65 songs you won't be able to listen to the same again

[summer]

www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/songs-youll-never-be-able-to-listen-to-the-same-way-again#1bfi4p4

1. Aerosmith’s “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” was originally written for Celine Dion.


2. The song “Torn” by Natalie Imbruglia is actually a cover. The original is by Ednaswap.


3. “Tainted Love” is a cover as well. The original is by Gloria Jones and came out in 1964.


4. ALSO “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” is a cover by some dude. The original is by a guy named Robert Hazard.


5. One last one: “I Love Rock & Roll” is a cover. It was originally by The Arrows, not Joan Jett.


6. The song “Sweet Child of Mine” was written in five minutes.


7. The song “Like a Virgin” is actually about a guy getting over a breakup.


8. Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti” is actually about anal sex.


9. The song “Summer of 69” by Bryan Adams is about 69’ing, like, sexually. In this interview, he said: “Some parts [of the song] are autobiographical, but the title comes from the idea of 69 as a metaphor for sex. Most people thought it was about the year 1969.”


10. Serial killer Aileen Wuornos was obsessed with Natalie Merchant’s “Carnival.” She requested they play it at her funeral.

11. Billy Joel’s “Only the Good Die Young” is about a man trying to convince a Catholic girl to lose her virginity to him.


12. Sarah McLachlan’s song “Angel” is about heroin addiction.


13. The song “Closing Time” by Semisonic is not about closing a bar, it’s about the birth of the lead singer’s daughter.


14. “Zombie” by The Cranberries is about terrorism in Northern Ireland.


15. “Slide” by The Goo Goo Dolls is about abortion.

16. “Brick” by Ben Folds Five is also about abortion.


17. And “The Freshman” by The Verve Pipe is about abortion as well.


18. Shel Silverstein wrote “A Boy Named Sue.”


19. “Gettin’ Jiggy wit It” was written by Nas.


20. The song “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites” samples this YouTube video of a girl stacking cups. “OH MY GOSH.”

21. Justin Timberlake’s “Rock Your Body” was written by Pharrell for Michael Jackson’s final album, Invincible.


22. “…Baby One More Time” was rejected by TLC.


23. Rihanna’s “Umbrella” was supposed to be a Britney Spears song.


24. Leona Lewis was originally supposed to sing Rihanna’s “We Found Love.”


25. “Toxic” was intended for Kylie Minogue, not Britney Spears.


26. Britney Spears’ “I’m a Slave 4 U” was written for Janet Jackson.


27. “Semi-Charmed Life” is about a couple on a crystal meth binge.

28. “1985” by Bowling for Soup is originally by the band SR-71.


29. “Red Red Wine” by UB40 was originally recorded by Neil Diamond


30. Prince wrote Sinead O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U.”

31. “The Way” by Fastball is about an elderly couple who went missing and were later found dead in a ravine.


32. Bruce Springsteen wrote “Blinded by the Light.”


33. “Since U Been Gone” was turned down by Pink and Hilary Duff before Kelly Clarkson recorded it.


34. Bruno Mars wrote CeeLo Green’s “Fuck You.”


35. “Me and Mr. Jones” by Amy Winehouse is about Nas.

36. Avril Lavigne helped write the Kelly Clarkson song “Breakaway.” It was meant to go on Avril’s first album, the one with “Sk8er Boi” and “Complicated,” but it didn’t really fit with her image.


37. “How Will I Know” by Whitney Houston was originally supposed to be for Janet Jackson.


38. Kylie Minogue’s “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” was written for S Club 7.


39. Jesse McCartney wrote Leona Lewis’ “Bleeding Love.”


40. Frank Ocean wrote the Justin Bieber song “Bigger.”

41. Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” was written by Otis Redding. You can listen to his version here.


42. “You Oughta Know” by Alanis Morissette is about Dave Coulier (from Full House).


43. “Ben” by Michael Jackson was originally intended for Donny Osmond.


44. Eve 6’s “Here’s to the Night” is about a one-night stand.


45. Miley Cyrus’ “We Can’t Stop” was originally intended for Rihanna.


46. “Bad” was originally supposed to be a duet between Michael Jackson and Prince.

47. The song “Hey Ya” by Outkast is actually about a man stuck in a loveless relationship.


48. The DMB song “Crash” is sung from the perspective of a peeping tom.


49. “Disturbia” by Rihanna was originally a Chris Brown song.


50. Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl” MAY actually be about his then-fling, Elle Macpherson.


51. Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” is about his then-girlfriend, Rosanna Arquette.


52. Lori Lieberman wrote “Killing Me Softly,” not Roberta Flack.


53. Shania Twain or Faith Hill were both given the opportunity to record Beyoncé’s “Irreplaceable.”

54. “Candle in the Wind” was originally written about Marilyn Monroe but rewritten about Princess Diana when she was killed and titled “Goodbye England’s Rose.”


55. Bob Marley’s “I Shot The Sheriff” is about birth control. Bob Marley didn’t want his girlfriend to take birth control pills. The doctor who prescribed the pills was the sheriff.


56. The song “There She Goes” by Sixpence None the Richer is about heroin. The song was actually originally by The La’s too.


57. LFO’s “Girl on TV” is about Jennifer Love Hewitt.


58. Usher’s “Burn” is about Chilli from TLC.


59. The song “Hollaback Girl” by Gwen Stefani was written in response to something Courtney Love said about Gwen in Seventeen magazine.


60. Madonna’s “Take a Bow” is reportedly about Sean Penn.

61. “Hero” by Mariah Carey was originally intended for Gloria Estefan.


62. Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” was originally written for Britney Spears. You can listen to Britney’s demo here.


63. Prince wrote The Bangles’ “Manic Monday.”


64. The song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” is not about an LSD trip. It’s about a painting John Lennon’s son drew for him.


65. Prince’s song “1999” is about nuclear war.

[pixy0stix]

13. The song “Closing Time” by Semisonic is not about closing a bar, it’s about the birth of the lead singer’s daughter.

I call bullshit.

[pixy0stix]

... and I had to look up Torn on prime so I could listen to it.

[summer]

Aug 29, 2014 10:23:10 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

... and I had to look up Torn on prime so I could listen to it.

LOL

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Aug 29, 2014 10:12:44 GMT -5 summer said:

www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/songs-youll-never-be-able-to-listen-to-the-same-way-again#1bfi4p4

13. The song “Closing Time” by Semisonic is not about closing a bar, it’s about the birth of the lead singer’s daughter.

I have ALWAYS said this song was one huge metaphor for birth and everyone has always looked at me like I'm batshit fucking nuts!

JOKES ON YOU MOTHERFUCKERS! I WAS RIGHT! NEENER NEENER!


*ahem* Nothing to see here.

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Look, if you actually thought a song that came out in the 80's, sung by Bryan Adams who was born in 1959 (I thought he was younger actually) was about the real live summer of '69, then you are a fucking idiot. That sound was either about 69ing or some old '69 car.

Or both

[joenali]

I have that Ednaswap cd.

[2curlydogs]

8. Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti” is actually about anal sex.

*record screeching*

Wait, wut? *runs to google lyrics*

[joenali]

How could you not know that Brick is about abortion?

[StrawberryBlondie]

Aug 29, 2014 10:30:07 GMT -5 @helenabonhamcarter said:

Look, if you actually thought a song that came out in the 80's, sung by Bryan Adams who was born in 1959 (I thought he was younger actually) was about the real live summer of '69, then you are a fucking idiot. That sound was either about 69ing or some old '69 car.

Or both

DH swears he chose that year because it sounds better than something like "Summer of '82."

Yeah bud. You keep believing that.

[moreace01]

Some of these...if you even listened to the lyrics, it would be kinda obvious.
(In particular 16. “Brick” by Ben Folds Five is also about abortion and 48. The DMB song “Crash” is sung from the perspective of a peeping tom - I've always been creeped out by the popularity of that song).

[notsocreepylurker]

I feel smart - I knew a LOT of these already

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And how could you not know that Only the Good Die Young was about getting a nice Catholic girl to give up the goods or that Crash is about peeping toms.

Listen to the damned lyrics!

[Miss Phryne Fisher]

#54. And in other news, the Pope is Catholic.

[StrawberryBlondie]

My DH also believes Crash is a love song.

He needs to listen to lyrics better.

[FloFTW]

Aug 29, 2014 10:15:59 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

13. The song “Closing Time” by Semisonic is not about closing a bar, it’s about the birth of the lead singer’s daughter.

I call bullshit.

I actually heard an interview with him on NPR a few weeks ago. He did say that this was what it was about.

[wawa]

Aug 29, 2014 10:38:15 GMT -5 @helenabonhamcarter said:

And how could you not know that Only the Good Die Young was about getting a nice Catholic girl to give up the goods or that Crash is about peeping toms.

Listen to the damned lyrics!

what else could that be about? 

That one and zombie were my huge DUH's on this list.

[pixy0stix]

Aug 29, 2014 10:42:44 GMT -5 FloFTW said:

Aug 29, 2014 10:15:59 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

13. The song “Closing Time” by Semisonic is not about closing a bar, it’s about the birth of the lead singer’s daughter.

I call bullshit.

I actually heard an interview with him on NPR a few weeks ago. He did say that this was what it was about.

I'm sure he meant it to be that, but it's literally about a bar closing. Sorry. I won't hear anything else.

[FloFTW]

Aug 29, 2014 10:44:30 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Aug 29, 2014 10:42:44 GMT -5 FloFTW said:

I actually heard an interview with him on NPR a few weeks ago. He did say that this was what it was about.

I'm sure he meant it to be that, but it's literally about a bar closing. Sorry. I won't hear anything else.

I just thought it was odd that the lead singer of Semisonic was on NPR. In 2014.

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Aug 29, 2014 10:42:44 GMT -5 FloFTW said:

Aug 29, 2014 10:15:59 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

13. The song “Closing Time” by Semisonic is not about closing a bar, it’s about the birth of the lead singer’s daughter.

I call bullshit.

I actually heard an interview with him on NPR a few weeks ago. He did say that this was what it was about.

He did. He also said that he realized it wasn't at all obvious and that he was on crack to think that it was.

[iammalcolmx]

14. “Zombie” by The Cranberries is about terrorism in Northern Ireland.
I knew that you could tell by the lyrics.

Take a Bow about Sean Penn??? You mean it wasn't about a Bullfighter??

[Velar Fricative]

14. “Zombie” by The Cranberries is about terrorism in Northern Ireland.



This is not common knowledge? The fact that I know this and not most of the rest means it should be common knowledge! Also, if you're an Irish singer or band it's pretty much assumed that your songs about Northern Ireland lol. ETA: Jinx iammalcolmx

And I didn't know Bryan Adams was born in 1959 OKAY??

I don't remember why but I did just read about Carnival being Aileen Wuornos's song and that almost ruined a great song for me. Almost.

[Velar Fricative]

Also, I don't pay much attention to lyrics so I really didn't know most of these.

[Velar Fricative]

57. LFO’s “Girl on TV” is about Jennifer Love Hewitt.

And wasn't she in the music video for that song? And why the fuck do I know that?

[iammalcolmx]

Take a Bow's video is what made me realized they actually killed the Bull in a Bullfight. I always thought it was just like the cartoons when the bull was being teased with a color they didn't like.

[Velar Fricative]

Aug 29, 2014 10:55:19 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

Aug 29, 2014 10:52:06 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

14. “Zombie” by The Cranberries is about terrorism in Northern Ireland.



This is not common knowledge? The fact that I know this and not most of the rest means it should be common knowledge! Also, if you're an Irish singer or band it's pretty much assumed that your songs about Northern Ireland lol. ETA: Jinx iammalcolmx

And I didn't know Bryan Adams was born in 1959 OKAY??

I don't remember why but I did just read about Carnival being Aileen Wuornos's song and that almost ruined a great song for me. Almost.

didnt she kill johns though, after being raped? i aint mad

I have no idea, I just know her as a serial killer but never read further and never saw Monster.

[notsocreepylurker]

Ya'll knew Matchbox 20's 3am is about Rob's mom having cancer right?

[Velar Fricative]

Aug 29, 2014 10:58:30 GMT -5 notsocreepylurker said:

Ya'll knew Matchbox 20's 3am is about Rob's mom having cancer right?

Of course I didn't.

[Velar Fricative]

Also, now that I've read through the full list - COME ON. Everyone knows Joey Gladstone is the horrifying subject of You Oughta Know.

[meggers5]

Aug 29, 2014 10:32:24 GMT -5 joenali said:

How could you not know that Brick is about abortion?

and The Freshman.