Top 10 Song Meanings Everyone Gets Wrong

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[@MikeHunt-ei5gb]

Watchmojo: we won’t include obvious ones Also Watchmojo: every breath you take

[@bearbruins]

also Watchmojo: Born In The USA..only Reagan that it was patriotic

[@CultWhatever]

Treat em Like trash also Watchmojo: More than words and Blackbird

[@osianshirley7175]

beat me to it, by 11 months

[@danielsilvadesouza3060]

A lot of people I know think it's a romantic song. Some also think stalking is romantic.

[@AnomaLisa_]

You'd wonder how dumb people can be...I know a lot people who didn't know 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@MrDiablito74]

I've been calling "Every Breath You Take" the stalker song for 25 yrs. I mean, it is kind of obvious.

[@CreativeCache101]

sting has said himself its not about a stalker, but he enjoys the ambiguity its acquired.

[@JuanPabloRojasW]

Absolutely.

[@joetroutt7425]

@@CreativeCache101 sounds like sting is protecting his blatantly obvious lyrics by saying it's a metaphor for something else. I'm sorry but it's about a stalker plain and simple.

[@CreativeCache101]

@@joetroutt7425 no its not meant to be. Just because it sounds like it to you doesnt mean its what he intended. It started out a love song cause he just divorced his wife, and the it takes a more obsessive sinister turn. This does not mean its about a stalker tho, its just similar feelings to what a stalker would have, he likes the fact people can now look at it from different viewpoints but it was a coincidence

[@joetroutt7425]

@@CreativeCache101 another comment said that Sting himself said it was about (imagining) watching his daughter grow up. So who knows what he really meant. Sounds sick twisted and demented to me so it's more or less profiling a stalker mentality than anything. No more different the STP sex type thing. Who knows what Wylan meant but its a song about raping a girl pure and simple.

[@bluevol1976]

“I Will Always Love You” is Dolly Parton’s goodbye to Porter Waggoner when she left to perform on her own

[@badgurl5758]

Yup your right 👍🏻

[@markfox1545]

@@badgurl5758 - *you're

[@markfox1545]

@Marshall Davis - you mean that you're a nobody and you don't give a fuck. I do care and I'll continue educating morons one at a time.

[@c.j.forever7990]

I thought it was awesome that she refused to let Elvis record it

[@c.j.forever7990]

@@markfox1545 omg...the grammar police

[@gandalfthegrey7146]

Stairway to Heaven, Hotel California, Imagine, Total Eclipse of the Heart...but no...you put in Every Breath You Take,...the song that is universally considered to be the stalker song....and yet people misunderstand it?

[@nellvincervantes3223]

Imagine is obviously about the plan of illuminati I think. "I hope someday, you will join us. And the world will be as one.". One world government and religion.

[@gandalfthegrey7146]

Nellvin Cervantes uhhh...I think it’s about world peace and the Vietnam war...I’ve never heard the interpretation of “The Illuminati” before today....

[@nellvincervantes3223]

Ok. Ill respect your own understanding about that song

[@robwizproductions]

Gandalf the Grey Gandalf what is the hidden meaning behind Imagine. I’m not saying your wrong I’m just curious

[@hoboheaven74]

Sting and the police SUCK who gibes a shit about there dark side or what there music meant

[@leoenutube]

The special mentions are pointless if you don't explain them.

[@BoysDontCryShowers]

leoenutube Puff the Magic Dragon was supposedly not about weed, but about growing up and moving on from imaginary friends. I Will Always Love You was not about a failed romance as perceived in Whitney Houston's version, but instead about Dolly Parton saying goodbye to Portner Wagner to pursue a solo career. Slide is not a happy love song but rather about a pregnant Catholic girl and her boyfriend deciding what to do. And I Don't Like Mondays is not about the general hatred of Monday's but rather a girl named Brenda Anne Spencer who shot up a playground and when asked why she did it said "I Don't like Mondays."

[@MysticMorigan1998]

BoysDontCryShowers thanks man

[@BoysDontCryShowers]

Morgan Hughes No problem.

[@leoenutube]

Thanks!

[@tahliachantell8274]

BoysDontCryShowers omg did people think puff the magic dragon was about weed?!?? it used to be my favourite book when i was little because it came with a cd that sang that song. my mind is legitimately blown!😱😂😂😂

[@chriskoob]

both Born In The USA and Every Breath You Take are proof that people only every pay attention to a good chorus and pay zero attention to a song's entire lyrics

[@turtwig104]

Yep

[@ayanujer8588]

I agree!!!

[@MasterAppels]

+chriskoob A lot of the times you hear what you want to hear.

[@psteeg3551]

+chriskoob what's wrong with enjoying a song because of how it sounds and not because of "how awesome the lyrics are written"? I have many songs that I like though I do not have a clue what the lyrics mean, and I think I am not the only person that does that. For example the first 10 times I heard Master of puppets I was like "wow these riffs and solos sound awesome", but I had no clue the lyrics were about drugs and stuff

[@zakman6975]

+Pim Vd Steeg True man. Chriskoob can get fucked.

[@ticket7161]

How did someone not get what Pumped Up Kicks is about.. *WHO MISUNDERSTOOD "BETTER RUN BETTER RUN FASTER THAN MY BULLET"*

[@derekflores1250]

🤷🏽‍♂️ just thought its was about Robert having a quick hand

[@CharlesVDoktaur]

Well, the original meaning was “bullet” was a metaphor for success Until he created the rest of the lyrics, then it became a song about, well, you get it

[@thatoneguy9927]

Honestly, I misheard gun and bullet as mom and brother. I was five years old

[@Sleepyhol10w]

I always heard brother instead of bullet till we had to sing it in class

[@nihilistteddy3]

I mean, I can sing along and bop to a song and never stop to think what they're actually saying. The upbeat music just kinda takes over. Same with semi charmed life

[@coltonstupid7539]

Thought for sure “Rape Me” by Nirvana would be on this list

[@jessf2335]

Not about rape. It's about the music industry taking advantage of nirvana and taking everything they had. I thought the same thing Kurt cobain explained it in an interview

[@coltonstupid7539]

jm f the interview I saw explained that it was about how rape is typically committed by close friends and family.

[@sonofagun4125]

@@jessf2335 the person you replied to commented that they thought Rape Me would be on a list of songs that are misunderstood/have different meanings than you'd think, and you responded as though they said they thought it was literally about rape? Also it is literally about rape. Kurt said so himself that it is meant to be the bluntest most obvious anti-rape song ever so nobody could be mistaken about it.

[@jessf2335]

Oh sorry I misread the comment my bad

[@franksmith8959]

jm f Sorry bro not trying to be argumentative but straight out of the mans mouth more than once but 1993 probably easiest one to look up it is the ultimate anti-rape song. Kurt said he saw a funny irony of a man rape repeatedly women then going to prison and getting raped. I always thought Sublime repacked the same message essentially in Date Rape. Not hating again two of my all time favorite groups and Nirvana single handily got me through Desert Storm seemed like I played them nonstop for 9 months playing soldier!!!!

[@muserussell2377]

Dude you can't list honorable mentions and not tell us what they actually mean

[@lanabanana68]

agreed;puff the magic dragon is reportedly about weed,i don't like Mondays,well everyone by now should know that it's about Brenda Spencers crime,shooting school children and a teacher.

[@rott3npaul294]

😂😂😂

[@ffjsb]

Most people don't remember Spencer, because she didn't use an AR-15, so they can't use her for the gun control agenda...

[@fashiondiva6972]

Puff the magic dragon is actually about Heroin, hence chasing the dragon🙄

[@Harloha]

First thing I did when they showed the honorable mentions was scroll to comments to see if I was the only one who thought.......so you put a bunch of songs and don't say anything about them? That's just playing with my emotions man.

[@Marigen1971]

IF you are not going to explain the honorable mentions why mentioned them in the first place?

[@straightmelon8792]

Marigen Beltran so u can search it up

[@muslimakhatun8603]

Marigen Beltran

[@user-pp6kn8uv9t]

I don’t like Monday’s was a quote from a school shooter when she was asked why she took a gun to school that day.. and I think puff the magic dragon was about drugs. I dunno the rest.

[@user-pp6kn8uv9t]

Scrap that. Puff the magic dragon is about the loss of childhood innocence.

[@BobZed]

Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You.” is a breakup song, bUt it is about a breakup from her role on Porter Wagoner’s television show. Slide by the Goo Goo Dolls is the story of a teenage Catholic girl in a strict environment who is pregnant. She and her boyfriend are talking about the possibilities of abortion or marriage. I Don't Like Mondays is about Brenda Ann Spencer, who fired a gun at children in a school playground at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California. “Puff the Magic Dragon” is not about drugs. Peter Yarrow said that the song is about growing up and losing one's innocence.

[@rfrveloso1979]

Actually, where I live, Tom Jones’ “Delilah” is a pretty popular song at weddings. It’s like a wedding classic that most bands play. Watching everybody joyfully dancing to it like it’s some romantic waltz, it’s just amazing. I guess no one ever bothered to listen to the lyrics and the meaning of the song. I always thought it was hilariously creepy.

[@davidjones-vx9ju]

yea really

[@sonnyfox8407]

Or maybe your just part of a killing cult

[@jstone247]

A song by a guy making excuses for killing his cheating girlfriend....played at a weddings?!

[@rfrveloso1979]

@@jstone247 scary right? I guess people just don’t pay attention to lyrics, and modt don’t even understand english.

[@zeenoash.8805]

@@jstone247 I didn't believe it either... Until I heard it playing on my older cousin's wedding.

[@sarahjeanwinkler2540]

“hallelujah,” it pains me when i hear people play this at church.

[@pinkwithsprinkles2082]

I had to explain this one to a friend of mine recently. I told her it’s a love song about David’s loss of his relationship with God when David fell in love with Bathsheba. She didn’t understand “She tied me to the kitchen chair, she broke my throne, she cut my hair” I told her it’s well described in the book of Solomon. It makes me cry every time I hear this song. I think though, if it is played in church (I haven’t heard it personally) I can’t see the harm as the Old Testament had so much betrayal against God, and how God showed his discipline. That is assuming someone understands this song?

[@carolrademacher7002]

@@pinkwithsprinkles2082 what?

[@flouserschird]

@@pinkwithsprinkles2082 pretty based

[@annek1226]

@zeo655 Had to laugh every time they played it at a Trump rally! He thought he was so cool! Damn fool!

[@micheletravis9057]

@@pinkwithsprinkles2082 The is well known story in the bible. They even have a cartoon they show to children.

[@shanemarcotte2062]

What was the point of "honorable mentions" if you didn't explain what the songs meant?

[@trav0614]

Shane Marcotte: Yeah, no kidding. I'm choked.

[@lionezfury]

"I don't Like Monday's" was actually about a girl from San Diego who shot up a school in 1979. The school was across the street from her home. When cops asked her why she did it, she replied "I don't like Monday's" since the incident took place on a Monday.

[@str.77]

There never is a point to these "honourable mentions"...

[@trupype3028]

I'm thinking Puff the Magic Dragon is really a reference to drugs, namely smoking them?

[@rachelm.r.1878]

It's about growing up. The common interpretation is drugs.

[@GreyPlaysTunes]

"I don't like Mondays" (one of the honorable mention) is about a devastating school shooting where a woman opened fire on a school injuring 5 children and killing the principal. when asked why, the shooter said "I dont like Mondays"

[@mrsspiritwolf]

@Gregory The musical man it was a 16-year-old girl called Brenda Spencer, who lived in a house across the street from the school, was convicted of the shootings.

[@davereardon2154]

@@mrsspiritwolf And "Pumped Up Kicks" is pretty much this generation's "I Don't Like Mondays"

[@Pilsnor]

Its the other way around dude, she liked the song...... she did not inspire the song, it indpired her.....

[@calls7378]

Imagine every wedding that got ’Every Breathe You Take’. Hilarious

[@TheCopyHolder]

Sting mentioned that he realized the emotions he expressed in "Every Breath You Take" were unhealthy. But it wasn't about a stalker. It was about being a stalker.

[@duncan3998]

And Dolly Partons??

[@rachelebert4941]

If you watched vh1's behind the music, with the police, this song is about a marriage break up, and what happens between the two divorcé's watching every move they both took after the marriage ended, since one is still in love with the other.

[@rachelebert4941]

Sting said it was ultra personal.

[@plottwist3364]

Every list you make Every ranks you fail Every top you create I'll be watching you

[@PauloCesarPerezN7107]

hahahaha its creapy

[@evanmccallister1484]

no try harder next time I give you a D for dirty rhyme

[@ThomasVanHoesenDeadpooliscool]

+Plot Twist I like your profile picture lol

[@quicksilver-ace3710]

Nice Shymalamadingdong profile pic

[@louisehannon3437]

Play All Rare soul &Early Mptown

[@primroseburrows]

It's actually "every BOND you break", not "every bone you break". Just FYI.

[@jessiehogue.]

Yeah. When he said that, I was like 'What? Wait just a second there...'

[@mkuti-childress3625]

Right! A _vow_ was broken in the song, but all bones probably remained intact...

[@jessiehogue.]

@@mkuti-childress3625 Emphasis on probably.

[@mkuti-childress3625]

@@jessiehogue. Hahahaha! Yes.

[@mkuti-childress3625]

Mike Mahon That’s pretty cool to know, thanks.

[@nonkolisontobela3688]

I’m really confused as to how anyone thought “More than words” was about sex.

[@kvbstudios316]

Nonkoliso Ntobela right?? The lyrics are pretty clearly asking for more ways to say “I love you” beyond the oft-repeated phrase. It’s a favorite for this married couple - we show love in different ways and make a point to pay attention to each other’s messages of love. For example, he knows she’s always cold, so he buys her warm fluffy robes, while she knows he’s always hot, so she layers all seasons to keep from roasting him out with the heater.

[@traciehoenig9526]

I agee!!

[@namelia4439]

I was also pretty surprised that they included “More Than Words”...it’s so obvious that it’s about finding other ways to show love wo saying the words “I love you”...I wonder how many people out there are really confused by that?

[@northstar5240]

That one confused me to

[@tetanusteta3871]

Ikr

[@carolbell659]

When my youngest son and grandson at the time were killed in a car crash, "Fire and Rain" ran through my mind the entire time on that first day we sat vigil at the funeral home. On the fourth day, we had a double funeral and laid them to rest. After the funeral and subsequent burial, my anthem became "Never Surrender". Prayer and this song, in that order, got us through it. It's not something you get over. You never do. But in time, you learn to live with it.

[@danyelleorr-mcneil4711]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[@rvdx667]

I’m sorry for your loss. May they forever rest in peace.

[@RebelRoseJade]

God bless y'all I hope you have peace in your heart and that your pain will ease

[@retro4454]

Rip.

[@greyardwhite2683]

Note how no song is newer than 2005.

[@Coolkid5800]

Thank genius.com

[@jcs3543]

+BreakingFuse agreed

[@steevenhyde3505]

Greydar, because after that time music got well.. is not music anymore.

[@crimsonkoba5741]

+BreakingFuse Or maybe is because people before 2005 were too pretentious and stupid to understand what their favourite artists were singing. Nirvana anyone?

[@mitchlmitten5874]

Thank God

[@409inyourcoffeemaker9]

My dad thought pumped up kicks was about shoes

[@ValerieJNorse]

Did you leave him in his innocent bliss?

[@shlacked2690]

409 in your coffee maker it’s because there’s shoes called pumped up kicks. it kinda is... though....it’s a kind of shoes that rich people wear.

[@AmyBlackRoseCena]

I'm way out there 'cause not only did I not really understand the song, but I also thought the title was Outrun My Gun :/

[@muscleman4645]

Your profile picccc

[@katew.654]

I love your profile pic!

[@matrixphijr]

WatchMojo: *Song Meanings Everyone Gets Wrong* Also WatchMojo: "The song is about a crazy stalker, and the lyrics make this pretty obvious."

[@That80sGuy1972]

Most people listening to music only pay attention to the lyrics the way an ADD child listens to literally everyone. They hear some to most of the words and, in the confusion, make up their own interpretation as to what they heard or what it mostly sounded like. I laugh when I see a straight guy singing along with "Like a Prayer" and "Jitterbug" until after he did it a few times, I told him what they meant. I also lived with a religiously anti-god atheist (they call themselves "strong atheists"... not real atheists, just zealots of their anti-god). She loved all the music by Evanescence and Creed. She sang along with all of them. With lots of evil giggles, I printed out the lyrics to all their songs with notes on what those CHRISTIAN performers meant with the lyrics as opposed to what she believed the songs were about. She was also one of those who believed 80s songs "Every Breath You Take" and "Time after Time" were a love songs.

[@robotshaveiteasy9459]

@@That80sGuy1972 you must be so fun to be around.

[@starseed96]

It's about the Police State

[@oscartheamazing6745]

A bunch of these are wrong, Blackbird is definitely wrong, Paul McCartney suggested in an interview after the song was released that it could be interpreted to mean civil rights.

[@Ytinasniiable]

@@oscartheamazing6745 you know that's what they said blackbird was about right? Or did you just not watch the video and go straight to the comments

[@guyincognito9831]

Martina McBride’s “Independence Day” is about a woman going to extreme measures to escape her abusive husband. Yet it also gets played with Born in the USA during firework shows. I love my country and I’m proud to be from the US. But my God, some flag wavers are so easily duped by a few patriotic buzzwords.

[@tashahines1000]

For real!¡

[@deettaleaton9835]

It's actually about a little girl who burns down her house to escape an abusive alcoholic father and her feelings as she stands there and watches as her father dies in the fire. Creepy, to say the least, but sh*t like that happens every day here in America.

[@jakenapier6925]

@@deettaleaton9835 damn.

[@peachbellini2615]

Umm.. I guarantee almost everyone in attendance at those fireworks displays know exactly what those songs mean.. but they're being played.. they mention patriotic buzz words.. they're good songs and most everyone can sing along.. don't underestimate John Q. and Jane Public just because the DJ is playing these songs

[@LCon30]

@@deettaleaton9835 Wrong, the little girl is narrating the story about her mother burning down the house. "Well, SHE lit up the sky like the 4th of July, by the time that the fireman come. They just put out the flames, and took down some names and sent ME to the county home."

[@LittleMissDeath]

I NEVER thought Every Breath You Take was a cute, loving song. It always screamed creepy to me.

[@sugarnads]

Definitely

[@sirharrypotter24]

Ditto.

[@jameswilkerson4412]

+IAmDeath I had heard a rumor that it was about Cold War paranoia.

[@anushuhasharmin2066]

exactly 😂

[@PadHopper]

Agreed

[@davedzone]

NOBODY EVER thought Blackbird was about blackbirds...

[@glennm.johnson9668]

And NOBODY EVER thought More Than Words was about sex. This is the worst MOJO list I've seen.

[@reallyseriously7020]

I thought Blackbird was about a beaten down woman escaping her abuser.

[@miv-7776]

I thought😶

[@Kiefyt]

Really Seriously art is always up for interpretation

[@BeardOfPower7]

@@Kiefyt not always

[@sherilynridgeway8984]

Anyone else think Maroon 5s “Harder to Breathe “ is when you have a panic/anxiety Attack?

[@kriskreates3929]

I knew what wake me up when september ends means and it gets me sad every time I always listen to it.

[@onliner10000]

It's funny. That song actually makes me very angry. That song has been vastly interpreted as the epitome of the anthem of 9/11 and the Iraq war. It is a stain on American history and I get pissed off every time I hear it. It is a very emotional song that has been 100% hijacked towards soldiers and wars. Wars that are blood on America's hands. I know the original message may have been about Billy Joe's father passing away, but now the meaning has changed. It is now the emotional definition of the 2000s, George W Bush, 9/11, Iraq war And the rampant vile, volatile Islamophobia that has permeated America It is now about that. Now. I can't hear that song without seeing the next part. America invaded a sovereign nation and devastated it.

[@kriskreates3929]

@@onliner10000 it's actually about the death of Billie Joe's dad

[@onliner10000]

@@kriskreates3929 I KNOW!!!!!!! I'm just saying that the meaning has been hijacked. It doesn't really mean the same thing anymore. I know the true meaning is the death of his father but it has been pretty much hijacked to "terrorism/9-11/war/islamophobia/iraq" it is now more about that

[@kriskreates3929]

@@onliner10000 ohhh

[@thevisi0naryy]

nothing else matters by metallica is actually about potato salad

[@schizofrayd]

lmao

[@Wimpoman]

+thevisi0nary Ha!

[@wingsandash]

😁

[@Mercman1010]

+thevisi0nary you can't even argue this

[@RobertaTMS_]

Funny. 😂😂😂😂

[@Thatrandomginger]

So is the song Cake by the ocean , not about eating cake by the ocean?

[@asheevansill8528]

I was really wondering the same thing

[@vlogzzierandomer]

+ashee vansill you do realise that it is about the cocktail "sex on the beach" or just sex on the beach as a guy who didn't know English vert well asked the band "hey what do you call that cocktail... cake by the ocean?" and so the song was born

[@asheevansill8528]

I was totally being sarcastic, thank you for your answer though!

[@Bombastiquarian]

I want a girl with shoes that cut and eyes that burn like cigarettes. By the ocean.

[@haileytriest7439]

Nope about sex on beach

[@Aygo84]

Another option could've been U2's "One", usually interpreted as a love song, but it was actually written with 1990's Germany reunification in the mindset, and Bono has also mentioned it as a difficult father/son conversation.

[@roonilwazlib3089]

Puff the magic dragon is the most devastatingly saddest song I’ve ever heard

[@castielsgranny4308]

“Scales fell like rain”

[@stefanzzz6778]

I always thought puff the magic dragon was about opium. What is it about???

[@breezythegreat2495]

@@stefanzzz6778 I always thought it was about pot... 💁🏻‍♀️

[@251crimsonflummox090]

@@stefanzzz6778 its about the hardships of growing older.

[@roonilwazlib3089]

☝️💞

[@Katebrown273]

Honorable Mentions are; Puff the Magic dragon by Peter, Paul and Mary is actually about losing the innocence of childhood I Will Always Love You by Dolly Parton/ Whitney Houston is a breakup song Slide by the Goo Goo Dolls is about an accidental pregnancy I Dont like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats is about the Cleveland Elementary School

[@chae1557]

Thanks!

[@asher8756]

Shooting

[@davidharrell8890]

At least you explained it. Thank you.😁

[@DizzyKizzy64]

Cleveland elementary school? The school was in California

[@gusstabithc]

See watchmojo was it so hard to do this

[@jaxone2639]

fun fact: wake me up when September ends was written in 1988, but wasn't recorded until 2005

[@kiera5870]

2004 actually

[@59771006]

+Duhitzbillie Actually the song was released on June 13, 2005 as the fourth single from Green Day's seventh studio album American Idiot the album was released in 2004.

[@eghty8fox780]

actually 👓

[@rzeka]

+Land O Calrissian umm akshuly

[@forensicdarling]

Land O Calrissian +1 . I'm too lazy to do it officially

[@MissDickens]

James Taylor's Fire and Rain took on a completely different meaning for me after 9/11. I heard it the week after, while living in NYC, and always felt it could have been written for that day and all of that loss.

[@izziennegerwel753]

Ok confused more than words is clearly about expressing love through actions. Not sex

[@markzola8142]

thought Lucy in the sky with diamonds would be in there

[@nikieftekhari4453]

Same💎

[@MultiMagniGladii]

+Mark Zola81 Nah, ain't too hard to realize the true meaning to THAT song.

[@WrenFaithBridger]

+MultiMagniGladii You DO know that the true meaning is taken from a picture John's son drew of a schoolmate?

[@MultiMagniGladii]

Karen Fahel I know that's what he said it was. But McCartney's since gone and said that many of their songs were drug-related even though the band wouldn't admit it at the time.

[@markzola8142]

+Karen Fahel yeah I got a book of the beatles called the long and winding road and tells you the story of certain songs they wrote and they said it was about a picture

[@VeggieGamer]

Wait... people didn't know that about "I'll be watching you"?

[@itdobelikedat2525]

Veggie Gamer it’s not called “I’ll be watching you.” Before you criticize those who don’t know the meaning of the song, learn the song title.

[@VeggieGamer]

In my defence I was probably drunk when I typed that

[@theoriginalpauly]

We all know what Veggie Gamer meant. Just knowing "I'll be watching you" is a line in the song should tell you what the song is about.

[@rustedlemon3834]

I knew

[@stephenmccarthy4235]

IT was obvious anyone who thought it was a love song is sick

[@amasarpong3718]

Literally no one thinks more than words is about that. It's about finding different ways to express your love.

[@sharinglungs3226]

I remember when Sia’s song chandelier came out people thought it was a party song because they only paid attention to the chorus when the song’s meaning was a lot darker and personal.

[@eosgaspar3598]

it's a little weird to peg Chandelier as a party song as she sounds absolutely devastated while singing it - even if you pay no attention to the actual lyrics.

[@brianna8136]

Omg.. I just realized ‘I wanna swing from the chandelier’ means hanging herself and geared up a little. Shivers

[@deargodwhyamihere]

Has no one ever read the lyrics to that song? Seriously.

[@brianna8136]

just me with my foot in my mouth not people who have actual things to do

[@northstar5240]

It really was

[@RoninJeremy]

I always laugh at the stalking song being played at so many weddings ...

[@trishave5639]

That and My Sweet Prince by Placebo. I've heard it at a few weddings yet the song is about addiction and rather clearly so

[@CZghost]

Because of the title. Most of people do not actually listen to lyrics. If they did, they wouldn't do such stupid selection. "Hallelujah" is about unwilling love, while "I Will Always Love You" is about willing love, but never actually gonna happen. The deeper meaning of these songs are revealed by lyrics, but why there's a meaning when people do not listen carefully? All music is beautiful, people just need to find time to carefully listen to the songs of their choice, not just play some random tracks in background while actually doing something else. I always find Neil Diamond's "Beautiful Noise" pretty fairly crazy song, but actually very beautiful. Crazy because only Neil Diamond finds traffic noise beatiful (something that others find annoying), but beatiful in way he covered it in lyrics and melody.

[@karenphillips6574]

Marek Poláček I like the sound of traffic and the rain, too. I don't like too much silence. I think songs mean something special for ppl bc they heard it for the 1st time as a kid, w/someone they love, after losing a loved one, etc. Music is the universal language, that's the beauty of it. I think it's the one thing I don't need someone to tell me has a different meaning than it does to me, but I still like knowing what the artist had in mind while writing lyrics. I love Neil Diamond, btw. My mom got me hooked on his music. Now sweet Caroline is our song and it's not either of our names, just nice memories singing along w/mom in the car, makes me smile when thinking of her.

[@Lughgreenleaf]

I love Placebo but thanks goodness I've never heard it in a wedding! Anybody who has ever heard some of their songs would now that Placebo doesn't fit in a wedding.

[@SM-gt9vg]

I saw it on a website dedicated to someone who passed away and ever since then I associated it with the song being about someone who died who will be watching over you lol. It is funny to know it's about stalking now.

[@ianjoseph4422]

Polly by Nirvana should’ve been on this

[@keeanstevenson7581]

Its obvious what its about

[@teddycurtis3811]

Omfg yess

[@josephdewyze1259]

Ian Joseph Pretty pissed off that people don’t know the true meaning of The whole Nevermind CD which is about the 12 Zodiac signs. 12 songs for twelve signs. I mean he even mentions fish in the last song. Prolly is not about rape it is about Virgos end of story.

[@sidevolt8511]

@@josephdewyze1259 no polly is about rape. its based off of a real story. a girl was kidnapped by a man named Gerald Friend (i think thats his name) and he took her back to his trailer and tortured her with a blowtorch and raped her while she was tied up. i cant remember the rest but i assure you polly is based off a real rape story

[@candieland4276]

@@josephdewyze1259 nope. That's complete bs. Kurt was never into zodiac signs😆....Polly is 100% about a rapist torturing his victim...c'mon man, read...

[@timriggins70]

No Hotel California thought for sure that one would be there.

[@bryanjohnson5327]

Does anyone know the true meaning of hotel california?

[@lavieenrose5954]

Hell.

[@frolickingfirehose116]

Bryan Johnson sorry if I’m late but I believe that song is about doing drugs

[@ralphmiller9290]

@@bryanjohnson5327 It's about an insane asylum Near Rancho Cucamonga CA. It's closed now, But used for a fat kids camp, or at last was, The long road to it is surrounded by Colitas fields, the Place looks just like the picture

[@grahamcampbell2550]

@@bryanjohnson5327 OK what everyone else is telling you Is wrong it's about dying hence why it says you can check out but you can never leave

[@ZachC29791]

“More than words” didn’t go over my head, guess I’m the weird one

[@Nina-rg8es]

You're not the weird one, you're the one that gets it...🤍

[@0The_Farlander0]

That's what I was saying. "It's about sex" nah narrator dude, maybe calm down a bit.

[@sschario60]

@@0The_Farlander0, 😂 no kidding.

[@egpmh2891]

Glad I’m not the only weird one, always thought it had a “yea you love me but can you prove” type of vibe

[@BrobiWanKenobi88]

you're not alone lol. i was so confused seeing it on the list. i thought the meaning was obvious.

[@LeKarrizzma]

"Every bone you break?" Wtf really? He very clearly says bond

[@aprilgosa5779]

Krafty Karrizzm some of these people are really stupid or just not paying attention if they thought he says every bone you break i mean his accent is not that thick LOL

[@StephBubbles]

Yeah I was confused when he said that. I always sang “bond”. People need to research before making videos

[@jasongibbons6091]

Confused the heck out of me to, even looked up the lyrics to double check, the word bone doesn't even show up once.

[@thesupercoach]

Yep, "Every bond you break", meaning "every lie you tell".

[@namelia4439]

Same here...it’s totally bond!

[@NBACoDGaming]

*Sees In The Air Tonnight* *clicks instantly*

[@NBACoDGaming]

Tonight*

[@danshaw5124]

+KnifingGame haha same

[@REDN0AK]

+KnifingGame ...and be instantly dissapointed by seeing the watchmojo tag -.-

[@EricaShady10171972]

+KnifingGame yeap!

[@CallicoJackracham]

+KnifingGame Pretty much, yes.

[@abigailg2272]

I will say that Fire and Rain will forever remind me of my best friend: She was killed in a car accident Jan 2014.

[@Shaggy9763]

Sorry for your loss. It reminds me of my brother that died in a car accident in 1999, the summer before he started college.

[@TheJackleOfWallStreet]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[@therealdachshunddjangosmom]

Oh god, that is terrible. I am very sorry for your loss😔 ❤️from Austria 🇦🇹

[@dannystandley613]

I know exactly how that is, my best friend died of a heart condition when he was around 11 to 12, it'll be 11 years this year since he past.

[@seanathaalexand]

I always thought that More Than Words was about how saying “I love you” too much makes it lose its meaning. That it’s better to show love through actions than words. (Not sex, either) Like, if you love someone you’ll help them, do things for them, even if it’s not something you would normally do. For example, my dad hates doing dishes, but would do it because my mom didn’t like it, either. I just thought it was about doing nice things for someone because you love them.

[@lynettebr]

It is. It's not about sex

[@patriciamele2892]

My falling in love with my husband song in 1991

[@thetf8142]

99 red balloons? That song is about the Cold War starting up and cities being turned to dust

[@birgitmelchior8248]

That is extremely obvious if you listen to the lyrics

[@eloy559]

If you pay attention you could tell easily

[@decembersixx6237]

Shes from Germany. I've heard it in German too.

[@birgitmelchior8248]

If you listen to German lyrics it is completely obvious. I have never heard the English version

[@leviathan7751]

can't speak for the english lyrics, but the german ones literally talk about the military responding with force to the balloons by mistake and the world going up in flames because of it...

[@rubyrose2316]

10. Possession -Sarah McLachlan 9. Closing Time -Semisonic 8. Fire and Rain -James Taylor 7. Blackbird -The Beatles 6. Wake me up when September ends -Green day. 5. More than Words -Extreme 4. Harder to breathe -Maroon 5 3. In The air Tonight -Phil Collins 2. Every Breath you take - The Police 1. Born in The USA -Bruce Springsteen

[@codsby803]

Ruby Rose thx

[@t.c.8697]

Thanks

[@stevefan69]

Wow thanx i havent watched the video yet thanks for the spoiler

[@echospaw899]

You want a cookie for you list? lol 3:)

[@doctorjai9322]

oh no I love wake me up when September ends

[@ZeroComplaints]

I just wanna talk to whoever is interpreting 'Every Step You Take' as wedding reception music....

[@MrPavePaws]

Fire & Rain was supposedly written while he was in a mental institution in Massachusetts. The release or moving of a patient before he was able to say goodbye to her opens the song; Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone.

[@evygaspar]

That sounds more like a throwback or reference to Camus' "Stranger".

[@lblack1961]

Who thought "More than Words" was about 'have sex rather than say I love you'???????? I never did. Never even crossed my mind. Seems absurd, really.

[@vitellismaximus]

Gary Cherone actually stated that the lyrics are that of the woman in the relationship telling the man that he needs to do more than just say the words I Love you and needs to show her that he loves her with his actions. They need to do a redo on that one. lol.

[@87glassrose]

Lol late to the game but holy crap yes the idea of “More Than Words” being about sex was ridiculous to me! It’s so obvious!

[@LadyGreenEyes964]

Same here. Everyone I know who talked about it assumed it meant show me you love me in other ways, not sex, but not just saying the words. Can't imagine why they think otherwise.

[@aprilgosa5779]

Linda B know right it is about show me don't just tell me actions speak more than words

[@ibrahim_khalilx]

Now I do after watching this

[@frankhorrigan2047]

I don't care what the meaning is, I love playing Closing Time at work when we're closing

[@thomashyle6098]

what they reveal about it is more a "minor subtext" than a "real meaning"

[@alanwood5860]

Frank Horrigan ok Andy Bernard

[@cynthiamitchell5680]

Same first name lamao

[@diharding3426]

I grew up in an English Pub, so to me it was always 'drink up n go home - We need sleep!' lol

[@cerysgibby7542]

"Like my father's come to pass" is sung in the first 30 seconds of wake me up when september ends.

[@matthewwheatley246]

I definitely misunderstood The Kinks- Lola on the first couple listens, I’ve shown this to others who had no idea either. I kept expecting it to show up here.

[@elricdrick6821]

Isn't it about a transgender lad?

[@musicNgolf]

“I know what I am, I’m a man I’m a man and so is Lola” not exactly har’d to miss.

[@sjmsutherland]

@@elricdrick6821 apparently the lead singer was kind of cornered and propositioned by a transgendered lad in the toilets in a bar one night, so he wrote the song Lola!

[@MultiEviscerator]

Considering the theme of this video, how could you not give even a hint or short explanation as to how the honorable mention songs, mean something different than what everyone thinks?????

[@OctoberRust777]

Wake me up when September ends is one of their most painful songs

[@alexlee9104]

I seen your reply right at the moment it came on this video

[@alexlee9104]

Trippppy)

[@brookejaquette9667]

If a song is good it has a different interpretation to each listener. As long as the song says something to you, seems like the artist did their job.

[@kindking8009]

Someday I can't wait to hear what Harry Styles's songs are really about. He's a master of innuendo, but he likes to keep the mystery and let people decide for themselves what the song is about.

[@BBMc107]

I have always called “Every Breath You Take” the stalker song. It is pretty clear.

[@hollyhartwick3832]

In a video like this, what's the point of "Honorable Mentions"? Without explanations, it's not benefiting anyone.

[@qadashchaayah7485]

Exactly. I was confused af about Dolly Parton's "I will always love you." I need an explanation on that.

[@heather11a]

@@qadashchaayah7485 That was not a love song. It was Dolly thanking her friend Porter Wagoner for her time on his TV show. She wanted to leave, he thought that she was being disloyal and making a mistake. She wrote it to tell him that she thanked him for everything he had done and tell him what he meant to her - that although she was leaving the show, she would always love her friend x Hope that helps

[@qadashchaayah7485]

@@heather11a Oh wow. I NEVER would of guessed that. Thanks for explaining it to me. I really appreciate it.

[@kirbykinetics_372]

To get over 10 min

[@Bulbusaurus]

Yeah, weird...

[@jamberlain9238]

Am I the only one who got the meaning of 'More than words' right from the first time?

[@AbubakrGalant]

nope me too

[@jerrck6744]

I didn't and I can not count how many times I heard the song....I'm a shallow music listener....if it sounds good, well then, that's usually good enough for me....especially for that group that did not live up to expectations. A much harder sound was expected at the time.

[@Sssadow]

No. I never thought it was about sex... But maybe it helps that I was a little kid when it came out and my mind wasn't in the gutter yet.

[@Chayan14111991]

ya that one was a shocker, these guys are clearly making things up i guess

[@lisafisher7132]

my thought exactly. Really? I never thought it was about sex. Although, now that they mention it... Nope, still don't see it. ha

[@lukedetering4490]

Regular Viewer: Watching Video Me an Intellectual: Searching for songs for my playlist

[@dmac5472]

Same lol

[@nataliep501]

Its a good idea

[@charlieflynn5867]

Same

[@o.portista]

They'll never be anything alike Phil Collins. True legend, and inspiration.I'll never understand how people can hate them.

[@ootfan7882]

They should have mentioned Take Me Home. A song about a mental patient in a mental hospital, which people took waaay too literally.

[@Keyarchan]

Seriously watchmojo, "Every Breath You Take" may be about a stalker but nowhere in the song do they sing "every bone you break", it's "every bond you break" and later in the song "every vow you break". Do a little research will you? Or maybe just listen more closely.

[@furrylockstar]

ya that was lame

[@maufisto1]

Im not a native english speaker and even I know the lyrics. When he said "every bone" I was wtf!

[@Kay-ej4zg]

No it is about governmental control

[@TheBishopFury]

Isn't it just about conscience?

[@samoanjoseph1457]

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure a version of this song appeared on a 2014 crime drama called "Stalker"... and they made a point of slowing it down so that it was very, very creepy. And that wasn't the only song they did that with. But it was effective all the same.

[@nuwandax1970]

the police stole puffys song. thats why rappers hate cops IMO

[@fukjabi]

lol

[@joeyruss3933]

Brilliant! Just brilliant

[@nofxkid86]

I hope this is a joke you know puffy sampled the police not the other way around.

[@nofxkid86]

I hope this is a joke you know puffy sampled the police not the other way around.

[@nofxkid86]

I hope this is a joke you know puffy sampled the police not the other way around.

[@118timujin]

So there are actual people out there who genuinely thought that "More than words" was somehow about sex 😮😮😮? What in the world kind of absurdity is that???

[@sarahcline8488]

In the air tonight I am surprised Phil told anyone what the song was about, when he was originally asked he refused to tell, id love to know when he finally shared this

[@scotthodgins7975]

I am constantly stunned by the number of people who think "Cat's in the Cradle" is an uplifting song.

[@jowan7389]

Ikr, first time I heard it I knew it had a deep meaning. jus listen to the lyrics

[@Hyacinth000]

scott hodgins No. I knew it was a regretful father not spending time with his son. Super sad😢

[@richard3365]

I wasn't even born when the song was released so I was pretty young the first time I heard it. My first thought was it was about a kid growing up wanting to be like his dad and thought it was cool. A few years later I listened to the lyrics harder and realized what it was really about (technically I wasn't wrong, I just didn't get the whole story).

[@rollotomassi4768]

You serious? That is one of the most depressing songs of all time.

[@rollotomassi4768]

Yes. That's the ironic point of the song. When he wanted to spend time with his Dad as a kid, his dad was too busy. He grows up, and his dad wants to spend time with him and he's too busy. Sheez, I get teared up just thinking about that song.

[@stevemiller7433]

losing my religion, has nothing to do with religion.

[@elbowers6041]

Yeah it’s about blowjobs lol

[@sophiebird6623]

@@elbowers6041 yeah...wait no

[@moonchanty3]

losing my religion means you can’t take it anymore....ask any southerner

[@roseywilliams5239]

its about unrequited love.

[@mattchewhadaway167]

On "Classic Albums" series, I am almost positive Phil Collins said that song was total stream of consciousness and he didn't know the meaning of the song.

[@mattchewhadaway167]

Yes and he has said it other places but only us 3 have listened ha

[@nataliep501]

I see!

[@Tanstaafl_74]

Having worked in bars for a large portion of my twenties I think I've heard Closing Time more times than any other song in my life. Every...single...night. Plus when it was overplayed on the radio. Plus videos like this, etc.

[@Dave-us5fq]

Funny story about "Every Breath You Take" in 1st year at high school for me (Year 10 for those outside Scotland) we do Every Breath You Take as a performance in class and record it. My teacher had asked us to go do home research and find an interesting fact about the song; all my friends came with normal responses like "it took x,y,z months to record" etc etc. I came in and said the fact about it being a stalker song. My teacher looked more than a little concerned and my friends avoided me for the rest of that school week xD

[@10Newerth]

Harsh haha

[@aelval2684]

😂😂

[@gullinvarg]

For what it's worth, 1st year of high school in the USA is 9th grade. However, kindergarten is before 1st grade, so technically it's the 10th year of school.

[@riboflavinmonkey5831]

Years ago, when it was new, I heard on the radio that it was about the Cold War.

[@BgbadWulof]

Like the song More Than Words and Born in the USA. How could they not figure that out? All you have to do is listen to the words.

[@nolanboles8492]

I never read sex into "More Than Words." In fact this is one song where the actual meaning has always been clear to me, because I share the sentiments presented completely.

[@the1fortheages]

Agreed, i literally watched this vid for the extreme song. I feel they were reaching for every song in this list, as if they chose songs that can have a scant reasoning and then proceed to tell us what we already know. This is why i haven't seen a mojo video in over a year.

[@jacquelinejackson8614]

Exactly

[@courtneywhite8470]

Shit, xtremes"more than words" is one of my favorite love songs!!!

[@andreachristgau3483]

Nolan Boles I agree! I have never met one person who got sex from this song. It’s about showing love without saying it! MORE THAN WORDS lol not sure why people go straight to sex! Sex doesn’t equate love. Actions and how you treat someone. I’ve always loved this song for the meaning!

[@juliec5309]

Well I was a teen back then and that is where our minds went. As I got older i realized the true meaning

[@matthewmagda4971]

I love when people tell me that "My Sweet Lord" is about Jesus. It was written at a time when George Harrison was exploring Hinduism.

[@jasminedawn7483]

I knew it wasn't about Jesus but I didn't know the other part 😂

[@cg0825]

In the second part of the song the Hare Krishna chant is inserted between the verses so it is definitely not referring to Chrstianity

[@namelia4439]

Harrison was sued by The Chiffons for the melody of that song and he lost...it’s pretty much the same as their song “He’s So Fine”...too bad bc I love his version...and yeah, it’s obviously not about jesus!

[@mike196212]

Pretty easy,I think,to figure out that Springsteen was being highly critical---to put it mildly---of the American way.

[@suej3959]

Why doesn’t he just leave then?

[@namelia4439]

Sue J - dissent is one of the highest forms of patriotism. Just ask the founding fathers.

[@mrme4402]

the honorable mentions had no explanation, that's terrible editing.

[@noahpray823]

Ikr

[@WrenFaithBridger]

+koochie koo They rarely explain HMs. I know quite a few of them. "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton was a sweet parting to her old boss, Porter Wagoner, when she left his show to go solo. "I Don't Like Mondays" by the Boomtown Rats was about a school shooting. "Puff the Magic Dragon" by Peter, Paul & Mary is about children growing up, and NOT about drugs. I've never even heard of "Slide" by the Goo Goo Dolls.

[@mrme4402]

Karen Fahel they are usually self explanatory, or they sometimes give a small explanation in the title/caption.. this time around they did nothing, thanks for clarifying some of them.

[@swanpride]

+Karen Fahel That is funny...I was wondering "Why is Puff the Magic Dragon on this list, I always thought that it is clearly a song about growing up" and now it turns out that I was right and some people have really strange ideas....

[@Phoenix2312]

+koochie koo I have to agree with you as I am interested to hear why the Boomtown Rats was there... I know the legend obviously (My mother has told me many times about the story behind the song... I know there is truth to it [There was a School Shooting here in the UK in the late 1970's] but If I am right - I think the words spoken by the girl in teh song were actually made up by a newspaper and never actually spoken by her...) but not if that's what the Rats actually based the song on...

[@nirvana213xxxz]

9:51 "SHH! This is my favorite part coming up now." Mike Tyson

[@mauricemallari6365]

Hangover!

[@danzalisnock9128]

+Maurice Mallari Oh? Man you knew something the rest of us didnt. If you would have never stated the reference nobody could have figured out what that comment was about.

[@lindaliriel]

+Maurice Mallari Actually, I didn't know it, so Thanks Maurice.

[@misterknowitallfthh5687]

alex , wow ! you remember ? ! 💪👍

[@nirvana213xxxz]

+misterknowitall Fthh I Love music and movies. And that part sticks out to me every time I watch the hangover.

[@colin__burke3416]

Surprised one from U2 isn’t on here. A lot of people think it’s a “love” song or something song those lines, hence why it’s played at a lot of weddings. But it’s actually about a gut wrenching and toxic break up.

[@ravynnesilverhawk9380]

Always felt the stalker vibe in "Every Breath You Take" *shudders* now that's confirmed...

[@mikeg4972]

Hotel California by the Eagles

[@carleesease5456]

I love this song

[@emma-uw4my]

Mike G that was my mom's favorite song as a kid

[@Nightman221k]

I always thought that song was about purgatory or limbo.

[@lunaselena4270]

Yea I think it's some horror limbo.

[@KristenHallVlogs]

That awkward moment when you wanted to hear the meaning behind the honorable mentions more than the songs that were actually explained :/ oops lol

[@Kuyjac258]

Kristen Hall Vlogs I am about To go google the meaning about GGD's Slide now.

[@bekkers29]

LOL I know, right? I already knew the meaning of most of the actual songs on the list.

[@stoobertb]

I can tell you straight off that "I don't like Mondays" was about a school shooting where when questioned the shooter's reason for doing it was "I don't like Mondays"

[@lauraann7816]

Stuart Brown That's exactly was I was told - I'm old enough to remember that shooting and the guy saying I don't like Mondays. In song he says he's going to shoot the whole day down. I just wonder what they think people think that's wrong - right?

[@Kuyjac258]

Laura Seiden the "guy" you mention was in fact a 16 year old girl called Brenda Spencer.

[@missally8933]

"Every Breath You Take" is a dark creepy song about someone who is crazy controlling and insanely possessive, and probably a stalker.

[@carboncombra8824]

the blank expression of the main singer makes it creepier

[@jimmyfaustjr6413]

Def about a stalker

[@DEMIxGODxSHADOW]

Closing times meaning had always been clear to me,and that's why I always loved it so deeply

[@GarnetSeren]

I still can't believe people still think 'Every breath you take' is a love song. It's so creepy. I'm also surprised that people think 'In the air tonight' is about anything other than a relationship breakdown! :-/

[@MoongyrlGuru]

There's another mental image that goes with that Phil Collins song, the movie Risky Business.

[@LJH70122]

From day one, everybody I know thought of it as a "stalking song".

[@Windupchronic]

I once went to a wedding where the bride and groom danced to "Every Breath You Take." It was uncomfortable...

[@shirleybennett5946]

+ShadowCat Same here! It was just surreal, and I was just gobsmacked in amazement that NO ONE who knew they were using it stepped in and asked that they revisit that decision 😖 What's funny is that now they've been divorced for a few years, and one of them is the batshit crazy one who is so hell-bent on revenge that no-one will come near them, datewise. It's sad, but I guess that's what happens when two people can't tell the difference between love and obsessive stalking. Kind of like that old joke that stalking is when two people take long, romantic walks together...but only one of them knows about it. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Ara0liver]

Probably bc people who grew up in the 90's and on, are more familiar with "I'll be Missing You" by Puff Daddy. Musically it's the same, lyrically it leaves out all the creepy stuff and adds in more heartfelt lyrics. And even though it's about the late Notorious B.I.G., if someone wasn't too familiar with the background, or if they just weren't paying much attention to every lyric, the juxtaposition of Diddy's rap to Faith Evans vocals on the chorus can make it sound like a guy singing about how much he misses his dead girlfriend/wife, etc

[@probitj.kalita6459]

How could anyone doubt the meaning of "every breath you take"?

[@user-kl2zu9mg9q]

Exactly, bondhu! Also they missed so many important songs.

[@JaneDoe-ci3gj]

It's still popular at weddings😝😵

[@saifai]

I remember in interview Sting said he thought it was creepy people played it at weddings.

[@spamsingles5948]

I dont know. I knew it was a stalker song the first time I heard it

[@robertgeist3266]

@@saifai in fact Sting wrote If "You Love Someone, set them free" on his solo album as a response to all the misinterpretation of Every Breath You Take.

[@AlanaLee-xv2qy]

Driving in the car with my 10 year old and "More Than Words" comes on radio. 10: (Sees name of band on the display): The band's name is Extreme? Me: Yes 10: This is the most un-Extreme song I have heard. Me: (pause) Yeah probably...

[@candieland4276]

It's a beautiful song though😊

[@NeighGirl]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joethekat]

I like your kid!!

[@wookieelee38]

@@candieland4276 haaaaa

[@craighenry2351]

Tell your kid to listen to Play With Me, then the band’s name will make sense.

[@yomismo74]

Shakespear's sister's Stay. The first time i thought what a beautiful love song, but once you pay attention to the lyrics, well, that's not love, it's more like creepy obsession

[@MrsPunkella]

As a former hardcore Green Day fan I could never even imagine Wake me up when september ends to be about anything else than Billie's father. I NEVER knew the 9/11 thing was what people thought.

[@YOU_SHALL_NOW_PASS]

+MrsMythical Same here lol

[@miguelguerra4279]

+Kindra Vinet me three lol.

[@stevefett1]

I just thought it was about how bad September sucks. It really is the worst month if you think about it. Screw you September!!!!!

[@MrsPunkella]

stevefett1 it's one of my favourite months, no shit! I love fall!

[@YOU_SHALL_NOW_PASS]

MrsMythical I think he was being sarcastic.

[@anettekaspersen6573]

I find a lot of people not knowing the meaning of Bohemian Rhapsody.

[@MiViFilms]

Anette Kaspersen cuz there is none

[@mscupcakegirl07]

It is about dealing with his dissolution of denial regarding his homosexuality

[@ZARK0_]

Louise Belcher we will never know as Freddy Mercury never told anyone

[@makusmati]

I agree with Louise, Freddie is singing about coming out in a conservative religious surrounding and the ensuing felt rejection or self-imposed banishment. Between living a lie or living your life.. having to be something you are deep inside not in order to be accepted that is expressed in the line 'I wish I was never been born at all..'

[@joefoley9894]

Nobody knows what it's about the writers kept it a secret

[@e.w.7366]

How about “Bohemian Rhapsody,” I know a lot of people (including myself at one point) that thought it was about Freddie Mercury right before death, when it reality it came out at least 10 years before that

[@RyanTaylor228]

I figured this to be the #1 song! Smh

[@stellaphantom366]

It’s not misunderstood, it has a lot of interpretations, same with Stairway to Heaven. And no, not everyone thought that it was about Freddie’s death bc he made the song in 1975 while he died in 1991.

[@xqwizettheoriginal7398]

I believe it was about the death of the person he was expected to be, by family etc to who he really was. Also, a premonition.

[@evygaspar]

Bohemian Rhapsody is "about" something?

[@soleinspector5511]

I think it was impressive how wide spread the "In the air tonight" story was for pre internet times.

[@foultor]

Closing Time is just a song about closing dunder mifflin

[@crisieronnie6820]

Stanley can’t get enough of that song

[@powcar91]

That song played on the radio, right after I closed the store I worked at.

[@lg6482]

Crissy Galindo it’s his favorite song

[@namelia4439]

foultor omg, that’s hilarious!! Love Stanley!!

[@jakenapier6925]

RESPECT!

[@Blistio11]

What about Rape Me from Nirvana?

[@bonniebaco2896]

Yes!

[@cinnamorox4355]

I care here just to see if rape me would be in here...

[@tombayley4601]

What's the meaning?

[@JimJWalker]

+Tom Bayley It was a song about the music industry, his friends, and family taking advantage of his success.

[@treeeeeeeevor]

Kurt had a distaste for media covering his life "like the media was "raping" his personal being". That is the songs true meaning.

[@courtneykurtenbach2230]

My boss recently informed me as to what "Possum Kingdom" by Toadies was about. The video makes it a lot clearer but I had never seen it before. Most people just pick up on the words "I will treat you well, my sweet angel" and "I want you for my blushing bride" and dont realize it's about the urban legend of a man who lured a young girl in with sweet talk and then murdered her.

[@lorihansen8674]

That reminds me of "Phantom of the Opera." Everyone just loves it but I see it as a lonely, desperate man luring an innocent women to his lair and using poison to knock her out, then rape her. (aka Bill Cosby) Am I the only one who sees it? Quite disturbing.

[@LeslieSunshine17]

The members of the Toadies said it was about a lake called Possum Kingdom near their home town and how it would be a great place for a serial killer to lure his victims...

[@EVILSPAWN1003]

You don`t play a song called "Posession" on a first date no matter what it`s about

[@andrewsmith2880]

Closing Time is about having kids? Tell that to every Bar I've worked at that plays it at closing time...

[@xXPaganxMaidenXx]

Andrew Smith surface level thinking tbh

[@hermeticascetic]

Koneesha because when you have kids "the party" is over.

[@doubleb7250]

It's not. It's totals bs.

[@Seth9809]

What?

[@papitorincon3983]

Great play on words

[@Spameggssausage]

I always thought it was totally obvious Every Breath You Take was about a stalker

[@historiadelaciencia6860]

Me too, "I'll be watching" you it's pretty explicit

[@kylemiller6639]

maybe it's the guy in the window: "I'll be washing you"

[@historiadelaciencia6860]

Yeah, Maybe is juts some lady washing clothes on her yard

[@jaugust55]

My wife thought so. and didn't want it played at our wedding reception.

[@Tamashi88]

As a kid I always thought it was the band members stalking someone. I refused to listen to it. I might pick it up now though, knowing it was about someone stalking the band.

[@msaenz11]

Every breath you take is not about a stalker, its about a hurt and possibly scorned husband/lover who is being cheated on, talks about following her and catching her cheating, about the double face she wears when she is with him. "Every bond (not bone) you break is about her breaking their relationship promises. "Every smile you fake, every claim you stake" is her double face that she loves only him while she is having an affair.

[@mulder006]

I believe that's a more nuanced take on the song.

[@crystalmcmillan8309]

I was surprised by Black bird. Makes the song cooler. In more modern songs I give you Fanfare by SF9 which sounds like a happy anthem until you realise he is chasing a girl who is trying to hide. Speaking of insert.