Red Light Special

In this slow jam, the ladies of TLC draw up a blueprint for a night of lovemaking, giving the lucky guy specific instructions: I'll let you go further If you take the southern route Don't go too fast Don't go too slow You've got to let your body flow "You have all these love songs about what the girl's going to do to the guy," Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes said in a video to promote the album. "This is like, 'Look, this is what we want. Do it up.'"

If it's sexy R&B from the '90s, it's probably Babyface, who in addition to his own songs wrote love-makers for artists like Johnny Gill ("My, My, My"), Pebbles ("Love Makes Things Happen") and Boyz II Men ("I'll Make Love To You"). He wrote and produced "Red Light Special," imbuing it with his signature sensitivity that crossed gender lines - he steered clear of macho posturing. Babyface is also responsible for the 1992 hit "Baby-Baby-Baby" from TLC's first album.

Kmart used to run Blue Light Specials, but they were definitely not sexy (unless you love a bargain). A "Red Light Special" in this context is part of a night of intimacy; it can be a kind of mood lighting or method of prolonging the pleasure.