Shady

Album: Trespassing (2012)
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Songfacts®:

  • The song features guitar from Nile Rodgers, whose group Chic had several disco hits in the late 1970s.
  • This was co-penned by Australia born and LA-based singer and songwriter Sam Sparro, who had a #2 hit with "Black and Gold" in 2008.
  • According to Lambert, the lyrics are about, "feeling loose now, gonna get my swerve on. Feeling nasty."

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