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A Seduction Lyric is, simply, a song or poem in which the singer or first-person figure is attempting to get a potential sexual partner into bed. The means of persuasion used can vary. Probably the most common is to pitch this as a straightforward love song or love poem, with a strong and more or less explicit implication that the next thing for the lovers to do is to express their affection physically. (Cynics might say that almost all love songs ultimately fit this pattern, as sex is a stage towards which most romantic relationships eventually move — but the seduction lyric makes the objective explicit and immediate.) Other arguments used include pragmatic hedonism ("You want it, I want it, what are we waiting for?"), emotional blackmail ("I need you so badly that I may die if you don't put out"), and even bleak philosophy ("Life is short, we'll be a long time dead, let's seize what pleasures we can while we still can"). The seducer may tell the target that, whatever they may have heard elsewhere, sex is not a bad thing, so acting on their evident desires is fine. Or the seducer can just try to exert raw animal sex appeal and hope that the other person loses control. Needless to say, any given lyric can invoke more than one argument for combined effect, in varying proportions. If the lyric has to be written to get past local Moral Guardians, there may be some strenuous effort involved in Getting Crap Past the Radar — the seducer may talk about holding the partner's hand, or kissing them, or dancing with them, leaving the audience to guess that more will follow. If the dramatic setting or prevailing culture tends towards conventional, conservative sexual morality, then a would-be seducer is by definition a bad person — a Loveable Rogue at best, and probably an outright villain. (If the seducer is trying to get their target away from an existing partner, this too will automatically make them the villain for many people — though the lyric may offer some kind of justification, probably saying that the current partner is bad for the target.) Hence, this trope has a considerable potential overlap with the Villain Love Song, which often has seduction as a goal. Also, given such assumptions, if the seducer is female, this can double as a Bad Girl Song ("I'm good at being bad and you'll enjoy it"). However, in a context with more relaxed moral norms, the Seduction Lyric may just be a chance for a charming or attractive character to cut loose and show the audience how cool or hot they are. More thoughtful treatments of the trope may double as implied discussions of moral philosophy; is the pursuit of pleasure a good or a bad thing? Descriptions of a seduction in the third person don't generally qualify here, though if the description includes a lot of quoted seductive speech, the distinction can get fuzzy. Cynical versions may double as an Anti-Love Song, implying either that romantic love is a delusion which gets in the way of simple pleasure, or that conventional Silly Love Songs are just hypocritical seduction songs in thin disguise. Intercourse with You is of course what follows if the seduction succeeds, so a song may transition between tropes, from Seduction to Intercourse, as it goes along. |
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The Wicker Man (1973) has the song Willow (Britt Ekland) sings to the virginal Sgt. Howie in an attempt to seduce him. An unusual example in that the song's lyrics aren't as explicit as most others. | |
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The Simpsons: In "Colonel Homer," Lurleen Lumpkin sings a new song to her manager Homer: "Bunk With Me Tonight." She has to sing the title several times before Homer finally catches on. | |
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Be More Chill has two of these, "Upgrade" and the more disturbing "Do You Wanna Hang?" | |
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The song "But Not You" by Naxx Guyfiery and Doge Mayer from the SiIvaGunner "King For Another Day" Tournament is a Parody with intentionally awful, lecherous lyrics, sung from the point of view of an incompetent, sleazy Casanova Wannabe; So come on baby please / Let me give you a squeeze. "The Ballads of Naxx and Doge", the video in which the song debuted, also opens with Naxx singing a different song in similar style. | |
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"Baby It's Cold Outside" (which first appeared in the movie Neptune's Daughter — see under Films — Live-Action above) has been covered by multiple artists; it's a male/female duet in which the man is clearly attempting to seduce the woman (with some controversial implications of possible Date Rape). Occasionally Played for Laughs by gender-flipping, as in the Hello Cheeky Christmas Special. Some recent treatments have sought to make this more of a flirtatious mutual process. | |
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"Don't Marry Her", by The Beautiful South, is a completely open, NSFW offer of sex to someone who seems intent on taking a different, less appealing option. | |
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"Honey I'm Good" by Andy Grammer is an inversion of this trope, the lyrics being about the singer turning down another's advances because he is already involved with someone else. | |
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There's a lot of indirect or direct seduction all over the place in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, but special mention has to go to "Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me", in which the newly deflowered Janet simply declares her enthusiasm for sex to Rocky — who, in truth, probably wouldn't understand anything more complicated. | |
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In Cool World, Holli Would takes the stage at a nightclub alongside Frank Sinatra Junior, and starts singing "Let's Make Love" to him. Sinatra was not expecting this, and is both unnerved and delighted by this Statuesque Stunner and her blatant seduction. The only reason Holli doesn't get it on with Sinatra then and there is that Holli's alternate form, as a cartoon character, starts manifesting itself. Or, as Holli puts it: "I got all doodly." | |
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Adrian Mole, a self-proclaimed poet, tries this twice in Wilderness Years to get his love interest Pandora into bed with him. Her reply to the first is that she will in future pass any more such filth on to the police; and the second time, she says that if it was not meant to be funny, he should seek psychiatric advice. | |
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"Don't Cha", by the Pussycat Dolls (actually a cover of a Tori Alamaze song) is distinctly in the Bad Girl Song crossover zone, being a brazen attempt to seduce a guy away from his girlfriend — though there are hints that the singer accepts that this is a bad idea, and may have to wait for "next lifetime". | |
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In Grease, after Sandy adopts Be a Whore to Get Your Man tactics to catch Danny, "You're The One That I Want" marks the point where she seals the deal. | |
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The Rolling Stones gave us "Let's Spend The Night Together", another less-than-subtle instance — sung by Mick Jagger, of course... | |
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"Family Man" from 1982, written by Mike Oldfield and performed by Maggie Reilly, has a family man being approached by a seductress. While he recites the chorus as a refusal, it's clear that his resolve is crumbling as she continues to work her wiles on him. The song was later covered by Daryl Hall & John Oates. | |
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Unsurprisingly given that it's all about a legendary seducer, Don Giovanni has a whole load of Seduction Lyrics. Aside from the notorious Don himself, the peasant girl Zerlina gets in on this when working to keep her soon-to-be husband happy and distracted. | |
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The Phantom of the Opera has a major one in "The Point of No Return." This Eleven Oclock Number (part of the Show Within a Show Don Juan Triumphant) is sung by Christine and the Phantom, each respectively portraying the peasant girl Aminta and the famous libertine Don Juan. Don Juan is trying to seduce Aminta, who has come to him in full anticipation of just such a tryst; consequently, the lyrics are sensual, impassioned and restive. | |
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"All For You", by Imelda May, is sung from the point of view of a woman who is cheerfully trying to seduce a guy. Perhaps he's been a little slow to take the hint because she's now spelling it out. | |
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