Physical Attraction was the seventh track from the album titled Madonna.

In the spring of 1984 (April 25), we welcomed a new member to our family. My brother Adam and his wife Naomi had a little girl named Abigail Norah. The fact that I could give Abigail her middle name was very special to me. It was the first time in my life that I got to name a family member. I knew that no one in the family would ever name their child after me since I was gay, so this was the closest I would get to passing on a name.

My family was special to me, so this was a great honor.

Six months after Abigail was born, my life took a big turn. I was sitting in a restaurant in Greensboro, North Carolina, and three tables down was the most handsome man I had ever seen. (I felt funny about saying that about another man back then.) This guy had jet-black, curly hair and olive skin. He wore a black, short-sleeve, crew neck t-shirt. I knew that he wasn’t from North Carolina. I suspected he was visiting from out of town.

“Maybe we were meant to be together even though we never met before.”

I sat and stared at this man for what must have been an hour, and not once did he look up from his newspaper to notice me. I left disappointed, mainly because I didn’t have the nerve to introduce myself or even get him to look at me. I was not aggressive that way. Seeing him sparked a fire I had never felt before. It felt much deeper than just a physical attraction.

That evening, I drove back to my hometown and told my best friend, Mary, about seeing this beautiful stranger.

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PHYSICAL ATTRACTION

You say that you need my love
And you’re wantin’ my body, I don’t mind
Baby all I’ve got is time
And I’m waiting to make you mine

You say you wanna stay the night
But you’ll leave me tomorrow, I don’t care
All of your moves are right
We can take it anywhere, this

Physical attraction
It’s a chemical reaction
Physical attraction
Chemical reaction

Trying hard to get away
But I can’t seem to fight the way I feel
Even though you’re not for real
Your touch is driving me
Crazy and when you smile
It’s just makin’ me want you more and more
Baby won’t you stay a while
It could be such a fantasy

Maybe we were meant to be together
Even though we never met before
We got to move before the sun is rising
And you’ll be walking slowly out the door