Wide Receiver (song)

"Wide Receiver" is a 1980 funk/dance song by North American bass guitarist and vocalist Michael Henderson. The song was from the album Wide Receiver.

Michael Henderson is mainly known for smooth R&B of the style later known as 'quiet storm'; this song was his only club dance track, charting at #4 on the Soul Singles chart. Another song from the album was "Prove It" which charted at number 27.

Song theme

The song contains innuendos in the form of American football references. It also has references to marijuana ("The referee must have been smokin a joint"). Sounds from the handheld game Mattel Electronic Football were used in the introduction and background of the song.

The phrase "sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't" from Mounds and Almond Joy advertising were also used in the lyrics.