The Allergies are a duo from Bristol, United Kingdom. Since forming in 2012… Read Full Bio ↴The Allergies are a duo from Bristol, United Kingdom. Since forming in 2012 The Allergies have made it their mission to reshape funky vintage sounds for the modern dancefloor. Both skilled turntablists in their own right, the duo of DJ Moneyshot & Rackabeat first bonded over their love of classic hip-hop and beats, then decided to pool their knowledge and skills into making their own music.

Along the way they’ve racked up two ‘Tune of the Month’ awards in Mixmag, topped digital charts, and helped headline the BBC 6 Music festival in their native Bristol last year. In 2015 they were snapped up by Jalapeno Records, and dropped their debut album, As We Do Our Thing, a year later. The LP took in all their funk, soul, disco, hip-hop and breakbeat influences, and featured guest vocals from HypeMan Sage, BluRum13 and Ugly Duckling’s Andy Cooper, who mesmerized in lead single/video, Rock Rock.

The Allergies’ second album, Push On, is set for release in the summer of 2017.

Every trick in the book
The Allergies Lyrics

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You know my baby make feel good
Oh he knows how to turn me on
(Repeat four times)

He knows every trick in the book
And he he use them to get me hooked
He knows every trick in the book
And he he use them to get me hooked

Baby baby baby
He knows every trick in the book
Baby baby baby
And he he use them to get me hooked
Baby baby baby
He knows every trick in the book
Baby baby baby
And he he use them to get me hooked

Baby baby baby
Baby baby baby
Baby baby baby
Baby baby baby

You know my baby make feel good
Oh he knows how to turn me on
(Repeat five times)

He knows every trick in the book
And he he use them to get me hooked

I don′t know what to do

Overall Meaning

These lyrics from The Allergies's song Every Trick In The Book are about a couple in a loving relationship. The singer is expressing how her significant other makes her feel good and knows how to turn her on. She repeats this sentiment throughout the song as if to emphasize just how great her partner is. However, the chorus reveals that the reason for this is that he knows every trick in the book and uses them to get her hooked on him. The line "I don't know what to do" could be interpreted as the singer feeling powerless to resist her partner's charms.

The lyrics in this song are simple, yet effective in conveying the message of how someone's partner can make them feel good. It also touches on the idea of feeling powerless to resist someone's charisma and charm. The repetition of certain lines in the choruses adds to the catchy nature of the song as well.

Line by Line Meaning

You know my baby make feel good
My significant other knows how to make me happy

Oh he knows how to turn me on (Repeat four times)
My significant other knows how to sexually arouse me

He knows every trick in the book
My significant other knows every possible method to seduce me

And he he use them to get me hooked
My significant other applies these methods to make me fall deeply in love with them

Baby baby baby
Expressing love towards significant other

I don’t know what to do
Feeling powerless against the seductive power of significant other

Writer(s): Ike Turner, Macroy Spencer, Andrew Cooper, Adam Volsen, Arnol Jones

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