"X Offender" was released on June 17, 1976 and was the track that earned the band their record deal. The song, which was co-written by singer Debbie Harry and bassist Gary Valentine, was originally written about a man sleeping with his underage girlfriend.
Valentine penned the lyrics, and once Harry heard the track, she jumped on board to tweak the lyrics to make the central character a sex worker, flipping the narrative so it was from the female's point of view.
The song's original title was "Sex Offender," but it was changed to "X Offender" after the record label expressed their concerns that it was too vulgar and would cause the band to face radio bans and controversies.
"I feel we really achieved something with that record," he added. "The first time I heard that on the jukebox at CBGBs was a really elating moment for me, more so than hearing it on the radio," he recalled in a 2003 interview. "Knowing that someone went to the jukebox and played the song and hearing it in the background - I'm big on hearing songs in the background while other things are going on and seeing what it creates."
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