also be a reference to drugs. \*\* I’ve never heard of any members of the Guess Who being _confirmed heroin users_ and Randy Bachman who co-wrote the song was very heavily into Mormonism at the time, though he hadn’t coinverted yet, so I doubt the song is about drug use, let alone hardcore heroin use. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-guess-who-song-to-me/208354/4 "2003-10-19T17:13:35Z")
Well the song does contain the lyric “a bag of goodies and a bottle of wine, we’re gonna get it on right tonight” I’m thinking drugs. ---
**Author:** ![Verminous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Verminous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Verminous)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-guess-who-song-to-me/208354/5 "2003-10-19T17:15:46Z")
“Sudden darkness, but I can see” sounds like the person wants to cloud their vision via drugs, so to speak… just a guess. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-guess-who-song-to-me/208354/6 "2003-10-19T17:23:12Z")
Maybe the singer is trying to quit the drug: “No sugar tonight (in my coffee) No sugar tonight (in my tea) No sugar to stand beside me No sugar to run with me” ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-guess-who-song-to-me/208354/7 "2003-10-19T18:21:02Z")
A quick Google search found [this link](http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1036690976999_91/?hub=Entertainment) from CTV news. From the page: > [@](#): > > The stories behind Bachman’s other hit songs contain similar off-beat anecdotes and humorous plot lines. > > Consider the time he was almost mugged by three thugs in New York, only to be saved by a furious woman out looking for her boyfriend – one of the would-be muggers. > > That same night, Bachman used the incident to pen the song No Sugar Tonight to reflect the chilly evening the mugger had in store when he returned home with a very angry girlfriend. Looks like “No Sugar Tonight” isn’t about drugs at all.