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Playlists: songs about adultery and infidelity

March 23, 2021 Peter Kimpton
Blue tales? The magnificent Millie Jackson will always find out …

Blue tales? The magnificent Millie Jackson will always find out …

By magicman


Did anyone see us arrive here together? No? Phew. Well, no point in hanging around. There’s only no much time for an illicit affair, after all, darling. So – let’s strip down to the essentials and get right to it …

The Awfully Adulterous A-List:

Vesta Victoria - Waiting At The Church
Frankie Lee Sims - Married Woman
The Chicks - Sleep At Night
Franco & TPOK Jazz - Infidelité Mado
Beyoncé - Hold Up
Jimmy Rushing - I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts of Town
Gene Pitney - 24 Hours From Tulsa
Lefty Frizzell - Long Black Veil
Denise LaSalle - Your Husband Is Cheating On Us
Robert Johnson - Terraplane Blues
Millie Jackson - Making The Best Of A Bad Situation
Sanford Townsend Band - Smoke From A Distant Fire
Waterson Carthy - Raggle Taggle Gypsies

Bit Of Hanky Panky B-List:

Ida Cox - Bear Mash Blues
The Ink Spots - Do I Worry
Dream Wife - Hey Heartbreaker
Gene Autry - Atlanta Bound
Ann Peebles - I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home
Lloyd Brown - Black Bags
Brandy Clark - Stripes
100º Proof Aged In Soul - Somebody’s Been Sleeping
Crystal Gayle - Talking In Your Sleep
Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting, Nancy Kerr - Fair Rosamund
Taylor Swift & Haim - No body, No crime
Muddy Waters - Still A Fool
Millie Jackson - All I Want Is A Fighting Chance

Duplicitously Disloyal Z-List:

Dionne Warwick - Are You There With Another Girl
Patsy Cline - Three Cigarettes In An Ashtray
Meshell Ndegeocello - If That’s Your Boyfriend
Squeeze - Tempted
Dr John - How Come My Dog Don’t Bark When You Come Around?
The O’Jays - Backstabbers
Howlin’ Wolf - Back Door Man
Johnnie Taylor - Who’s Making Love
The Temptations - I’m Losing You
Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
The Dubliners - Seven Drunken Nights

Guru’s Wildcards:

Toni Braxton - He Wasn’t Man Enough For Me
George Harrison - So Sad

I apologise that there is no write-up this week. I have too much going on.  

These playlists were inspired by readers' song nominations from last week's topic: Affairs in order: songs about adultery and infidelity. The next topic will launch on Thursday at 1pm UK time.

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