Let's Talk About Sex

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“Let's Talk About Sex”
Single by Salt-N-Pepa from the album Blacks' Magic
Released	1991
Format	Audio cassette
Recorded	1990
Genre	Hip-hop
Length	3:11
Label	Next Plateau Records
Writer(s)	Fingerprints
Certification	Gold (RIAA)
Salt-N-Pepa singles chronology
"Do You Want Me" (1990) "Let's Talk About Sex" (1991) "You Showed Me" (1992)

"Let's Talk About Sex" is the name of a controversial hit song released by the American hip-hop trio Salt-n-Pepa. It was released as a single from their Blacks' Magic album in the year 1991. The song, that was certified gold by the RIAA and peaked at #13 at the Billboard Hot 100 chart, talks about safe sex, the positive and negative sides of sex and the censorship that sex had around that time in American mainstream media. The song was later included in the trio's Greatest Hits (2000) album. It samples I'll Take You There by the Staple Singers.

In the purely sales-based UK Singles Chart, the song hit #2, and in the German singles chart, the song hit #1, the first original song by an American hip-hop act to achieve that feat. It also hit #1 in the Australian ARIA Singles Chart.

An alternate version of the song entitled "Let's Talk About AIDS" was released to radio on a promotional single and included as a b-side on various singles for the song. The lyrics were changed to more directly address the spread of AIDS and HIV.

Contents 1 Music video 2 Formats and track listings 3 Awards 4 Charts 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Music video

The music video for "Let's Talk About Sex" starts in a black-and-white scene with a girl turning on a radio and listening to the song. Then she starts kissing her boyfriend and scenes of Salt-N-Pepa and other couples kissing and hugging are shown. Next the video colorizes when Salt-N-Pepa are shown dancing.

Another version of the video has a scene in which a skeleton is shown after the word 'AIDS' with a stamp written 'censored' in his mouth.

[edit] Formats and track listings

7"-Single

1. "Let's Talk About Sex!" (True Confessions Edit) (3:32)
2. "Let's Talk About Sex!" (Super Crispy Mix)

CD-Maxi

1. "Let's Talk About Sex!" (True Confessions Edit) (3:32)
2. "Let's Talk About Sex!" (Original Recipe Mix) (4:42)
3. "Let's Talk About Sex!" (Super Crispy) (4:39)
4. "Do You Want Me" (Techno Philly Mix) (6:31)

[edit] Awards

• 1992: Nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.

[edit] Charts

Chart (1991)[1]	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	13
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks	12
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	6
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	51
U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40	10
Australia ARIA Singles Chart	1
Austrian Singles Chart	1
French Singles Chart	11
German Singles Chart	1
Norwegian Singles Chart	3
Swedish Singles Chart	2
Swiss Singles Chart	1
UK Singles Chart	2

Preceded by "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" by Bryan Adams	Austrian number-one single November 10, 1991 - February 9, 1992	Succeeded by "Justified & Ancient" by The KLF
Preceded by "Black or White" by Michael Jackson	Swiss number one single January 19, 1992	Succeeded by "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" by Elton John and George Michael
Preceded by "Black or White" by Michael Jackson	Australian number one single January 26, 1992 - February 16, 1992	Succeeded by "Love You Right" by Euphoria

[edit] See also

• Safe sex
• 1991 in music

[edit] References