In this song, Cobra Starship frontman Gabe Saporta plays the part of the bad boy who can seduce even the shiest of good girls. Leighton Meester, who starred in the hit series Gossip Girl at the time, guests on the track, playing the part of the girl who can't resist his charms.
This was the breakout hit for Cobra Starship, which formed in 2006 to record the title song to the movie Snakes On A Plane (thus the band name: snakes:cobra, plane:starship). The group was all about high energy fun, with occasional social commentary baked in. They had another hit in 2011 with "You Make Me Feel..."
Gabe Saporta wrote this song with Kevin Rudolf, Kara DioGuardi, and Jacob Kasher; Rudolf and DioGuardi produced it. Rudolf was known for his 2008 hit "Let it Rock," while DioGuardi was best known as a judge on American Idol. DioGuardi could spare a couple of hours to spend with the band in the studio, which upset Saporta. He told MTV News that he gave her a "stinky beat" and popped off a list of foul-mouthed song titles, but DioGuardi didn't flinch, which impressed the singer. Within fifteen minutes they had recorded the song.
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