# "Pissed-Off Chick" Songs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 28, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083 "2015-05-28T23:42:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083/21 "2015-05-29T02:55:40Z")

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I was going to say “most of Pat Benetar’s catalog.”

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083/22 "2015-05-29T02:55:57Z")

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[P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jNlIGDRkvQ)  
[P!nk - So What](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJfFZqTlWrQ)

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083/23 "2015-05-29T03:46:38Z")

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[Basia - How Dare You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zx5e2oQHS8)  
[My Fair Lady - Without You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H51dDEiBw1g)

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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083/24 "2015-05-29T03:54:30Z")

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[Sunny Came Home](https://youtu.be/qfKKBDFCiIA) - Shawn Colvin

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083/25 "2015-05-29T03:55:36Z")

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> [@jayjay](#):
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> [My Fair Lady - Without You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H51dDEiBw1g)

Also from My Fair Lady, “[Just You Wait](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbdVvIbB1KU)”. (ETA: Of course, Prof. Higgins also gets his licks in with “[Why Can’t A Woman Be More Like A Man?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Doz5w2W-jAY)”.)

“[Hit The Road, Jack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rEsVp5tiDQ)”.

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**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083/26 "2015-05-29T04:02:28Z")

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Done from The Band Perry comes to mind…

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083/27 "2015-05-29T04:03:27Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> Also from My Fair Lady, “[Just You Wait](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbdVvIbB1KU)”.

:smack:

How did I miss that while I was even searching for the Without You video and had a whole playlist of MFL stuff in the sidebar?

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**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083/28 "2015-05-29T04:18:28Z")

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> [@River\_Hippie](#):
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> **Jagged Little Pill** kind of set the bar.

I second that motion.

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**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083/29 "2015-05-29T04:56:28Z")

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I’ve been listening to this lately: [Shoot Him Down by Alice Francis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZu69_ouc-U&spfreload=1). It includes the line “I want to break his neck neck neck neck”.

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**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083/30 "2015-05-29T06:19:42Z")

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> [@Wesley\_Clark](#):
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> [Garbage - Special](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raRGnueg8Lo)

As far as Garbage songs go, Vow is angrier: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZsVcoWRIkY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZsVcoWRIkY)

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**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083/31 "2015-05-29T08:04:59Z")

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Fiona Apple, Sleep to Dream: “You say love is a hell you cannot bear/And I say gimme mine back and then go there, for all I care”.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083/32 "2015-05-29T14:55:54Z")

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“No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)” by Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083/33 "2015-05-29T15:42:11Z")

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“Watch Me” by Lorrie Morgan

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**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083/34 "2015-05-29T16:09:29Z")

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> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#):
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> “At Seventeen” by Janis Ian. Whiny teen is bent out of shape because no one asks her to the senior prom.

_That’s_ what you got out of “At Seventeen”? Well, OK. Still not a “Pissed-Off Chick” song.  
How about June Tabor’s version of [“Valentine’s Day is Over”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UW3z93Rlm4)?

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**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083/35 "2015-05-29T16:17:41Z")

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“You Suck” by The Murmurs  
“I Love Myself Today” by Bif Naked

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**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083/36 "2015-05-29T16:46:23Z")

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Lots of good pissed-off stuff from Juliana Hatfield and Blake Babies.

[I’m Not Your Mother - Blake Babies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3mWBcPZ6kc)

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083/37 "2015-05-29T16:52:07Z")

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Carly Simon - You’re So Vain.

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**Author:** ![Uniqueorn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uniqueorn/32/2807_2.png) [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083/38 "2015-05-29T17:01:40Z")

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[“If looks could kill” - Heart](https://youtu.be/mIUnIhRpthY)

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**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083/39 "2015-05-29T17:42:41Z")

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You just made me think of [“Who Will You Run To?”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM44F-M78Vs)

Also by Heart.

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**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pissed-off-chick-songs/721083/40 "2015-05-29T17:48:04Z")

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> [@Bridget\_Burke](#):
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> \<SNIP\>
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> Chrissie Hynde turns a Kinks tune into a Pissed Off Chick Song–[Stop Your Sobbing](https://youtu.be/wB9zg_JIL0k).

One of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands, and I never knew she was supposed to be angry in this 😕 I do agree that Chrissie is one kickass, angry chick though. Unless the lyrics are specifically lovey dovey I always imagine a sneer on her face.

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