A slow track with lulling vocals, the title song to 1981’s Polyester would revive American actor Tab Hunter’s music career after a two-decade hiatus. Featuring Blondie’s Chris Stein and Debbie Harry as writers on the track, the latter would provide background vocals, saying the name of the main protagonist, Francine Fishpaw, who was portrayed by legendary drag queen Divine.

Initially, Harry was set to sing the lead vocals, but “couldn’t sing the lead because of contract restrictions with Blondie’s record label,” so Hunter would step in. This did little to deter him, as the former matinee star would say of the track’s diversity:

John [Waters, the director of Polyester,] was a carnival ringmaster, mixing and matching all sorts of people from different backgrounds, different generations, different genders, to create a bubbling pop-culture stew.

In a Twitter statement following Hunter’s death in 2018, Harry would describe him as a “gentleman and hero.” Hunter’s husband, Allan Glaser, would go on to thank Harry, proving that their bond remains from the time in which they recorded together.