Clean Explained

Clean may refer to:

Cleaning, the process of removing unwanted substances, such as dirt, infectious agents, and other impurities, from an object or environment
Cleanliness, the state of being clean and free from dirt

Arts and media

Music

Albums

Clean (Cloroform album), 2007
Clean (Deitiphobia album), 1994
Clean (Severed Heads album), 1981
Clean (Shane & Shane album), 2004
Clean (Soccer Mommy album), 2018
Clean (The Japanese House EP), second EP by English indie pop act The Japanese House
Clean (Whores EP), second EP by American rock band Whores
Clean, an Edwin Starr album

Songs

"Clean" (song), by Taylor Swift from her album 1989, also covered by Ryan Adams from his album 1989
"Clean", a song by Depeche Mode from their 1990 album Violator
"Clean", a song by Incubus from their 1999 album Make Yourself
"Clean", a song by KSI and Randolph from the 2019 album New Age

Other uses in music

Clean, an amplifier sound in guitar terminology
Clean vocals, a term used for singing to distinguish it from unclean vocals, such as screaming or growling
Clean, a term used for the edited or censored version of a piece of media; see Parental Advisory#Application
The Clean, an influential first-wave indie rock band

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

Clean (2004 film), a 2004 French drama film directed by Olivier Assayas
Clean (2021 film), a 2021 American crime drama film directed by Paul Solet
Clean comedy (or clean performance), entertainment which avoids profanity and other objectionable material; the opposite of blue comedy

Sports

Clean and jerk, a weightlifting movement
Clean climbing, the choice to employ non-destructive hardware and techniques in rock climbing

Other uses

Clean (programming language), a purely functional programming language
Clean language, a questioning technique used in psychotherapy and coaching

See also