# Songs where performer and character are different genders

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-performer-and-character-are-different-genders/1025749/53 "2025-12-17T20:11:39Z")

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> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#):
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> Confused - was there an Eric Burdon version _without_ The Animals?

That wasnt a good way to say it, sorry, altho certainly Eric sang a bunch of stuff after the Animals, like with War.

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