After all, this is the famed trumpeter/bandleader who stuck a whipped cream-covered lady on an album cover in 1965. “That song's kind of about him,” she told The Guardian “that's how it feels to me anyway.” - Katie Bain Pulsing with intensity, the enduring single from Massive Attack's 1998 album Mezzanine slinks along with the rhythm of a heartbeat, casting a hypnotic spell from the moment singer Elizabeth Fraser (of the Cocteau Twins) coos “Love, love is a verb/Love is a doing word.” As Fraser was recording the song, she got news of the death of her friend Jeff Buckley, who drowned while Massive Attack was in the studio. There are songs for sex and there are songs for sharing your body and soul with your beloved through the sacred act of lovemaking. Lyrically, there’s nothing as titillating as the title might suggest (no S&M references), but the intensity makes it one of the best ballads ever written about the all-consuming nature of desire - which is why it was used to such unforgettable effect in the sexy classic, 9 ½ Weeks. Ferry's suave image and yearning vocals are always a seductive combination, but with its sweeping samba-esque arrangement, languid bassline and the most sensuous use of cowbell maybe ever, “Slave to Love” is the most intoxicating song of the singer’s career. Telepopmusik were never quite able to replicate the seductive magic of “Breathe,” but then again, neither was anyone else. - Andy HermannĪs a solo artist and with Roxy Music, this dapper Brit dominates everybody’s “get-freaky” playlists for good reason. Sexy downtempo electronica was all the rage in the early '00s, but rarely did it get sexier than French duo Telepopmusik's “Breathe.” With Angela McCluskey's sultry vocals gliding like silk on skin over languid synths and a gently throbbing beat, the track feels both tension-filled and oddly weightless - like great foreplay, a promise of something steamier to come. If that wasn't enough to make teenagers drool over their remote controls, there was “Wishing Well.” He had audiences hooked with the opening lines - “Kissing like a bandit/Stealing time/Underneath the sycamore tree.” The man now known as Sananda Maitreya knew the ultimate sexy secret - that the art of wooing is as important as the act of sex - and used that to full effect in his breakthrough hit. - Liz Ohanesian In 1987, Terence Trent D'Arby slid onto MTV with model cheekbones, a chic wardrobe and killer dance moves. Let the seduction begin.Ģ0. Sananda Maitreya ( Terence Trent D'Arby), “Wishing Well” Weekly writers weird to include Jack White, but no Marvin Gaye? Probably, but everyone's a little freaky when the lights are out.Įven if not all our choices give you the warm 'n' tinglies, we hope you find some fodder here for your Valentine's Day playlist. So compiling any list of the all-time sexiest songs is, inevitably, a highly subjective task. What turns you on may be bedroom kryptonite to someone else. Vote now in our 2015 “Best of L.A.” Readers' Choice poll
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