Confuse on "Clean" tag on the songs

Hello everyone.


What I understand about the "Clean" tag is that it is safe to listen to even for kids; no offensive or cussing in the lyrics. Am I correct on the use of that tag?


I am confuse on the tag "Clean" on the songs I have on my music library though. Those are not podcasts. I have somewhere on the web about tagging podcasts but am confuse on tagging "Clean" some songs. I have also read that when a song is tagged as "Clean"; it means lyrics has been modified of some sort. Is that true?


The songs I have in the music library does not contain any offensive or cussing in the lyrics. And I know the original lyrics of those songs and those does not contain any form of offensiveness or cussing. I even found some American music lyrics having more offensive lyrics or cussing in the lyrics but has no tag.


Thanks for everyone's input!

iPod touch, iOS 5.1, New - Active

Posted on Jun 25, 2012 10:46 PM

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Jun 26, 2012 2:51 PM in response to Thomas Christopher


What I understand about the "Clean" tag is that it is safe to listen to even for kids; no offensive or cussing in the lyrics. Am I correct on the use of that tag?


Absolutely not.


"Clean" means it is an "Explicit" song that has been cleaned up to somebody's satisfaction, but the message is still quite recognizable even if the non-clean words have been removed. The usual versions of hip-hop songs that you hear on the radio are done this way.


Songs that are actually clean are not labeled one way or another.

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