80s songs you have to turn off before your mom enters the room!

Since the beginning of music, there have always been performers who pushed things to a point that was deemed inappropriate by society. This is how many have made a name for themselves, ensuring they are forever immortalized in music history. Today's list includes several songs that, if you were growing up in the 80s, you would hurriedly turn off before your mother entered the room.

Several of these titles were included in the Parents Music Resource Center's (PMRC) Filthy Fifteen list. The PMRC, as many will remember, was formed in 1985 to increase parental control of the music their children listen to. This resulted in the Parental Advisory sticker seen on physical copies of music. While the tactic was created to warn parents, it often just encouraged teens to purchase what was clearly labeled as the music most objectionable to adults.

While the number of songs that could be included in this list is extremely long, we've isolated it to seven that really fit the bill.

"She Bop" - Cyndi Lauper 1984

"She Bop" is the third single from Cyndi Lauper's debut album, She's So Unusual, released in 1983. It is a catchy song that was played at school dances with young girls singing along to lyrics many never paid attention to, which talk about masturbation. The song topped the charts at No. 3 and was nominated for Best Female Video at the 1985 MTV Video Music Awards.

The video for "She Bop" used many sly references to masturbation, including Lauper as a blind person with a cane, poking fun at the myth that masturbation can cause blindness. To this day, it is a catchy tune, but once your mother discovered what she was singing about, you didn't want her to hear you singing along.

"Darling Nikki" - Prince 1984

Another song that spoke of masturbation was Prince's 1984 title, "Darling Nikki." The song wasn't released as a single but gained popularity after Tipper Gore, co-founder of the PMRC, pointed out the sexually explicit lyrics of the song she caught her 11-year-old daughter listening to. The song was featured on Prince's sixth studio album, Purple Rain, in the same-titled movie. It has been covered several times, most famously by the rock band Foo Fighters.

"Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" - Samantha Fox 1986

The 1986 single "Touch Me" was released on Samantha Fox's debut album of the same name. Fox was invited to attend an open audition for Jive Records who were looking for a "British Madonna" to sing the song. "Touch Me" features the lyrics "Touch me, touch me now," and Fox was well-known for her confident and empowered image. She often wore skintight leather outfits to complete her sexy persona. While the song may be tame compared to modern ones, at the time, the lyrics were considered scandalous!

Choosing between Samantha Fox's "Touch Me" and "Naughty Girls Need Love Too" was difficult, but "Touch Me's" lyrics, "Touch Me, Touch Me Now," won out, at least for this list. Additionally, the orgasmic sounds she makes during the song, in case you didn't get her point, would make anyone turn this off if their mom was within hearing distance. The song was featured on her same-titled debut album, a record deal she acquired after attending an open audition for Jive Records, who were looking for a "British Madonna" to sing the song.

"I Want Your Sex" - George Michael 1987

"I Want Your Sex" was the third song from the Beverly Hills Cop II soundtrack and the first from George Michael's debut solo album Faith. Despite the controversy surrounding the lyrical content of the song, it peaked at No. 2 in the US and No. 3 in the UK. In 2022, MTV ranked the music video as No. 3 on MTV's Most Controversial Videos Ever to Air on MTV list. The song was blacklisted and placed on a daytime radio ban, and the video only aired on MTV during evening hours.

"Push It" - Salt-N-Pepa 1987

"Push It" was first released as a B-side to Salt-N-Pepa's "Tramp," of which is quickly eclipsed. After the single's success, it was re-released and climbed to No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Grammy-nominated song (for Best Rap Performance) is well known for its sexual lyrics, and the band members never thought it would be a hit. But a hit it was, and the song quickly became an anthem for girls too young to understand its meaning.

"Love in an Elevator" - Aerosmith 1989

"Living it up while I'm going down" is just a sample of the explicit lyrics in Aerosmith's No. 5 hit "Love in an Elevator," which, according to frontman Steven Tyler, is based on an actual experience. Once, he was making out in an elevator when the doors opened. He added that it felt like forever before the doors finally closed. The song, the first single from the band's tenth studio album Pump, was written by Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry and was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 1990 Grammy Awards.