Someone on Reddit recently asked about songs people loved singing as kids without realizing they were totally inappropriate. Here are 17 of the funniest responses (and what others had to say about them):
17. Low, by Flo Rida
“APPLE BOTTOM JEANS”
“My 2 yo (18 now) sang this. She didn’t pronounce all the words. I figured it was a song they were learning in preschool, until the head teacher told me she wasn’t allowed to sing it at school anymore. That’s when I found out the name and looked up the lyrics, and burst into laughter. She learned it from a 4 yo.”
“My son (now 8) still sings this lol. He started when he was about 4-5 yrs old… he heard it on Spotify once and he’s loved it since.”
16. Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo, by Bloodhound gang
“To be fair, the majority of that song would be absolute gibberish to all kids (even nowadays).”
“What about Bad Touch? That was my jam.”
“Oh boy…. I remembered the lyrics to that song and The Bad Touch off by heart when I was a kid. Everything bar the Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo made no sense till I hit puberty.”
15. Baby Got Back, by Sir Mix-A-Lot
“I was 8 and knew all the words to “Baby Got Back””
“At the ripe age of fifteen, my best friend and I chose this song for karaoke at a church sponsored carnival. We knew every word. We danced. I feel gross. But to be fair, who…has that as a karaoke choice for a church event?!”
14. Maneater, by Hall and Oates
“When I was really small I was all about “Maneater” by Hall and Oates. I totally thought it was about a really mean tiger that escaped from the zoo or something and liked to eat boys.”
“When I was a kid, I thought it was about [an attractive] female cannibal. I kept asking my dad what it was actually about because the idea genuinely scared me, and he refused to tell me lol.”
13. You Shook Me All Night Long, by AC/DC
According to one Redditor, “You shook me all night long by AC/DC was my son’s favorite song to sing at preschool…”
This revelation prompted another to write, “I just want to hear a 6 year old belting out, KNOCKIN’ ME OUT WITH THOSE AMERICAN THIGHS.”
12. Sit On My Face, by Monty Python
“In about 3rd or 4th grade, I came home from playing at a friend’s house…said friend had been singing some weird song that got stuck in my head. So I stroll in and take my seat at the dinner table and start singing as loud as I can: “Sit on my face and tell me that you love me! I’ll sit on your face and tell you that I love you too!!”…my parents damn near choked. They couldn’t stop laughing and then told me never ever to sing that again. (Luckily, they were huge Monty Python fans…nothing I knew about at the time).”
11. “That” Divinyls Song…
Looking back, the clue was totally in some of the song titles. Like that one the band Divinyls released in 1990, which is so obvious we’d probably get in trouble for writing it here (so won’t even try…). Here’s a hint, though:
“I don’t want anybody else. When I think about you I…mm mmm mm.”
One person on Reddit wrote, “I still remember the day my early 20’s self figured it out, that holy crap! Moment.” And another said, “I had a choreographer who loved that song and picked it as the dang recital song for a dance troupe of 6 year olds.”
10. LoveGame, by LadyGaga
This answer came from a Reddit user about a song they recently heard their young niece singing. They wrote: “My 11-year-old, completely innocent niece: “Let’s have some fun, this beat is sick, I wanna take a ride on your disco stick.” Me: “Let’s play a different song.” Other parents have had trouble with Lady Gaga songs, too. One wrote: “Ohh Lady Gaga. My 4 year old had a “kids” halloween mix on Spotify and she got really into LG’s “Monster” song. I didn’t really pay attention to the lyrics for the first few plays…”
9. Peacock, by Katy Perry
Sticking with a similar theme, another response went like this: “My friend’s daughter used to loudly sing Katie Perry peacock. Literally Everyone: ummm….Friend: It’s a song about a bird, and you will not say otherwise.” They weren’t the only parents struggling with this Katie Perry classic, either. Someone else chimed in below, saying, “I did the same thing when I was a kid! I remember singing it in the car and my dad actually listening to the lyrics. I was so upset when he quickly turned the radio off lmaoooo.”
8. Semi-Charmed Life, by Third Eye Blind
One Reddit user took a trip down memory lane, recalling that time his 7-year-old daughter started singing some inappropriate lyrics from this classic tune from Semi-Charmed Life. They wrote:
“The year is 1997 and I have a Volvo 740GLE with a 6 disc changer in the trunk. My daughter is about 7 and loves to ride off with dad and sing along with the radio…Anyway, Semi-Charmed Life from Third Eye Blind comes on the disc player and we’re both singing along, and I realize that some pretty racy lyrics are coming up so I hit the mute button until I can get something more appropriate on. The audio stops, but she just keeps going on, singing about those “little red panties they pass the test, pulled up around your belly face down on the mattress” like she’s singing her ABCs. I picked up some Tom Chapin CDs after that.”
7. My Humps, by Black Eyed Peas
A youthful Happygolucky226 had a very different understanding of My Humps than most adults did when it came out: “My humps- black eyed peas. Apparently they were not just talking about milk and Cocoa Puffs.” Another person write that: “I knew every word to this song by age 8. Lmao. Love it. My mom must’ve been mortified.”
6. It Wasn’t Me, by Shaggy
This Reddit suggestion didn’t have any explanation with it, but we can totally remember singing along to this as kids, too – blissfully unaware what the song was about! Ah, the innocence of youth. We weren’t the only ones, either. One user, “thought the song was about him secretly living in his girlfriend’s house. She keeps catching him and he tells her it wasn’t him.”
5. Candy Shop, by 50 Cent
A Reddit user called dimarikl wrote, “The particular song that mentions, “I’ll take you to the candy shop and let you lick my lollipop,” left me completely unaware of its underlying meaning back then, as I blissfully enjoyed its melody.” Someone else chimed in after them, reminding them of the title – “That song is Candy Shop, by 50 Cent.”) Another person then wrote, “Ugh I watched an 8 year old girl do a karaoke rendition of this on a cruise. I never went on another cruise.”
4. Afternoon Delight, by Starland Vocal Band
HuellMissMe eventually realized that “Apparently “Afternoon Delight” wasn’t about getting out of school. I did not know that.” Neither did MoonLoony, who said later, “LoL, I thought it was about a picnic!” Someone else’s mom told them, “it meant having cake in the afternoon, which made perfect sense to me because that IS delightful.”
3. Macarena, by Los Del Rio
This one was news to us, too. In a revelatory comment, Sonicchronic420 wrote, “Upon gaining knowledge later in life, I discovered that the meaning behind the song “Macarena” revolves around a woman engaging in infidelity by involving herself with two of her partner’s friends simultaneously, thereby participating in a consensual encounter with both individuals concurrently.”
2. Get Low, by Lil Jon
One Reddit user simply wrote, “To the windoooooooow!! Context: I didn’t really know much English.” Someone then added below it: “That was the middle school dance jam back in my day lol. Looking back now it’s like…did seriously NONE of the 40+ year old teachers realize how inappropriate it was that a bunch of 11-14 year olds were singing about [this]?”
1. Gett Off, by Prince
Last but not least, we have this suggestion from Cherrianje. They said, “Gett Off by Prince. My mother heard me sing “21 positions…” and took the disc off me. It unfortunately belonged to my older sister. Got punished twice in one week. I still love that song.” Someone else had a very different experience, writing: “My mum and dad bought me this album (on cassette) for my eighth birthday. They very clearly did not listen to it prior. I still vividly remember hearing Gett Off for the first time. I was both completely shocked and intrigued.”
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Source: Reddit.