Move aside Madonna and watch out Barry White: the sexiest song of all time is Olivia Newton-John’s Physical.
Music publication Billboard has compiled a list of the 50 most popular songs about sex for Valentine’s Day, with each release given points for its performance on the Billboard hot 100.
Physical, released by Newton-John in 1981, topped the list after spending 10 weeks at number one. And while it certainly speaks about sex with lyrics such as “There’s nothin’ left to talk about, unless it’s horizontally,” the song became known as the soundtrack for aerobics classes.
Second came Rod Stewart’s Tonight’s the Night (1976), followed by Boyz II Men’s I’ll Make Love To You. Stewart’s Do Ya Think I’m Sexy also made the top 10.
“Some songs are steamy slow-jams, some are hi-octane arena rockers, but what they all have in common is that each song is directly related to sex,” Billboard said in a statement.
Soul legend Marvin Gaye’s classic Let’s Get It On made number five in the Valentine’s Day chart.
