Just Say Maybe: 20 Songs That Might Be About Drugs

'Love Is the Drug,' Roxy Music sang. Yet when it comes to rock 'n' roll songs, drugs are often the drug. The creators of the following alleged dope ditties almost invariably deny it, so we're placing them on trial. Guilty or not? The question itself is intoxicating.

'Got to Get You Into My Life'
--The Beatles (1966)

The accusation: It's Paul McCartney's thinly veiled desire to sample the forbidden fruit.

The defense: It's just a silly love song.

The verdict: Guilty. As McCartney admitted, it is his paean to "some other kind of mind." "If I am true I'll never leave," he sang. With songs such as 'Hi Hi Hi' and his Japanese pot bust, he has stayed true to his beloved for years.

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