20 songs you did not know how to have secret messages

These struggled tracks have hidden meanings that you could have missed on the first listening.


Remember this moment when you learnedBryan Adams' "The summer of" 69 "is not quite about the year 1969? Yes, it's a classic case oferrors song lyrics that you have sang in a naive way before realizing their true meaning. In fact, many striking songs you have heard dozens of times have messages you have missed. In fact, it is quite possible that many of your prefabricated sealing artists have deceived you for decades. So, if you want to get smart, check out these 20 songs with secret messages that you probably did not know. And for more striking songs that will bring you back, check20 successful songs that you will not believe that this year.

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"Lucy in the sky with diamonds" by the Beatles

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Even if the first letter of each word in the title of the song goes out "lsd"John Lennon Refusing repeatedly asserts that the Beatles' 1967 hit "Lucy in the sky with diamonds" concerned all debtful leisure activities. Decades later,Paul McCartney Define the story directly into a 2004 interview withUncut magazine. "'Lucy in the sky," it's pretty obvious, "he said." There are others who make subtle notes on the drugs, but you know, it's easy to overestimate the influence drugs on the music of Beatles. "And for more beatles stories that are not exactly done, here is50 rumors of totally absurd celebrity that some people really believe

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"Total Eclipse of the Heart" of Bonnie Tyler

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Songs composerJim Steinmanunveiled thatBonnie Tyler'sHit 1993 Song "Total Eclipse of the heart" was initially entitled "Vampires love".

"If someone listens to words, they are really likevampire lines. Everything about darkness, the power of darkness and the place of love in the dark night, "said the composerGameIn 2002. So the next time you listen to this classic of the 1990s, imagine about two vampires. And if you are a child of the 90s, you will remember these25 songs every child '90 knows by heart.

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"I pulled on the sheriff" from Bob Marley

BOB MARLEY Jamaican reggae musician in 1976
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Reggae iconBob Marleywas incredibly skilled to weaving stories rather complicated in his music. Take his 1973 song "I shot on the sheriff", for example. According to Marley's Ex Lover, the song really details his desire for her not to take birth control pills, which he would cruelly damn damn damage. TheThe meaning of the song was arranged in the movie 2011Bob Marley: the manufacture of a legend,according toMiami new times.Marley's Ex said "The sheriff" was the doctor who prescribed the pills.

When you review the lyrics (as "every time I plant a seed / he said killing her before growing"), he seems to make sense. And although Marley has never confirmed the meaning itself, he said in 1974: "It's not really a sheriff - it's theelements of maliceAnd for another artist who made this famous song, checkThe 50 best cover songs of all time.

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"Face poker" by Lady Gaga

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Lady Gaga's The first shots often explored its bisexuality. In some, it was openly discussed, as in "so happy that I could die" where she talks about falling for a "lavender blonde". But other times, it was so subtle that you might miss it. And that was the case with "poker face" of 2008 ". Gaga opened on thetrue meaning of the song In 2009, when she stated during a performance that "Poker Face" is to be in a relationship with a fantastic man on the being with a woman, according to NBC.

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"More difficult to breathe" brown 5

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Unlike popular belief, this song of love Steamy appeared on the first album of Merchant 5,Songs on Jane, was not detailing as the main singerAdam Levine's love life. In fact, "more difficult to breathe" was in fact inspired by the pressure of the group's recording label when he arrived at the 2002 album. "This song comes pure to throw something. C was the 11th hour and the label wanted more songs. It wasThe last crack, "Levine told MTV in 2002." I wanted to record a record and that the label applied a lot of pressure, but I'm glad to have done. "

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"Chandelier" of SIA

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WhenSIA Posted his song "Changed" in 2014, he was widely interpreted as a party song. But the artist intended to be just the opposite. She actually leaned theSong on his struggles with outbuilding and alcoholism, that she treated after her boyfriend was fatally struck by a taxi in 1997. SIA turned to drugs and alcohol to cope, but eventually in anonymous alcoholics and is now sober. "That's why" Chandelier "was interesting for me," said Sia at NPR in 2014. "I wrote the song because there are so many party hymns in pop. And I thought that this would be interesting to make a different grip. "

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"In the air tonight" by Phil Collins

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Phil Collins' First single solo After leaving Genesis, "in the air tonight", contains a troubled monologue on what rings like the singer brush with a man who refused to save someone drowned. But Collins revealed his first great success is actually about something else entirely.

In an interview with the BBC, Collins confessed that the song of 1981 is aintrospective look at his divorce of his first wife. "It's obviously angry. It's angry side, or the bitter side of a separation," he said. "What makes it even more comic, it's when I hear these stories that started many years ago, especially in America, someone who comes to me and saying:" Have -You really saw someone drowning? "I said," No, bad. ""

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"Slide" by Goo Goo dolls

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Since its publication in 1998, many believed that this popular song by Goo Goo dolls is a love story. But in an episode of 2002 ofVH1 storytellers, singerJohnny Rzeznik revealedThe true meaning of the song-And it's much darker than anyone who had anticipated.

The main singer said "slide" on "these two teenage girls and the girlfriend falls pregnant, and they try to decide ... if she should have an abortion or if it should get married ... and I do not think much People have that. "The secret meaning of the song seems really clear when you look at the lyrics like:" Do not you like the life you killed? / The priest is on the phone / your father hit the wall / your MA denied you. " And we are betting that you did not know that "Goo Goo dolls" is not the original name of this group. Want to know more? To verify30 terrible original names for your favorite groups.

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"Fireworks" from Katy Perry

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"Fireworks" byKaty Perry Has been a hymn of motivation since its publication in 2010. But according to pop star, what inspired its own inevitable death. "Basically, I have this very morbid idea," said PerryBillboard In 2010. "When I go,I want to be put in a fireworks And turned through the sky on the Ocean Santa Barbara as my last hourra. "

Perry added that she liked the fact that the fireworks make crowds "ooh" and "ahh". "I guess making people" Ahhh "is a bit like my motto," she said.

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"Good riddance (hour of your life)" per green day

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If you have attended a graduate, funeral, wedding or celebration ceremony for the last 20 years, it is very likely that you have heard about "good beginner (hour of your life)" by green day several times. The song of 1997 was widely interpreted to consist of going to the next chapter of his life. But in 2006, the group's main singer,Billie Joe Armstrong, confessed to the world of the guitar that theThe song was actually leaning When he felt incredibly angry and resentful on a break with an ex-girlfriend heading for equator. "In the song, I tried to be directed by his departure, even if I was completely p *****," Armstrong said. "So I named it" good disduct "just to express my anger." And for more songs on Heartbreaker, checkThe 100 best rupture songs of all time.

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"Love Song" of Sara Bales

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Unlike popular belief, singer-interpreterSara Bales Do not say a sticky boyfriend to get out in his "love song". In reality, similar to the case with brown 5 '' s "more difficult to breathe," bodieswrote this song for registration labels, who demanded that she wrote a romantic melody she did not have her. "They encouraged me to continue writing, and I was unlucky, and I was going to start ideas and extracts from song moments, and I had just received a reaction really jerged at all, "She told MTV in 2008." It's totally honest and I was very lucky that the label also loved it. "

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"Closing time" by Semisonic

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This Simple song 1998 about the bar closure after a long night of MerryMaking is actually, at its base, something much more. During a 2008 execution, a decade after the Semisonic First song came out, the singerDan Wilson finally said "Closing Time" was actually hisimminent paternity. Looking back, the words "closing time / this room will not be open" til your brothers or sisters come "must refer to his wife.

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"Semi-Charmed Life" by Third Eye Blind

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Here is another successful song from the 90s who has a much deeper message in its apparently surface level of surface level. Shortly after "Semi-Charmed Life" was published, Third Eye Blind FrontmanStephan Jenkins explained in an interview 1997 withBillboard that he is "adirty, dirty song"On a powered drug bender." It's really funny that people play on the radio, "said Jenkins.

"I think people hear" Semi-Charmed Life "asHappy summer jam. And it's good with me, "he added.

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"Royals" by Lord

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It may seem this first single hit ofLorded was on how it would never be up to the riches and glory of the monarchy. But the singer admitted in an interview with VH1 that his 2013 song "Royals" was actuallyinspired by a photo of Kansas City Royals Baseball Player George Brett being hunted by an autograph fans.

"I had been a bit thinking about writing this song for a while and was a little by pulling a few lines here and there, and I had this image of theNational Geographic From this guy signature baseball balls, "The New Zealand singer explained in 2013." He was a baseball player and his shirt said Royals. I was like, 'I really like this word, because I am a great word fetish. I will choose a word and I will hit an idea about it. " The next year,Lorde met Brett And they posed for a photo together. So, it is safe to say that it is actually a royal now.

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"A Little Bit Longer" by the Jonas Brothers

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At the top of their popularity in 2008, the Jonas Brothers published a song entitled "A Little Bit Longer", which sounded like a rupture song. CornNick jonastold MTV that thesong was actually fighting with type 1 diabetes. "I had one day when my sugar was out of reach, and I sat at the piano and written in 20 minutes. And it was because I had this strong inspiration, "he said shortly after MTV the song came out.

When re-examining some words (as "waiting on a cure / but none of them will not fail"), the meaning seems clear with the decline.

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"Can Not Feel My Face" by The Weekend

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A large number ofWeekend The fans first thought that his first successful song, 2015 "I Can Not Feel My Face," was on the euphoria to be in a new exciting relationship. But he actually used his song writing prowesspersonify his past drug abuse, according toBillboard. In aNew York TimesProfile, The Weeknd revealed that as a teenager, he would be "get high on everything that was around. With several words in detail how "she will be the death of me," It seems clear that "I can not feel my face" is on addiction.

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"Wolves" of Selena Gomez

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Almost every timeSelena GomezPut a new single, his fans army (Aka Selenators) are ready to decipher all his hidden messages. In the case of 2017 "wolves", they understood very early that the optimistic song is the most likelyAbout the fight Gomez with lupus. After all, the Latin word "lupus" translates directly by "wolf".

Although the singer has not been explicit about the direction of the song, Gomez says Beats 1 that "the song is very beautiful and personal and the lyrics have just a clean story. Oddly, at the same time I was working on in Japan, I went through things, too, so it's any mirror ".

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"I Feel It Still" by Portugal. The man

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"Just like Heaven" by The Cure

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The singer of The CureRobert Smithis known for spinningEsoteric poetryin liner hits. Eco-to-point, "Just like the sky", an apparently innocent song about the loving fall.

However, like Smith emphasized in an interview with 2003 withBlender, the famous line "What's this cry / laughter / cuddling inducing?" is in factinspired by an instance in which he was hyperventilation and started "fainting the ground". Smith saidBlender: "As the song has progressed, I have introduced different agreements, which gives it a slightly melancholy feeling."

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"Higher" by belief

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"Above," the single of 1999The second studio album of Creedseemed to be a simple Christian rock walk on a superior power. But main singerScott Stap said that the blow that has inevitably helped Croyer achieve the meteoric success was in factBenefits of lucid dream. In 2000, STAPP saidTwirlMagazine he had a recurring nightmare and plunged into Lucid's practice dreaming of getting rid of that. And that's what's "higher".


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