Best Songs About Child Abuse [Archive] - Beastie Boys Message Board

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11-13-2007, 03:22 PM

AMG says "Luka" was a song about "domestic abuse," so I don't know if it was child abuse or not.

From wikipedia:

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* "Abused" by Elliott Smith
* "After The Watershed (Early Learning The Hard Way)" by Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine, from Straw Donkey
* "Alive" by Pearl Jam, from Ten
* "Always wanted to be a Ho" by Ice-T, from The Seventh Deadly Sin
* "Ambitious Outsiders" by Morrissey, from Maladjusted

A song about child murderers scavenging suburban neighborhoods for potential victims, probably inspired by the Moors murders.

* "Amelia" by The Mission, from Carved in Sand

A song about a girl who is molested by her father and he threatens to hit her if she tells.

* "Amy in the White Coat" by Bright Eyes, from There Is No Beginning to the Story

A song about a father who abuses one of his three daughters.

* "Anna Lee" by Dream Theater, from Falling into Infinity

A song about how a girl's innocence is stolen.

* "Aqualung" by Jethro Tull, from Aqualung

A song about a homeless man who looks at young girls with "bad intent" while sitting on a park bench.

* "Ask Me" by Amy Grant, from Heart In Motion

A song about how a woman's faith helps her heal from childhood sexual abuse.

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* "Babysitter" by Morningwood, from Morningwood

The singer suggests that she should not be allowed to babysit because of her attraction to the child.[1]

* "Bad Cliché" by Cosy Sheridan, from Grand Design

A song about a girl who is sexually abused by her uncle from the age of nine to twelve.

* "Bad Reputation" by Luke Haines from Off My Rocker At The Art School Bop

About Gary Glitter, a former pop star who was convicted of sexually abusing minors.

* "The Ballad of Jesus" by Messiah from Underground

A song claiming that Jesus raped boys and was crucified for these crimes

* "Barbarism Begins at Home" by The Smiths, from Meat Is Murder

An extended funk jam with lyrics about parents battering their children.

* "Between Me, You and Liberation" by Common, from Electric Circus

A song about a woman who is emotionally distraught after sex, due to being raped by her father at the age of 8.

* "Bone Machine" by Pixies from the 1988 album Surfer Rosa

A man tries to molest the singer in a parking lot.

* "Bottle Dreams" by Eyedea, from The Many Faces of Oliver Hart

A song about a young violin prodigy who is sexually abused by her father.

* "Breaking Silence" by Janis Ian, from Breaking Silence

A song about breaking the silence about fathers sexually abusing their daughters.

* "Brenda's Got a Baby" by Tupac Shakur (2pac) from 2Pacalypse Now

A song about a 12-year-old girl who has a baby after having sex with her much older cousin who then abandons her.

* "Bringer of Torture" by Kreator, from Extreme Aggression

A song about a girl abused repeatedly (nightly) by her father.

* "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention from Absolutely Free

A song about a man who dreams of sex with a 13-year-old girl and imagines she is his daughter.

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* "Candyman" by Siouxsie and the Banshees from Tinderbox

A song about "the Candyman", who entices and sexually abuses children.

* "Certain Things" by Jano, from Certain Things

An explicit song about sexual abuse.

* "Cherokee Louise" by Joni Mitchell, from Night Ride Home

A song about a young girl hides from her sexually abusive stepfather.

* "Cherry Lips" by Garbage from Beautiful Garbage

A song about a 12-year-old boy becomes a 'girl' prostitute. Inspired by the novel Sarah by JT LeRoy.

* "The Childcatcher" by Lush, from Lovelife

A song about a girl's evolution from an adolescent sexual abuse victim to the maturity her father lacks.[1]

* "The Childcatcher" by Patrick Wolf, from Lycanthropy

A song narrated by a teenage boy, about his experiences of being molested (and possibly raped).

* "Choke" by Kittie, from Spit

A song about a girl who accuses a pedophile of ruining her life.

* "The Confession" by Eternity X, from The Edge

A song about a father avenging his raped and killed daughter by killing priests in confession.

* "Crack in the Mirror" by Betty Elders, from Peaceful Existence; also covered by Joan Baez on Gone From Danger

A song about a girl who is sexually abused from the time she is a baby.

* "Concrete Angel" by Martina McBride

A song about a girl who is abused by her alcoholic mother.

* "Cross-Eyed Mary" by Jethro Tull

A song about a teenage prostitute who's a favorite of rich men.

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* Daddy by Korn, from Korn

A song inspired by singer Jon Davis' sexual assault by a neighbor when he was 3 years old. He told his parents, but they didn't believe him.

* Daddy's Girl by Scorpions, from Face the Heat

A song about a mother who denies that her daughter is being molested by her father.

* Daddy's Little Girl by Against All Authority, from All Fall Down

A song about a girl who plans to stab her abusive father in his sleep cannot bring herself to do it. The abuse leaves her unable to enjoy close relationships.

* Daddy's Song by Toni Childs, from House of Hope

A song about a survivor sings of sexual abuse by her father.

* Dark Heart Silhouette by Vendetta Red from Sisters of the Red Death

A song about a young girl who is raped by a priest while a young boy watches, but can't do anything about it.

* Darling Mother by the Wicked Little dolls

An abused girl's rage and revenge on her mother who looked the other way.

* Death of Innocence by Dark Angel from Time Does Not Heal

A song about a serial child molester who begs to be cured, caught or even killed.

* Devil in a Midnight Mass by Billy Talent from Billy Talent II

About Boston priest John Geoghan who was arrested for child abuse.

* Disciples Of The Lie by Iced Earth from Something Wicked This Way Comes

A victim of sexual abuse plans revenge against a pedophile priest.

* Dr. Peter Alsop's Songs on Sex and Sexuality by Peter Alsop

Alsop sings about the problems of child sexual molestation. Songs include:

Letter To Mr. Brown from Take Me With You
My Bod from Wha'd Ya Want to Do?
Don’t put your hand in my pants, Just ’cause we’re in love
Look at the ceiling"
Back Up!
Strangers

* Don't Get 2 Close (2 My Fantasy) by Ween, from Pure Guava

A song about a man's fantasy of abusing his son.

* Don't Let Daddy Kiss Me by Motörhead, from Bastards

The sexual abuse of a young girl who lives alone with her father.

* Don't Stand So Close to Me by The Police, from Zenyatta Mondatta

A student and teacher affair, inspired by Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita.

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* "Edge Of The World" by Faith No More, from The Real Thing

A jazzy piano ballad about a pedophile.

* "The Eleventh Commandment" by Collin Raye

A song about child abuse, including a young girl who is sexually abused by her father

* "Embryo" by Dir en grey, from KISOU

A song about a child who takes revenge on her sexually abusive father after her mother's suicide.

* "Every Bit of Me" by Billy Childish with his group Thee Headcoats

A song of self-hate by Billy Childish, who was sexually abused by a family friend when he was aged 9.
Also "Pedophi", an instrumental by the same group.

* "Expose yourself to kids" by GG Allin and the AIDS Brigade

A song which recommends child sexual abuse in explicit language.

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* "Family Business" by Fish from Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors

A song describing the dilemma of whether to report a neighbour who physically, and possibly sexually, abuses his children.

* "Family Tree" by Megadeth from Youthanasia

A song about incestuous sexual abuse, in which the abuser refers to it as "their secret" to the child.

* "Father's Wrong" by The Men They Couldn't Hang

A Father sexually abuses both his son and daughter

* "Father, You're Not A Father" by Immolation from Close to a World Below

A song about sexual abuse (rape) by a priest.

* Fear by Celldweller

A song about a child who has been violated and wants to kill its abuser.

* "Fee Fi Fo" by The Cranberries, from Bury the Hatchet

A song about the sexual abuse of a young girl.

* "Fiddle About" by The Who from the rock opera, Tommy

A song in which Tommy is sexually abused by his "wicked Uncle Ernie".

* "Five" by Machine Head from The Burning Red

A song about a man who molests a 5-year-old boy.

* "Fixxxer" by Metallica from ReLoad

A song describing someone who was molested as a child and who confronts his abuser, apparently his father, as an adult.

* "Fourteen" by The Vandals from Look What I Almost Stepped In...

A man sings of his long-growing desire for a 14-year-old, but promises to restrain himself until sex with her is legal.

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* "Georgia Lee" by Tom Waits from Mule Variations

A 12-year-old girl's body is found[[2]]

* "God Has a Plan for Us All" by Angtoria from God Has a Plan for Us All

A song about a 5 year old girl who is raped by a priest, and religious people who talk about "God's plan" when something goes wrong.

* "Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl"

A tune sung from the perspective of her jilted lover. Covered by Taj Mahal, the Grateful Dead, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Ten Years After and Sonny Boy Williamson II.

* "Gothic Lolita" by Emilie Autumn from Opheliac

A song from a victim's point of view.

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* "Hands Clean" by Alanis Morissette

Morissette sings from the man's perspective of an affair she had with an adult at fourteen.

* "Happy As Annie" by Larrikin Love

The song is about the discovery of a dead girl who has been sexually abused.

* "Hide and Seek by Ani Difranco from Living in Clip
* "Holy Water" by Lisa McCormick, from Right Now

A song about the sexual abuse of children by priests.

* "Hot Child in the City" by Nick Gilder, from City Nights

The song is about a child prostitute.

* "Howard's Tale" by Sick Puppies, from Dressed Up as Life

The song is about a boy who is abused by his father from the age of 5 and, age 19, approaches a boy outside a school

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* "I gave NAMBLA pictures of your kid" and "I made your kid get AIDS, so you could watch it die" by Anal Cunt from It Just Gets Worse

Songs on child sexual abuse from a controversial album.

* "I Will Stand Fast" by Fred Small, from I Will Stand Fast

A song about a survivor of child sexual abuse.

* "Icy Barrel of a Loaded Gun" by Darcie Deaville, from Tornado In Slo Mo

A song describing Deaville’s experience of being molested by her grandfather.

* "I'll Tell On You by Lenore", from Summer Dancing

A song inspired by childhood sexual abuse victims who had the courage to come forward and "tell".

* "I Like Drugs and Child Abuse" by Anal Cunt

A joke song lampooning child abusers.

* "In Your Care" by Tasmin Archer

A song about incestual child abuse.

* "The Infant Kiss" by Kate Bush from Never For Ever

A song about a governess, portrayed by the singer, who develops less-than-pure feelings for a boy she is caring for; inspired by the 1961 movie The Innocents starring Deborah Kerr, which was itself based on the Henry James story, The Turn of the Screw.

* "I’m Not Jesus" by Apocalyptica featuring Corey Taylor

A song about a priest who abused children

* "Into The Crypt Of Rays" by Celtic Frost from Morbid Tales

A song which refers to the sexual perversions and multiple child murders of Gilles de Rais.

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* "Janie's Got a Gun" by Aerosmith, from Pump

A song about a sexually abused child who murders her father.

* "John Wayne Gacy Jr." by Sufjan Stevens from Illinois/Illinoise

A song which tells the life story of the serial rapist and murderer John Wayne Gacy.

* "Jonestown Tea" by Otep
* "Jordan, Minnesota" by Big Black, from Atomizer

A song which refers to satanic ritual abuse in the town of the same name

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* "KKK Bitch" by Body Count

Singer Ice-T alludes to "[falling] in love with Tipper Gore's two 12-year-old nieces"

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* "Lemon Incest" by Serge and Charlotte Gainsbourg from the album Lemon Incest

An ambiguous song about a father and his daughter.

* "Letter to a John" by Ani DiFranco, from Out of Range

A song about a prostitute who was sexually abused when she was an eleven-year-old girl.

* "Light in the Hall" by Fred Small from Jaguar

A song about child abuse as told through the eyes of the child.

* "Lisa's Father (Waka Baby)" by Alice Donut, from a re-release of the album Bucketfuls of Sickness and Horror in an Otherwise Meaningless Life

A song about a man with an alcoholic wife and who sexually abuses his 5-year-old daughter, based on the Chick tract Lisa.[[3]]

* "Live to Tell" by Madonna, from True Blue, also included on The Immaculate Collection and featured in the movie, At Close Range

This song has been interpreted as being about child molestation.

* "Livin' Hell" by Edge of Sanity, from The Spectral Sorrows

A song which discusses a father's molestation of his daughter.

* "Lolita" by Elefant, from The Black Magic Show
* "Lolita" by Suzanne Vega

A song in which a woman cautions a lonely young girl against growing up too fast, as the singer did.

* "Long Way To Happy" by P!nk, from I'm Not Dead

A song about a survivor of child sexual abuse's journey to being able to love again.

* "Luka" by Suzanne Vega, from Solitude Standing

A song about a boy who is abused at home tries to hide it and insists that everything is really alright.

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* "Magdalena" by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, from Just Another Band From L.A.

A song about a rural man's attempts to seduce his teenage daughter.

* "Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa" by De La Soul

A tragic tale of a schoolgirl and her father, who sexually molests her, eventually leading to her shooting him on his job as a mall Santa.

* "Missed Me" by The Dresden Dolls, from The Dresden Dolls (album) [4]

A song about a girl who encourages and taunts a man. He eventually abuses her and she then tells on him, getting him arrested.

* "Mommy Where's Daddy" by Red Hot Chili Peppers, from The Red Hot Chili Peppers

A song which is often interpreted as being about sexual child abuse.

* "Morbid Glory (Gilles De Rais 1404-1440)" by Ancient Rites, from The Diabolic Serenades

A song about the 15th-century French aristocrat and serial killer, Gilles de Rais, and his sexual abuse and murder of little boys in France during the Hundred Years War.

* "Mr. Rogers" by Korn

A song about a boy molested by his neighbour.

* "Mr. Tinkertrain" by Ozzy Osbourne, from No More Tears

A song about a man who attracts a little girl with candy, toys and other childish things.

* "Mummy's Boy" by Madness

A song about a 30-year-old man who had a possibly unsuccessful sexual encounter with a 12-year-old girl in a hotel.

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* "Necropedophile" by Cannibal Corpse, from Tomb of the Mutilated

A song featuring graphic details about a man who has sexual activity with dead children.

* "Nieces' Pieces" by Xiu Xiu, from Fabulous Muscles

A song about a man who anticipates how his infant nieces will suffer from his family's legacy of sexual abuse.

* "Nightmare" by Gaye Adegbalola, from Bitter Sweet Blues

A song about a girl molested by her father; she forgives him, but does not forget.

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* "Oh Father" by Madonna, from Like a Prayer

This song has been interpreted as being about child abuse, possibly inflicted by a priest.

* "Once Like You" by Jackie Tice, from Blue Coyote

A song about child molestation.

* "One Night in New York City" by The Horrorist

A song about a student who drugs a 15-year-old girl and rapes her.

* "Only Way Out" by Faster Pussycat from Whipped!

A song about a little girl being sexually abused and tortured by her father.

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* "Panty Shot" by Mindless Self Indulgence from Alienating Our Audience

A song about sexual fantasies after looking at a 5-year-old child

* "Party Time" by 45 Grave

A song about a 5-year-old girl being tortured, raped and killed by her parents.

* "Preschool Prostitute" by GWAR from Carnival of Chaos

A song about a girl who was abused by her father

* "Pre-teen Deathfuck" by Nattefrost

A song about the anal and vaginal rape of a 7 year old girl [[5]]

* "Pretty Babies" by Dishwalla
* "Prison Sex" by Tool, from Undertow

A song about a child who is sexually abused and becomes an abuser himself as an adult.

* "Polly" by Nirvana, from "Nevermind"

A song about a 14 year old girl who was raped by her abductor.

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* "A Question of Time" by Depeche Mode, from Black Celebration

A song about a man who promises to protect a fifteen-year-old from the attentions of men like himself.

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* "Raped Bodies" by Messiah, from Rotten Perish

A song about a schoolboy shunned by his peers who rapes and kills a girl.

* "Razorblade" by Blue October from History for Sale

A song about a preacher who sexually abuses his nephew and then his own children.

* "Redemption" by Babylon A.D.

A song about a girl being raped by her drunk father every night.

* "Rock And Roll Never Felt So Good" by Gwar from America Must Be Destroyed

A song about a man raping a thirteen year old quadriplegic.

* "Rock Queen" by Love/Hate from Black Out In The Red Room

A song in which a man fantasises about a buxom thirteen year old girl.

* "Runaway Love" by Ludacris featuring Mary J. Blige, from Release Therapy

A song with several stories in it, including one about child sexual abuse.

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* "Scandalous Scholastics" by Gym Class Heroes

A song about a 15-year-old boy who has sex with his female teacher, his best friend's mother.

* "She's Losing It" by Belle and Sebastian, from Tigermilk

A song about a teenage survivor of sexual abuse who struggles with depression and takes comfort in a lesbian romance.

* "Sleep" by Stabbing Westward, from Wither Blister Burn & Peel

A song about the despair felt by a child who is a victim of sexual abuse from her father and subsequently becomes withdrawn from reality.

* "Speak" by Greg Winkler, from Laugh a Little Larger

A song about overcoming childhood sexual abuse.

* "The Story of Beauty" by Destiny's Child from Survivor

A song about a young girl who is abused by her step-father.

* "Stray Cat Blues" by The Rolling Stones, from Beggar's Banquet

A song about a man and a 15-year-old girl

* "Suffer Little Children" by The Smiths, from The Smiths

A song about the Moors murders, an infamous case from the 1960s in which three children and two teenagers from the Greater Manchester area were abducted and then sexually abused, tortured and murdered.

* "Sullen Girl" by Fiona Apple, from Tidal

A song which describes the feelings that follow rape

* "Slide" by The Dresden Dolls from The Dresden Dolls (album)

A song about an old man who accosts a child in a playground.

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* "Teenage Twats" by GG Allin

A song about an adult's sexual attraction to teenage/under age girls described in explicit language.

* "Ten-Year-Old Fuck" by GG Allin

A song about sexual desire for a ten-year-old girl described in explicit language.

* "Tier", (German for Animal), by Rammstein from Sehnsucht

A song about father/daughter abuse.

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* "Until You Can Forgive" by Chuck Brodsky, from Letters in the Dirt
* "Uncle Jack" by Mötley Crüe from Mötley Crüe

Semi-autobiographical song from John Corabi whose uncle was convicted of child molestation.

* "Uncle Knobby" by The Macc Lads, from Bitter, Fit Crack
* "Uncle Salty" by Aerosmith from Toys in the Attic

A song about a man’s sexual partner, who was sexually abused by her uncle as a child.

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* "(The) Virgin and the nightingale : medieval Latin poems" translated by Fleur Adcock

An eye opening collection, explicit and light hearted. In latin and english.

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* "Watch Me Bleed" by Tears for Fears, from The Hurting

A song about childhood abuse from the eyes of an adult survivor.

* "Wednesday's Child" by Leslie Smith, from These Things Wrapped

A song which paints a portrait of an abused daughter.

* "Well Fancy That" by Fun Boy Three from "Waiting"

A song about a British boy being molested on a school trip to France

* "Where Are You?" by Wilson Philips, from Shadows & Light

A song which describes the recollections of a man abused as a six-year-old boy.

* "Who Will Hold Me?" by Amy Fix, from Spoon

A song about a mother who molests her child.

* "Wizard of Oz" by Toy-Box, from Toy Ride

A song about a man who touches a little girl, pretending to be the Wizard of Oz

* "Wrong Way" by Sublime

A song about a 12 year old girl pushed into prostitution by her abusive family

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* "Young Boys", by Lords of Acid, from Voodoo-U

A song about a woman who lusts after adolescent boys.

* "Young Girl" by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap

A song about a man trying to resist seduction by an underage girl.[6]