The KKK Took My Baby Away

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"The KKK Took My Baby Away!!" is a song by the American punk rock band Ramones, released in 1981 through Sire Records. It was written by front man and lead vocalist Joey Ramone and appears on the band's sixth studio album Pleasant Dreams (1981). The protagonist sings that his girlfriend has been kidnapped by the Ku Klux Klan on her way to Los Angeles for the holidays and pleads with the listener to call federal authorities to find out where she is and whether she is still alive. In End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones, a documentary film about the Ramones, Ramones tour manager Monte Melnick stated that it seemed clear to him that Joey must have been obliquely referring to Johnny Ramone (who used to tease Joey for being Jewish) "stealing" away his girlfriend, Linda. Joey's brother Mickey Leigh backed up this claim, explaining that the song was in response to Joey's girlfriend Linda being in a relationship with Johnny. It is said that Joey and Johnny never spoke again after the events...

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