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Nancy Boy by Placebo
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PlaceboProduced by
Phil VinallWrited by
Robert Schultzberg & Stefan Olsdal & Brian MolkoAbout
Some would argue this is Placebo’s most definitive song. Released as the fourth single from their debut record, it was a huge chart success, their highest ever single peak at number 4 in the UK. It was so popular the album, which had already exited the UK charts, re-entered at number 5.
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Nancy Boy Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Alcoholic kind of mood
Lose my clothes, lose my lube
Cruising for a piece of fun
Looking out for number one
Different partner every night
So narcotic, outta sight
What a gas, what a beautiful ass
[Chorus]
And it all breaks down at the role reversal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me 'round, she's coming over me, me
And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me 'round, she's coming over me, me, me
[Verse 2]
Kind of buzz that lasts for days
Had some help from insect ways
Comes across all shy and coy
Just another nancy boy
Woman, man, a modern monkey
Just another happy junkie
Fifty pound, press my button, going down
[Chorus]
And it all breaks down at the role reversal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me 'round, she's coming over me, me
And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me 'round, she's coming over me, me, me
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Does his makeup in his room
Doused himself with cheap perfume
Eyeholes in a paper bag
Greatest lay I ever had
Kinda guy who mates for life
Gotta help him find a wife
We're a couple when our bodies double
[Chorus]
And it all breaks down at the role reversal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me 'round, she's coming over me, me
And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me 'round, she's coming over me, me, me
And it all breaks down at the role reversal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me 'round, she's coming over me, me
And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me 'round, she's coming over me, me, me
Nancy Boy Q&A
Who wrote Nancy Boy's ?
Nancy Boy was written by Robert Schultzberg & Stefan Olsdal & Brian Molko.
Who produced Nancy Boy's ?
Nancy Boy was produced by Phil Vinall.
What did Placebo say about "Nancy Boy"?
In a 1997 interview with Melody Maker, Brian Molko explained the bold statements within the song’s sexually ambiguous lyrics:
It’s not your run-of-the-mill, boy-meets-girl song. […] It doesn’t promote promiscuity but it doesn’t judge it either.
It pokes fun at very macho, classic phrases – “I’d fu...