First song on the radio you heard with swearing

Bad, bad Leroy Brown . . . baddest man in the whole damn town

 

The first one I remember explicitly was Santeria by Sublime. Punk-ass Sancho . . .

 

Elton John's "Someone Saved My Life Tonight."

It's four o'clock in the morning, dammit
Listen to me good....

 

That was mine for sure.
Used to love to sing it because of that lol.
After that the "Son of bitch" version of Devil Went Down to Georgia

 

Can't remember exactly but the first song I can remember hearing about, I think was "Working Class Hero". I was not so good at English in childhood, so it was not something I noticed. But I was a fan of The Beatles and read what I came across.

 

Hurricane -Bob Dylan

 

I'd say the later version is a bit racier.

 

Yep, me too!

 

Nazareth - "Hair Of The Dog"

 

That's the version I remember hearing on the radio, but now days it's the "son of a gun" version. Is the SOB version even still available since Daniels became a born again?

 

I had the 45 for Greased Lightning and we used to crank the swear words, but I don't ever recall hearing that on the radio.

 

GnR You Could Be Mine is the 1st thing that I immediately remember hearing on the radio with swearing.

 

Bad Bad Leroy Brown or Tie A Yellow Ribbon probably 1973?

Must have something earlier I heard. We are talking AM radio.

 

Snoopy verses the Red Baron

 

Think you mean "Return of the Red Baron" but yes, the implied "hell" was a pretty big deal for AM radio where you couldn't say the real word yet.

 

'Bloody' is considered swearing in British colonies (it's got something to do with Jesus' blood) SVTRB has about 10 'bloodies'



This is how Australian radio played the song

 

Interesting! But is it still a swear when it's meant literally, as it was in this song?

 

1963...Sinatra's rerecording of "I've Got You Under My Skin" on Reprise where he
changes "when I know so well" to "when I know damn well". Always loved it that way.
Otherwise, The Association's "Reputation" on their "Insight/Out" album (1967) clearly has
the background refrain as "she got f**ked" throughout the entire song. A few people aren't
certain that's what they're singing, but it's clear as a bell to me. (I don't know if it was on a single or not).
You decide........

 

Girl by The Beatles had background vocals that said tit tit tit tit tit tit tit

 

You heard these on the radio?

 

Sinatra, yes. The Association's "Reputation" only on "underground" FM radio..
I listened to a lot of radio in the 60's.......

 

Either Working Class Hero, or Jefferson Airplane "up against the wall mother***ker"

 

Dylan, George Jackson, around 1969, on AM radio (I think CKOC but maybe CHUM)

"He wouldn't take **** from no one"

Got some airplay, but not for long. Maybe someone clued in to the **-ed out word.

 

I didn't notice that one when I was a kid because I thought he was saying "baddest man in the whole downtown"

 

Not sure but there are lots of Born Again Christian artists who still play in Devil's din bars and for a bunch of drunks