Patti LaBelle had 'no idea' that the Lady Marmalade lyrics were so suggestive
Patti LaBelle had 'no idea' that the 'Lady Marmalade' lyrics were so suggestive. The 77-year-old music legend - who is known for the 1974 hit thought to be about prostitution - had "no idea" what the French lyrics meant when she recorded the song with her band Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. She said: "When we heard it, it sounded great, but that 'Voulez-vous coucher avec moi,' sounded so piercing and it just stayed in my ear. So, when we went there, I said that we had to record that one first. After we recorded the song and the song went out and people were loving it, the nuns talked about ...