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17 Problematic Songs That Never Should've Been Recorded In The First Place

You're gonna want to update your classic rock playlist after reading this mail.

We asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell which pop songs are actually really problematic. Here are the eye-opening results.

Note: Some submissions include topics of domestic abuse, sexual harassment, incest, rape, pedophilia, and anti-gay abuse. Please proceed with circumspection.

i. "Blurred Lines" past Robin Thicke, Pharrell, and T.I.

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"I hate 'Blurred Lines' so much. This gross song almost nonconsensual sex activity is still being played, and it makes my claret boil."

—bluetinda

2. "Run for Your Life" past the Beatles

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"How about 'Run for Your Life' past the Fab Iv themselves? They'd never write annihilation problematic, surely??? 'You amend run for your life if you can, fiddling daughter / Hide your head in the sand, footling girl / Catch you with another human being — that'south the end, little girl.' Yeah, even the Beatles could write some seriously dodgy shit, like a vocal nigh a guy threatening to kill a girl if he sees her loving a dissimilar human."

—clothildedauphin

3. "Jailbait" by Ted Nugent

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"Ted Nugent isn't even trying to hibernate annihilation — it's most his attraction to a 13-year-quondam, her mom giving him permission to have sexual activity, and it ends with him getting arrested and telling the officer to cuff the kid instead so they can 'share her.' He's a well-known piece of shit, but this song is completely bloodcurdling and disgusting."

—ohok20

4. "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" past Aerosmith

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"It's definitely not a fun song written for Mrs. Doubtfire (the vocal was released in 1987, and Mrs. Doubtfire came out in 1993). The song plays into the thought that trans women are just 'in disguise' to 'play a joke on or trap people.'"

—jenyshendo

5. "If I Want To" by Usher

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"Usher's 'If I Desire To' from 2001 — he'southward into a woman who is non into him, just he won't accept her rejection. She literally says: 'No, I don't want you' and his reaction is: 'Aye, I can, and I volition if I desire to.' He basically calls her a bowwow for rejecting him, then continues to tell her how he'll take her if he wants to: 'You cop an mental attitude like you're too good for me / And you lot know good and damn well that if I wanted, I could take you lot from your man (delight believe it).'"

—mvanpurren

half dozen. "Kim" past Eminem

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"It's supposed to be told from 'Slim Shady's' perspective, but still...similar, you don't write a song near chirapsia your wife..."

—drink_water_1

"It'south literally him screaming about assaulting and killing his wife."

—casuallyobsessive223

7. "My Sharona" by the Knack

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"I never paid much attention to 'My Sharona' until recently, and tbh...it's kinda creepy."

—asdzx

"How the fuck do people manage to mind to a song with a line: 'I always go it up for the touch of the younger kind' and Not become: 'Yup, this song is well-nigh pedophilia.'"

—ryanw4b8930d84

eight. "Barbie Girl" by Aqua

Universal / MCA

"I used to love this song when I was a kid because I thought information technology was well-nigh playing with Barbie dolls, and it had a fun, upbeat tune. But when I got older and listened to the lyrics closely, I couldn't believe that I was allowed to listen to it as a kid. It's really well-nigh a homo using a adult female as a sex object, and controlling her like she's a doll — which is very messed upwardly."

—ilovemycatskittle

9. "Don't Stand So Close to Me" by the Police force

"'Don't Stand And so Close to Me' by the Police is literally about a male person instructor starting a human relationship with his much younger female educatee."

—imbatmom2

10. "Seventeen" by Winger

Atlantic

"'Seventeen' by Winger, released in 1988. I recall this song and video was on heavy rotation on MTV and rock radio. Hearing information technology every bit a 10-year-onetime, I was completely clueless almost information technology all — looking up the full lyrics now makes my stomach plough."

—katvondive

11. "Daughters" past John Mayer

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"'Daughters' by John Mayer is disturbing, tbh. Him singing: 'Fathers exist good to your daughters' and 'girls go lovers and turn into mothers' just gives off really creepy vibes. He sees women as objects, and how they're 'only good for loving men' and 'making babies.' The vocal plays at my piece of work all the fourth dimension, and it disgusts me."

—lexluthors

12. "Keep Information technology in the Family" by Deodato

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"The championship says information technology all — this song is disgusting. I first heard it through Spotify on Discover Weekly and it's got a pretty cool disco beat, but and so I listened to the lyrics. I was then shocked, I played a snatch of it to my partner to be sure I was hearing what I idea I had. I'thou horrified this is still on Spotify — I tried to detect a fashion to contact them considering this is not okay."

—lizm75

13. "Blame It (On the Alcohol)" by Jamie Foxx and T-Pain

J Records

"I heard 'Arraign Information technology (On the Alcohol)' on the radio the other day, and it was just so cringey. Men encouraging women to beverage until they regret what they do — it made me recall about all the songs I listened to dorsum in high school that were pretty problematic."

—bobertleebabybee

14. "Baby, Information technology'due south Common cold Outside," originally from Neptune's Daughter (1949)

MGM

"'Baby, It's Cold Outside' for certain — it normalizes ignoring consent."

—allisonistired

15. "Ur So Gay" by Katy Perry

Capitol

"It was released as one of her showtime singles when she was breaking into the music business organization in the late 2000s. If you listen closely, the song is pretty anti-gay and full of problematic lyrics — information technology's incredibly cringeworthy to listen to."

—kaylayandoli

16. "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number" written past R. Kelly for Aaliyah

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"'Age Ain't Nothing just a Number' is incorrect on and then many levels considering it was written past R. Kelly for Aaliyah when she was simply xiv or 15 years old — it's like a pedophile's canticle. The fact that R. Kelly married her when she was underage makes this song (and entire album) more than problematic."

—annelister

17. And "Chocolate-brown Sugar" past the Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones Records

"'Brown Sugar' by the Rolling Stones has some really questionable lyrics."