“The song is about a girl named Betty, asked by friends to confirm that she is dating Jimmy, the leader of a motorcycle gang. After singing of love at first sight (“I met him at the candy store/He turned around and smiled at me/You get the picture?/That’s when I fell for the Leader of the Pack”), Betty’s heart turns to despair as she bemoans her parents’ disapproval. The parents claim Jimmy hails from “the wrong side of town” and ask Betty to tell Jimmy goodbye and find someone new. Betty does as she is asked, and Jimmy speeds off on his motorcycle. Moments later, he crashes on a rain-slickened surface and dies; Betty’s pleas for Jimmy to slow down were in vain.”—
The equally amazing Wikipedia plot summary for “Leader of the Pack.”
As brilliant as that is, read the plot summary for ODB’s Got Your Money sometime…
