# Songs where performer and character are different genders

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-performer-and-character-are-different-genders/1025749>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [December 16, 2025, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-performer-and-character-are-different-genders/1025749 "2025-12-16T12:23:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 45

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-performer-and-character-are-different-genders/1025749/45 "2025-12-17T00:08:52Z")

</div>

The Eric Burdon version of my childhood was boy.

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-performer-and-character-are-different-genders/1025749)._