Robert Cray’s “Strong Persuader” is told from the point of view of the “other man”.
“Creep” - TLC
Toby Keith, A Little Less Talk And A Lot More Action
And I enthusiastically second (third? fifth?) Gin Blossom’s Cheatin’
A great '60s jazz tune by Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh called “When In Rome (I Do As The Romans Do)”; popular recordings include those by Peggy Lee and Blossom Dearie.
In part:*If, perchance, I’m saying farewell to France and romance drops in from the blue
Cher amour, I beg of you, please endure my taking a brief detour with somebody new
It’s just that when in Rome I do as the Romans do
*
Going back a little on the R&B side: Secret Lovers and Sorry 2004.
Ray Parker Jr.'s “The Other Woman”
I was in my salad days when this was being played on Top 40 radio stations, so I enjoyed it rather mindlessly as another catchy tune. From an older perspective, I see the very casual attitude toward infidelity: “Work out your problems like 2 adults? Nah, let’s surf the personal ads.” And note, too, that the singer is the second person in this relationship to start straying – it was her ad he was responding to, so she’s not an innocent in this.
Man, I am way overthinking this stuff. :o
Bruce Springsteen’s “One Step Up” and Mark Chesnutt’s “Too Cold at Home” both end with an unhappily married man sitting at a bar and getting ready to pick up a cute girl there.
“Angel in Your Arms” by Hot is about a wife who gets back on her cheating husband by having affairs of her own
:smack:
Misread this as “Me and Mr. Jones” now have an earworm of Counting Crows’ “Mr. Jones” and am questioning my interpretation of the lyrics! :dubious:
“Back Door Man” The Doors
“You Know That I’m No Good” Amy Winehouse
In the bluegrass genre there’s"Carolyn at the Broken Wheel Inn"
REM’s “The One I Love” is a song notifying the singer’s wife or girlfriend that he’s been cheating on her.
Elton John had “Part-Time Love” (not to be confused with Stevie Wonder’s “Part-Time Lover”).
Del Amitiri’s “The Last To Know” starts off as a self-pitying song about a man whose love has left him… but ends with him telling her that he himself had been cheating on her.
Phoebe Snow’s “Poetry Man” is about a woman having an affair with a married man. Probably doesn’t count.
The Smithereens’ “Strangers When We Meet” is about a married woman breaking off her affair with a married man.
Squeeze’s “Goodbye Girl” is about a married man who takes a girl to a motel. She robs him and sneaks out on him in the middle of the night.
Old 97s’ “Designs on You” is from the viewpiont of a guy trying to get a girl to cheat on her fiancee/husband with him. I’d say that counts.
“Harbor LeCou”, performed by Great Big Sea and possibly others. A married fisherman visits a seashore community and tries to pick up a date. He forgot that the town was his wife’s hometown and people remember him :smack:.
“Leaving on a Jet Plane” in passing reveals the narrator as a (presumably ex-?) cheater:
There’s so many times I’ve let you down,
So many times I’ve played around;
I tell you now, they don’t mean a thing…
I’ve heard “Run To You” played at weddings. :smack:
“Your Love” is also about a guy who’s cheating with someone who’s underage.
Kate Bush’s Babooshka is sort of related, although no actual infidelity takes place. A wife suspects her husband of cheating, and adopts a false identity to seduce him, ultimately arranging a meeting in disguise.
In this particular case, trephination may be required.