Song
Unholy
Sam Smith
Album:
Gloria
Song meaning of Unholy by Sam Smith ft Kim Petras
The song's lyrics tell the story of an adulterous heterosexual family man who sneaks into a strip club to have sex without telling his wife. "Liberating oneself from the clutches of others' secrets" is how Smith put it.
A rough draft of "Unholy" was given to Kim Petras, who agreed to collaborate with Smith on the song. A week later, the two met at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles.
Kim Petras became the first openly transgender musician to win a major-category Grammy Award when she won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards. It also topped the Billboard Global 200 chart and the charts in eighteen additional nations.
Unholy lyrics by Sam Smith ft Kim Petras
Mummy don't know daddy's getting hot
At the body shop
Doin' somethin' unholy
He like it, like it, yeah (Ooh)
He like it, like it, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
He like it, like it, yeah (Uh)
He like it, like it, yeah
A lucky, lucky girl
She got married to a boy like you
She'd kick you out if she ever, ever knew
'Bout all the ... you tell me that you do
Dirty, dirty boy
You know everyone is talkin' on the scene
I hear them whisperin' 'bout the places that you've been
And how you don't know how to keep your business clean
Mummy don't know daddy's getting hot
At the body shop
Doin' somethin' unholy
He's sat back while she's droppin' it
She be poppin' it
Yeah, she put it down slowly
Oh-ee-oh-ee-oh, he left his kids at
Ho-ee-oh-ee-ome so he can get that
Mummy don't know daddy's getting hot
At the body shop
Doin' somethin' unholy (Woo)
Mm, daddy, daddy, if you want it, drop the addy (Yeah, yeah)
Give me love, give me Fendi, my Balenciaga daddy
You gon' need to bag it up 'cause I'm spendin' on Rodeo (Woo)
You can watch me back it up, I'll be gone in the A.M. (Yeah)
And he, he get me Prada, get me Miu Miu like Rihanna (Ah)
He always call me 'cause I never cause no drama
And when you want it, baby, I know I got you covered
And when you need it, baby, just jump under the covers (Yeah)
Mummy don't know daddy's getting hot (Hot)
At the body shop (Shop)
Doin' somethin' unholy
He's sat back while she's droppin' it (She)
She be poppin' it (She)
Yeah, she put it down slowly
Oh-ee-oh-ee-oh, he left his kids at
Ho-ee-oh-ee-ome so he can get that
Mummy don't know daddy's getting hot
At the body shop (Ah)
Doin' somethin' unholy (Unholy)
Oh-oh, oh-ee-oh-ee, ee-oh (Unholy)
Oh-oh, oh-ee-oh-ee, ee-oh (Unholy)
Oh-oh, oh-ee-oh-ee, ee-oh (Yeah, yeah)
Oh-oh, oh-ee-oh-ee, ee-oh
Release Date
2022
Songwriter/s
Sam Smith, Kim Petras, James Napier, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Henry Walter, Blake Slatkin, Omer Fedi
Producer/s
Sam Smith, Kim Petras, Ilya Cirkut, SlatkinFedi, Jimmy Napes
Label/s
Capitol, EMI