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• [1] frederica July 09, 2009 - 12:20PM

  "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley. And "Your Cheating Heart" by Hank Williams- it's been covered by a million singers, but I like Patsy Cline's version the best.

  
  
• [2] Dan Vo from Melbourne, Australia July 09, 2009 - 12:29PM

  My Australian contribution would have to be "Into Temptation" as sung by Renée Geyer and originally performed by Crowded House. That song haunts me!

  
  
• [3] carly noble from bend, or July 09, 2009 - 12:49PM

  Lyle Lovett's God Will

  Who keeps on trusting you

  When you've been cheating

  And spending your nights on the town

  And who keeps on saying that he still wants you

  When you're through running around

  And who keeps on loving you

  When you've been lying

  Saying things ain't what they seem

  God does

  But I don't

  God will

  But I won't

  And that's the difference

  Between God and me

  
  
• [4] Shorty from NYC July 09, 2009 - 02:51PM

  Pre-cheat: "Don't Cha," Pussycat Dolls

  Post-cheat: "We're Going to Be Friends," White Stripes

  General: "Me and Mrs. Jones," Billy Paul

  Am I giving away too much...?

  
  
• [5] zpward from NJ July 09, 2009 - 04:47PM

  Yesterday and Today's versions...in both cases they've been caught and are wishing they could undo the damage.

  "Tempted" -- Squeeze

  "Don't Lie" -- Black Eyed Peas

  
  
• [6] beth from irvington, ny July 09, 2009 - 07:44PM

  "Back Door Man", Howling Wolf (written by Willie Dixon gives you the cocky male point of view while Dolly Parton's "Jolene" takes you to the tortured female standpoint. You choose!

  
  
• [7] perri July 09, 2009 - 10:54PM

  "Another Man" by Barbara Mason. A jilted woman sings about a man who is cheating on her--with another man.

  In hindsight, the lyrics are a bit crass and stereotypical. But, I can't recall any other songs that dealt with the subject of men on the "down-lo."

  Oh, and it had a good beat!

  
  
• [8] Allay I. from Tokyo, Japan July 10, 2009 - 09:01AM

  "Me And Mrs. Jones" by BILLY PAUL.

  Oooh! It should have not be allowed to exist!

  How come cheating song is sooooo sweeeet like this...I LOVE the song though.

  
  
• [9] stu in nyc July 10, 2009 - 10:57AM

  the old doo-wop song "You Cheated, You Lied" by the Shields

  
  
• [10] Theo Lane from Queens, NY July 10, 2009 - 02:09PM

  Definitely the Pina Colada song... since they are both cheating, but in the end - it's with each other.

  
  
• [11] Ellen from CT July 10, 2009 - 02:09PM

  My 2 latest favs. Crystal Gayles Don't it turn my brown eyes blue and What kind of fool by Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb.

  
  
• [12] sam from astoria July 10, 2009 - 02:09PM

  hope you close with James Brown's killer version of "Your Cheatin' Heart!"

  
  
• [13] Ellen from CT July 10, 2009 - 02:13PM

  Another great one is Oran "Juice" Jones - The Rain

  
  
• [14] Melissa from Crown Heights July 10, 2009 - 02:15PM

  "Lately" by Stevie Wonder. I cried the first time I heard it. Sooooo sad.

  
  
• [15] capper from ny July 10, 2009 - 02:16PM

  CLASSIC LED ZEPPLIN version of ---

  BABE, I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU

  Which I think was written by Anne Bredon. Is this correct?

  
  
• [16] Adrienne from NYC July 10, 2009 - 02:16PM

  I'm with #8: Me and Mrs. Jones is the sexiest cheatin' song. It's more of a Sanford-esque affair of real love, not a quickie.

  
  
• [17] Fab from Brooklyn, NY July 10, 2009 - 02:17PM

  Bill - Peggy Scott Adams

  The Rain - Oran Juice Jones

  Secret Lovers - Atlantic Starr

  As We Lay - Shirley Murdock

  
  
• [18] benning July 10, 2009 - 02:17PM

  "The Gypsy's Wife" (and many others) by Leonard Cohen... haunting, poetic, beautiful

  
  
• [19] AR from brooklyn July 10, 2009 - 02:17PM

  How about songs about confronting the other woman or other man. My favorite: Woman to Woman by soul singer Shirley Brown.

  Check out these lyrics:

  "Woman To Woman"

  Shirley Brown

  Hello, may I speak to Barbara

  Barbara, this is Shirley

  You might not know who I am

  But the reason I am calling you is because

  I was going through my

  Old man`s pockets this morning

  And I just happened to find your name and number

  So woman to woman

  I don`t think it`s being anymore than fair

  To call you and let you know

  Where I`m coming from

  Now Barbara

  I don`t know how you`re gonna take this

  But whether you be cool

  Or come out of a bag on me

  You see it doesn`t really make any difference

  But it`s only fair that I let you know that

  The man you`re in love with

  He's mine

  From the top of his head

  To the bottom of his feet

  The bed he sleeps in

  And every piece of food he eats

  You see, I make it possible

  The clothes on his back

  Ha ha, I buy them

  The car he drives

  I pay the note every month

  So I`m telling you these things

  To let you know how much I love that man

  And woman to woman

  I think you`ll understand

  How much I`ll do to keep him

  Woman to woman

  If you`ve ever been in love

  Then you know how I feel

  And woman to woman

  Now, if you were in my shoes

  Wouldn`t you have done the same thing too

  
  
• [20] Jason Victor from CT July 10, 2009 - 02:17PM

  I'm glad i thought of it, but a very circuitous song about infidelity is one by Chicago, "If She Would Have Been Faithful".

  The man is singing initially about how he was devastated at his previous girlfriends infidelity. Since, he is happier now with this new woman, he is grateful at his previous loss. It is only b/c of his previous girlfriend's indiscretion that he was able to have met this better woman.

  So in the end he's quite glad she was unfaithful to him and wants to thank her.

  It had to believe it is all summed up in the chorus.

  If she would have been faithful

  If she could have been true

  Then I would've been cheated

  I would never know real love

  I would've missed out on you

  Hope you enjoy this contribution;

  -Jason

  
  
• [21] capper from ny July 10, 2009 - 02:19PM

  sorry, not babe, I'm gonna leave you,

  I meant:

  YOUR TIME IS GONNA COME

  
  
• [22] rima from nyc July 10, 2009 - 02:20PM

  two favorites:

  1. I'm in love with the other woman, by Ray Parker Junior (i know, it's cheezy)

  2. On the other hand, by Randy Travis

  
  
• [23] Noah from Brooklyn July 10, 2009 - 02:21PM

  Layla

  
  
• [24] alexis July 10, 2009 - 02:22PM

  usher

  "you make me wanna leave the one I'm with, start a new relationship with you...."

  
  
• [25] Meg Goldman from Manhattan July 10, 2009 - 02:22PM

  Norwegian Wood

  John Lennon himself said this was a song he wrote about an affair he had while married to Cynthia Lennon

  
  
• [26] lucy taylor from manhattan July 10, 2009 - 02:22PM

  Yes; Lately by Stevie Wonder. Hairbrush microphone worthy.

  
  
• [27] mattt from lic, queens July 10, 2009 - 02:23PM

  The Allman Bros. Band's rendition of "One Way Out" from their classic Live at the Fillmore East album. An anthem for "the other men" everywhere.

  
  
• [28] PM from NYC July 10, 2009 - 02:23PM

  ACE...How long, has this been going on?

  
  
• [29] Deana (Dina) from Brooklyn July 10, 2009 - 02:23PM

  I am a child of the 80's

  Secret Lovers - Atlantic Starr

  
  
• [30] Liz from Brooklyn July 10, 2009 - 02:23PM

  Part-time lover by Stevie Wonder!!!

  
  
• [31] Ciesse from Manhattan July 10, 2009 - 02:23PM

  What about that grand epic of almost undiagrammably myriad infidelities, R. Kelly's 'In the Closet'?

  
  
• [32] Joe Boucher from NY, NY July 10, 2009 - 02:24PM

  Robert Cray's "Right Next Door (Because Of Me)," the source of the title of his "Strong Persuader" album, is written from the point of view of a man who has seduced his neighbor & is listening to the break up through a shared wall. She was "just another notch on his guitar." He wasn't expecting to care but now he's listening "in silent shame." "She's gonna lose the man that really loves her... I should go to her but what would I say." The strong persuader is wracked by an unexpected conscience. Interesting perspective, terrific song, & great performance.

  
  
• [33] Wendy Martin from Jackson Heights July 10, 2009 - 02:24PM

  How about Miss Otis Regrets by Cole Porter?

  
  
• [34] capper from ny July 10, 2009 - 02:24PM

  Zeppelin...

  You have to mention "Your Time is Gonna Come"

  
  
• [35] Mark from Pompton Plains, NJ July 10, 2009 - 02:24PM

  "I Want You" by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. Elvis manages to build the tension for over 6 minutes and capture the genuinely heartbroken feeling that all cheatin' songs have, but adds a voyeuristic edge that makes the song stand out. After all, even though the one he loves is cheating, Elvis seems to enjoy poring over every detail, and he still wants her.

  
  
• [36] Konstantin from brooklyn July 10, 2009 - 02:25PM

  in the vein of disaster cheating songs.

  "long black veil"

  
  
• [37] Sharon from Bronx, NY July 10, 2009 - 02:25PM

  Just as I was getting online to vote for "Me and Mrs. Jones," you played it! Yes, that's the best.

  Not as good, but still relevant, is Sam & Dave's "Who's making love to your old lady while you was out making love"

  
  
• [38] RAKEEM from Newark, NJ July 10, 2009 - 02:25PM

  I always thought that Atlantic Starr's SECRET LOVERS was a steamy and extremely sneaky song.

  Lyrics go...

  We both know that we should not be together

  ‘Cause if we’re found out, it could mess up

  Both our happy homes

  
  
• [39] Caroline from Garrison, NY July 10, 2009 - 02:25PM

  We'll Sweep Out the Ashes in the Morning - by Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris

  
  
• [40] Steve from Austin, TX July 10, 2009 - 02:25PM

  Bruce Springsteen's "Brilliant Disguise" from Tunnel of Love. A song really about insecurity and the fear of a partner cheating.

  
  
• [41] A from Brooklyn July 10, 2009 - 02:25PM

  "If you can't be with the one you love, Honey, love the one you're with" has always been a refreshing, comforting lyric for me. I suspect this song isn't actually about cheating, but that's what it means to me, as my wife goes on her frequent long work trips. The need to love and be loved doesn't go on hiatus.

  
  
• [42] Iris Tamarez from NYC July 10, 2009 - 02:25PM

  My favorite cheating son is unfaithfull by Rhiana. Because its a sexy yet sad song

  
  
• [43] dania July 10, 2009 - 02:25PM

  ray parker junior - I'm in Love with the Other Woman.

  
  
• [44] ed jaworski from brooklyn, ny July 10, 2009 - 02:25PM

  Since i was a teen during the 1950s, I've got to add Dion's "Run around Sue." Good beat, rythm, harmony, dance tune.

  
  
• [45] Maria Nazzoli from Harlem July 10, 2009 - 02:26PM

  Love the One You're With - Aretha's is my fav

  My dad used to sing to my mom "you only hurt the one you love"

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cTxNlxPasw

  
  
• [46] Maria Nazzoli from Harlem July 10, 2009 - 02:26PM

  Love the One You're With - Aretha's is my fav

  My dad used to sing to my mom "you only hurt the one you love"

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cTxNlxPasw

  
  
• [47] Ken Campbell from Harlem July 10, 2009 - 02:26PM

  Bill Withers' song, "Who Is He?" is the best I can think of.

  
  
• [48] Steve from Brooklyn July 10, 2009 - 02:27PM

  The late Ted Hawkins' HAPPY HOUR, from his album of the same name. Hawkins voice had so much soul and heartbreak in every note, I challenge you to listen to this --possibly country-origined-- tune and not feel every painful twinge along with the narrator.

  
  
• [49] Liz from Brooklyn July 10, 2009 - 02:27PM

  Loretta Lynn- Fist City

  
  
• [50] Vic from Chester, NJ July 10, 2009 - 02:28PM

  For better or worse...check out, Joe Jackson's,(I'M THE MAN)

  "Geraldine and John"

  
  
• [51] Liz from Brooklyn July 10, 2009 - 02:28PM

  Joleyne by Dolly Parton

  
  
• [52] RAKEEM from Newark, NJ July 10, 2009 - 02:28PM

  Secret Lovers - Atlantic Starr

  Lyrics go:

  We both know that we should not be together

  ‘Cause if we’re found out, it could mess up

  Both our happy homes

  
  
• [53] sam from astoria July 10, 2009 - 02:28PM

  My favorite: "Hell Yes, I Cheated" by Johnny Adams. Classic lyric: "She gave me something that was missing at home."

  
  
• [54] d.j. July 10, 2009 - 02:28PM

  Leonard Cohen's "Famous Blue Raincoat" is so very intense

  
  
• [55] ted guidotti from brooklyn July 10, 2009 - 02:28PM

  my frustration continued to rise waiting for someone to mention my favorite: hey joe. i was felt vindicated when mr shaffer finally chimed in.

  another great cheating song is "jolene" by dolly parton. it's an immediate and heartfelt plea not to "take him just because you can".

  
  
• [56] Leon from Bronx, NY July 10, 2009 - 02:29PM

  One of my favorite cheating songs is Smokey Robinson's "Silent Partner in a three way love affair."

  
  
• [57] Greg Leshé from Millburn, NJ July 10, 2009 - 02:29PM

  If it hasn't come up already, you gotta consider the James Brown Classic, "The Payback"

  "Get down with my girlfriend...that ain't right"

  "I don't know Karate but I know Karazor"

  Love the show always

  
  
• [58] Jenn from Los Angeles July 10, 2009 - 02:29PM

  Dolly Parton-Jolene

  
  
• [59] Doris Mare from NYC July 10, 2009 - 02:29PM

  "Guess Who I Saw Today?" from New Faces of 1952. My sister used to play this when I was a little girl and I rember the lyrics to this day!

  
  
• [60] Thalia from brooklyn July 10, 2009 - 02:30PM

  Spanish song by Pimpinela, about a woman who leaves her husband with her husband's best friend & the husband can't figure out who she has left him for so the best friend has to tell him in a bar...& then some years later the wife returns to her husband & the husband gets to tell the best friend. Full circle. It is done like a ballad

  
  
• [61] Jean from Brooklyn July 10, 2009 - 02:30PM

  "Jolene" by Dolly Parton is probably the only Dolly Parton song I like, and I love it.

  There's something so true about the insecurity of a woman feeling intimidated by the beauty of another woman, as she begs him "please don't take my man."

  
  
• [62] Ramsey from Manhattan July 10, 2009 - 02:30PM

  "I Will Survive" - G. Gaynor

  
  
• [63] thomas from brooklyn July 10, 2009 - 02:31PM

  you can't ignore R. Kelly's "trapped in the closet" which presents us with an entire operatic song cycle revolving around infidelity...

  
  
• [64] Keith from Ossining July 10, 2009 - 02:31PM

  How about Sinatra don't you go away mad.

  
  
• [65] Sandra from Astoria, Queens July 10, 2009 - 02:31PM

  I've always loved Leonard Cohen's "Famous Blue Raincoat"--this line kills me everytime:

  "you treated my woman to a flake of your life/and when she came back she was nobody's wife."

  
  
• [66] Thalia from brooklyn July 10, 2009 - 02:33PM

  The Ballad in Spanish by PImpinela about a wife going off with husband's best friend & years later returning to her husband. The men inform each other of who the woman is with.

  
  
• [67] Bill from New York July 10, 2009 - 02:33PM

  Greg Brown's "If You Don't Get It at Home You're Gonna Go Lookin', from his CD, "Further In".

  A little obscure, maybe, but not to be missed.

  
  
• [68] the truth from bkny July 10, 2009 - 02:34PM

  Maybe next time he will think "Before He Cheats" Carrie Underwood

  
  
• [69] Cassandra Pappas from Hoboken, NJ July 10, 2009 - 02:34PM

  Best song about cheating is Iris Dement and John Prine "Let's Invite Them Over Again"--about a couple who both want to cheat with another couple despite their best efforts to avoid it.

  
  
• [70] Tyreen Reuter from Metuchen, NJ July 10, 2009 - 02:34PM

  "Long Black Veil" - almost anyone's version of it... such a great song.

  "The Judge said son, what is your alibi,

  if you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die.

  I spoke not a word, though it meant my life,

  for i'd been in the arms of my best friends wife."

  
  
• [71] K Robin July 10, 2009 - 02:34PM

  One of my favorites Johnny Hates Jazz- Shattered Dreams. I like the feel of the music combine with vocals.

  
  
• [72] Stephen Kaldon from NYC July 10, 2009 - 02:35PM

  "Wandering Eye" by the Crazy Pages. Great shuffle and energy in a garage band style. The author owns up to his cheating and tells it straight up!

  I was born with a wandering eye

  I’m in trouble don’t you ask me why

  If she’s mean and kind of cold

  I’ll follow her with a bag of gold

  Give it away, wind up alone

  I’ve got a wandering eye and a bag of bones

  I got a wandering eye

  I got a wandering eye

  I got a wandering eye

  I know what’s good for me girls, do you know what’s good for you?

  My daddy left home, I was fifteen

  A brand new mama made the scene

  Girls, girls, girls

  I‘m on my own

  Come on over, don’t you stay too long

  I can’t be good,

  Am I makin’ myself understood?

  I got a wandering eye

  I got a wandering eye

  I got a wandering eye

  I can’t be good,

  Am I makin’ myself understood?

  I got a wandering eye

  I got a wandering eye

  I got a wandering eye

  I know it’s good for me ya’ll,

  do ya know what’s good for you?

  I said a hey, hey

  Do ya know?

  Hey, hey

  Do ya know?

  I got a wandering eye

  I got a wandering eye

  I got a wandering eye

  
  
• [73] stephen July 10, 2009 - 02:36PM

  Cheatin' by Gin Blossoms

  Well she was tall hair dark as midnight

  She had a way just like you do

  To make me feel just like a woman should

  You can't call it cheatin'

  Cause she reminds me of you...

  
  
• [74] Stephanie T. from New Jersey July 10, 2009 - 02:36PM

  Another vote for "Right Next Door (Because of Me)" by the Robert Cray Band. Great song, poignant story.

  
  
• [75] Marie from Pittsburgh July 10, 2009 - 02:36PM

  Justin Timberlake - Cry me a river

  
  
• [76] GABE BENTOVIM from LONG ISLAND July 10, 2009 - 02:38PM

  How about Stevie Wonders "Lately". I love it because it is so heartbreaking and such a beautiful song

  
  
• [77] Uptowner from Inwood, Manhattan July 10, 2009 - 02:39PM

  Reba McEntire has TONS of cheating songs:

  Whoever's in New England

  Does He Love You

  You Lie

  Rumor Has It

  For My Broken Heart

  and many, many more!

  Also, The Nights the Lights Went Out In Georgia.

  
  
• [78] laura from bronx July 10, 2009 - 02:39PM

  I love the Pina Colada song. Again, a double cheating song, sort of. You can enjoy the affair without the guilt since they turn out to be married to each other.

  
  
• [79] sam from astoria July 10, 2009 - 02:39PM

  revenge songs, lethal:

  "Pardon Me, I've Got Someone to Kill" by Johnny Paycheck. Love that one.

  "I know I'll surely die for what I'm about to do/

  but it don't matter/

  I'm a dead man anyhow./

  This gun will buy back the pride/

  they took from me/

  and also end this life of mine/

  that's worthless now."

  
  
• [80] GABE from LONG ISLAND July 10, 2009 - 02:40PM

  How about Stevie Wonder's Lately". I love it because it is so heartbreaking and such a beautiful song.

  
  
• [81] Joseph Pobereskin from Chicago IL July 10, 2009 - 02:45PM

  Third-Rate Romance, Low-Rent Rendezvous

  The Amazing Rhythm Aces

  Stranger In The House

  Elvis Costello

  You Can't Do That

  The Beatles

  The Spider And The Fly

  The Rolling Stones

  there's so many more

  
  
• [82] June O'Neill from Westchester, NY July 10, 2009 - 02:46PM

  "Guess Who I Saw Today" (Nancy Wilson), "What'll I Tell My Heart" (Dinah Washington), " Jolene" (Dolly Parton), "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Heats" (Dylan),also "Lily of the West", "Long Black Veil", "Tennessee Waltz"

  
  
• [83] julian from nj July 10, 2009 - 02:52PM

  "saint louis women "by louis armstrong and velma milron .she said that she like her men like a school boy likes its teacher and he repply "louis armstrong" i m goig to rip a piquet fence and wip you all over your head until lay on the sand and the blood all over your body. I love the sound I never pay attention on the liric and latter pay attention on it then I notice how violente the song is

  
  
• [84] Soundcheck producer Joel Meyer from New York, NY July 10, 2009 - 02:52PM

  Great ideas, all! We're not keeping score, but Dolly Parton's "Jolene" appears to be at or near the top. What is it about this song? Is it the desperate woman at the heart of the song? Is it Dolly's voice? Or ... is it because it's a cheating song you can kind of dance to?

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGEubdH8m0s

  Thanks to:

  Beth [6], Ted [55], Jenn [58], Jean [61]

  
  
• [85] Soundcheck producer Joel Meyer from New York, NY July 10, 2009 - 02:56PM

  A few strays that wandered over to our page for today's appearance by the Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge:

  Matt from LIC, Queens

  The Allman Bros. Band's rendition of "One Way Out" from their classic Live at the Fillmore East album has to be my favorite.

  A. Mcnamara from Elizabeth, NJ:

  OH I LOVE that version of "If Loving you is wrong" that was fabulous! The line "Your mama and daddy say it's a shame, it's a downright disgrace. Long as I got you by my side I don't care what your people say". That is so REAL. That is NOT cheesey. Rappers looking to "keep it real" should look to lines like this.

  Sonia from Brooklyn

  Maddox brothers and rRose: wish i was a single girl again. love it!

  
  
• [86] david from Brooklyn July 10, 2009 - 02:58PM

  Two immediately come to mind:

  "Run For Your Life" by the Beatles ("Catch you with another man and that's the end / little girl" (!))

  "Come Back From San Francisco" by the Magnetic Fields

  
  
• [87] Lee from Brooklyn July 10, 2009 - 03:02PM

  I am surprised no one listed Rufus' "Sweet Thing." Perhaps the most widely known Chaka Khan vocal ever.

  
  
• [88] Kate from Nicaragua for a while July 10, 2009 - 06:51PM

  How about some pop? latin music? These are the ones that come to mind:

  Shaggy, "It wasn't me" Poppy and oh so graphic!

  (She saw the marks on my shoulder (It wasn't me) Heard the words that I told her (It wasn't me) Heard the scream get louder (It wasn't me)

  She stayed until it was over)

  These two play out the scenario of cheating with you're best friend's partner, from the perspectives of the two friends (both are duets):

  - Aventura ft. Don Omar "Ella y Yo" (Can't get much bigger than these two in latin music right now.)

  "Let god forgive you because I won't, I lost both of you at once... "Forgive me"... "Goodbye!"

  - La Factoria "Amiga"

  "Friends don't betray you, don't do you harm"... "friends forgive, friends give each other another chance"

  
  
• [89] Ted from Glen Ridge, NJ July 10, 2009 - 07:56PM

  "Cheated Hearts" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

  Cheated by

  The opposite of love

  Held on high

  From up up up above

  Kept my high

  From the second one

  Kept my eye

  On the first one

  Now take these rings

  And stow them safe away

  I'll wear them on

  Another rainy day

  Take these rings

  And stow them safe away

  I'll wear them on

  Another rainy day

  Well I'm

  Taka-taka-taka-taka-takin' it off

  And she's

  Taka-taka-taka-taka-takin' it off

  And he's

  Taka-taka-taka-taka-takin' it off

  And we're

  Taka-taka-taka-taka-takin' it off

  Sometimes

  I think that I'm bigger

  Than the sound

  I think that I'm bigger

  Than the sound

  I think that I'm bigger

  than the sound

  I think that I'm bigger

  Than the sound

  She'll take on high

  She'll take on high

  etc.

  
  
• [90] K from NYC July 10, 2009 - 10:14PM

  Skyy - Call Me

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kqQrkip4i4