Party All the Time

"Party All the Time"
Song

"Party All the Time" was a single originally recorded by comic actor Eddie Murphy in 1985, written and produced by Rick James and Kevin Johnston. The single reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. While it is commonly thought to be Murphy's only music hit, he did manage to have one more top forty song with 1989's "Put Your Mouth on Me". Rick James also provided some vocals for the song. Later, "Weird Al" Yankovic covered part of the song in his polka medley Polka Party!.

In 2006, house DJ and producer Sharam Tayebi of Deep Dish released a remix of the song, known simply as "PATT" (an acronym for "Party All The Time"), that reached No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart. The subsequent music video is a parody of the original, which had featured Murphy, James, members of the Stone City Band and some backup singers recording the song in a studio.

In July 2009, Aubrey O'Day did a cover of the song along with ex-Danity Kane member D. Woods's sister Shanell Woodgette and Grammy Award-winning producer Maestro.

Synopsis

The song tells a harrowing tale from the perspective of a heartbroken lover, portrayed in the first-person by Eddie Murphy. He begins by questioning, perhaps rhetorically, why the female he is currently participating in a relationship with would want to cause him emotional pain. The narrator goes on to list expensive and fancy items he's purchased for her, including, but not limited to: champagne, roses, and diamond rings. Despite the items that the narrator has given, the female still insists on staying out all night (presumably in the company of other men). The narrator then poses perhaps another rhetorical question as to what he should do to remedy this depressing situation. The listener is then repeatedly informed that the narrator's "girl" wishes to attend nightclubs and house parties at all hours of the day and night. Later on, the narrator points out that he's acted as a voyeur and observed said female whilst she was present at an unknown nightclub. She was seen, presumably by the narrator, providing her telephone number to virtually every male patron of the club that she came in verbal contact with. We are then informed that the narrator's female companion never arrives at their place of residence in the evening. Her absence is believed to be caused by infidelity, presumably with one or many of the men she became acquainted with earlier that evening. The narrator then goes on to wish that his female companion would instead have sexual intercourse with him, instead of the many other men she has been copulating with. Then Rick James busts out a sick guitar solo.