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The only artist I can think of where I did this is Dr. Bombay.

A Swede/Dane pretending to be Indian doing a lot of crazy stuff.

What is probably his most well known song is Taxi, taxi, taxi! Where he sings about being a blind taxi driver in Calcutta, the music video was recorded in Malaysia:

https://youtu.be/dBwrW9-QgPM

Then there is this song about him taking over a relative's restaurant, notice the frogs os in the soundtrack....

https://youtu.be/fKtNawQ3cxM

Then he made this sexist song about how he want a wife who cleans, cooks and washes laundry for him, it is made with humor, so how serious it is I can't say:

https://youtu.be/_BRVbZUe0WA

There are more songs by this character, but the guy behind him then invented the same character to Dr. Mcadoo a crazy scotsman...

This time the songs where more focused on partying:

https://youtu.be/glCK7W0hmhg

So a bit more generic...

https://youtu.be/xeJgdUWZzKg

Then he reinvented himself again into a carzy Mexican called Carlito.

I have not found any live action music videos by that character.

Here is his most well known song as far as I can tell:

https://youtu.be/pSIkcDwxwbw

I was wrong, there is one live action music video by Carlito:

https://youtu.be/4gY1AHjq1y8

Then he went away, only to resurrect Dr. Bombay a few years ago...

https://youtu.be/2lsojtENpQ0

Dr. Bombay would never have got off the ground these days, the idea that a Swede/Dane could pretend to be Indian would just not be acceptable.

He still performes live and does ok from what I can tell, I am happy for him, but starting this kind of act these days would not work.

Barbie Girl is cool though

Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band

I was 5 when it came out.

Sweet Transvestite from RHPS lol. My mom played magenta for many years

Wild Thing by Tone Loc

"Tone, let me tell you one thing I need fifty dollars to make you holler, I get paid to do the wild thing"

My dad was very irresponsible and taught me "Blind Man's Penis" when I was a kid. Cue the looks of horror on everyone's faces when I sang it out loud... not that I was totally unaware of why!

I’m sorry for violating your criteria, but…

6th grade, gym class, we are all doing this new thing called “aerobics” and that hot new song on the radio is playing. The song with the chorus “My angel is a centerfold”.

Then again, that’s the year we had sex-ed, so we kids knew that adults sexually lusted after each other, so … 🤷

My Dingaling by Chuck Berry

All the Linkin Park songs.

After he hung himself, it all makes sense.

When I was a kid I had a few albums of french singer Renaud who was a bit of an anarchist. So naturally the first CD I got next Christmas was a live album of his, which starts with a song called "where did I put my gun". It's uh... Maybe his most savage ever, with gems such as :

• "navy blue makes me want to puke, I hate work, justice and army"
• "military marches screw me up, and I'll fuck your republic"

Good times...

Dance Ten, Looks Three from A Chorus Line.

I'll let you look it up. My relatives thought it was hilarious.

Cum on Feel the Noize

When I was a kid, Strokin’ by Clarence Carter was a super popular wedding song (at least where I grew up) and it had a fun line dance so we all knew every word and had no idea what it was about.

Cigaro - System of a Down

Mezmerize was one of the first albums I ever owned around age 9. I knew almost every song by heart and would constantly sing along to them in the car. I have a vivid memory of singing this song in particular in the parking lot of the local mall when my dad finally decided to tell me what "cock" meant.

Next - Too Close

I recall my friends and I singing some of these lyrics when we were 11-12 with zero idea that it's blatantly about a hard dick. The radio channel that played it didn't come in too well where I lived, so we didn't know 99% of the song, only the melody.

For some reason I Don't Like Mondays was popular with my parents when I was a kid and I remember singing it sometimes. Turns out it's about an actual school shooting and not just disliking Mondays.

Bobby Brown - Humpin Around

Back when I took singing lessons my teacher (who mostly taught kids but I was an adult learner) shared that she often had to veto the songs kids wanted to sing. One in particular that stuck with me was a less than 10 year old who wanted to sing Lady Gaga’s Love Game. Which has the lyric “I wanna take a ride on your disco stick” among other very adult lyrics.

My stepson was always singing I Will Survive. Mentioned that was sorta the gay anthem. He was horrified. So he started singing YMCA instead.

Clarence Carter - Strokin

Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran

Ring Around the Rosie

OPP. - Naughty By Nature

Independence Day by Martina McBride is about murdering an abusive husband by setting the house on fire.