She’s Not a Little Girl Anymore Green
American Pie Don McLean
Wrong: “When I read about his little bride”
Right: “When I read about his widowed bride”
Chuck E.’s in Love Rickie Lee Jones
Wrong: “Shaq-ille’s in love”
Right: “Chuck E.’s in love”
Can’t Stop After 7
Wrong: “I’m diggin on you, you diggin on me, we diggin ennui”
Right: “I’m diggin on you, you diggin on me, we diggin on we”
L. A. Woman Doors
What are the lyrics at the very beginning? "Well, [I] de-gad-in-da town about an hour ago" ("did get into"; "just got into"?)
Singers who sound like the other sex (on at least one song)
Funny Jimmy Elledge
A why-is-the-title-trimmed? version of “Funny How Time Slips Away” (could this be a category?) -- The version of Angel of the Morning by Shaggy (?) is actually called just "Angel"
Rock and Roll Heart
Wonderful cover of Led Zeppelin. I thought Ann Wilson sounded exactly like Robert Plant the last time I heard it, in 1981, or whenever
Chet Baker
Jimmy Scott
Songs whose sound is somehow unique; no other song sounds like them
Rock On David Essex
Bennie and the Jets Elton John
Do It Again Steely Dan
Songs with simulated (we hope) sex sounds
Sex (I’m a . . .) Berlin
Pillow Talk Sylvia
Me So Horny 2 Live Crew
Lovin’ You Minnie Riperton
Love Hangover Diana Ross
Jungle Fever Chakachas
Wild Thing Fancy
Cover of the Troggs
Erotica Man
From the Revelation album
I Wanna Do Something Freaky to You Leon Haywood
Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin
Sexy Mama Moments
Orgasm Addict Buzzcocks
I guess it would be better if this song didn't have sex sounds
Love Chant Eli’s Second Coming
Also has an orgasmic-sounding electric guitar
Various (take your pick) songs by
Donna Summer
Prince
Parliament/Funkadelic
Marvin Gaye
Teddy Pendergrass (?)
Bow Wow Wow
Not full-scale sex sounds, but with a “yearning,” “flirty,” or a little, yelping catch-in-the-throat singing style, respectively
The Way I Want to Touch You Captain and Tennille
Midnight at the Oasis Maria Muldaur
Poor, Poor Pitiful Me Linda Ronstadt
Speech impediments, real or feigned
Nite Klub The Specials (Jerry Dammers)
Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers (Anthony Kiedis)
Baby It’s You Shirelles
Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee Stick McGee
various Sarah Vaughan
She often sounds like she has a really bad cold when she sings
The Hardest Part Blondie
Poor, Poor Pitiful Me Linda Ronstadt
(Potentially) annoying mispronunciations of the long “i” sound by art punkers
The word “migraine,” pronounced “mee-graine” in “Natural’s Not in It,” Gang of Four
“Venus de Milo,” pronounced “de Mee-lo” in “Venus de Milo,” Television
(It's not just me who noticed) the weird pronunciation in a big Elton ballad
Christgau: "Yes, I hate the way he says 'don't dizgard me' too" [in "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"]
Overlaps also with Covers and Songs with talking parts in them: In Mick Jagger and Peter Tosh's cover of Temptations' "Don't Look Back," Peter Tosh asks Mick how long he's been walking. Mick says "bout a hundred miles" and "I'm walkin barefoot"