# Favorite Sexual inuendos in songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 6, 2002, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sexual-inuendos-in-songs/107517 "2002-05-06T10:05:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sexual-inuendos-in-songs/107517/1 "2002-05-06T10:05:45Z")
Personally, I like Peter Gabriel’s **Sledgehammer**. It essentially says “Baby, I’ll do anything for you and give you anything you need. Then I’m gonna fuck ya hard as hell.” Ahh, love songs have come a long way, haven’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Granuaile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecccb3/32.png) [@Granuaile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Granuaile)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sexual-inuendos-in-songs/107517/2 "2002-05-06T10:35:57Z")
“With my own hands When I make love to your memory It’s not the same…” - St. Swithin’s Day by Billy Bragg ---
**Author:** ![derTintenfisch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@derTintenfisch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/derTintenfisch)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sexual-inuendos-in-songs/107517/3 "2002-05-06T10:36:42Z")
Well, it’s not exactly an innuendo, but the first time I heard **All Star** (Smash Mouth) I would have sworn I heard “Hey now, you’re a rock star, get the show on, get _laid_.” Says something about my mind I suppose… ---
**Author:** ![yellow\_peril](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ee7513/32.png) [@yellow\_peril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellow_peril)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sexual-inuendos-in-songs/107517/4 "2002-05-06T11:03:35Z")
I really love your peaches, Wanna shake your tree. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sexual-inuendos-in-songs/107517/5 "2002-05-06T11:08:20Z")
I like Moon Dance by … that guy. ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sexual-inuendos-in-songs/107517/6 "2002-05-06T11:30:21Z")
I’ve always enjoyed the subtle classics by W.A.S.P., you know the ones: _On Your Knees_ _Sex Drive_ _Ballcrusher_ _Tie Your Mother Down_ In fact, I’m not really sure they wrote a song that **wasn’t** about sex. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sexual-inuendos-in-songs/107517/7 "2002-05-06T12:27:42Z")
“The most refined ladybugs do it when a gentleman calls, Moths in your rugs do it - what’s the use of moth balls?” _Let’s Do It,_ Cole Porter. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sexual-inuendos-in-songs/107517/8 "2002-05-06T12:29:59Z")
I like: **Badly Drawn Boy "Once Around The Block"** “You quiver like a candle on fire, I’m putting you out, Maybe tonight” And, **Macy Gray in Fatboy Slim’s "Love Life"** “Said I’m gonna “A” ya And I’m gonna “B” ya And I’m gonna “C” ya Gonna “D” ya If I “E” ya 'Cos I wanna “F” ya Yeah I wanna “F” ya” Not exactly subtle, but… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sexual-inuendos-in-songs/107517/9 "2002-05-06T12:44:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Neidhart \* > \*\*“The most refined ladybugs do it when a gentleman calls, > Moths in your rugs do it - what’s the use of moth balls?” > > _Let’s Do It,_ Cole Porter. > \*\* The entire song is the all-time champ for sexual innuendo in songs, and Porter was a genius for innuendo in lyrics. In the rock era, the best and most subtle sexual innuendos are in the song “Chestnut Mare” by the Byrds. The entire song is a description of a sexual encounter, yet no one even seem to notice. Consider the lyrics (edited for clarity, and to change the horse references): Prettiest [girl] I’ve ever seen… Well I was up on Stony Ridge after this [girl], been chasing her for weeks Oh I’d catch a glimpse of her every once in a while taking her meal, bathing, fine lady This one day I happen to be real close to her and I saw her standing over there so I snuck up on her nice and easy … Damned if I don’t land right on top of her And she takes off, … higher than I’ve ever been before She’s running along just fine 'til she stops and something spooked her it’s a sidewinder, all coiled and ready to strike [do I really have to explain that symbolism?] she doesn’t know what to do for a second, but then, she jumps off the edge, me holding on… [images of flying – do I have to explain that, too?] … this little pool of water about six feet wide and one foot deep We’re falling down right through it We hit, we splashed it dry [splash of liquid, hmmmn] that’s when I lost my hold and she got away but I’m gonna try and get her again some day [I bet you will] … And we’ll be friends for life She’ll be just like a wife [in what way?] ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sexual-inuendos-in-songs/107517/10 "2002-05-06T13:04:53Z")
I’m listening to BB King’s _Live at the Regal_ right now. The crowd hoots as he sings: _I’ve got a sweet little angel I love the way she spreads her wings…_ ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sexual-inuendos-in-songs/107517/11 "2002-05-06T13:44:11Z")
Well, Ukulele Ike (no, no, not our’s—Cliff Edwards) sang “I’m Gonna Give It to Mary with Love.” And Bessie Smith’s “I Need a Little Sugar In My Bowl” and “Kitchen Man” are pretty much unbeatable. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sexual-inuendos-in-songs/107517/12 "2002-05-06T13:53:06Z")
There are many songs about “going down to the river.” Springsteen used this nicely in “The River” (naturally), a song about the loss of passion in a relationship: “…down to the river, when I know the river is dry…” ---
**Author:** ![robinh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@robinh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinh)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sexual-inuendos-in-songs/107517/13 "2002-05-06T14:06:27Z")
One of my favorites: Ruth Brown’s “If I Can’t Sell It, I’ll Sit On It,” ostensibly about a second hand chair. \*Now how would you like to find this waitin at home for you every night. Only been used once or twice but it’s still nice and TIGHT! Whoa… So if I can’t sell it, I’m gonna keep sittin on it. \* (edited at poster’s request. – Uke) ---
**Author:** ![robinh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@robinh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinh)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sexual-inuendos-in-songs/107517/14 "2002-05-06T14:08:38Z")
Oops, I just posted quite a bit more of those lyrics than I intended. (This darn laptop keyboard gives me the fits sometimes.) I shall ask a mod to cut it down some to avoid copyright issues. ---
**Author:** ![king\_of\_spain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7cd45c/32.png) [@king\_of\_spain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/king_of_spain)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sexual-inuendos-in-songs/107517/15 "2002-05-06T14:11:27Z")
I’ve always been amused by one verse of “Rapunzel” by the Dave Matthews Band: For you I would crawl Through the darkest dungeon Climb the castle wall If you’re my Rapunzel. You let your hair down Right in through the window **Good, they locked the door** … ---
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sexual-inuendos-in-songs/107517/16 "2002-05-06T14:17:03Z")
From Jethro Tull. Tell your Mother you’ve spent all night walking on velvet green ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sexual-inuendos-in-songs/107517/17 "2002-05-06T14:47:35Z")
Let us not forget the touching **Lemon Song** by Led Zeppelin: _Squeeze me baby till the juice runs down my leg…_ ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sexual-inuendos-in-songs/107517/18 "2002-05-06T15:28:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by El Elvis Rojo \* > \*\*Personally, I like Peter Gabriel’s **Sledgehammer**. It essentially says “Baby, I’ll do anything for you and give you anything you need. > Then I’m gonna fuck ya hard as hell.” > > \*\* I don’t understand. He’s going to give her everything she needs, THEN he’s going to fuck her as hard as hell. Sorry, you lost me somewhere 😕 😃 “I don’t know just what it’s all about…but put on your red pajamas and find out…” Velvet Underground. And certainly: “…of course I’ve had it in my ear before.” Iggy Pop ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sexual-inuendos-in-songs/107517/19 "2002-05-06T15:33:29Z")
I wanna say it’s Tom Jones, but I’m not quite sure. The song is **Pussycat** , and it contains such lyrics as: “Pussy cat, pussy cat, you’re delicious.” Classic. ---
**Author:** ![arara123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@arara123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arara123)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sexual-inuendos-in-songs/107517/20 "2002-05-06T15:59:29Z")
One more from **Iggy Pop** : I want to fuck her on the floor/Among my books of ancient lore from something on _Avenue B_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-sexual-inuendos-in-songs/107517.md?page=2)