The Bed Is On Fire With Passionate Love

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" Laid " is the title song from Manchester alternative rock band James 's fifth studio album, Laid (1993). Released on 1 November 1993, the song was a commercial success, charting in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States, and has received attention as a theme song for the American Pie film series .

Emotionally evocative and featuring the risqué opening lyrics, "This bed is on fire with passionate love, the neighbours complain about the noises above, but she only comes when she's on top", it quickly gained popularity on American college radio and remains the group's best-known song in the United States. [2] The American release of its music video replaced the ending of its opening lyrics with "she only sings when she's on top" (although Tim Booth is seen to lip-sync the original line, and is accompanied by a subtitle reading "hums"). Today, a number of alternative rock stations, including Boston's RadioBDC (now known as indie617 ), WBOS , Maryland's WRNR-FM , Chicago's WXRT , Missoula's KDTR-FM and Philadelphia's WRFF will play "Laid" with the original controversial line.

The song peaked at number 61 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, in part due to its cult status as a popular college song in the US. The song was more successful in the band's native UK, where it peaked at number 25, becoming the band's ninth top-40 hit.

One of the Three, the 'unofficial archive of the band James', has said this of the song:

Originally viewed by the band as a throwaway song and a possible b-side , Brian Eno soon convinced them of the potential of this track. Whilst only reaching a disappointing 22 in the UK charts, it made serious inroads for the band in the US where it lead [sic] to performances on prime-time TV shows such as Letterman , Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno . [3]
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the song gained additional exposure and popularity when it was used as the theme song for the American Pie films starring Jason Biggs and Seann William Scott . [4] A cover by Matt Nathanson was recorded exclusively for the third film American Wedding , and was later included on the first spin-off American Pie Presents: Band Camp ' s soundtrack after previously only being in the first two films' trailers . When performed by Matt Nathanson live he often creates a lot of banter over the vocals after the second verse, where he encourages the audience to sing along with him. The seventh installment in the franchise, The Book of Love , contains a new cover of "Laid" by singer Aidan Hawken ; as of 2012, it had yet to be released on any album or as a single. The eighth film, American Reunion , features the original version by James played during the film for the first and only time in the series' history.

UK CD1 and European CD single [5] [6]

UK 7-inch and cassette single [8] [9]

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

"Laid" was covered by New Orleans alt-rock band Better Than Ezra on their 2005 greatest hits compilation . It has been covered by the Butch Walker -led band 1969 on a hidden track on their album Maya , and has also been covered by Thomas Ian Nicholas (an actor playing Kevin Myers in the American Pie franchise) on his Tnb EP. English band Palma Violets performed a version of the song in July 2015 for The A.V. Club 's A.V. Undercover series. [17]

1 November 1993 ( 1993-11-01 ) [1]

This bed is on fire with passionate love The neighbors complain about the noises above But she only comes when she's on top The therapist said not to see you no more She said you're like a disease without any cure She said I'm so obsessed that I'm becoming a bore, oh no Ah you think you're so pretty Caught your hand inside the till Slammed your fingers in the door Fought with kitchen knives and skewers Dressed me up in women's clothes Messed around with gender roles Line my eyes and call me pretty Moved out of the house so you moved next door I locked you out you cut a hole in the wall I found you sleeping next to me I thought I was alone You're driving me crazy when are you coming home Laid Laid

Writer/s: James Glennie, Lawrence Gott, Timothy Booth
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