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It's always an ex-post narrative for this kind of thing.
However, I'd say, the vocals and video strike something within both men and women:
Some parts of the vocals are frequently misheard, to the extent such parts make any sense in the first place (e.g., “jealousy, turning saints into the sea" vs. "Chelsea... turning sex into a scene"). The song is also notoriously ambiguous accent-wise, as an American song that became a British staple.
The instruments are interesting. The instrumentals sound quite busy to me. However, busy in a good way. I suspect the instruments land at slightly different times at greater distances than what tracks usually feature.
The anxiety, tension, and ambiguity, with the catchiness (so much of the song is loud and relatively singable) resulted in something special.
The music video has women prancing around as sex objects with heavy make-up in cUtE period dresses (although unclear as to any period in particular), and Eric Roberts as an older-suitor/sugar-daddy-type figure, which further add to the female appeal.
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