"Heterosexual Man" is a song by Canadian rock band
Odds
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. It was released in 1993 as the lead single from the band's second album, ''
Bedbugs''. The song reached No. 1 on the ''
RPM
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Standards
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'' Canadian Content chart.
It was also the band's first song to receive radio airplay in the United States, peaking at No. 44 on the ''
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Album-oriented rock
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chart.
The song was featured in the 1995 film, ''
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Music video
The song's music video features the band members performing in
drag, with
Dave Foley
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,
Kevin McDonald
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and
Mark McKinney from
The Kids in the Hall, themselves often noted for drag performances, as stereotypically
macho
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jocks in the audience until Foley inexplicably turns into a woman.
"Odds heading to Cumberland"
''BC Local News'', Mar. 14, 2013
Track listing
Europe CD single
#Heterosexual Man - 3:35
#The Best Things - 3:43
#Wendy Under the Stars - 4:09
Charts
References
1993 singles
1993 songs
Odds (band) songs
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