# Need help ID'ing song

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-iding-song/124269>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 17, 2002, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-iding-song/124269 "2002-08-17T00:35:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2002, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-iding-song/124269/1 "2002-08-17T00:35:25Z")

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yesterday some lines from this song popped into my head at work and now **they won’t leave!!!**

The lyrics are as follows: “_Sex and drugs and rock and roll. Sex and drugs and rock and roll. Sex and drugs and rock and roll, very good indeed. Everybody needs, a little sex, and drugs, and rock and roll._”

The song was played on my local rock/classic rock station DC101 back in the early '80’s.

Any of my fellow Dopers have any info?

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2002, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-iding-song/124269/2 "2002-08-17T00:38:32Z")

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It’s nice to hit the preview button sometimes, but I never do:smack: :smack:

One other, no two other things:

1. There was a fairly prominent bass line running thru the song.

2. The singer had a fairly heavy British accent.

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2002, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-iding-song/124269/3 "2002-08-17T00:49:01Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Sex and drugs and rock and roll  
> Is all my brain and body need  
> Sex and drugs and rock and roll  
> Are very good indeed
> 
> Keep your silly ways or throw them out the window  
> The wisdom of your ways, I’ve been there and I know  
> Lots of other ways, what a jolly bad show  
> If all you ever do is business you don’t like

[http://www.countrybumpkin.ndo.co.uk/sex&drugs.html](http://www.countrybumpkin.ndo.co.uk/sex&drugs.html)

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**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2002, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-iding-song/124269/4 "2002-08-17T07:35:21Z")

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“Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll” by Ian Dury.

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**Author:** ![DougAB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@DougAB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougAB)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2002, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-iding-song/124269/5 "2002-08-17T22:12:03Z")

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When I was younger my pediatrician had a chart that overviewed the topics the doctors discussed with the patient for each age. At age 17 you discussed “Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll.”

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**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2002, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-iding-song/124269/6 "2002-08-18T11:37:46Z")

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The late Ian Dury and the Blockheads