French Kiss

Album: From the Mind of Lil' Louis (1989)
Charted: 2 50
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Songfacts®:

  • Released on the Epic label, on the same record as "The Songbird Sings Long Vocal Mix" (9 minutes 59 seconds) and "Cherry Talk Conversational Mix" (5 minutes 29 seconds), "French Kiss" was written by Karlana Johnson and Lil Louis (Louis Burns). Johnson wrote the words - such as they are.

    This song was caught up in one of the UK's periodic censorship flaps when future Home Secretary Jack Straw told the Times that his 9-year-old son could not understand "why so many people should buy a record of a woman panting, then groaning, interspersed with the occasional mumbled phrase."
  • The song has been widely sampled, including on "Custom Made (Give It to You)" by Lil' Kim, "Quickie" by Geto Boys, and "Au Pair Girls" by The Wiseguys. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Alexander Baron - London, England, for above 2

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