Song · George Michael
“I Want Your Sex” by George Michael
Released 1987
“I Want Your Sex” by George Michael appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1988. It was first released in 1987. Its best result is #97 on the Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1988). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,460 alternative song of all time.
"I Want Your Sex" pulled double duty in 1987: it was the third hit off the Beverly Hills Cop II soundtrack and the opening shot from Faith, the first solo album George Michael made, out in America in May. He wrote the words and music on his own, and it's dance-pop as frank as its title, with no apology in it anywhere.
Not everyone was charmed. The BBC played it only after the watershed, for fear it would encourage promiscuity at a time when campaigns were spreading awareness of AIDS, and it collected the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song. In the States it went platinum anyway, shipping over a million copies.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 97 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1988) | 100 |
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