Miguel, Sure Thing | Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥

In the 101^st edition of Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 (2023), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind “Sure Thing” by Miguel.

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. Yeah, we are talking about that after dark, bedroom boom $hi†, ya dig? These unapologetic records often raises both eyebrows and temperature alike. Woo! In the 101^st edition of Midnight Heat (2023), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind, “Sure Thing” by Miguel. 

“Love you like a brother / Treat you like a friend / Respect you like a lover.” Ooh, Miguel! That man right there is… talented… also, fine 😉. He set the tone for his career with the soulful, contemporary R&B single, “Sure Thing,” which appears on his 2010 debut, All I Want Is You.  R&B is fueled by matters of the heart and Miguel has no shortage of such matters on “Sure Thing.” He wrote the opener from All I Want Is You alongside Nathan Perez (aka Happy Perez) who produced the track. What’s interesting about this sensual joint is the fact that despite debuting on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2011, it didn’t reach its peak at no. 11 until June 2023! “Sure Thing,” hence, has become a sure thing for Miguel. – it’s been certified multiplatinum by the RIAA.

The lyrics are dedicated and sexy. Miguel excels at sex (and sex appeal if we’re keeping it 💯). The melodies are both rhythmic and tuneful.  He sings authentically with incredible expression and nuance – you buy what he’s selling. “If you be the cash, I’ll be the rubber band / You be the match, I will be a fuse, boom,” he sings in the first verse, continuing, “Painter, baby, you could be the muse / I’m the reporter, baby, you could be the news.” Fo’ sho! In the second verse, he asserts, “Say that I’m the one ‘cause you are a ten / Real and not pretend.” Love it! Of course, it is the chorus that takes the cake:

“Even when the sky comes fallin’

Even when the sun don’t shine

I got faith in you and I

So, put your pretty little hand in mine.”

Even more than a decade after wowing us with “Sure Thing”, this song right here, remains the surest of things in the Miguel catalog not named “Adorn”.

🎙 Miguel • 💿 All I Want Is You • 🏷 JIVE / Sony Music Entertainment • 🗓 2010

Miguel, Sure Thing: Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 No. 101 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; JIVE / Sony Music Entertainment; Ash via Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Werbefuzzy68 via Pixabay]