The song I'm referring to is "Afternoon Delight" by the Starland Vocal Band. I think they were a one-hit wonder, and don't think that they had any other hit songs after this one hit the charts sometime in 1970's (can't remember the exact year). I thought it was a cute, innocent song, until I got older and REALLY started listening to the words. When I realized what they were singing about, I was like, "Woah!" This song has sex written alllll over it.




Afternoon Delight Lyrics

Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight
Gonna grab some afternoon delight
My motto's always been 'when it's right, it's right'
Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night?
When everything's a little clearer in the light of day
And we know the night is always gonna be there any way

Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite
Looking forward to a little afternoon delight
Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite
And the thought of rubbin' you is getting so exciting

Sky rockets in flight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight

Started out this morning feeling so polite
I always thought a fish could not be caught who wouldn't bite
But you've got some bait a waitin' and I think I might try nibbling
A little afternoon delight

Sky rockets in flight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight

Please be waiting for me, baby, when I come around
We could make a lot of lovin' 'fore the sun goes down

Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite
Looking forward to a little afternoon delight
Rubbin' sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite
And the thought of rubbin' you is getting so exciting

Sky rockets in flight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight

Afternoon delight!


As Morris Day once said, "Such nastiness!"

Yeah I didn't know that until I started reading the lyrics!

Soft rock joints have some FREAKY LYRICS in it. Maybe that's why I like it so much. There were double entendres.

It's a song about the forth of July!!

IshmaelB said:

Oh yeah, it's a song about "fireworks" alright.

What else would it be about?

when i was little i didn't know how raunchy ONJ's Physical was than i heard the Kylie version and i was floored

Timmy84 said:

Timmy84 said:

Fireworks in the bedroom.

ehuffnsd said:

I know! I really thought it was about exercising.

Cinnie said:

When this song came out, I was probably 12 or 13, and didn't know much about sex back then.
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ehuffnsd said:

That's another one!

EmeraldSkies said:

That's what ONJ WANTED all of us to think, but we knew better.

Physical by Olivia Newton John

I'm saying all the things that I know you'll like, makin' good conversation
I gotta handle you just right, you know what I mean
I took you to an intimate restaurant, then to a suggestive movie
There's nothin' left to talk about, unless it's horizontally

CHORUS
Let's get physical, physical, I wanna get physical, let's get into physical
Let me hear your body talk, your body talk, let me hear your body talk

repeat CHORUS

I've been patient, I've been good, tried to keep my hands on the table
It's gettin' hard this holdin' back, you know what I mean
I'm sure you'll understand my point of view, we know each other mentally
You gotta know that you're bringin' out the animal in me

CHORUS repeats 2x

Oh, let's get physical, physical, I wanna get physical, let's get into physical
Let me hear your body talk, your body talk, let me hear your body talk

Let's get animal, animal, I wanna get animal, let's get into animal
Let me hear your body talk, your body talk, let me hear your body talk

Let me hear your body talk
Let me hear your body talk

ehuffnsd said:

Yeah that one had me really thinking it was about aerobics, then I heard the same song years later and realized this was an attempt to make Olivia RAUNCHY!

Timmy84 said:

Kind of surprising to hear a song like "Physical" being sung by Olivia, when she had previous hit songs such as "Hopelessly Devoted to You", and "I Honestly Love You".

^^ Exactly.

That video had a funny ending: all the hot guys were actually gay and Olivia ended up going out with the fat guy.

Timmy84 said:

psychodelicide said:

And also what was odd about songs from the 1970s and 1980s that were deemed "safe", they had some controversial elements that people would often overlook.

psychodelicide said:

I did'nt realize that until later,then I saw the video,and I was like "Wait the hell a minute,this is clearly NOT just about getting physically fit"

psychodelicide said:

EmeraldSkies said:

You saw the part where Olivia was in the shower? I think the video was banned in some countries because of its content, lol

Timmy84 said:

i never remembered that.

ehuffnsd said:

You didn't? You have to catch it if they still play "We Love the '80s" on Classic VH-1. If they ever show the ending, look at it carefully. Olivia turned to pick one of the studs and the studs looked at her like "bitch please" and walked off holding hands and Olivia was like " " when all of them held hands and walked out. Then the fat man shows up and Olivia's like " " and goes off to tennis with him.

Timmy84 said:

that's right

Timmy84 said:

they show it on the video on youtube, but i guess they censored it when i was kid cause i don't remember that at all.

ehuffnsd said:

Yeah MTV probably never shown that part when the video initially aired.

Timmy84 said:

I remember that schitt, though I was watching on Much Music

Timmy84 said:

I had to watch it again,because I did'nt even remember the guys leaving together. Why would they have banned that?

EmeraldSkies said:

Because them bumholes were biased.

Timmy84 said:

that video is tame compared to other I have seen.