Good Girls Don't

I first heard the Knack in 1979 and loved their fun upbeat style of music and bought the album. It wasn't until I played the album for the first time that I realized the radio version of this song was cleaned up.

"Wishing you could get inside her pants" on the album was "wishing she was giving you a chance" on the radio. OK, that was cool. Plenty of songs in the 1950's and 1960's were cleaned up for the radio, but most of that was changing minor cusswords like damn or hell.

But when I heard "till she's sitting on your face" I thought it was just my dirty mind hearing things that weren't there. Then I played the song again and yep, those were the REAL words. The clean radio edit line was "when she puts you in your place."

This just takes me back to my junior high days, when this song came out, having a crush on a neighbor girl, and wishing she would. She never did.

I had forgotten about the line involving cunnilingus. What a vivd description, for 1979! Very cool, indeed. :-)

This is a great song. It annoyed scores of feminists in 1979 and earned the Knack a reputation as mysoginists, but it's pure fun.

Another ones of those songs that need no explenation.

I remember singing this song around school and was scolded by a teacher asking me if I knew what it was about. I mean come on... I was only 9 years old! I think it was about 3 years later when I understood what the song was about.

Song nails it. I remember thinking of any reason to call a girl I had a crush on and man if I didn't use the 'teach X is an idiot' excuse as reason for calling her. Then, she says it: I'm alone and the folks won't be coming home 'till late. I sure did cover some miles on my cheese 10 speed bike back in the day.