Too Many Creeps

Formal writing credits were not found; Place wrote the first verse and later worked on the second with Sley. Place and Kennedy worked the box office at the Bleecker Street Cinema and dealt with all kinds of creeps, and Sley says that is where the song was born. At the first rehearsal Place showed Sley the phrasing and it just fell into place. Sley calls it an anti-anthem of sorts: the East Village was dangerous then and men hassled them over their androgynous looks, and the song also reflects frustration with bridge-and-tunnel newcomers. She told Noir pour Femmes that misogyny is still alive and well and that she is surprised by how relatable it remains. Gang of Four's drummer Hugo Burnham called it a jagged dance song that made a big splash in clubland, and Stereogum a cult-classic debut single that captured the living, breathing energy of the Lower East Side.

Early live footage from Danceteria in 1980 is held in NYU's Fales Library Downtown Collection; Sley has said she could barely look at the audience and had her lyrics taped to the microphone. It stays a signature song in the live set, played 11th at Mosswood Meltdown in Oakland on July 7, 2024 and at the Getty Center in Los Angeles on October 4, 2026. Setlist.fm lists 144 setlists but we could not establish the song's play count. We found no covers or samples.