Working so many late nights lately, I’ve been listening to a lot of music. I’ve got roughly thirty gigs of music on my machine at work–a lot of it completely new to me when it comes up on iTunes. Last night, I was in the mood for some Tubes. When “Don’t Touch Me There” came up, I was reminded how much I love it. It’s a spot-on, campy goof on a Phil Spector-produced paean to teenage leather and lust. Co-written by Jane Dornacker (pictured above), “DTMT” appeared on The Tubes’ 1976 album Young & Rich. Give it a listen.

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Singer Re Styles saying “Uh-huh.” after Fee Waybill asks “When I reach for your waist?”? Hot.

It is never actually explained where “there” is. The listener is left to ponder the question.

Here’s a pretty awful live version:

Sadly, Dornacker’s real-life story ends tragically.

It doesn’t matter who does this song—a cover band, a glee club, Wayne’s World, or an Austrian brass band. I always get goosebumps when they get to “the part.”

Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me. For me. For Meeeeeeee.

This is Julie London. Remember the Marilyn Chambers song I posted? Remember how it was supposed to be sexy but ended up sounding ridiculous? London takes Chambers to Sultry School with this tune. I was at work, absentmindedly listening to some “lounge” compilation when I first heard “Go Slow.” It stopped me dead in my tracks. I remember actually saying out loud “Oh, man!”

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This tune was, without question, my favorite song from ages four to seven. Performed by the inimitable Louis Prima and Phil Harris, “I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song)” had me bouncing off the walls of my bedroom as a youngster.

As a bonus, I’ve also uploaded the haunting “My Own Home (The Jungle Book Theme)” sung by Darlene Carr. Ignore the obvious pre-feminist lyric and occasional stings meant to punctuate on screen action. The three-quarter time verse predates Danny Elfman by two decades, too.

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Marilyn Chambers - Benihana

A little throwback to the days of cocaine, pubic hair, and really corny disco.