Laid

About Laid

"Laid" is the title song from 1993 album Laid by Manchester alternative rock band James. 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. 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, WBOS, Maryland's WRNR-FM, Chicago's WXRT, Missoula's KDTR-FM and Philadelphia's WRFF will play "Laid" with the original controversial line. Along with Radio X in the UK. While the song did chart on the US Billboard Hot 100, its peak was number 61. It made it onto the chart thanks to its cult status as a popular college song, which was what helped it reach a peak of number three on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song was more successful in the band's native United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 25, becoming the band's ninth top-forty hit. more »