Kid Creole "Annie I'm Not Your Daddy" ft. The Coconuts + Lyrics
Kid Creole & The Coconuts "Annie I'm Not Your Daddy" Written by August Darnell (Kid Creole's real name). "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy" has a similar theme to "Billie Jean", and was released about the same time; obviously it couldn't compete with Michael Jackson's moonwalk, but it was fairly successful all the same, in spite of or perhaps because of its lyrical dissonance. Their music incorporates a variety of styles and influences, in particular "American and Latin American, South American, Caribbean, Trinidadian, Calloway" and conceptually inspired by the big band era. The Coconuts are a glamorous trio of female backing vocalists whose lineup has changed throughout the years.
Their breakthrough came with 1982's Tropical Gangsters, which hit #3 in the UK and spun off three Top 10 hits with "Stool Pigeon", "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy" and "I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby",written by musical director Peter Schott. "Dear Addy" also made the Top 40. In the US the album was retitled Wise Guy and reached #145, and "I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby" flirted with the R&B charts. Kid Creole and The Coconuts have appeared in a number of films, such as Against All Odds (1984) and the Lambada themed The Forbidden Dance (1990). The name Kid Creole is adapted from the Elvis Presley film King Creole.
Lyrics: Kid Creole & The Coconuts "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy"
They say that all is fair in love and war
And child believe it
When mama stayed in Saint Tropez
She had a fall or two
And I'm telling it to you straight
So you don't have to hear it in another way
Oh Annie, I'm not your daddy
Oh Annie, I'm not your daddy
They say that out of sight is out of mind
And child believe it
Your mama was in search of love
But all she got was used
And I'm telling it to your face
So you don't have to hear it in another place
(Break it to me gently now
Don't forget I'm just a child)
Oh Annie, I'm not your daddy
(Mama's baby's papa's baby)
Oh Annie, I'm not your daddy
(Mama's baby's papa's baby)
See if I was in your blood
Then you wouldn't be so ugly
Yes I'm telling it to you straight
So you don't have to hear it in another way
(Break it to me gently now
Don't forget I'm just a child)
Oh Annie, I'm not your daddy
(Mama's baby's papa's baby)
Oh Annie, I'm not your daddy
(Mama's baby's papa's baby)
