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Nov 5, 2010 · Watch George Michael's iconic video for I Want Your Sex, a provocative song that sparked controversy and censorship in the 80s.
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The song has three separate parts dubbed "Rhythms". The first one, titled "Rhythm One: Lust", is the version released as a single and banned by the BBC. It appears by itself on the Beverly Hills Cop II soundtrack, and mixed with the second version, titled "Rhythm Two: Brass in Love", on Faith. The second Rhythm also appears by itself as the B-side ...
Part 1 of "I Want Your Sex" was recorded in August 1986 at Sarm West Studio 2, London, roughly 2 months after the Wham! split that June. It was written entirely in the studio, with Michael playing all the instruments: a LinnDrum, a Roland Juno-106 and a Yamaha DX7. Michael explained why he wrote the track this way in International Musician and Reco...
The music video, directed by Andy Morahan, featured Michael and his then-girlfriend Kathy Jeung to emphasize that he was in a monogamous relationship; at one point, he is shown using lipstick to write the words "explore" and "monogamy"on her back, which is photographed and retouched at the end of the video to reveal the phrase "explore monogamy". S...
In the US, the song was first featured on the Beverly Hills Cop II soundtrack album, which was released to radio stations in early May 1987. The commercial release of the soundtrack followed on 18 May. An immediate surge in airplay of "I Want Your Sex" as an album cut prompted CBS to release the single in the US later that same month, ahead of sche...
Although it was one of Michael's biggest hits, the singer ignored the song following its release; he never performed it after the Faith Tour and although the Rhythm Two version appears on Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael, it does not appear on the 2006 retrospective Twenty Five; furthermore, the "Monogamy" mix does not appear on the 2...
7" 1. A. "I Want Your Sex" ("Rhythm One: Lust") – 4:44 2. B. "I Want Your Sex" ("Rhythm Two: Brass in Love") – 4:43 12" / CD / cassette 1. A. "I Want Your Sex" (Monogamy mix) – 13:12 1. 1.1. "Rhythm One: Lust" 1.2. "Rhythm Two: Brass in Love" 1.3. "Rhythm Three: A Last Request" 1. B. "Hard Day" – 4:51 CD – 654 601-3 (UK) [1989] 1. "I Want Your Sex"...
"Rhythm One: Lust" – 4:44"Rhythm Two: Brass in Love" – 4:43"Rhythm Three: A Last Request" – 3:48Monogamy mix – 13:12- "I Want Your Sex" ("Rhythm Two: Brass in Love")
- 18 May 1987 (U.S.), 1 June 1987 (UK)
- 4:44 (Part one), 4:38 (Part two), 3:48 (Part three), 13:13 (Monogamy mix)
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George Michael - I Want Your Sex (Official Video) Follow on Spotify - http://smarturl.it/Greatest_Hits Listen on Apple Music - http://smarturl.it/GeorgeEssen...
Provided to YouTube by IIP-DDS I Want Your Sex (live) · George Michael Live in Paris 1988 ℗ 1988 The Media Champ Released on: 1988-05-31 Music Publishe...
[Verse 2] It's playin' on my mind It's dancin' on my soul It's taken so much time So why don't you just let me go I'd really like to try Oh, I'd really love to know When you tell me you're gonna ...
In this song, Michael makes a forthright plea to his lover, making a case for why they should have sex. Among the reasons: It's natural, he's been waiting a long time and he's out of patience, everybody should do it, he loves her. Trying to get in a girl's pants is a common theme in rock and R&B music, but this is the first hit song that ...
