Little Black Dress is a song from the film Shock Treatment, with lyrics and music by Richard O'Brien and Richard Hartley, released in 1981 on the film album.
Several songs from the film were originally written for Rocky Horror Shows His Heels, a never-made sequel to The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The songs were rewritten for the never-made The Brad and Janet Show and once again for Shock Treatment. Some of these songs also appeared in the 2015 musical Shock Treatment: The Musical.
Lyrics[]
Cosmo McKinley:
Ever since I was a little boy
Dressing up has always been my greatest joy
But when it's time to be discreet
There's one thing you just can't beat
And that's a strapless backless
Classical little black dress
Well first you go rip rip rip
Then you go snip snip snip
Then you whip in a zip zip zip
And split it up to the hip hip hip
And as you strip strip strip
You shiver, and quiver, for that soft caress
As you slip slip slip
Into that little black dress
Bert Schnick:
Ever since I was the eina kliena heiren
It was the cordon bleu
For which I am most caring
And the one taste treat so sweet
That really can't be beat
Is what we have here, how you are, caviar
That little black mess
Janet Majors:
Well first you go rip rip rip
Then you go snip snip snip
Then you whip in a zip zip zip
Split it up to the hip hip hip
And as you strip strip strip
Oh you quiver, shiver, for that soft caress
As you slip slip slip
Into that little black dress
Janet (Cosmo, Bert & Nation):
That minimal (Minimal)
Criminal (Criminal)
Siniful little black dress
Nation McKinely:
Let's face it Mac that basic black is coming back
Bert:
Let's face it Mac that basic black is coming back
Nation & Bert:
Let's face it Mac that basic black is coming back
Janet (Cosmo, Bert & Nation):
That minimal (Minimal)
Criminal (Criminal)
Siniful
All:
Little black dress!
Trivia[]
- In Rocky Horror Shows His Heels this song would've been sung by Frank-N-Furter.
- In The Brad and Janet Show draft, Bert Schnick's lines were sung by Dr. Scott.
- In the rec room photos of Oliver Wright, Betty Hapschatt, Bert Schnick, Cosmo McKinley, Nation McKinley, Ansalong and Ricky can be seen. These are taken from promotional material for the film.