# Sex in music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 29, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-music/526834 "2010-01-29T01:26:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-music/526834/1 "2010-01-29T01:26:10Z")
I am working on a paper and am looking for examples of sex in music lyrics. I would like to have several songs from a vast time period (say the 1940’s to present) to look at for examples. I know that they made refrences to sex in earlier songs, but don’t know any off the top of my head and would love to get your help. AND as a bonus, if you are so inclined, it would be great if you could/would post a link to the lyrics. Thanks so much! ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-music/526834/2 "2010-01-29T01:33:54Z")
[Google is your friend](http://books.google.com/books?q=sex+in+music+lyrics&oq=sex+in+music+). ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-music/526834/3 "2010-01-29T01:36:52Z")
Well, I’d start with [“I Want Your Sex”](http://www.lyrics007.com/George%20Michael%20Lyrics/I%20Want%20Your%20Sex%20Lyrics.html) by George Michaels. Can’t get any more blatant than that. Good luck with your paper! ---
**Author:** ![MitzeKatze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@MitzeKatze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MitzeKatze)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-music/526834/4 "2010-01-29T01:41:48Z")
I am not sure if this is what you mean, but in my opinion one of the most underrated “sex in a song” songs from the 80s is [Rick Springfield- Affair of the Heart](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/r/rick+springfield/affair+of+the+heart_20116230.html). Even the music itself sounds like sex… I was a child at the time and one of my friend’s parents banned the listening to that whole album in their home because it was “too erotic”. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-music/526834/5 "2010-01-29T01:45:05Z")
_L’histoire de Melody Nelson_ by Serge Gainsbourg. It’s French. Of course. If it was released intoday’s USA, he’d probably be arrested, once they figured out what the lyrics meant. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-music/526834/6 "2010-01-29T01:48:55Z")
“Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby” - Salt ‘n’ Pepa “Paradise By the Dashboard Light” - Meatloaf “I Touch Myself” - Divinyls “Sex and Candy” - Marcy Playground “Makin’ Whoopee” - Ella Fitzgerald “Bad Touch” - Bloodhound Gang and, of course, Prince - “Cream,” “Gett Off,” “Jack U Off,” “Head,” “Come,” “Let’s Pretend We’re Married,” “Ripopgodazippa,” “Insatiable,” “Mad Sex,” “Freaks On The Side,” “Blue Light,” “Darling Nikki,” “Hot Wit U,” “Slow Love,” “Little Red Corvette,” “International Lover,” “It,” “Do Me, Baby,” “Satisfied,” “Erotic City,” “Hot Thing,” “I Wanna Melt With U,” “Orgasm.” ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-music/526834/7 "2010-01-29T01:55:45Z")
Going back to the start of your time period, Glenn Miller’s theme “In the Mood” – what they were in the mood for was not playing xroquet! “All I Want to Do (Is Make Love to You)” (Dusty Springfield?) Half of early Led Zeppelin. ---
**Author:** ![Pray\_for\_peace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pray\_for\_peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pray_for_peace)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-music/526834/8 "2010-01-29T02:04:40Z")
“Sex (I’m A …)” - Berlin It’s a classic. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-music/526834/9 "2010-01-29T02:17:54Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > what they were in the mood for was not playing xroquet! I know it’s a typo, but it makes me think of some dirty croquet game that you’d play at an orgy or something. ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-music/526834/10 "2010-01-29T02:28:08Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > If it was released intoday’s USA, he’d probably be arrested, once they figured out what the lyrics meant. French you say? I’d still like his chances. 😛 In the spirit of the OP, I’ll put up Frank Sinatra “Making Whoopee” > [@](#): > > He’s washing dishes and baby clothes > He’s so ambitious, man he even sows > But don’t forget folks thats what you get folks > For makin’ whoopee ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-music/526834/11 "2010-01-29T02:29:51Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Well, I’d start with [“I Want Your Sex”](http://www.lyrics007.com/George%20Michael%20Lyrics/I%20Want%20Your%20Sex%20Lyrics.html) by George Michaels. Can’t get any more blatant than that. Sure you can: Lucille Bogan’s “Shave 'em Dry.” I can’t link to the lyrics here; it’s like linking to “The Ballad of Eskimo Nell.” Not Safe for Work doesn’t even begin to cover it. It dates from 1935. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-music/526834/12 "2010-01-29T02:34:43Z")
Check out Hank Ballard and the Midnighters. The “Annie” songs are classic. There was “Work With Me Annie”(1954) (“Work with me Annie, don’t be ashamed/Work with me Annie, call my name.”) Then the follow up (also 1954), “Annie Had a Baby.” (“Annie had a baby/Can’t work no more”): “Now I know and it’s understood/that’s what happens when the gettin’ gets good!” Incidentally, Hank Ballard cut a record in 1959 that turned out to be rather significant a year later when Chubby Checker covered it - it was called “The Twist!” ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-music/526834/13 "2010-01-29T02:39:07Z")
[“I wanna fuck you”](http://www.metrolyrics.com/i-wanna-fuck-you-lyrics-akon.html) by Akon ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-music/526834/14 "2010-01-29T02:51:38Z")
Bessie Smith – [Wild About That Thing](http://www.lyricstime.com/bessie-smith-wild-about-that-thing-lyrics.html) (1929) and [I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl](http://www.lyricstime.com/bessie-smith-i-need-a-little-sugar-in-my-bowl-lyrics.html) (1931) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-music/526834/15 "2010-01-29T02:54:38Z")
Well, both “jazz” and “rock and roll” started off as euphemisms for sex - what more do you want? 😉 **Little Richard’s Good Golly Miss Molly** : > [@](#): > > Good Golly Miss Molly - sure like to ball > Good Golly Miss Milly - sure like to ball > When you’re rockin’ and a rollin’ > Can’t hear your momma call… ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-music/526834/16 "2010-01-29T03:20:21Z")
> [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > Bessie Smith – [Wild About That Thing](http://www.lyricstime.com/bessie-smith-wild-about-that-thing-lyrics.html) (1929) and [I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl](http://www.lyricstime.com/bessie-smith-i-need-a-little-sugar-in-my-bowl-lyrics.html) (1931) Go back past a certain time, and most of the obvious _double entendres_ will be in blues lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-music/526834/17 "2010-01-29T03:29:25Z")
I Wanna Sex You Up - Color Me Badd Gloria - The Doors ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-music/526834/18 "2010-01-29T03:53:14Z")
[Twist](http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858495784/) by Goldfrapp ([video here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhUNmaf1Sws)) is specifically about oral sex, but sex nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-music/526834/19 "2010-01-29T04:05:46Z")
Remember things like “Make Love,” had a different meaning back in the 40s. Jack Benny and Burns and Allen used it all the time. But “make love,” referred to simply kissing someone The running joke was that George Burns kissed Gracie on the forehead and she thought this was the greatest thing, 'cause no one else did it. They all “made love on the lips.” She’d referr to George making love on her forehead. It sounds really dirty but it meant kiss back then. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-music/526834/20 "2010-01-29T04:07:40Z")
A lot of stuff by Lords of Acid, but some include “Lover”, “Rough Sex”, “Pussy,” etc. Very NSFW, but you can find the songs on YouTube if you want to search further. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-in-music/526834.md?page=2)