’90s kids were singing along to some filthy, dirty song lyrics. Whether you were the young performer unabashedly crooning sensual ‘90s r&b songs like TLC’s “Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg,” or a late bloomer who unwittingly belted Aqua’s “Barbie Girl” thinking it was a pure and wholesome anthem of appreciation for a child’s doll.
In the 1990s, some inappropriate lyrics were masked behind acronyms and metaphors that we’re still unraveling as adults (hence the “context” section where relevant) while others (like “Doin’ It” and “Baby Got Back”) felt no need for such subtleties.
Vote up the nostalgic but dirty songs of the ’90s you fondly remember singing along to at the top of your lungs. Vote down the unfamiliar ones adult society must have censored you from.
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1Closer
Nine Inch NailsAgree or Disagree?Dirtiest Lyrics: “I wanna f*ck you like an animal / I wanna feel you from the inside”
- Album(s): The Downward Spiral
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2Pony
GinuwineDirtiest Lyrics: “Juices flowing down your thigh / If you’re horny, let’s do it / Ride it, my pony”
- Album(s): The Bachelor
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3You Oughta Know
Alanis MorissetteDirtiest Lyrics: “Is she perverted like me? / Would she go down on you in a theatre?”
- Album(s): Jagged Little Pill
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4Doin’ It
LL Cool JDirtiest Lyrics: “I wanna knock your block off, get my rocks off / Blow your socks off, make sure your G spot’s soft / I’ma call you Big Daddy and scream your name / Matter fact I can’t wait for your candy rain”
- Album(s): Mr. Smith
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5Baby Got Back
Sir Mix-a-LotDirtiest Lyrics: “I wanna get ya home / And ugh, double-up, ugh, ugh”
- Album(s): Mack Daddy
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6The Bad Touch
The Bloodhound GangDirtiest Lyrics: “So put your hands down my pants and I’ll bet you’ll feel nuts / Yes, I’m Siskel, yes, I’m Ebert / And you’re getting two thumbs up”
Context: Siskel and Ebert were movie critics who familiarized the term “two thumbs up,” for a good review, though we can assume the thumbs in this lyric are a bit more literal.
- Album(s): Hooray for Boobies
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7O.P.P.
Naughty By NatureDirtiest Lyrics: “O is for other, P is for people, scratch your temple / The last P, well, that’s not that simple, uh / It’s sorta like well, another way to call a cat a kitten”
Context: As laid out in the above lyrics, O.P.P. stands for Other People’s Property [P*ssy/Penis depending on gender]. If you’re “down with O.P.P.” you’re down for cheating on your partner.
- Album(s): Naughty by Nature
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8My Name Is
EminemDirtiest Lyrics: “Walked in the strip club, had my jacket zipped up / Flashed the bartender, then stuck my dick in the tip cup”
- Album(s): The Slim Shady LP
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9Bitch
Meredith BrooksDirtiest Lyrics: “I’m a b*tch, I’m a tease / I’m a goddess on my knees”
- Album(s): Blurring the Edges
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10Semi-Charmed Life
Third Eye BlindDirtiest Lyrics: “Those little red panties they pass the test / Slides up around the belly, face down on the mattress”
- Album(s): Third Eye Blind
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11No Diggity
Blackstreet, Dr. DreDirtiest Lyrics: “I like the way you work it / No diggity, I got to bag it up (bag it up)”
Context: The song seems to discuss a sex worker the singer would like to be intimate with; “bagging it up” likely refers to using a condom. (“No diggity” = no doubt.)
- Album(s): Another Level
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12Cream
Prince, The New Power GenerationDirtiest Lyrics: “Cream / Get on top”
- Album(s): Diamonds and Pearls
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13Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg
TLCDirtiest Lyrics: “2 inches or a yard rock hard or if it’s saggin’ / I ain’t 2 proud 2 beg (no)”
- Album(s): Ooooooohhh … On the TLC Tip
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14Longview
Green DayDirtiest Lyrics: “When masturbation’s lost its fun, you’re f*ckin’ lazy / Bite my lip and close my eyes / Take me away to paradise”
- Year: 1994
- Album(s): Dookie
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15Barbie Girl
AquaDirtiest Lyrics: “Make me walk, make me talk, do whatever you please / I can act like a star, I can beg on my knees”
- Album(s): Aquarium
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16Genie in a Bottle
Christina AguileraDirtiest Lyrics: “I’m a genie in a bottle, baby / You gotta rub me the right way, honey”
- Album(s): Christina Aguilera, Remixed & Unplugged in A minor
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17Thong Song
Foxy Brown, SisqóDirtiest Lyrics: “She had dumps like a truck, truck, truck”
Context: This line sparked debate as to its meaning, with one camp hypothesizing it meant a woman with a large butt (similar to “junk in the trunk”), and another theorizing it was about taking truck-sized dumps.
Sisqó finally cleared the air in an interview where he said of option two, “That would mean I was some kind of fecal freak… What I was really referring to was ― a dump truck when it backs up, it’s like, ‘beep, beep beep.’ So, ‘she had dumps like a dump truck’ is, like, when girls do a booty dance move and they look back at their butt.”
- Album(s): Unleash the Dragon
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18Crash Into Me
Dave Matthews BandDirtiest Lyrics: “Hike up your skirt a little more / And show the world to me”
- Album(s): Crash
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19Every Morning
Sugar RayDirtiest Lyrics: “Every morning there’s a halo hangin’ from the corner / Of my girlfriend’s four-post bed / I know it’s not mine but I’ll see if I can use it / For the weekend or a one-night stand”
Context: Some have surmised the “halo” hanging from the corner of his girlfriend’s four-post bed is actually a condom.
- Album(s): 14:59
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20Santeria
SublimeDirtiest Lyrics: “If I could find that Heina / And that Sancho that she’s found / Well, I’d pop a cap in Sancho / And I’d slap her down”
Context: The lyric could be “Heina,” a word deriving from “reina” for “queen,” or “hiena,” the Spanish word for “hyena,” which is dirty slang referencing a dog-like woman unworthy of respect.
- Album(s): Sublime
21What’s My Age Again
Blink-182Dirtiest Lyrics: “I said I was the cops and your husband’s in jail / This state looks down on sodomy”
- Album(s): Enema of the State
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222 Become 1
Spice GirlsDirtiest Lyrics: “Get it on, get it on / ‘Cause tonight is the night when two become one / I need some love like I’ve never needed love before (wanna make love to ya’, baby)”
- Album(s): Spice
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23Miserable
LitDirtiest Lyrics: “You make me come”
- Album(s): A Place in the Sun
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