# Favorite song about cheaters/cheating **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 6, 2012, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835 "2012-09-06T09:24:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![wheresmymind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@wheresmymind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheresmymind)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835/41 "2012-09-06T21:29:14Z")
[Smell Yo Dick](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruef7aYCEbc) by Riskay. I win the thread! _Drops mic, walks off stage_ ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835/42 "2012-09-06T21:35:57Z")
_Sally Go Round the Roses_ Jaynetts “Saddest thing in the whole wide world See your baby with another girl”. _Smile_ Lily Allen _Hot Razors_ Crack the Sky _Baby, It’s You_ Shirelles _Hey, Hey What Can I Do_ Led Zeppelin ---
**Author:** ![azraiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835/43 "2012-09-06T21:47:59Z")
[River Runs Deep](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4LekkGu9n8) Eric Clapton and JJ Cale “Cheatin’ woman gonna get a good man down. Cheatin’ woman gonna get a good man down. Runnin’ 'round like a silly fool End up at the bottom of a pool The river runs deep, the water is cold as ice.” Broken Bed by James McMurtry “Nothing to be done, nothing to be said Just had to lay back down on this broken bed … You could call me later Walk me through this one more time I guess you got your needs and I got mine” ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835/44 "2012-09-06T22:17:51Z")
Speaking of **Elvis Costello** , my favorite cheatin’ song of his is [Baby Plays Around](http://youtu.be/FAddYj8CyUw). Hm. Elvis Costello must be the most cheated-on musician in history, judging from his song catalog. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835/45 "2012-09-06T23:20:49Z")
[The Dark End of the Street](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnBgylbxuj8)- Joe Tex version is the greatest… some not already stated… [Make Me the Woman You Come Home To](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XHObx9BGjw) - Gladys Knight and the Pips [Your Body’s Here With Me (but you mind is on the Other Side of Town)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2JAU0CO5t4) - The O’Jays [I Should Have Cheated](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29qvbeDA0iU) - Keyshia Cole I love that the singers seem to put some real emotion into the songs (if you can fake sincerity you’ve got it made) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835/46 "2012-09-06T23:26:46Z")
I’m sure there are better songs, but my favorite? _Hey, Hey What Can I Do_ by Led Zeppelin ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835/47 "2012-09-06T23:30:13Z")
\*\*(You’ve Been Doin’ Something Wrong) I Can Tell By The Way You Smell \*\* recorded by Ry Cooder, David Lindley, probably others ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835/48 "2012-09-06T23:35:05Z")
Just remembered another favorite: **Got A Feelin’** (Mamas & Papas) selected lyric: “Got a feelin’ that I’m wasting time on you babe Got a feelin’ that you’ve been untrue. I got a feelin’ that you’re stealin’ All the love I thought I was giving to you.” ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835/49 "2012-09-06T23:43:51Z")
> [@zoog](#): > > [Robert Cray’s Across the Line](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V7nplxTIJs) > > Hell, probably half of Robert Cray’s songs are about cheating now that I think about it. I understand from his albums that Mr. John Lee Hooker likewise has some trouble w/ his women. Favorite cheating song of mine is ‘Tempted’, by Squeeze. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835/50 "2012-09-07T01:09:51Z")
> [@wheresmymind](#): > > [Smell Yo Dick](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruef7aYCEbc) by Riskay. I win the thread! _Drops mic, walks off stage_ 😕 :eek: 😃 My iced tea just came shooting out my nose. I think you DO win the thread!!! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835/51 "2012-09-07T07:20:58Z")
“I Can’t Stand It” by Eric Clapton. I can’t stand it. You’re fooling around, I can’t stand it. You’re running around, I can’t stand it. You’re fooling around with my heart. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835/52 "2012-09-07T09:35:14Z")
Don’t know about favourite, but what about The Monkees “Look Out, Here Comes Tomorrow” ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835/53 "2012-09-07T09:55:54Z")
I forgot my favourite (duh)- Viola Wills “[Gonna Get Along Without You Now](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=746lOmgpw74).” ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835/54 "2012-09-07T11:44:55Z")
[Frankie and Albert](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DFy90m-lHE) by Taj Mahal. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835/55 "2012-09-07T12:01:58Z")
I’m a back door man Men don’t know, but the little girls understand > **[Back Door Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_Door_Man)** > > "Back Door Man" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1960. The lyrics draw on a Southern U.S. cultural term for an extramarital affair. The song is one of several Dixon-Wolf songs that became popular among rock musicians, including the Doors who recorded it for their 1967 self-titled debut album. > In Southern culture, the phrase "back-door man" refers to a man having an affair with a married woman, using the back door as an exit before the husband comes home... ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835/56 "2012-09-07T12:04:36Z")
Wash by Pearl Jam: > [@](#): > > Oh please let it rain today. This city’s so filthy. Like my mind in ways. > Oh it was the time. Like a clean new taste. > Smiling eyes before me and tears from my face. > > Wash my love. Wash my love. Wash my love, yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835/57 "2012-09-07T12:08:44Z")
I like [Just Like Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rH-68PdAWc) by Jamie Foxx and T.I. Funny video too, never had seen it before. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835/58 "2012-09-07T12:41:33Z")
Heart - \*All I Wanna do is Make Love to You \*- a song about getting impregnated by a stranger because your husband is shooting blanks. Carrie Undersood - \*Before He Cheats \*- a song about damaging your boyfriend/husband’s pickup because you “think” he may be cheating on you. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835/59 "2012-09-07T13:00:10Z")
> [@zoog](#): > > [Robert Cray’s Across the Line](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V7nplxTIJs) > Hell, probably half of Robert Cray’s songs are about cheating now that I think about it. > [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Also, anything by Robert Cray. > [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > I understand from his albums that Mr. John Lee Hooker likewise has some trouble w/ his women. Well hell, the entire genre is custom-made for cheating songs, innit? Another good one from Robert Cray is “[Right Next Door (Because of Me)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP2EvSNHqh0)”, the track that give his album _Strong Persuader_ its title: > [@](#): > > She was right next door and I’m such a strong persuader > She was just another notch on my guitar > She’s gonna lose the man that really loves her > In the silence I can hear their breaking hearts Led Zeppelin had a few, of course, “Since I’ve Been Loving You” and “Hey, Hey What Can I Do” having been mentioned. I like “[Your Time is Gonna Come](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLuE6ftUI2g)”, both for the swirling organ sound of JPJ and Plant’s vengeful tone: “You been bad to me woman, but it’s coming back home to you.” How about one from blues legend Buddy Guy - “[Someone Else is Steppin’ In](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMVvKS3dHA0)”: “While you were slippin’ out, someone else was slippin’ in” For a more pop-ish approach, I’ve always liked the bit of a twist in Del Amitri’s “[Always the Last to Know](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMAJ69DpSws)”, which starts off sounding like the singer may have been wronged but turns out to be not so. ---
**Author:** ![BeeDubU2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BeeDubU2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeDubU2)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835/60 "2012-09-07T13:44:14Z")
A few of my favorites: **Jolene** , by Dolly Parton **I wish I Wasn’t** by Heather Headley [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-song-about-cheaters-cheating/633835.md?page=4)