EVEN MORE of the Most MISUNDERSTOOD Songs in Music History

A song is so catchy that

most

people probably don't listen to the lyrics, but they should, so in my last video I talked about

songs

that are misinterpreted in one way or another, where people think they mean one thing but in reality They mean something else or not. I don't feel like there's anything to analyze, but there's actually a hidden message there and so on. Everyone loved hearing all those stories. I got tons of suggestions for part two and that's what we're doing today with the same goals. I'd like to give you the real background behind these clues, point out some irony, and generally share some fun facts.

Here we go, first of all, everyone in the comments wanted me to talk about hey ya by outcast, this is one of the best examples in

music

history

. The song sounds fun, upbeat, and catchy, so people just assume the lyrics follow suit. No, this iconic song is actually a dark story about how people stay in unhappy relationships because that's what tradition tells them. He says what they should do if what they say is that nothing lasts forever. So what makes love the exception? So why do we deny it so much when we know we are not happy here?

But what sets this song apart from so many others you'll see in this video is that Andre 3000 knew how people would react. Hey, it sounds so upbeat and entertaining that people would never care about the lyrics halfway through. He predicts that this will happen saying: "You don't want to listen to me, you just want to dance" and millions of people never realized what went through their heads on the weekends. I Can't Feel My Face is one of those things where I'm sure there's a bit of disguise involved but it shouldn't fool as many people as it does.

It's like Clark Kent puts on glasses to hide the fact that he is Superman on the outside. a vague love song about being in love with a girl whose perspective took her to the top of the charts, was a huge hit on the radio and was

even

nominated for a children's choice award, but

even

the slightest critical thought is to compare the infatuation with a girl with a cocaine addiction good job nickelodeon you know, randy newman the guy who made you you have a friend in me from toy story you're going to want to buckle up for the story of his track hillbillies I guess

most

of people know him for that cute pixar song and that's it, but randy has a long and relatively controversial career as a singer-songwriter throughout his discography, he has written

songs

that intimidate little people, happily invite slaves to the united states , they glorify violence against the lgbtq community and much

more

, but these are all satirical songs written from the point of view of terrible, horrible human beings.

You're supposed to be disgusted by the lyrics, not sing along and I'm sure you know where I'm going with this. all the cases I have listed so far and especially with his song rednecks the same people he satirizes take the songs and use them as celebrations rednecks has lyrics that are anti-semitic and extremely racist the n-word is used

more

than several times and the context behind the talk show he references in the lyrics is super intense, but with all that in mind, Randy Newman had to stop playing the song in the south because people at his concerts were singing it as if it were the song. national anthem in the previous video i talked about some different songs that people wouldn't dance to at their weddings if they knew what they were really about misery loves company, so here are some more examples of things that aren't as romantic as you might expect Hinder's Lips of An Angel is a power ballad that may seem intimate and loving, but it's about wanting to cheat on your partner with your ex.

Sometimes Billy Idol's white wedding is pretty blatant because he's against marriage, but I. I've seen so many stories about how it's played during a reception just because it has wedding in the title, it's understandable to want to include the hopeful chords of Verve's bittersweet symphony when you get married, but when trying to make ends meet you're a slave to money , then you die wouldn't be my ideal lyric to hear during my first dance by sarah mclachlan is a strange and baffling case of

misunderstood

non-romance this song was inspired by real stalkers who sent sarah detailed letters about what they were like we'll be together forever this chorus that he talks about holding her and wiping her tears is incredibly creepy.

The song title is sinister enough on its own, but for some reason people still dedicate it to their loved ones on the opposite end of the spectrum and to trust. I know this sounds silly, but it's true that people confuse Bob Marley's No Woman No Cry with a song for singles and the joy of being single. It's not No Woman No Cry like when I don't have a lady in my life. I'm happy, it's not a woman, there's no crying, it's comforting a woman near and dear to her heart at first sight. Sarah Bareilles' love song is a typical song about the ups and downs of a relationship.

I'm not going to write you a love song because you asked for it. It's because you need one, but actually this was basically a middle finger to her record label. They kept rejecting the songs she was writing and taking them away, they were pressuring her to make more radio-safe songs and in response she came back with this radio. friendly song that was actually super passive-aggressive at the end, this tongue-in-cheek track came out of frustration and written in 30 minutes ended up being their biggest hit in a similar meta that pokes fun at the industry's streak that we can look at kids. electric sensation and time to pretend by mgmt, this is another topic that people in the comments of the last video wanted me to talk about and if you are interested in a more detailed explanation, check out middle late's video about the

history

of the band, at few words. is that mgmt started out as management, two college students making experimental noise loops in their dorm room, soon they were playing at house parties, but it was practically performance art that they were improvising on the Ghostbusters theme song for hours on end, Eventually these two artsy kids started writing the most stereotypical pop songs they could imagine as a joke with the ultimate goal of selling out the tickets as quickly as possible.

The kids' electric feel and pretend time became popular on campus. They put the tracks on their first EP. That's what attracted them. a record deal and 14 years and three albums later, his college prank songs are still his most successful songs. Eddie Grant's Electric Avenue is great and one of those songs you just have to dance to when it comes on, but its origin story would make you think twice before doing so. The title refers to a street in south London that was the first commercial street lit with electricity in the early 1980s. There was a lot of tension in this area due to Caribbean immigrants being unfairly unemployed, poor and falling.

The victim of racist policing, this hostility led to the Brixton riots of 1981, which left hundreds of people injured, buildings damaged and vehicles burned, and while the lyrics of Electric Avenue tell you this dark story, everyone is too busy dancing to notice that it even appeared in the Pinea Express theme. Good Ink by Gorillaz is about the escapism of intellectual freedom and in the

music

video we have references to a Big Brother George Orwell type corporate atmosphere, so isn't it funny how this song fights for the little guy and goes against the principles of big companies? has been used in many adverts for major companies like Apple and BBC with Nina's 99 love balloons and just when we go to the beach, people are not only confused by the set, it sounds funny, so the lyrics probably are too . not in English, so you know, Americans are dancing to these things without a single thought passing through their minds.

We have this German song that's about balloons and a Spanish song that's about going to the beach. I remember learning that phrase in school, but no, they're both about the threat of the nuclear bomb, the cold war was crazy at the time, the "you don't love me" thing sounds like some kind of breakup song and that's it. the public perception of her if you're half listening to lyrics but then singing the chorus you're rooting for this guy after his girlfriend left him for bigger and better things he's shooting and you want the best for him but once you really analyze the verses and the pre-chorus, you read the story. like a subtle but very real threat, a boy meets a girl when she is a waitress at a cocktail bar, he turns her into someone new five years later, she is successful and this is where it gets bad, but don't forget I'm I'm the one who put you where you are now. and I can humiliate you again too, no, you don't want me, you know, I can't believe it when I hear that you won't see me, this alone is controlling and the guy sounds like a bully, but once.

We get to you, you think you've changed your mind, you better change it again or we'll both regret it, that's absolutely terrifying, but we all sing like it's a knight in shining armor to close this whole thing out. Let's go over some very obvious examples I left out. My main point in the first video was wow, there's always more music than you'd expect, but with these I'm just begging the audience to pay a little more attention, isn't it lovely? by Stevie Wonder is not a romantic love song, it's about the birth of her daughter and in the full version there are long snippets of babies crying and Stevie's daughter Aisha in the bathtub.

I can't believe I have to say this, but Hosier's opinion. Going to church is not a praise for religion, it's about the links between sexuality and humanity and the music video was made in support of gay rights last Christmas by wham it's not a fun song about the holidays , it's about a breakup, a careless whisper by george michael it's not a love song it's about feeling guilty after cheating on your spouse people confuse everyone it hurts by rem as a song that just sinks into depression , but it's actually quite the opposite, it's an inspiring song about overcoming sadness, not succumbing to it, everyone hurts, yes people, I hear you excited. up kicks by foster the people isn't about a fancy new pair of shoes and i finally never want to see another tweet of oh it's september 30th time to wake up green day boy billy joe wrote a beautiful song about his father's death and now it's been decades that he's been suffocated by memes during this annual traumatic time in his life.

Let me know in the comments which of these surprised you and which of these you can't believe people are still screwing up thanks for watching thanks for watching that video if If you want to support the channel feel free to like, comment and subscribe. You can follow me on social media at renshaw.hs. You can buy my merchandising. Support my patreon and thanks again. See you soon.