“Don’t Take My Mind On A Trip” was the second single taken from the third solo LP, “Boyfriend” by Boy George. The song was arranged by Teddy Riley, and produced by Gene Griffin. “Don’t Take My Mind on a Trip” was released in February 1989 the single was a disappointment to Virgin Records when it only made No. 68 on the UK Singles Chart, it peaked at No. 5 on the US Billboard R&B Charts and No. 26 on the Billboard Dance Charts.
In the USA “Don’t Take My Mind On A Trip” was included on the LP “High Hat” which compiled tracks from Boy George’s second and third UK and European solo albums, Tense Nervous Headache and Boyfriend.
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“Dude (Looks Like a Lady)” is a song by American rock band Aerosmith. It was released as the lead single from the band’s ninth studio album Permanent Vacation in 1987.
The track reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 41 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, number four on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, number 22 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart and number 45 on the UK Singles Chart. It was re-released in early 1990 and peaked at number 20 in the UK. It was certified gold in the UK for sales and streams exceeding over 400,000 units.
The song was written by lead singer Steven Tyler, lead guitarist Joe Perry and songwriter Desmond Child.
The song talks about a man who is mistaken for a woman. According to Desmond Child, Steven Tyler came up with the idea after mistaking Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil for a woman with long blonde hair. Tyler’s bandmates made fun of him, joking about how the “dude looked like a lady”. In his book The Heroin Diaries, Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx concurs that the song was inspired by Neil.
Despite the song’s mainstream success, “Dude (Looks Like a Lady)” has been accused of being transphobic, with “its lyrics and music video’s offensive insinuations about trans women.” In 2012, Desmond Child said, “I talked Aerosmith into the whole scenario of a guy that walks into a strip joint and falls in love with the stripper on stage, goes backstage and finds out it’s a guy.” In 2019, Child confirmed that the song was about a man who “just walks into a bar and sees this gorgeous blonde up on the stage and then goes backstage after the show and then she ‘whips out a gun, tries to blow me away.'”
Vox’s Abbey White pointed out that “the song also plays on the idea that trans women intentionally deceive men or are ‘in disguise’, that they are unattractive or repulsive … and at one point mixes pronouns, going from ‘Oh she like it’ in one line to ‘Oh, he was a lady,’ in the next.”
Child has refuted all allegations of transphobia, describing the song as “accepting” because of the lyric, “Never judge a book by its cover, or who you’re going to love by your lover.”
On August 27, 2013, Fox News played this song while introducing Chelsea Manning. As well as the network’s use of masculine pronouns and Manning’s deadname, playing this song received backlash from commentators.
After Caitlyn Jenner called “Dude (Looks Like a Lady)” her “theme song” in 2017, backlash ensued from fans and from LGBT activists due to the perceived transphobia.
The video for “Dude (Looks Like a Lady)” features the band performing live onstage as well as random moments of characters portraying drag queens, including a cameo appearance by A&R man John Kalodner dressed up in a wedding dress at one point. This is a joke based on the fact that Kalodner always dresses in white. Joe Perry’s wife Billie also appears in the music video, pretending to play the saxophone on stage.
There are also some provocative sexual performances, both led by singer Steven Tyler as well as a presumed female who has her skirt torn off to reveal the Aerosmith “wings” tattoo on her buttocks. The video was directed by Marty Callner.
“Dude” picked up two MTV Video Music Award nominations in 1988 (the first for the band). It was nominated for Best Group Video and Best Stage Performance, but failed to gain the wins. The band made up for it eventually, winning over 10 “moon-men” and 4 Grammys in the 1990s.
SIDE A: Dude (Looks Like A Lady) (Urban Dude Mix) 6:45 Dude (Looks Like A Lady) (Dude This Way) (A Cappella) 4:16
SIDE B: Dude (Looks Like A Lady) (Extended Rockin’ Dude Mix) 5:46 Dude (Looks Like A Lady) (Rockin’ Dude Edit) 3:51
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
Year
Single
Chart
Position
1988
Dude (Looks Like A Lady)
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
#14
1988
Dude (Looks Like A Lady)
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks
#4
1988
Dude (Looks Like A Lady)
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/ Club Play
#41
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Geffen Records – PRO-A-2882
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Promo, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop
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Originally posted December 21, 2010
“Winter Melody” is a song by Donna Summer released as a single in late 1976 from her Four Seasons of Love album. It became a top 30 hit in the UK, where it peaked at #27.
By this time Summer was making her name as the queen of disco music, though this song is a soul ballad. The song represents the “winter” phase of the concept album, and speaks of a woman struggling to come to terms with the fact that her relationship has ended. As with much of Summer’s material at that time (particularly with songs found on her concept albums), the song played for a considerable amount of time (over six minutes), however, the song was edited for its release as a single. “Winter Melody” peaked at #43 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.
The flip side “Spring Affair” (which represents the “spring” phase of the concept album) tells of the beginning of a new relationship. “Spring Affair” is more than eight minutes long, though it was edited for release as a single. The song peaked at number 15 on Spain’s singles charts and number 3 on Spain’s Radio chart. “Spring Affair” peaked at #43 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.
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“Magic Dance” (also known as “Dance Magic”) is a song written and recorded by the English singer David Bowie for the Jim Henson musical fantasy film Labyrinth (1986). It was released as a single in limited markets worldwide in January 1987.
Bowie wrote and recorded five songs for Labyrinth, in which he also starred as Jareth, the king of the goblins. “Magic Dance” was written for a scene in which Jareth and his goblins entertain a crying baby that has been wished away to them by the film’s heroine, Sarah Williams. In the film, Bowie performs the number with Toby Froud as the baby, and 50 puppets and 12 costumed extras as the goblins.
Described as a “simple dance number that’s driven by electric bass and emphatic drums” “Magic Dance” includes song lyrics that refer to the film The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) starring Cary Grant and Shirley Temple, in which the two have a call and reply verse: “You remind me of a man.” “What man?” “The man with the power.” “What power?” “The power of hoodoo.” “Who do?” “You do!”. In “Magic Dance,” “man” is replaced with “babe” and “hoodoo” with “voodoo”. According to Nicholas Pegg, the verse is an “old playground nonsense chant” that was originally popularized by The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer.
Bowie performed the baby’s gurgles in the song recording of “Magic Dance”, as backing vocalist Diva Gray’s baby, the intended vocalist, wouldn’t gurgle on the microphone. In the actual scene of the film, baby vocals were dubbed in by a more cooperative infant. During the movie’s production, and in the end credits, the song was referred to as “Dance Magic.”
Magic Dance” is the third track on the Labyrinth soundtrack, released in July 1986 to coincide with the film’s US premiere. In 1987 the song was released on 12″ in limited markets, including the US. A single version was mixed but never released, and an edit of the “Dance Mix” (incorrectly labeled as the ‘single mix’) was released on the New Zealand edition of Best of Bowie (2002). The single was not released commercially in the UK until the digital download version was made available in early 2007.
In 1986, “Magic Dance” peaked at #40 in New Zealand. At the time of Bowie’s death in 2016, “Magic Dance” was the 19th highest selling Bowie song digitally downloaded in the United Kingdom.
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI America – V-19217
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 1986
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop
