Songoftheday 12/14/15 - Trapped at first glance I did a double take, a victim without a chance pulled in by the bait...

"Fishnet" - Morris Day
from the album Daydreaming (1987)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #23 (one week)
Weeks in the Top-40: 6

Today's song of the day comes from Morris Day, who fronted the Minneapolis funk band the Time from 1981 to 1984. That final year, Day appeared as the musical nemesis in Prince's Purple Rain movie, and two of their songs, "Jungle Love" and "The Bird", reached the top-40. After the pair disputed the direction of the band, Day left for a solo career, releasing his debut record The Color Of Success in 1985. Reaching the top-40 on Billboard's Albums chart, Morris went to #3 on the R&B list and #65 on the Hot 100 with "The Oak Tree", another dance-instructional track like "The Bird". He returned two years later with his sophomore effort, Daydreaming, and on two of the album's track most of the Time, including super-producers Terry Lewis and Jimmy "Jam" Harris. The pair wrote his new single "Fishnet" with Day and produced the song, with their success with Janet Jackson and Alexander O'Neal squarely behind them. The song, glorifying the power that a pair of lingerie has on himself, returned Day to the top-40, sounding like a Time reunion of sorts, with Lewis' synths sounding like a Control remnant...

"Fishnet" became Morris first and only solo top-40 pop hit in April of 1988, while topping Billboard's R&B chart for two weeks. The 12" remix also climbed to #7 on Billboard's Dance Club Play chart. Day released the title track from Daydreaming as a followup, which peaked at #26 R&B. The other song from Daydreaming featuring members of the Time, "Love Is A Game", was the third single, making it to #71 R&B.

The Time finally got to reunite truly in 1990, which gave Morris his biggest pop hit with the #9 "Jerk Out". After that, he went solo again, with a single release trying out the new jack swing style for him, "Gimme Whatcha Got" topping out at #77. His last appearance so far came in 2000 with "Get A Job", which snuck on to the R&B chart at #96.

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Here's the "Big Leg" remix that made the top ten on the club chart in America...

...and lastly, Day (without the Time) appearing on Soul Train...

Up tomorrow: A soft-rock band singing about Mrs. Des Barres, perhaps?