My lesbian is showing (I was at a women's college in the early 2000s) but Melissa Ferrick's "Drive" was definitely THE hot song back then. Mid 00s it would be Pussycat Dolls "Buttons" or maybe "Promiscuous" by Nelly Furtado. Got real dirrrty to those in the day!

Usher, U Got it Bad - anytime someone danced in the rain actually (looking at you Ray J). 

I fully recognize that this is cliche - but Your Body is Wonderland by John Meyer did things to me. And the music video was so innocently sexy, too, with the all white bedroom.

I would associate a lot of deep cuts with my crushes. Like, Elton John’s “Something About The Way You Look Tonight.”

I also in a journal dedicated Alanis Morisette’s “Forgiven” to a crush without realizing it was about Catholicism. What can I say, I never listened to lyrics. I was also, like. 7.

So Hero by Enrique Iglesias is what I would listen to as I fantasized about my crush so that would be it for me. I was very in love with him. 

As you’re probably aware, just the sounds of a Jason Derulo song get me HOT. I’d like to make it known that this did not start recently. Music has been running my motor since I went through puberty.

In this week’s episode of “I Am The Cute One,” we discussed this very topic. For Chelsea, it was Nelly. It didn’t take much for me (shockingly), but any Enrique Iglesias video did the trick for me, and the forgotten-about “Boys” by BON. (I think I’m the only person who has seen this video, but it exists. I swear.)

To hear Nelly, Enrique and (the English version of) “Boys,” listen to “NOW That’s What I Call Donny: Greatest Hits,” OUT NOW!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3gi3h6k7zNyE8h4l7RtYzg?si=dIXhSC_eSNy7FJsaOmD8SQ

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