Nancy Boy

Nancy Boy is a song by Placebo, released as the third single from their self-titled album. It was released on January 20th, 1997 and it became their breakthrough single, reaching number 4 in the UK charts and making them known to mainstream audiences. As with their first single "Come Home", the single/radio edit (aka the 'Sex mix') is a rerecorded version, noticeably different from the album version. It was later released on the compilation album Once More With Feeling. The video, shot by Howard Greenhalgh, portrays drummer Steve Hewitt with a blurred face because he was still contractually obligated to another band on a different label. This is also Hewitt's first appearance in a Placebo video after the departure of previous drummer Robert Schultzberg.

[Verse 1] Alcoholic kind of mood Lose my clothes, lose my lube Cruising for a piece of fun Looking out for number one Different partner every night So narcotic outta sight What a gas, what a beautiful ass [Chorus] And it all breaks down at the role reversal Got the muse in my head, she's universal Spinning me round, she's coming over me And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal Got the muse in my head, she's universal Spinning me round, she's coming over me [Verse 2] Kind of buzz that lasts for days Had some help from insect ways Comes across all shy and coy Just another Nancy Boy Woman man or modern Monkey Just another happy junkie Fifty pounds press my button going down [Chorus] And it all breaks down at the role reversal Got the muse in my head, she's universal Spinning me round, she's coming over me And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal Got the muse in my head, she's universal Spinning me round, she's coming over me [Verse 3] Does his makeup in his room Douse himself with cheap perfume Eyeholes in a paper bag Greatest lay I ever had Kind of guy who mates for life Gotta help him find a wife We're a couple When our bodies double [Chorus] And it all breaks down at the role reversal Got the muse in my head, she's universal Spinning me round, she's coming over me And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal Got the muse in my head, she's universal Spinning me round, she's coming over me And it all breaks down at the role reversal Got the muse in my head, she's universal Spinning me round, she's coming over me And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal Got the muse in my head, she's universal Spinning me round, she's coming over me