Random Songs You Didn't Realize Were Wildly Inappropriate As A Kid (14 items)

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  (#6) Sweet Caroline

  • Neil Diamond

  "Sweet Caroline," is a bar band staple and karaoke favorite. The song has become so popular that it's played during the 8th inning of every Red Sox game at Fenway Park. Neil Diamond finally revealed in 2007 that he innocently wrote the song for a young Caroline Kennedy when her father was president.

  However, Diamond's lyrics definitely have at least a hint of sexuality to them: "One, touching one / Reaching out, touching me, touching you."
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  (#5) Barbie Girl

  • Aqua

  "Barbie Girl" was everywhere in 1997. However, the song about Barbie and Ken dolls became extremely controversial. Mattel even sued MCA Records Inc. for violating copyright laws – turning Barbie into a sex object and confusing consumers who may have thought the toy company backed the song. A California federal appeals court eventually declined to reinstate the lawsuit.

  Here are some of the more inappropriate lyrics that have been criticized for being demeaning towards women and being overtly sexual.

  I'm a blond bimbo girl, in a fantasy world
  Dress me up, make it tight, I'm your dolly
  You're my doll, rock'n'roll, feel the glamor in pink
  Kiss me here, touch me there, hanky panky
  You can touch you can play
  If you say 'I'm always yours'
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  (#7) I'm So Excited

  • The Pointer Sisters

  In 1982, The Pointer Sisters topped the charts with this incredibly upbeat dance song – a perfect example of when people are used to singing often-heard lyrics without really thinking about them. "I'm So Excited" is actually about a woman who is really, really fired up to have a sexual encounter.
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  (#3) Poker Face

  • Lady GaGa

  Believe it or not, Lady Gaga's international hit single, "Poker Face," has absolutely nothing to do with playing cards. Gaga does a good job of throwing in her fair share of innuendos, however, she has admitted that the song is totally about sex. She explained that the idea for "Poker Face" came about when she was dating a guy, but every time she made love to him, she would think about girls.

  Rolling Stone asked Lady Gaga what she meant exactly by the "Poker Face" lyric, "bluffin' with my muffin." She replied: 

  "Obviously, it's my p*ssy's poker face! I took that line from another song I wrote but never released, called 'Blueberry Kisses.' It was about a girl singing to her boyfriend about how she wants him to go down on her, and I used the lyric. [Sings'] "Blueberry kisses, the muffin man misses them kisses."
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  (#10) Little Red Corvette

  • Prince

  "Little Red Corvette" from Prince's album 1999 was finally the hit that the Purple One needed to breakout and become a bonafide Rock God. It was his first song to reach the Top 10 in the United States, and it also has nothing to do with cars.

  Prince had no issue with writing songs that were clearly about sex; "Head," "Dirty Mind," and "Soft and Wet" being obvious examples. Much more cloaked in mystery, however, is "Little Red Corvette." If we examine the lyrics, it becomes clear that it is a song about a one night stand: "Gimme the keys (Gimme the keys) / I'm gonna try to tame your little red love machine."
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  (#8) Longview

  • Michael Armstrong, Jordan Lansburg

  It took three albums, but Green Day finally broke out into the mainstream in 1994 with their hit single "Longview." One of the song's lyricists, Billie Joe Armstrong, said that "Longview" is about being bored and lonely. Different people do different things when they're bored, but for Armstrong, having extra time on his hands meant having too much time to masturbate.

  I was just in a creative rut. I was in-between houses sleeping on people's couches. It's a song about trying not to feel pathetic and lonely. I didn't think that masturbation was really seen from the point of view that I was looking at it. In songs like 'Turning Japanese' it always seemed more about people pulling a pud or something. I was coming from a lonely guy's perspective: No girlfriend, no life, complete loser.

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