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What makes the following songs so very special is that they're already head and shoulders above most chart pop before they even reached the dirty chorus. In celebration of all those who have paved the way for sexy sex songs, we present our list of the top 26 oral sex ditties. Here we go. Been there, done that? Think again, my friend. The ultimate rubberneck moment for first-time listeners: Wait, did she really?
Was that? It was. It's a fine pop song with a catchy hook the unforgettable "Lick it now, lick it good, lick that pussy like you know you should" and one of few to mention crack in a non-narcotic context. Extra points for the parentheses. The lyrics are a masterpiece in themselves, but no other beat can top this one. A product of the young Prince Rogers Nelson's "subtle as a flying mallet" salad days, "Head" also shows that our hot, young, thong-clad Minneapolis sexpert was already well on his way to a peculiar view toward monogamy—which is to say that Prince has no problem jacking a would-be bride on her way to the altar for a little bit of neck-nodding, but damned if he's going to return the favor until she marries him.
The late outsider-music icon Arthur Russell was a somewhat ethereal soul, but he wasn't so airy that base concerns like sex didn't find their way into his work now and then. Take this pumping dub-disco cut, produced with Steve D'Aquisto under the Loose Joints moniker: Though layered with meaning, it's pretty clear what Russell really has in mind when vocalist Melvina Woods asks "Is it all over my face? Internet overlords say we can't watch it—but we're just as happy to watch Tyler lip-synching along in this "making of" vid.
