# What are the all time top 10 stripper songs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2009, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-all-time-top-10-stripper-songs/497378 "2009-05-23T04:29:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-all-time-top-10-stripper-songs/497378/61 "2012-10-27T05:12:31Z")
Pasties and a G-String (At the Two O’Clock Club) by Tom Waits ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-all-time-top-10-stripper-songs/497378/62 "2012-10-27T05:41:26Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > _You Can Leave Your Hat On_ - Joe Cocker > [@Glory](#): > > You Can Leave Your Hat On - Tom Jones > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > That’s #1 with me. If you can’t strip to that ditty, get out of the business. > [@cactus\_waltz](#): > > “You can leave your hat on” is a good choice. Everyone knows that is a Randy Newman song, right? ---
**Author:** ![Three\_Creeks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cab0a1/32.png) [@Three\_Creeks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Three_Creeks)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-all-time-top-10-stripper-songs/497378/63 "2012-10-27T09:57:37Z")
Peggy Lee - Fever ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-all-time-top-10-stripper-songs/497378/64 "2012-10-27T11:33:29Z")
> [@lee](#): > > What about _Hey , Big Spender_? Good one, Grandpa! 🙂 mmm ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-all-time-top-10-stripper-songs/497378/65 "2012-10-27T13:13:44Z")
Zombie or no zombie (what’s the threshold?), it would have been a good idea three years ago to have determined whether we’re talking about top stripper songs as per the classic or current understanding of stripper performance. 'cause setting aside the many suggested on smart-aleck grounds, some of those listed are good for doing a proper strip tease, while others are more appropriate for just writhing around already mostly naked. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-all-time-top-10-stripper-songs/497378/66 "2012-10-27T13:22:49Z")
I can’t believe I didn’t nominate _…But It’s Better If You Do_ by Panic! at the Disco the first time around. I’d actually go to a strip club if they played it, and I’d order a peach and lime daquiri like in the song. It would be one of the most meta moments in my life, as not only is the song about someone putatively going to a strip club, but then the singer reveals that he just wants someone to _think_ he’s at a strip club in order to get over them, (but he’s probably instead just crying at home, is my interpretation.) ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-all-time-top-10-stripper-songs/497378/67 "2012-10-27T14:42:57Z")
Oooo a Zombie Stripper Thread… just in time for Halloween. Living Dead Girl— Rob Zombie ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-all-time-top-10-stripper-songs/497378/68 "2012-10-27T14:58:59Z")
Songs I would like to see strippers dance to, but which they never seem to dance to: “Horizontal Bop” by Bob Seeger “Her Strut” by Bob Seeger “99 and a Half” by Fever Tree “Flesh for Fantasy” by Billie Idol (I’ve seen strippers dance very nicely to “Rebel Yell”) “Tube Snake Boogie” by ZZ Top “Lucretia McEvil” by Blood, Sweat and Tears (pairs nicely with Nickleback’s “Something In Your Mouth” thematically, anyway) “Sock It To Me Baby” by Mitch Ryder “Town Without Pity” by Ronnie Montrose (could also work as a lap dance song) And for a long, slow, grindy lap dance song, “It Could Be Sweet” by Portishead Or “Spooky” the long instrumental version by the Classics IV (perfect for Halloween) Songs strippers probably never should dance to: “Tales of Brave Ulysses” by Cream ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-all-time-top-10-stripper-songs/497378/69 "2012-10-27T15:33:56Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Songs strippers probably never should dance to: > “Tales of Brave Ulysses” by Cream “Top Of The World” - The Carpenters “Tiptoe Through The Tulips” - Tiny Tim “Gimme Dat Ding” - The Pipkins On the other hand, if you could make those work you’d be _awesome_. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-all-time-top-10-stripper-songs/497378/70 "2012-10-27T16:20:34Z")
For a male stripper: Gigantic— the Pixies ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-all-time-top-10-stripper-songs/497378/71 "2012-10-27T23:17:26Z")
Stripped - Rammstein Voodoo - Godsmack Just like Jesse James - Cher Cowboy - Kid Rock Save a horse, Ride a Cowboy - Big n Rich (The last three are good if you have a cowboy theme) ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-all-time-top-10-stripper-songs/497378/72 "2012-10-27T23:55:25Z")
I know I’ve told this story before but it still makes me grin. Oh lo many many years ago I used to work the night shift in the offices of an X-rated theater, doing data entry and bookkeeping (I worked the day shift at a regular videostore owned by the same people). Between the films they would have live strippers do their thing. One of my duties, since I was already up on the 2nd floor, was to run the spotlight and music for the strippers. Most of the strippers had horrific taste in music and I often had to hold my nose while clicking the “Play” button. I was always trying to upgrade their taste and occasionally it worked. One of the smarter women (working her way through college) had me make up a mix tape for her. She was especially enamored of one song and made up a compete show to it. [“Locomotion”](http://youtu.b/n4LYtY1kx1E) by Dave “not that one”\* Stewart and Barbara Gaskin (cover of the Little Eva song) For most of the song it’s slower and more sensuous than the pop original. She started out fully decked out in overalls, an engineer’s cap and bandanna, complete with a lantern. She was a good dancer and made all her moves count. I’d always laugh in delight when she used it. It was something! I wish we could have videotaped her. She also had a routine for this wonderful version of [“Siamese Cat Song.”](http://youtu.be/ESXKDYPQ3FE) - not the same Dave Stewart from Eurythmics. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-all-time-top-10-stripper-songs/497378/73 "2012-10-28T00:26:00Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > “Top Of The World” - The Carpenters > “Tiptoe Through The Tulips” - Tiny Tim > “Gimme Dat Ding” - The Pipkins > > On the other hand, if you could make those work you’d be _awesome_. Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos Sextypething - Stone Temple Pilots Birthday - the Sugarcubes ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-all-time-top-10-stripper-songs/497378/74 "2012-10-28T01:05:42Z")
Also, Love’s a Loaded Gun - Alice Cooper ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-all-time-top-10-stripper-songs/497378/75 "2012-10-28T01:07:02Z")
I saw a woman squat in front of a customer (raised stage) and dance to “For Your Eyes Only”. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-all-time-top-10-stripper-songs/497378/76 "2012-10-28T03:04:31Z")
1985’s “\*\*We Want To Sex Up River Hippie \*\*!” ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-all-time-top-10-stripper-songs/497378/77 "2012-10-28T05:41:49Z")
[Just a Closer Walk with Thee](http://youtu.be/b9kKo8LCbcM) no seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Mare-ish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4da419/32.png) [@Mare-ish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mare-ish)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-all-time-top-10-stripper-songs/497378/78 "2012-10-28T09:03:59Z")
Kiss- Prince -just shimmy to the guitar jangles and throw yourself at the pole when he screams. Easy peasy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-all-time-top-10-stripper-songs/497378.md?page=3)