10 "Innocent" Songs You Didn't Realise Were Filthy As A Kid

1. My Sharona - The Knack

"Such a dirty mind, always get it up, For the touch of the younger kind."

Excuse me? That's one line we definitely never heard as we were foot-tapping to this number one tune.

According to the band's singer, Doug Fieger, this song was written in 15 minutes about his 17-year-old girlfriend Sharona Alperin. He described his immediate love for Sharona, recounting that "It was like getting hit in the head with a baseball bat; I fell in love with her instantly. And when that happened, it sparked something and I started writing a lot of songs feverishly in a short amount of time."

That's all very nice, Fieger, but did you really have to include the lyrics about getting erections for the "younger kind"? It's going to take a whole lot of bleach to get those words out of our minds...

Did you naively miss the meanings of any of the songs in this list? What other filthy song lyrics did you overlook as a youngster? Feel free to share your views in the comments below!

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