John Duff, Stick Up | Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥

In the 16th edition of Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 (2025), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind “Stick Up” by John Duff.

Ah, bring on Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥! Wait – it is not usually hot at midnight! Well, it is steaming hot 🥵 at midnight when it comes to this naughty, innuendo, and sex-laden column featuring songs intended for nighttime. These risqué, unapologetic records often raise eyebrows and temperature alike. In the 16^th edition of Midnight Heat (2025), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind, “Stick Up” by John Duff.

“I should’ve been a porn star / I should’ve been a stripper.” Damn, that’s a way to commence a song, John Duff.  He continues singing on “Stick Up”, “Oh man, I’m such a hoe / I should’ve been a politician.” We listen and we don’t judge… that much… The innuendo is ‘through the roof’ on “Stick Up.” This song thrives off what the stick is doing.  Should we be surprised? Maybe a bit since Duff did inform us before this he’d “Forgotten How to F*ck” only months earlier.  I’d say the fucking has come back full throttle –with a vengeance! Duff penned “Stick Up” alongside Eren Cannata.

The lyrics are eyebrow-raising and entertaining.  Safe for work they are not, but, outside of work, go for it.  “Elections and erections / I’m winning all the polls,” he asserts, continuing, “I don’t know how to golf / But I do more than 18 holes.” Gay, John – very, very, gay 🌈! To be expected – he is gay 🤭 😉! Notably, “Stick Up” arrived after the infamous election of a president that shall only be referenced as 47… Other memorable lines that come out of Duff’s mouth include “I was fucking everybody on the low,” “There’s no strings, but If you pay /… Put your hand inside my anus / (Fist up…),” and “Integrity is for the poor / And if you’re rich than / You’re a whore / Like me.” Word.  Besides a playful, personality-filled performance (understatement) and terrific production, “Stick Up” is accompanied by a unique, skin-bearing, kick-ass music video.  John Duff gives us body, sex, and politics.  What more can you ask for? ‘Merica!

John Duff // “Stick Up” // Donald Duff // 2024

John Duff, Stick Up: Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 No. 16 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Donald Duff; Francesco Ungaro, Hasan Muneer, Natan, Tazz Vaughn from Pexels; AcatXlo, Aristal Branson, Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay]