Misdemeanor (song)

"Misdemeanor" is a song performed by American rhythm and blues singer Foster Sylvers; issued as the first single from his eponymous debut studio album. Written by his brother Leon, the song is his only hit to date on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #22 on the chart in 1973.

Jess Harvell of Freaky Trigger has written of the song in retrospect: "So musically this comes over like a '99 era Irv Gotti/Ja Rule track (you know, when they were good): stop-start rhythm, lotsa chimes, pizzicato xylophone(?). Only the dippy-dippy-do funk bass maroons it in the 70s. It's fucking great."