# Songs about groupies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049 "2017-12-22T15:35:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049/21 "2017-12-22T21:17:07Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > **Led Zeppelin - Livin’ Lovin’ Maid** - It was a dig of a song to a woman who was hanging around the studio; can’t recall if she was a groupie, per se. Also Zep’s, “Sick Again”. AC/DC’s “Go Down” and “Whole Lotta Rosie” were about specific groupies. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049/22 "2017-12-22T21:33:14Z")
Slade, [The Bangin’ Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eMUyyFXhTY), Faces, [Stay With Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSQp7YOPdJ8), Lynyrd Skynyrd, [What’s Your Name](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlKJiZ8ymM4), Thin Lizzy, [Don’t Believe A Word](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v54n4-gzHck). ---
**Author:** ![Arizona\_Mike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Arizona\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arizona_Mike)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049/23 "2017-12-23T01:55:10Z")
“Frank Mills” from the musical Hair. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049/24 "2017-12-23T02:05:18Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What other songs about groupies(either music or movies) are out there? Ray Davies’ _Storyteller_ solo album has a song called “[The Ballad of Julie Finkel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMMlGuqMkBg)” is about a fondly remembered groupie. “[Sally Simpson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-u_EFyKAC8)” off The Who’s _Tommy_ is about a kind of groupie, although within the context of the album not a music/movie one. However, IIRC Pete Townshend has said the song was inspired by teen girls he saw going crazy for Jim Morrison. The somewhat obscure, black comedy early Pearl Jam song “[Dirty Frank](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3Nh6DurMJ8)” is about a tour bus driver who’s also a Dahmer-esque serial killer. There are a couple of lines about how a “little groupie’s gettin’ chopped up in the back” by Frank. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049/25 "2017-12-23T02:57:11Z")
“Living Wreck” by Deep Purple was about a groupie who turned out to be, oh, just a LITTLE older and less attractive than she first appeared. "You took off your hair, you pulled out your teeth. I almost died of fright!!!!" ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049/26 "2017-12-23T02:59:02Z")
“Ladies of the Road” by King Crimson [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhRPDJWo5WY) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049/27 "2017-12-23T03:00:23Z")
“Once Bitten, Twice Shy” by Great White (written by Ian Hunter) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Bz61YQWZuYU/maxresdefault.jpg "Great White - Once Bitten Twice Shy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz61YQWZuYU) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049/28 "2017-12-23T03:02:34Z")
“Hot Blooded” by Foreigner Basically, it's a rock singer saying "Ditch your boyfriend and meet me at my hotel room!" ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049/29 "2017-12-23T03:05:07Z")
“All Night Long” by Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow (featuring Graham Bonnet on vocals) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjDTq25XsH8) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049/30 "2017-12-23T03:05:49Z")
Jazz Discharge Party Hats, a 1984 Zappa song, one of those where Steve Vai plays notes corresponding to Zappa’s vocal intonations. Pure poetry! “Once upon a time, it was in Albuquerque, New Mexico…” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049/31 "2017-12-23T03:13:19Z")
“Rocks Off” by Def Leppard https://www.youtube.com/embed/_dg5dkJAGSM?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RD_dg5dkJAGSM ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049/32 "2017-12-23T03:15:47Z")
“I Go Crazy” by Queen Told from the point of view of a groupie's cuckolded boyfriend! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049/33 "2017-12-23T04:27:48Z")
REO Speedwagon’s “Back On The Road Again”. I can't believe that cover got into the stores in 1979! And if you REALLY want to stretch it, there’s Michael Jackson’s “Dirty Diana”. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049/34 "2017-12-23T04:34:04Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > [Who is a real person.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Plaster_Caster) That Wiki page has a link to her official website; some of the graphics are NSFW so I guess this will suffice for the two-click rule. In recent years, she’s also cast women’s breasts and says she’s never had a “failure” in that department. Funny anecdote: The first time R.E.M. ever played in Chicago, guess who showed up - and was thrown out? :o Peter Buck, who is not known to commonly be at a loss for words, said, “I’m not sure what to say to people like that. I mean, I’m sure they’re very nice girls and everything…” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049/35 "2017-12-23T04:45:13Z")
Speaking of R.E.M., “The One I Love” could potentially be about a groupie. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049/36 "2017-12-23T06:07:50Z")
I’m surprised nobody mentioned \*Billie Jean \*yet. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049/37 "2017-12-23T08:17:06Z")
“To All The Girls We’ve Loved Before” by Willie and Julio. They’re basically telling you “You’re disposable trash”, and women swoon over it. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049/38 "2017-12-23T09:50:46Z")
Another thought: “The Wanderer” by Dion. Wandering from town to town, Flo on his left, Mary on his right, hugging and squeezing, they don’t even know his name! Shocking, I know. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049/39 "2017-12-23T10:06:02Z")
[Apple Scruffs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Scruffs_%28song%29) by George Harrison is about Beatles groupies who would (harmlessly) stalk the band in and around London long after they had stopped giving public performances. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049/40 "2017-12-23T11:04:24Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Another thought: “The Wanderer” by Dion. Wandering from town to town, Flo on his left, Mary on his right, hugging and squeezing, they don’t even know his name! Shocking, I know. The Wanderer is about the lead character and what a sad loser he is, according to Dion, who wrote it. He’s all bravado but has no one except girls he treats like notches on his belt. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-groupies/805049.md?page=3)