Hit Songs in Bad Taste

First 2 that popped to mind (and I’m too lazy to look up chart positions) are Smack By Bitch Up by Prodigy and Seventeen by Winger (which I always thought was a Skid Row song for some reason).

Dr. Dre and Snoop gotta have at least one mention with Bitches Ain’t Shit. But a quick look shows that they never released it as a single. No problem, Ben Folds reached the Top 100 (at 71) with his version.

Every Day I Write the Book snuck in there as well, peaking at #36 (Billboard anyway- you may be referencing Cashbox, not sure where it peaked there)

There are also songs about being beaten up by your cheating man, like My Man by Billie Holliday.

*He’s not much on looks
He’s no hero out of books
But I love him
Yes, I love him

Two or three girls
Has he
That he likes as well as me
But I love him

I don’t know why I should
He isn’t true
He beats me, too
What can I do?*

Bitches ain’t shit but hoes and tricks. Lick on these nuts and suck the dick. Get the fuck out after you’re done.

You could probably just say “Rap” and it’s /thread.

Since bad taste is relative, I’ll include a really, really successful song, your taste can be the judge. Start Me Up by the Stones is another in a long line of rock and roll songs about sex. (Hi, AC/DC!) As many times as people had these lyrics pass through their brains, a little focus on the lyrics brings about another take on the song. Like when the Folksmen perform it.

Every Breath You Take by the Police. Their biggest hit. Lots of awards. Played at weddings and such.

Wait, what? Listen to the lyrics.

And yes, that was the intent.

(Reading that I noticed it was written on Ian Fleming’s desk at Goldeneye. So that’s … weird.)

Or you could say “rock” or “pop” and it would make about as much sense.

When “Seventeen” was a hit, I had a friend who would sing that “She’s only seventeen…” line as “I’m only thirty-two…” And when “Beavis & Butthead” was revived in the early '10s, the hapless Stewart still wore his Winger t-shirt, which probably had some viewers asking if Winger was really a band. :stuck_out_tongue:

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Extreme’s “More Than Words” is not appropriate for weddings either. It’s a dude telling his girlfriend that she’s history unless she has sex with him.

I have always wondered how “Double Shot of My Baby’s Love” got on the radio.

Never knew the name of this song. Looking for ‘orgasm song’ the reference came from** Exapno Mapcase** in this old thread. A lot of people were up in arms at the time. The song sucked so I didn’t care.

Don’t know if it’s in “bad taste”, but a few years ago Cee Low Green hit the top of the charts with a song called Fuck You.

Hey Joe - Written by Roberts Billy (?) But obviously popularized by Jimi Hendrix.

“I’m goin’ down to shoot my old lady.
You know I caught her messin’ 'round with another man.”

I have the perfect song for this thread. The Pietasters: Menowannalikki-U.

Me no wanna linky you because it might get you in trouble at work. You can find it on YouTube.

Holy Shit, no kidding! This song came on my mp3 while skiing and I’m all WTF?? :eek:

Real Skeezy! Kinda hot, though. :wink:

How about Chuck Berry’s only #1 hit?

My Ding-a-Ling
mmm

I’m not seeing a murder connection, at all.

Unless singing is a euphemism for fucking, I’m not seeing it.

It’s very clear in the original version, and the verses that the Andrews Sisters didn’t record.

Apparently the original was “working for the Yankee Dollar”

And the first verse in the original was

It looks like the Andrews Sisters version was somewhat bowdlerized and given to them to record at the very last minute.

Ah. OK. Thanks.