Cruisin' the Streets
Encyclopedia
"Cruisin' the Streets" is a disco
song released in 1981 by the Boys Town Gang
. The song reached number 5 on Billboard
's Hot Dance Club Play
chart.
area in an unspecified city. The dialogue consists of gay men cruising each other, discussing their sexual encounters and conversing with a female prostitute. At one point, a police car stops and two policemen step out and confront two men who are engaging in sexual activity. One of the officers asks the other officer what should be done, and the other officer states that he knows "just what to do to 'em" and from the subsequent noises it is obvious that the officers are having anal sex with the two men, while the female prostitute moans, obviously masturbating while watching the scene.
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
song released in 1981 by the Boys Town Gang
Boys Town Gang
The Boys Town Gang were a San Francisco based disco and hi-NRG band. Their popularity peaked in the 1980s, when the group reached number 5 on Billboards Hot Dance Club Play chart with the single "Cruisin' the Streets", and number 4 in the UK Singles chart and number 1 in the Netherlands with their...
. The song reached number 5 on Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
's Hot Dance Club Play
Hot Dance Club Play
The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
chart.
Song description
The extended version of the song includes a lengthy dialogue taking place at night in a gay cruisingCruising for sex
Cruising for sex, or cruising is the act of walking or driving about a locality in search of a sex partner, usually of the anonymous, casual, one-time variety...
area in an unspecified city. The dialogue consists of gay men cruising each other, discussing their sexual encounters and conversing with a female prostitute. At one point, a police car stops and two policemen step out and confront two men who are engaging in sexual activity. One of the officers asks the other officer what should be done, and the other officer states that he knows "just what to do to 'em" and from the subsequent noises it is obvious that the officers are having anal sex with the two men, while the female prostitute moans, obviously masturbating while watching the scene.