Casual Sex (song)

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"Casual Sex"
My Darkest Days - Casual Sex.jpg
Single by My Darkest Days
from the album Sick and Twisted Affair
ReleasedJanuary 13, 2012
Genre
Length3:16
Label 604
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Joey Moi
My Darkest Days singles chronology
"Every Lie"
(2011)
"Casual Sex"
(2012)
"Sick and Twisted Affair"
(2012)

"Casual Sex" is a song by Canadian rock band My Darkest Days. It was released on January 13, 2012, as the lead single from the band's second studio album, Sick and Twisted Affair . The song features John 5 on guitar. [1]

Contents

Information

There are two different versions of the music video for this song. In one version, the girls are undressed; in the alternate version, they are censored. The video features pornographic actors Ron Jeremy and Sabrina Maree.

Trivia

The band revealed in an interview that the excessive nudity and promiscuity of the shoot caused tension between them and their respective significant others. Matt Walst's girlfriend left him, while both Brendan McMillan and Doug Oliver dealt with turbulence in their romantic relationships. [2] In another interview, Reid Henry admitted to fraternizing with a young lady in the video, who remained unnamed. [3] Later photos and tweets revealed the model involved to be Penthouse Pet and Hustler model Sabrina Maree. [4] [5]

Charts

Chart (2012) [6] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 22
U.S. Billboard Rock Songs 46

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  1. "The Sea – You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated".
  2. "My Darkest Days Interview". YouTube . 23 May 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  3. Video on YouTube
  4. Archived copy Archived 2014-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  5. @TawnieLynn06 (June 30, 2012). "Tweet" (Tweet) via Twitter.[ dead link ]
  6. https://www.billboard.com/artist/my-darkest-days/chart-history/ [ dead link ]