“Darling Nikki” Prince

In the world of 1980s pop music, there was one track that made parental advisory stickers seem like a mild suggestion: Prince's Darling Nikki. This sultry, explicit, and borderline scandalous song about a wild, somewhat "hands-on" encounter with a mysterious woman named Nikki hit the airwaves like a velvet glove full of confetti and controversy. It was so sexually charged that it sent concerned mothers into a frenzy and was promptly added to the infamous Filthy Fifteen.

Darling Nikki, with its lyrics describing a young woman who "knew how to make a man feel good" in a way that probably wasn’t covered in any etiquette class, made it to the top of the list..

Prince, being the funky genius he was, didn't even flinch. Instead of bowing to pressure, he delivered a smooth, "Yeah, I said it. What of it?" and kept on being a symbol of unapologetic self-expression. Meanwhile, teenagers everywhere rushed to buy the album, proving that nothing says "must-listen" like a moral panic.

In the end, Darling Nikki became a badge of honour for rock 'n' roll rebels everywhere, and the Filthy Fifteen list just proved that, much like Prince's music, you can't keep a good thing down. The song's legacy is now more about its cultural impact than its provocative content. Although it is kind of ironic that Prince, a devout Christian hid a backwards message at the end of the song praising the Lord and affirming his christian faith.