Stewart makes his intentions clear on this song, as he lures a young lady to the bedroom: The secret is about to unfold Upstairs before the night's too old The lascivious lyrics got the song banned by the BBC, which objected to the line, "Spread your wings and let me come inside." The ban was later lifted due to public demand; the song became a UK hit, and later, a US #1.
Stewart's girlfriend at the time, the Swedish actress Britt Ekland, sings the French part at the end of this song. In the May 1995 issue of Mojo magazine, Stewart said: "I was going out with Britt Ekland. I'd just moved here. So that's 20 years ago. I remember I got her drunk, pissed as a fart to sing that old French bollocks on the end, because she didn't want to do it." When asked if he paid her a royalty, Stewart replied, "Bollocks! I bought her a nice frock."
In his Storyteller anthology, Stewart explained how this song came together: "This came to me in the middle of the night, as songs often do. I always keep a note pad and cassette recorder by my bed, among other things. Steve Cropper and I worked out the arrangement on Friday morning and it was in the can by Friday night, lyrics being finished by the following evening. We spent more time working on the somewhat complicated intro than the song itself. It was banned by many radio stations because of its lyrical content, but, nevertheless, a little scandal never did anyone any harm."
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