A history of "Afternoon Delight," the "dirtiest song ever to top the Billboard Hot 100"

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“That’s cute,” said Lucille Bogan

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Dirtier than WAP?

edit: @teknocholer had it first.

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Does no one remember ZZ Top’s “Pearl Necklace”? That was even less subtle…

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Maybe the dirtiest hit song, but not the one with the dirtiest title.

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Only hit 28 on Billboard.

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No discussion of Afternoon Delight is complete without the definitive cover version (cued):

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I can’t believe I used to like these guys…

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Ewwww!
Also makes more sense why Edmund was so enthralled. The candy version isn’t all that…

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They had their moments. That wasn’t one of them, though.

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Ha! I must have missed that episode.
Reminds me of the Glee episode where the “Celibacy Club” chooses this as their musical number, thinking it’s about a dessert.

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Twas a Repo Man quote.
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Turkish afternoon delight is definitely NSFW.

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d'oh

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Huh, I was sure either “More More More” or “I Feel Love” hit number one but looked it up and nope, topped out at #4 and #6. Headline stands.

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Let’s look for the purple banana? Tame by Prince standards. Guitar solo as orgasm.

ETA: yes this was a billboard #1.

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  1. Barely any lyrics. Mainly lousy with orgasmic moaning. An AM… classic? :man_facepalming:
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I looked up Starland Vocal Band’s Wikipedia page, and there’s a picture of them in 1977 looking like bands looked in 1972, completely unaware what punk was about to do to them.

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