Joe

"Joe"Song by
General information
Release date	September 5, 1995
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	4:26
Label	Epic Records
Songwriter(s)	Mariah Carey, Chick
Producer(s)	Mariah Carey, Chick
"Joe"

Joe is the first track from Chick's studio album, "Someone's Ugly Daughter." It was released on September 5, 1995 through Epic Records.

Background

On September 27, 2020, Mariah revealed that she recorded "Someone's Ugly Daughter" while recording her studio album "Daydream" in 1995.

"Joe" was written and produced by Mariah along with various other individuals. Mariah also provided backing vocals for the song while her friend Clarissa Dane served as the leading vocalist.

Compositions & Lyrics

The song "Joe" is a warning to a man who is trying to make advances on the singer. The lyrics convey a strong sense of discomfort and violation, with the singer telling the man not to touch her or get erotic with her. The man is referred to as a "dirty dog" who smells and is sick and perverse, and the singer questions how he could have touched another woman. The lyrics suggest that the man has been using the singer for his own pleasure, and that she is fed up with being treated like a piece of meat. The repetition of the lines "I am sleeping, don't you try to feel my body, I am bleeding, don't you try to get erotic" underscores the singer's desire for the man to leave her alone and not attempt to take advantage of her. Overall, the song portrays a strong sense of personal boundaries and an unwillingness to tolerate unwanted advances or behavior.

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Joe

Lyrics

I am sleeping Don’t you try to feel my body

I am bleeding
Don’t you try to get erotic

Dirty dog, and you smell like a mother
Dirty dog, tell me how could you touch her?
Dirty dog, lickin’ round in a trash can
Dirty dog, you’re a pervert, a sick man
Don’t you come around me, sniffin’ at my feet
Don’t you try to treat me like a piece of meat

Stinkin’ pig, don’t you try to seduce me
Never gonna get me
Stinkin’ pig, no, you ain’t gonna juice me

Don’t you come around here, tryin’ to turn me on
After you’ve been usin’ till the early dawn

I am sleeping Don’t you try to feel my body
I am bleeding
Don’t you try to get erotic

I am sleeping Don’t you try to feel my body
I am bleeding
Don’t you try to get erotic

Dirty dog, and you smell like a mothеr
Dirty dog, tell me how could you touch her?
Dirty dog, lickin’ round in a trash can
Dirty dog, you’rе a pervert, a sick man

Don’t you come around me, sniffin’ at my feet
Don’t you try to treat me like a piece of meat

I am sleeping Don’t you try to feel my body
I am bleeding
Don’t you try to get erotic

I am sleeping (get erotic, get erotic)
Don’t you try to feel my body (don’t you try to get erotic)
I am bleeding (get erotic, get erotic)
Don’t you try to get erotic (don’t you try to get erotic)

I am sleeping Don’t you try to feel my body
I am bleeding
Don’t you try to get erotic

I am sleeping (get erotic, get erotic)
Don’t you try to feel my body (don’t you try to get erotic)
I am bleeding (get erotic, get erotic)

Don’t you try to get erotic (don’t you try to get erotic)

Trivia

• "Joe" is the longest track from the album
• "Joe" is the first track from the album