Songs where the artist self censors?

[rainie]

What are some instances in songs where the artists either themselves, coming close to swearing but cutting themselves off, or cover a song by someone else but change objectionable lyrics or words? A few instances that I can think of off the top of my head:

Cher Lloyd - Want U Back (I don't give a shhh)
Johnny Cash - Hurt (changed shit to thorns)
Ed Sheeran - multiple places on his second album (ughhh)

What are some other examples you guys can think of?

[Green Baron]

Kid Rock - Cowboy (cuss like a sailor, drink like a mick, my only words of wisdom are RADIO EDIT!

[rainie]

Oct 29, 2017 18:19:10 GMT -5 Green Baron said:

Kid Rock - Cowboy (cuss like a sailor, drink like a mick, my only words of wisdom are RADIO EDIT!

This is one of the only instances where I don't mind it haha

[Green Baron]

Other ones off the top of my head:

Theory of a Deadman - "Rx" (I am so freaking bored...)
Nick Jonas - "Jealous" (You're so fucking beautiful, and everyone wants your sex)

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[Deleted]

Definitely Don't by Ed Sheeran comes to mind.

[Marie Osmond Is A Bad Mother!!]

Keri Hilson - The Way You Love Me (an explicit version exists though it was never released but it did leak)
Lil' Kim - How Many Licks
Madonna - Bye Bye Baby
Madonna - Holy Water
Mariah Carey - Say Somethin'

Oct 29, 2017 18:26:23 GMT -5 Green Baron said:

Nick Jonas - "Jealous" (You're so fucking beautiful, and everyone wants your sex)

There is an explicit version that is posted on Nick's YouTube channel but the clean version is on the album and that is the standard version.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKjfCBOTRZ0

Oct 29, 2017 18:37:16 GMT -5 awesomecharts said:

Definitely Don't by Ed Sheeran comes to mind.

I was irritated by the fact that the remix with the random rapper on it has the f-bombs uncensored.

[Linnethia Monique]

The iconic Demi Lovato "Daddy Issues".

[Anticonformity]

Lonely - Britney
You Can't Win - Kelly Clarkson
Shut Up - Xtina

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

Missy Elliott often does it sometimes where some words in a song are censored and some aren't.

[B-Boy]

702 - "Where My Girls At"
Monica - "Here I Am" and "Knock Knock"

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Gentleman - PSY (I'm a motherfather gentleman). just realized how stupid this is lol

[rainie]

bumping this because i keep stumbling upon more instances of this -- unholy by sam smith, attention by doja cat, goverment hooker and bad kids by lady gaga, pet by a perfect circle, and most distractingly, disturbia by rihanna :/

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

This Immediately comes to mind

[SabrinaFan]

In Em Beihold’s “Porcelain,” one of the lyrics is “My bones are made of glass, what a pain in the -,” but instead of saying “ass,” she sighs (which I’ve always found cute lol). However, in “Pedestal” (another song written around the same time), she says “you took over my goddamn mind” without self-censoring, so I’m not quite sure why she self-censored “ass,” as I don’t think that’s any worse than “goddamn.”

Another example that comes to mind in is the Beastie Boys’ “Brass Monkey,” they self-censor in the line “We’ve got the bottle, you’ve got the cup, come on everybody let’s get -.” It then leads back into the chorus rather than them saying “fucked up” as the listener would expect. Presumably, this was done to tease/troll the listener as part of their more comedic/tongue-in-cheek image.

One more tangential example that’s always been kinda weird to me is that Ke$ha self-censored her whole first album, except “shit talker” in the chorus of “Backstabber,” despite that all other instances of “shit” were censored.

[CatSoul]

Sofía Reyes - 1, 2, 3 (feat. De La Ghetto & Jason Derulo)

Oh, baby, I'm thinking maybe
You were always a piece of sh-
You're rubbin' your dirt on everyone's skirt
You know how to be a ddd- (sounds like a child making a gun sound lol)

[johnm1120]

Blondie's "Heart of Glass" (pain in the ass)

[Fire]

clean bandit f/demi lovato - solo

I wanna f-woop, woop woop, but I'm broken hearted

unless demi is saying she wants to fwoop(?) i highly doubt this is what she was saying with this lyric lol

[Az Paynter]

I don't think that one counts as self-censoring lol, the acoustic version uses the exact same vocal uncensored, the 'woop woop woop' in the main version was an artistic choice by Clean Bandit.

[G-Reg]

Pink - "18 Wheeler"

You can run over me with your 18 wheeler truck
And I won't give a fah

[woods]

Nov 8, 2023 11:23:48 GMT -5 SabrinaFan said:

In Em Beihold’s “Porcelain,” one of the lyrics is “My bones are made of glass, what a pain in the -,” but instead of saying “ass,” she sighs (which I’ve always found cute lol). However, in “Pedestal” (another song written around the same time), she says “you took over my goddamn mind” without self-censoring, so I’m not quite sure why she self-censored “ass,” as I don’t think that’s any worse than “goddamn.”

Another example that comes to mind in is the Beastie Boys’ “Brass Monkey,” they self-censor in the line “We’ve got the bottle, you’ve got the cup, come on everybody let’s get -.” It then leads back into the chorus rather than them saying “fucked up” as the listener would expect. Presumably, this was done to tease/troll the listener as part of their more comedic/tongue-in-cheek image.

One more tangential example that’s always been kinda weird to me is that Ke$ha self-censored her whole first album, except “shit talker” in the chorus of “Backstabber,” despite that all other instances of “shit” were censored.

I think your fave Sabrina did it in "Pushing 20" also. ("Act like I don't give a uhhhh...")

[johnm1120]

Jonas Brothers - Waffle House

There's a version of Amber's "Sexual" called "Sensual" that some stations played.

[Codex]

Pussycat Dolls - Beep

Christina - Not Myself Tonight
(You wanna get crazy?
'Cause I don't give a ahhh)