Which Music Artists Sing About Sex the Most?
Study looks at sexy talk in music through the decades
No matter how old you are, chances are at some point growing up, you had a parent commenting — in a full-blown “get off my lawn” episode — about how much sex is in the music you like and how back in their day, you would never, ever have heard such filth in song. I had that experience when my mother realized what Prince was saying in “Darling Nikki,” despite having Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing” record right there out in the open for my young, tender ears to listen to any time the mood struck my fancy.
“When we break down mentions of ‘sex’ by Billboard chart-topping artists by decade, we get some interesting results.”
But really, even though every generation wants to think their juniors are being debased by the raunchiest, most blush-inducing lyrics ever set to song, every decade has its own version of sex in music. And to find out what artists have sung about sex the most, Superdrug Online Doctor looked at Billboard charts from the 1960s through the 2010s. The following are the results.
1960s
- Tom Jones
- James Brown & The Famous Flames
