65 Songs You Will Never Be Able To Listen To The Same Way Again

[Reasonable Doubt]

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.


http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/songs-youll-never-be-able-to-listen-to-the-same-way-again

 

[NutBucket]

Not much of a problem as I don't care about most of the songs and/or "artists" on that list.

 

[Rakehellion]

Many of these are not true.

 

[tynopik]

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.”

Adams might say that, but Vallance, his co-author, doesn't agree

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2759

Oh my ' I wish this little "controversy" would just go away.

First of all, when Bryan and I were writing the song, it was originally called "Best Days Of My Life". The words "summer of '69" only appeared once, right after "played it 'til my fingers bled". That was it! The song really was about the summer of 1969!

It took us a week or two to fine-tune the lyric. At some point we realized that "Summer Of '69" was a better title, so we literally "shoe-horned" that phrase into a few more places in the song.

At no time do I recall discussing sexual innuendo with Bryan ' except for one little thing. When we recorded the demo in my basement, towards the end of the song Bryan sang a little naughty bit: "me and my baby in a '69". We had a laugh about it at the time, and Bryan decided to keep it when he did the final recording a month or two later. Nobody seemed to notice, and that was the end of it until a few years ago when Bryan started introducing the song in concert by saying, "This song has nothing to do with the year 1969". The audience reaction was predictable.

Let me qualify this by saying I don't pretend to speak for Bryan. Two of us wrote the song. Maybe he was thinking about something completely different ... but I was thinking about that amazing summer when I turned 17. There were brand new vinyl albums released by The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Kinks, Janis Joplin, The Band. It was awesome and I'll never forget it.

Bryan Adams is a great writer, a great singer, and a great friend. He's entitled to his recollections as to what inspired the song "Summer Of '69". My recollections just happen to be different than his.

 

[HendrixFan]

Many of these are not true.

This.

Some I knew, most don't change the way I listen to songs, and the rest are all fake.

 

[velillen]

All i got from that list is nobody writes their own music

 

[KeithP]

Many of these are not true.

This.

-KeithP

 

[mrjminer]

Some of them seemed obvious from the songs themselves, but I doubt some of these are true. Not to mention, none of these are really surprising or shocking in any way. Like, yea, who is going to listen to a song like "Since U Been Gone" and be like -- OMG I CAN'T LISTEN TO THIS THE SAME WAY BECAUSE IT WAS OFFERED TO PINK FIRST!!!

Obviously juts an attempt to make money by retarded source on-par with tabloids, if that's not what buzzfeed isn't already classified as.

 

[Eug]

Where is Relax, by Frankie Goes To Hollywood?

 

[mrjminer]

Where is Relax, by Frankie Goes To Hollywood?

I don't think anyone has ever listened to that song, and not listened to it in the way it was intended.

 

[Eug]

I don't think anyone has ever listened to that song, and not listened to it in the way it was intended.

Well, they managed to get past the BBC censors for weeks before they finally banned it.

 

[alkemyst]

Most see things reactive rather than proactive.

In their 20's they cry how they can't find women. In their 40's still alone they brag how they sport fucked supermodels "back in the day".

Music is about the performance and/or what that artist/song means to you.

 

[Kaido]

http://time.com/2838308/dave-coulier-says-alanis-morissettes-iconic-you-oughta-know-wasnt-about-him/

 

[BUTCH1]

A lot of that I already knew, Prince for example was already a mega-star when he recorded "nothing compares 2 you", Billy Joel's "only the good die young" is fairly obvious in it's intent and anything by Miley Cyrus makes me want to hurl anyway. Oh, one more, "Candle in the wind", yea, that was a monster hit for Elton back in '73, did the person who made this list think we forgot that when he revised the lyric in memory of Princess D ?

 

[Iron Woode]

who'd a thunk that popular songs may be covers and/or written by someone else.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Where is Relax, by Frankie Goes To Hollywood?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HwmO_GZfzI

It was a big hit in the early 80s. I did not catch the innuendo back then.

 

[Carson Dyle]

Many of these are not true.

I'll bet 90% of them are not true. Even at that, few of them are very surprising.

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

This is true. But BFD.

 

[FelixDeCat]

I'll bet 90% of them are not true. Even at that, few of them are very surprising.

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

This is true. But BFD.

Michael Jackson's "Beat It" was actually about being attracted to gay men.

 

[John Connor]

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

The music video is self explanatory.

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

I thought it was about suicide.

Edit- Here are the facts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Freshmen_(song)#Background_and_content


What about Rihanna from Stevie Nicks?

 

[DigDog]

Many of these are not true.

^

 

[BudAshes]

60% of the time chain emails are true every time.

 

[Linflas]

Billy Joel’s “Only the Good Die Young” is about a man trying to convince a Catholic girl to lose her virginity to him.
“Zombie” by The Cranberries is about terrorism in Northern Ireland.

Duh? I think anyone that actually has heard these songs knows this. After all "C'mon Virginia don't make me wait, Catholic girls start much to late" is not really all that obscure.

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

The best version of this I have heard was done by Anne Previn solo on the Howard Stern show.

 

[smackababy]

57. LFO’s “Girl on TV” is about Jennifer Love Hewitt.[/URL]

Did their research for this include watching the fucking music video for the song, that, you know, included JLH in it?

 

[nageov3t]

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

"In the Closet" was also supposed to be a duet between Michael Jackson and Madonna... too bad that never came to fruition.

 

[smackababy]

"In the Closet" was also supposed to be a duet between Michael Jackson and Madonna... too bad that never came to fruition.

Eh, I'd prefer MJ and Prince over MJ and Madonna. But, I was never a huge fan of the material girl.


Also, '4. ALSO “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” is a cover by some dude. The original is by a guy named Robert Hazard.' puzzles me. Are they not aware it is Cyndi Lauper?