Musical cabaret legend and cruising enthusiast, Jane McDonald, is having somewhat of a revival in the UK, with her new album rocketing up the charts.
One song she covers in her repertoire is DNCE’s ‘Cake by the Ocean’. In her naivety, she thought it meant ‘having a cup of tea and a slice of Victoria sponge while looking out over the sea’, when in fact its meaning is something much more salacious.
That ‘cake by the ocean’ has become a euphemism for having sex on the beach is the fault of a couple of Swedes. According to singer Joe Jonas, the phrase originated from Swedish producers Mattman and Robin mistaking the cocktail name “sex on the beach” for “cake by the ocean”. And the name stuck enough to have a song written about it! It was intended to be a fun, funky, and sexually charged party anthem.
Upon its release in 2015, the song became a top-ten hit in multiple countries, including the US, the UK, Sweden and Japan.
According to Jane McDonald, it is her most requested number when she performs live.
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Watching the Swedes 