The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
This is where I'll be
So heavenly
So come and dance with me Michael
So sexy, I'm sexy
So come and dance with me Michael
I'm all that you see, you want to see
So come and dance with me Michael
So close now, so close now
So come and dance with me
So come and dance with me
So come and dance with me
Michael you're the boy with all the leather hips
Sticky hair, sticky hips, stubble on my sticky lips
Michael you're the only one I'd ever want
The only one I'd ever want, the only one I ever want
Beautiful boys on a beautiful dance floor
Michael you're dancing like a beautiful dance whore
Michael waiting on a silver platter now
And nothing matters now
This is what I am, I am a man
So come and dance with me Michael
So strong now, it's strong now
So come and dance with me Michael
I'm all that you see, you wanna see
So come and dance with me, Michael
So close now
It's close now
So come and dance with me
So come and dance with me
So come and dance with me
Michael you're the boy with all the leather hips
Sticky hair, sticky hips, stubble on my sticky lips
Michael you're the only one I'd ever want
The only one I'd ever want, the only one I ever want
Beautiful boys on a beautiful dance floor
Michael you're dancing like a beautiful dance whore
Michael waiting on a silver platter now
And nothing matters now
Michael you're the only one I'd ever want
The only one I'd ever want, the only one I ever want
Michael you're the only one I'd ever want
The only one I'd ever want, the only one I ever want
Beautiful boys on a beautiful dance floor
Michael you're dancing like a beautiful dance whore
Michael waiting on a silver platter now
Nothing matters now, nothing matter, nothing matters, oh yeah
So heavenly
So come and dance with me Michael
So sexy, I'm sexy
So come and dance with me Michael
I'm all that you see, you want to see
So come and dance with me Michael
So close now, so close now
So come and dance with me
So come and dance with me
So come and dance with me
Michael you're the boy with all the leather hips
Sticky hair, sticky hips, stubble on my sticky lips
Michael you're the only one I'd ever want
The only one I'd ever want, the only one I ever want
Beautiful boys on a beautiful dance floor
Michael you're dancing like a beautiful dance whore
Michael waiting on a silver platter now
And nothing matters now
This is what I am, I am a man
So come and dance with me Michael
So strong now, it's strong now
So come and dance with me Michael
I'm all that you see, you wanna see
So come and dance with me, Michael
So close now
It's close now
So come and dance with me
So come and dance with me
So come and dance with me
Michael you're the boy with all the leather hips
Sticky hair, sticky hips, stubble on my sticky lips
Michael you're the only one I'd ever want
The only one I'd ever want, the only one I ever want
Beautiful boys on a beautiful dance floor
Michael you're dancing like a beautiful dance whore
Michael waiting on a silver platter now
And nothing matters now
Michael you're the only one I'd ever want
The only one I'd ever want, the only one I ever want
Michael you're the only one I'd ever want
The only one I'd ever want, the only one I ever want
Beautiful boys on a beautiful dance floor
Michael you're dancing like a beautiful dance whore
Michael waiting on a silver platter now
Nothing matters now, nothing matter, nothing matters, oh yeah
Lyrics submitted by _valerie, edited by ActuallyMichae
Michael Lyrics as written by Nicholas John Mccarthy Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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what the hell is wrong with you people?
OMFGZZZZZZZ HEZ LYKE SO TALKINGZ ABOUT THE GAYZNESS. I CAN'T LYSTEN TO IT OMFGSZ. IZZZ IT ONNN MEEEH? GET DE GAYNESS OFF OF MEEEEEEEEEZ!
you guys act like this is the ring on a cd.
LISTEN TO IT AND YOU'LL BE GAY IN 7 DAYS.
what a fucking bunch of pathetic losers.
people all around you are gay.
your cousin could be gay.
your friends at school could be gay.
your dog could be gay.
gay people need love songs too, shut the hell up.
SO TRUE. to me (in an entirely different time) the queerness is a draw.
OMG TEH SONG WILL GIVE ME TEH FAG!!!!!!!1111!?!1
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WOW. I wish I was insecure enough about my sexuality that a SONG would threaten it. This is a really good song. I thought people were suspose to be open minded these days.
Guess not.
okay im a girl. but i don't see whats wrong with a guy singing about a guy? when a song like "i kissed a girl" is totally alright in the publics eye. if i sing "i kissed a girl" will that make me gay. oh no! No of course that won't. so..just stop.
anyway songmeaning: its about a guy being a attracted to a guy when he is dancing.
I can't like this enough, despite this being from five years ago. I'm a straight woman, but have kissed a girl one or twice in my lifetime and I think that there is nothing wrong with finding the same sex attractive from time to time. It's just a part of life.
@mlfm256 yeah if wouldn't make you gay, it would make you lesbian.
Look, don't get me wrong. I heart vagina. But this song is just really, really good. Honestly, I wish it weren't so difficult NOT to sing along. Funny thing, that one of the best songs on the cd has the most divisive lyrics. Just imagine a girl named Michael. Have you ever met a girl named Michael? No? Well, tell yourself she exists, and she is hell of beautiful.
haha good outlook on it! great way to see it. :p
I laughed so hard at that reply man. Thank you for that. Really~
Mykel and Carli from Weezer, perhaps??
Oh, my friend Michael says this song's about him...right. I read in an article on franzferdinand.org that it's actually about something Alex witnessed. One of his friends got drunk and this friend and Michael...well, you read the song.
i love this song. its very brave of FF to produce a song about homosexuality. i salute them for it salutes thats one of the reasons i like this band so much: they dont have to fit in the modern mold. dont get me wrong, im not one of those people obbsessed with indivudiality, but it is nice to hear something other than the norm once in a while.
Good move you guys, Michael will never threaten your sexuality ever again =)
You ripped the CD minus this one song?!
You're a fag!
‘Michael’ may at first appear to be a frank exploration of homoeroticism ("Michael you’re dancing like a beautiful dance whore") but really Alex is just playing at sexual roles in the same way Morrissey enjoyed 20 years ago.
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