# songs about underage girls **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 9, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-underage-girls/652484 "2013-03-09T15:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-underage-girls/652484/1 "2013-03-09T15:26:38Z")
A friend who is an English Professor is looking for background for an essay. Here is the follow-up e-mail from last night’s poker game: > [@](#): > > Ok, so I threw this question out there in the service of an article I want to write about changing norms in gender/sexuality . . . I am looking for pop and rock (and other genre) songs that allude to/celebrate or otherwise embody previous generations’ fascination with the sexual allure of underage girls. Sounds twisted I know, but I want to discuss various facets of changing meanings in sex roles over time, and how this affects pop culture. The list we generated follows, but feel free to share any songs that fit this category. i saw her standing there - beatles don’t stand so close to me - police mexicali blues - grateful dead i’m on fire - springsteen hey nineteen - steely dan stray cat blues - stray cats so young – stones hot blooded – foreigner walk this way – aerosmith Go away little girl – donny osmond young girl – gary puckett art lover – kinks ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-underage-girls/652484/2 "2013-03-09T15:33:43Z")
A class ic for it: > **[Good Morning, School Girl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Morning,_School_Girl)** > > "Good Morning, School Girl" is a blues standard that has been identified as an influential part of the blues canon. Pre-war Chicago blues vocalist and harmonica pioneer John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson first recorded it in 1937. Subsequently, a variety of artists have recorded versions of the song, usually calling it "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl". > Sonny Boy Williamson I recorded "Good Morning, School Girl" in 1937 during his first recording session for Bluebird Records. The song is an uptemp... ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-underage-girls/652484/3 "2013-03-09T15:42:45Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > stray cat blues - stray cats “Stray Cat Blues” is by the Rolling Stones. The Stray Cats did “Sexy and Seventeen.” Roy Harper - “Forbidden Fruit” ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-underage-girls/652484/4 "2013-03-09T15:44:48Z")
Hey Nineteen is about an underage girl? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-underage-girls/652484/5 "2013-03-09T15:46:42Z")
“You’re Sixteen” Johnny Burnette, covered by Ringo Star. ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-underage-girls/652484/6 "2013-03-09T15:49:59Z")
“Only the good die young” by Billy Joel Also, it not the most sincere or appropriate or even popular song, but “the lapdance is so much better when the stripper is crying” by Bloodhound Gang is about an underage girl. ---
**Author:** ![Magicicada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@Magicicada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magicicada)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-underage-girls/652484/7 "2013-03-09T15:52:47Z")
My Sharona–The Knack Also, I don’t have a cite but my understanding was that the point of Hey Nineteen was that the narrator’s much younger girlfriend couldn’t get his cultural references (at one point asking “Who’s Aretha Franklin?” and causing him to doubt the whole thing). Also, pretty much ANY Gary Puckett song. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-underage-girls/652484/8 "2013-03-09T15:55:34Z")
Aerosmith - Ragdoll Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen ---
**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-underage-girls/652484/9 "2013-03-09T15:55:41Z")
ABBA - “Does Your Mother Know” ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-underage-girls/652484/10 "2013-03-09T15:56:39Z")
Joan Jett changed the genders when she covered “I Love Rock n Roll” (which now seems was unnecessary). [In the original it was a 17 year old _girl_ not a 17 year old boy.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFli_GHYDok) Disclaimer: “I knew she must have been _about_ seventeen” so as far as the storyteller knows she _could be_ 18, but she could just as well be 16. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-underage-girls/652484/11 "2013-03-09T15:59:29Z")
> [@Astroboy14](#): > > Hey Nineteen is about an underage girl? people were tossing out songs last night… it was a poker game… there was beer… ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-underage-girls/652484/12 "2013-03-09T16:00:18Z")
Benny Mardones “Into the Night” ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-underage-girls/652484/13 "2013-03-09T16:02:50Z")
Sweet Caroline ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-underage-girls/652484/14 "2013-03-09T16:08:16Z")
“Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight” by Spinal Tap. Yes, it was a joke! But the lyrics certainly fit the topic: “You’re sweet but you’re just 4 feet, And you’ve still got your baby teeth. You’re too young and I’m too well hung, But tonight I’m gonna rock you…” Otherwise there’s… “Jailbait” by Aerosmith. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-underage-girls/652484/15 "2013-03-09T16:09:28Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > people were tossing out songs last night… it was a poker game… there was beer… OK, you get a pss then. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-underage-girls/652484/16 "2013-03-09T16:09:33Z")
_She Was Only Sixteen_-Sam Cooke, later by Dr Hook. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-underage-girls/652484/17 "2013-03-09T16:14:18Z")
**Oingo Boingo** , _Little Girls_ - one that explicitly speaks to the creepiness of the attraction. Heck, **Jethro Tull** ’s _Aqualung_ for that matter. ETA: oh, and **Jim Croce** ’s _Five Short Minutes of Loving (done brought me 20 long years in jail)_ ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-underage-girls/652484/18 "2013-03-09T16:17:33Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > Joan Jett changed the genders when she covered “I Love Rock n Roll” (which now seems was unnecessary). > [In the original it was a 17 year old _girl_ not a 17 year old boy.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFli_GHYDok) > Disclaimer: “I knew she must have been _about_ seventeen” so as far as the storyteller knows she _could be_ 18, but she could just as well be 16. Holy fucking crap! I had no idea that was a cover!! ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-underage-girls/652484/19 "2013-03-09T16:18:40Z")
\*Clair \*- Gilbert O’Sullivan ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-underage-girls/652484/20 "2013-03-09T16:28:06Z")
One thing to consider is that when many of these songs were written, 18 was not the agreed on dividing line between child and adulthood it is now. Most states had and still have a mishmash of rules about ages of consent. 18 is the rule in California and has sort of spread via the entertainment industry to be the nationwide societal norm, but that might not have been the case back when these songs were written. Perhaps it makes them no less creepy to modern ears, but they might have seemed less so at the time they were written. Oh, and my nomination: Little Sister, most famously by Elvis. No ages explicitly mentioned, but obviously about a verrrrry recently pubescent girl. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-underage-girls/652484.md?page=2)