https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 04:20:04 +0000 Sat, 04 Jan 2025 01:47:54 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1361 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1361&PID=65589&title=2-live-crew-me-so-horny#65589 Author: Todd Ireland
Subject: 1361
Posted: 04 January 2025 at 1:47am

NightAire wrote: Paul, thanks for that info! It's good to know. Could you tell me what the "ARSA" site is? I'll bookmark it for future reference. LunarLaugh, going back to the (proven unreliable) Wikipedia, they claim: "Because of the controversy, the song's title was never mentioned by Shadoe Stevens when he played the song on the radio show American Top 40, though it did get mentioned on a Summer 1990 episode when the group's second top 40 hit, Banned in the U.S.A. was on the chart." I don't have any of those shows, so I can neither confirm no deny. (If true, this reminds me of the claim Casey Casem wouldn't say the name of the George Michael song, "I Want Your Sex.")

I was living in West Germany in late 1989 when "Me So Horny" broke nationally in the U.S. I was also a very avid weekly listener and fan of Shadoe Stevens' American Top 40 on the Armed Forces Radio Network. When "Me So Horny" debuted on AT40 in October 1989, I very clearly recall that Shadoe did mention the song title three or four times altogether (and sounded equally awkward and uncomfortable each time). After that initial week, however, Shadoe never mentioned the song title again and instead introduced it as: "And now, up next on AT40, it's 2 Live Crew". Then a very shortened edit of the song would play (I'm pretty sure it never lasted longer than two minutes), followed by Shadoe coming out of the song and only identifying it as being by 2 Live Crew, along with its current chart position. Then he would immediately move on to the countdown's next hit.

I actually have a very rare, official station-serviced CD copy of an AT40 countdown show from late 1989 containing special liner notes indicating that the song "Me So Horny" had been specially programmed and tracked on the CD for easy bypass in case radio station program directors wished to opt out of airing the song altogether.

Again, keep in mind that this was 1989. I can plainly remember how shocking it was to hear a song and title of such a sexually explicit nature being introduced and played on American Top 40, or on any standard CHR format for that matter, during this era. ]]> Sat, 04 Jan 2025 01:47:54 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1361&PID=65589&title=2-live-crew-me-so-horny#65589 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1361&PID=65549&title=2-live-crew-me-so-horny#65549 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 1361
Posted: 19 December 2024 at 3:40pm

eriejwg wrote: I believe you have to register for a free account for the singles link to give you additional info

That is correct.]]> Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:40:56 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1361&PID=65549&title=2-live-crew-me-so-horny#65549 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1361&PID=65548&title=2-live-crew-me-so-horny#65548 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 1361
Posted: 19 December 2024 at 1:54pm

Paul Haney wrote: NightAire wrote: I love the link, and I see where I can search by calls, city or state... but how would I search for the song? Just click on "Singles" on the left side menu and type in the title.

I believe you have to register for a free account for the
singles link to give you additional info]]> Thu, 19 Dec 2024 13:54:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1361&PID=65548&title=2-live-crew-me-so-horny#65548 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1361&PID=65547&title=2-live-crew-me-so-horny#65547 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 1361
Posted: 19 December 2024 at 4:46am

radiofan16 wrote: Don't you mean WIOQ? WEGX was the Mainstream CHR in Philly.

Yes, I meant WEGX. Looks like they were more mainstream.
There was so much dance music hitting Top 40 radio at that
time and sometimes the lines between "mainstream" and
"rhythmic" were getting a bit blurred. It's all Top 40 to
me!

Edited by Paul Haney]]> Thu, 19 Dec 2024 04:46:02 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1361&PID=65547&title=2-live-crew-me-so-horny#65547 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1361&PID=65546&title=2-live-crew-me-so-horny#65546 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 1361
Posted: 19 December 2024 at 4:42am

NightAire wrote: I love the link, and I see where I can search by calls, city or state... but how would I search for the song?

Just click on "Singles" on the left side menu and type in
the title.

Edited by Paul Haney]]> Thu, 19 Dec 2024 04:42:46 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1361&PID=65546&title=2-live-crew-me-so-horny#65546 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1361&PID=65545&title=2-live-crew-me-so-horny#65545 Author: NightAire
Subject: 1361
Posted: 18 December 2024 at 10:40pm

I love the link, and I see where I can search by calls, city or state... but how would I search for the song?]]> Wed, 18 Dec 2024 22:40:27 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1361&PID=65545&title=2-live-crew-me-so-horny#65545 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1361&PID=65544&title=2-live-crew-me-so-horny#65544 Author: Brian W.
Subject: 1361
Posted: 18 December 2024 at 9:54pm

eriejwg wrote: Here is the ARSA site - http://las- solanas.com/arsa/surveys.php You'll have to register to do a search for an artist and song title search.

Ooh, thanks for that link, John. Off-topic, but I was
finally able to verify what had always been my
recollection: that the song "Seattle" by Perry Como, which
only made #38 on the Hot 100, was of course a giant hit in
my hometown of Seattle, reaching #4 on KJR, the most
popular top 40 station in the city at the time.

Edited by Brian W.]]> Wed, 18 Dec 2024 21:54:43 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1361&PID=65544&title=2-live-crew-me-so-horny#65544 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1361&PID=65543&title=2-live-crew-me-so-horny#65543 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 1361
Posted: 18 December 2024 at 9:09pm

Here is the ARSA site - http://las-
solanas.com/arsa/surveys.php

You'll have to register to do a search for an artist and
song title search.]]> Wed, 18 Dec 2024 21:09:23 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1361&PID=65543&title=2-live-crew-me-so-horny#65543 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1361&PID=65542&title=2-live-crew-me-so-horny#65542 Author: radiofan16
Subject: 1361
Posted: 18 December 2024 at 8:16pm

Paul Haney wrote: NightAire wrote: Did this get radio airplay anywhere? Wikipedia talks about it going to #26 "despite lack of airplay." It's tough because the sample that would grab the attention of those who would complain is also a major piece of the hook that makes people like the song, I think. The "clean" lyrics aren't squeaky clean, but they're no worse than anything else that was on the radio at the time. It's that darned sample... Yeah, this got plenty of airplay, especially on the more "rhythmic" leaning CHR stations. It hit #1 at KKLQ in San Diego and at WEGX in Philly, just to name a couple (when in doubt, always check the ARSA site).

Don't you mean WIOQ? WEGX was the Mainstream CHR in Philly.]]> Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:16:01 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1361&PID=65542&title=2-live-crew-me-so-horny#65542 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1361&PID=65541&title=2-live-crew-me-so-horny#65541 Author: NightAire
Subject: 1361
Posted: 18 December 2024 at 7:51pm

Paul, thanks for that info! It's good to know. Could you tell me what the "ARSA" site is? I'll bookmark it for future reference.

LunarLaugh, going back to the (proven unreliable) Wikipedia, they claim: "Because of the controversy, the song's title was never mentioned by Shadoe Stevens when he played the song on the radio show American Top 40, though it did get mentioned on a Summer 1990 episode when the group's second top 40 hit, Banned in the U.S.A. was on the chart."

I don't have any of those shows, so I can neither confirm no deny. (If true, this reminds me of the claim Casey Casem wouldn't say the name of the George Michael song, "I Want Your Sex.")]]> Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:51:37 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1361&PID=65541&title=2-live-crew-me-so-horny#65541