IRRESISTIBLE
The first single from Jessica Simpson's second album, Irresistible. Released in 2001, the single reached fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Simpson's second top-twenty hit. The single is best known for its music video, changing Simpson's once conservative virginal image to an overtly sexual image for the first time (which would be refined in the video for "Sweetest Sin"). In this upbeat dance pop-oriented lead single, Jessica breaks her once imposed Christian boundaries by using suggestive language in a single for the first time, as she questions her personal vows of celibacy when she meets a man she is very sexually attracted to. Simpson realizes she's supposed to wait until marriage.
Irresistible was the second canceled commercial CD single from Jessica Simpson. The song was to be released on the 3rd of July 2000 within the US. However Columbia decided to cancel the commercial release due to the single climbing the Billboard charts rapidly with airplay only. The single was canceled a month before its physical release date. Again, fans and critics believed the release of the commercial single would have brought the song to the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100.

LYRICS
Ya know, I don’t know what it is
But everything about you is so irresistible.

Don’t you try to tell me that he’s not my type
To hide what I feel inside
When he makes me weak with desire
I know that I’m supposed to make him wait
Let him think I like the chase
But I can’t stop fanning the fire
I know I’m meant to say no

Chorus:
But he’s irresistible
Up close and personal
Now inescapable
I can hardly breathe
More than just physical
Deeper than spiritual
His ways are powerful
Irresistible to me
I can hardly breathe

Don’t you think I’m trying to tell my heart what’s right
That I should really say goodnight
But I just can’t stop myself
Maybe I’ll tell him that I feel the same
That I don’t want to play no game
Cause when I feel his arms wrapped around me
I know I’m meant to say no (I meant to say no)

Chorus:
He’s irresistible (irresistable)
Up close and personal
Now inescapable
I can hardly breathe (I can hardly breath)
More than just physical
Deeper than spiritual (oh yeah)
His ways are powerful
Irresistible to me

Can’t you see
Whenever he’s close to me
I really find it hard to breathe
He’s so irresistible
Baby you know
It’s more than just spiritual
His ways are powerful
He’s so irresistable
(you’re so irresistable)

Chorus:
He’s irresistible (yeah)
Up close and personal(oh yeah)
Now inescapable
I can hardly breathe (I can hardly breath)
More than just physical
Deeper than spiritual (oh yeah)
His ways are powerful
Irresistible to me (irresistable to me)

He’s irresistible (yeah)
Up close and personal
Now inescapable
I can hardly breathe (irresistable to me)
More than just physical
Deeper than spiritual
His ways are powerful
Irresistible to me (irresistable to me)

CHART PERFORMANCE
#3 / U.S. Top 40 Mainstream
#5 / U.S. Top 40 Tracks
#12 / U.S. Rhythmic Top 40
#15 / U.S. Billboard Hot 100
#11 / UK Singles Chart
#11 / Mexican Top 100
#16 / Canadian Singles Chart
#17 / Sweden Top 60
#21 / Australian ARIA Singles Chart
#31 / Holand Single Chart
#33 / German Singles Chart
#50 / Austrian Single Chart
#14 / United World Chart