Songoftheday 10/22/17 - You put up with my butt when I wouldn't give it up, yeah I know that really sucks but if you wait awhile I'll make it up...

"Do You Want Me" - Salt 'N' Pepa
from the album Black's Magic (1990)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #21 (one week)
Weeks in the Top-40: 14

Today's song of the day comes from the female rap group Salt 'N' Pepa, who had landed their second top-40 pop hit with "Expression" in the spring of 1990. The trio (including Spinderella) followed that with "Independent" featuring singer Sybil, but the single stalled down at #85 on the R&B chart and missed the pop Hot 100 altogether in the US. However, they rebounded with the third release from the record, "Do You Want Me". Featuring verses from their longtime producer Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor, who wrote the song, the bouncy dance-rap tune got them back on track. The lyrics have them explaining their hesitancy about hitting the sack, a topic that was starting to gain steam in that period where AIDS was decimating the gay and the black communities...

"Do You Want Me" became the second top-40 pop hit from Black's Magic in June of 1991. The single also climbed to #32 on Billboard's R&B chart, while the remixed version of the track helped it up to #26 on their Dance Club Play list. Internationally, the record was one of their biggest in Britain, climbing to #5, while reaching the top-40 in the Netherlands (#16), Belgium (#17), Australia (#19), and Ireland (#22).

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Here's the house music remix of the song that gave it extra legs; the song ended up spending 26 weeks on the Hot 100...

And finally, the trio appearing live in concert...

Up tomorrow: Soulful kids head for recess.