Clarence Carter, Back Door Santa | After Dark 🕛 🌃

In the 94^th edition of After Dark (2022), we explore the naughty, risqué, & sexual vibes behind, “Back Door Santa” by Clarence Carter. 

Innuendo? More like full-on sexual vibes! Welcome to After Dark 🕛 🌃, a column featuring songs that are best suited for nighttime, specifically, the bedroom.  Many of the records featured here raise eyebrows, as well as the temperature! These After Dark tunes focus on the universal three-letter word:  SEX. The dark records gracing After Dark are old and new alike, with all genres of music welcome.  In the 94^th edition of After Dark (2022), we explore the naughty, risqué, & sexual vibes behind, 🎵 “Back Door Santa” by 🎙 Clarence Carter.

Theme & Lyrics ✍ 

“They call me Back Door Santa / I make my runs about the break of day (oh, ho, ho) / I make all the little girls happy / While the boys are out to play.” Um… wow… what can you say to that? Believe it or not, 🎵 “Back Door Santa” is a classic – not brand-new freakiness! Sure, 🎙 Clarence Carter is best known for his exceptional rendition of 🎵 “Patches”, but he also brings some naughtiness to Christmas on “Back Door Santa.” Yeah, emphasis on the ho, ho part! “Back Door Santa” appears on his 1969 album, 💿 Testifyin’.  Carter penned the record alongside 🎼 ✍ Marcus Daniel, while 🎛️ Rick Hall produces.  Notably, 🎵 “Christmas in Hollis” by 🎙 Run DMC samples this gem.

“I ain’t like old Saint Nick / He don’t come but once a year,” Carter asserts in the second verse, adding, “I come running with my presents / Every time you call me dear.” Sure, those presents may be material things, but I’m sure it involves the bedroom too.  Actually, that’s revealed when Back Door Santa admits to “keep change in my pocket / In case the children at home / I give them a few pennies / So that we can be alone.” Ooh-la-la! And, in case he does get caught creeping, “I leave the back door open… / And wouldn’t old Santa be in trouble / If there ain’t no chimney in the house.” Oh, snap!

Final Thoughts 💭

🎵 “Back Door Santa” is one of a kind – an understatement! This Santa is not concerned with giving toys to children in the least. In the hands of Clarence Carter, well, Santa exemplifies being NAUGHTY!

🎙 Clarence Carter • 💿 Testifyin’ • 🏷 Atlantic • 🗓 1969

Clarence Carter, Back Door Santa: After Dark 🕛 🌃 No. 94 (2022) [📷: Brent Faulkner, cottonbro, Foundry Co, John lucas, The Musical Hype, Pexels, Pixabay, Tazz Vaughn]