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* ''Film/TheWickerMan1973'' has the song Willow (Creator/BrittEkland) sings to the virginal Sgt. Howie in an attempt to seduce him. An unusual example in that the song's lyrics aren't as explicit as most others.
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* ''Film/NeptunesDaughter'' was the film that first showcased "Baby It's Cold Outside" (see under '''Music''' below), which in fact won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong for its appearance here. The song is both played straight between Creator/RicardoMontalban and Esther Williams, and gender-flipped when Betty Garrett is flirting with Red Skelton, coaxing ''him'' to stay.

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* ''Film/NeptunesDaughter'' was the film that first showcased "Baby It's Cold Outside" (see under '''Music''' below), which in fact won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong for its appearance here. The song is both played straight between Creator/RicardoMontalban and Esther Williams, and gender-flipped when Betty Garrett is flirting with Red Skelton, coaxing ''him'' to stay.
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-->''What raging fire shall flood the soul?''
-->''What rich desire unlocks its door?''
-->''What sweet seduction lies before us? ''

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-->''What raging fire shall flood the soul?''
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rich desire unlocks its door?''
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* ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' has a major one in its ElevenOclockNumber "The Point of No Return."

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* ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' has a major one in its ElevenOclockNumber "The Point of No Return." This ElevenOclockNumber (part of the ShowWithinAShow ''Don Juan Triumphant)'' is sung by Christine and the Phantom, each respectively portraying the peasant girl Aminta and the famous libertine Don Juan. Don Juan is trying to seduce Aminta, who has come to him in full anticipation of just such a tryst; consequently, the lyrics are sensual, impassioned and restive.
-->''What raging fire shall flood the soul?''
-->''What rich desire unlocks its door?''
-->''What sweet seduction lies before us? ''
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* ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' has a major one in its ElevenOclockNumber "The Point of No Return."
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Tonight's your lucky night, I know you want it"

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Tonight's your lucky night, I know you want it"it''
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* "Your Body" by Music/ChristinaAguilera is all about a woman seducing a man as an act of sending the message that SexIsGood. The song has been described as sex-positive feminism. There exists an explicit and censored version of the song.
-->''Hey boy, I don't need to know where you′ve been\\
All I need to know is you in, no need for talkin′ [...]\\

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* "Your Body" by Music/ChristinaAguilera is all about a woman seducing a man as an act of sending the message that SexIsGood. The song has been described as sex-positive feminism. There exists an explicit and Explicit and censored version versions of the song.
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-->''Hey boy, I don't need to know where you′ve you've been\\
All I need to know is you in, no need for talkin′ talkin' [...]\\



Tonight′s your lucky night, I know you want it"\\

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Tonight′s Tonight's your lucky night, I know you want it"\\it"
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* "Your Body" by Music/ChristinaAguilera is all about a woman seducing a man as an act of sending the message that SexIsGood. The song has been described as sex-positive feminism. There exists an explicit and censored version of the song.
-->''Hey boy, I don't need to know where you′ve been\\
All I need to know is you in, no need for talkin′ [...]\\
All I wanna do is fuck your body\\
Tonight′s your lucky night, I know you want it"\\
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* Despite the blunt-sounding title, "Take Me I'm Yours" by Music/{{Squeeze}} is actually a metaphorical sort of seduction; the singer has found not only his dream girl, but a whole fantasy world, and offers it and her complete surrender.

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* Despite the blunt-sounding title, "Take Me I'm Yours" by Music/{{Squeeze}} Music/{{Squeeze|Band}} is actually a metaphorical sort of seduction; the singer has found not only his dream girl, but a whole fantasy world, and offers it and her complete surrender.
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* "Honey I'm Good" by Andy Grammer is an ''[[InvertedTrope inversion]]'' of this trope, the lyrics being about the singer turning down another's advances because he is already involved with someone else.

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* "Honey I'm Good" by Andy Grammer Music/AndyGrammer is an ''[[InvertedTrope inversion]]'' of this trope, the lyrics being about the singer turning down another's advances because he is already involved with someone else.
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* Music/TheRollingStones gave us "Let's Spend The Night Together", another less-than-subtle instance -- sung by Music/MickJagger, of course...

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* Music/TheRollingStones Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} gave us "Let's Spend The Night Together", another less-than-subtle instance -- sung by Music/MickJagger, of course...
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* ''Literature/AdrianMole'', a self-proclaimed poet, tries this twice in ''Wilderness Years'' to get his love interest Pandora into bed with him. Her reply to the first is that she will in future pass any more such filth on to the police; and the second time, she says that if it was not ''meant'' to be funny, he should seek psychiatric advice.
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The recent documentary on Disney+ reveals that "Show Yourself" is the song that connects Elsa with the memory of her mother who is the voice that's been calling her. It is a love song, Mother to Daughter, encouraging Elsa to become who she is meant to be. It's not intended as a romantic song any similarity to an erotic seduction song is NOT what the creators intended.


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* Weirdly (or perhaps not), "Show Yourself" in ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' is actually constructed as a fiercely erotic seduction song.
-->''Come to me now\\
Open your door\\
Don't make me wait\\
One moment more...''
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* In "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Outside_(song) Come Outside]]", sung by Mike Sarne and Wendy Richard, the boy attempts to lure the reluctant girl outdoors because "there's a lovely moon out there". In the end she agrees.

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* "Baby It's Cold Outside" (which first appeared in the movie ''Film/NeptunesDaughter'' -- see under '''Films -- Live-Action''' above) has been covered by multiple artists; it's a male/female duet in which the man is clearly attempting to seduce the woman (with some controversial implications of possible DateRape). Some recent treatments have sought to make this more of a flirtatious mutual process.

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* "Baby It's Cold Outside" (which first appeared in the movie ''Film/NeptunesDaughter'' -- see under '''Films -- Live-Action''' above) has been covered by multiple artists; it's a male/female duet in which the man is clearly attempting to seduce the woman (with some controversial implications of possible DateRape). Occasionally PlayedForLaughs by gender-flipping, as in the ''Radio/HelloCheeky'' ChristmasSpecial. Some recent treatments have sought to make this more of a flirtatious mutual process.

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* In Film/{{Grease}}, after Sandy adopts BeAWhoreToGetYourMan tactics to catch Danny, "You're The One That I Want" marks the point where she seals the deal.

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* In Film/{{Grease}}, ''Film/{{Grease}},'' after Sandy adopts BeAWhoreToGetYourMan tactics to catch Danny, "You're The One That I Want" marks the point where she seals the deal.deal.
* ''Film/NeptunesDaughter'' was the film that first showcased "Baby It's Cold Outside" (see under '''Music''' below), which in fact won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong for its appearance here. The song is both played straight between Creator/RicardoMontalban and Esther Williams, and gender-flipped when Betty Garrett is flirting with Red Skelton, coaxing ''him'' to stay.



* "Baby It's Cold Outside", which has been covered by multiple artists, is a male/female duet in which the man is clearly attempting to seduce the woman. Some recent treatments have sought to make this more of a flirtatious mutual process.
** In ''Film/NeptunesDaughter'', the song is played straight between Creator/RicardoMontalban and Esther Williams, and gender-flipped with Betty Garrett flirting Red Skelton, coaxing him to stay.

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* "Baby It's Cold Outside", which Outside" (which first appeared in the movie ''Film/NeptunesDaughter'' -- see under '''Films -- Live-Action''' above) has been covered by multiple artists, is artists; it's a male/female duet in which the man is clearly attempting to seduce the woman. woman (with some controversial implications of possible DateRape). Some recent treatments have sought to make this more of a flirtatious mutual process.
** In ''Film/NeptunesDaughter'', the song is played straight between Creator/RicardoMontalban and Esther Williams, and gender-flipped with Betty Garrett flirting Red Skelton, coaxing him to stay.
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* In "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" from Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/AbbeyRoad'', for the first half, John serenades Yoko with
-->''I want you,\\
I want you so bad,\\
It's driving me mad...''



* Music/TheBeatles wrote "Please Please Me" in the early '60s when an overly blatant seduction song wouldn't have been allowed on the radio -- but a boyfriend saying ''"Come on (Come on), come on (Come on), Please please me..."'' to his girlfriend is surely importuning ''some kind'' of sexual favours.
** In "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" from ''Music/AbbeyRoad'', for the first half, John serenades Yoko with
-->I want you, I want you so bad, it's driving me mad...

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* Music/TheBeatles Another example from Music/TheBeatles; they wrote "Please Please Me" in the early '60s when an overly blatant seduction song wouldn't have been allowed on the radio -- but a boyfriend saying ''"Come on (Come on), come on (Come on), Please please me..."'' to his girlfriend is surely importuning ''some kind'' of sexual favours.
** In "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" from ''Music/AbbeyRoad'', for the first half, John serenades Yoko with
-->I want you, I want you so bad, it's driving me mad...
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* "To His Coy Mistress", by Creator/AndrewMarvell, is pretty much the trope codifier for life-is-short philosophical Seduction Lyrics, to the point of getting quite bleak -- after all, saying that someone MustNotDieAVirgin is reminding them that they're going to die.

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* "To His Coy Mistress", by Creator/AndrewMarvell, is pretty much the trope codifier for life-is-short philosophical Seduction Lyrics, to the point of getting quite ''seriously'' bleak -- after all, saying that someone MustNotDieAVirgin is reminding them that they're going to die.



* Theatre/Be More Chill has two of these, Upgrade and the more disturbing Do You Wanna Hang?

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* Theatre/Be More Chill ''Theatre/BeMoreChill'' has two of these, Upgrade "Upgrade" and the more disturbing Do "Do You Wanna Hang?Hang?"

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