I think everyone who hears "Mr. Brightside" knows what he's singing about. The tone of that song perfectly matches the message of the lyrics, unlike most of the rest of these songs. The only ironic aspect of it is the title, but if you listen to it, you get it.
Lucky by Britney Spears and Waterfalls by TLC. As catchy as those songs were, both songs, especially Waterfalls, packed a strong punch to the gut with their respective subject matter.
Crazy that this video is just more proof that we as a society really don’t pay attention or even give a shit when someone is crying out for help.. 🤦🏻♂️
Ah, nothing says "Party Time!" quite like dancing to a song about a woman cheating on her boyfriend with two of his friends. However, the spoken lyrics are hard to hear, and you'd likely be too busy dancing to the chorus.
I remember hearing "Semi Charmed Life" in a trailer for "The Tigger Movie", though they eventually had to pull the ads after discovering that the song had a darker meaning underneath its bouncy exterior.
It's just like Stromae songs "Papaoutai" and "Alors on Danse". They sound very cheerful. But "Papaoutai" is about boy who lost his father and can't understand it, because mother protects him from truth. "Alors on Danse" is about struggle and depression
Everyone knows that Pumped Up Kicks has dark lyrics at this point lol. Its a fantastic song (FTP has many, many more songs that are even better), but listening to the lyrics for even one verse would tell you exactly what it's about. The chorus literally contains "run, faster than my bullets"
Not everyone knows. Unless you specifically look up the lyrics it can be easy to miss, and most people don't do that... they just bop along to the song when it comes on and sing whatever nonsense lyrics their brain fills in the gaps with. I never caught it until this video caused me to really pay attention to the words
@@rbrainsop1 brother, were you not born when it came out or something? this song specifically had so many news stories about its lyrics, it was one of the biggest songs in the world too lol everyone was talking about it and knew what the meaning behind the song was
@@michael_desanta117 I was nearly 30 when it came out. I remember the song well and hearing it everywhere. But people tend to assume that things that are obvious and/or well-known to them and the circles they move in are so to everyone, but they're not. I have no doubt that a LOT of people knew and were talking about it (including major news outlets, as you say). But I can also guarantee you that there were far more people who didn't follow such news and just listened to the radio, oblivious to the meaning behind it.
Honorable mention; "The Way" by Fastball. An elderly couple go missing while on their way to a music festival and their living relatives haven't heard from them since. See Mr Ballin video for further details.
I knew about the majority of these except for Chandelier! I love that song and had no idea it was about her alcoholism. I’ve heard many artists say that song writing is very therapeutic. Congratulations to Sia for getting sober because it isn’t an easy thing to do.
Like a virgin kind of hits me the same way it did for the songwriter. I left an abusive relationship last year, and soon got into a new relationship, and everything is so much different. It took a while to get used to things that are normal in healthy relationships that weren't in my abusive one, like respect, boundaries, and the word "no" being accepted.
I really didn't get why the Scrubs tropical wedding episode featured a sad acoustic vocal version of "Hey Ya" during the wedding. That version especially made it clear it was about infidelity and the inevitable impermanence of love.
@NANYADAMBUZNIS IIRC, Sia was also very close to end-gaming herself during a depressive funk, so it also referenced literal "swinging" from a chandelier as what she almost did to herself.
Remember being out with a friend who was an aupair here and just learning danish. A common danish 80s son was played, and she looked at me and said. That song is so upbeat, but the lyrics are so sad. Most have heard that song a hundred times, but yeah, it's about a guy being left by his girlfriend in a letter
Bohemian Rhapsody is literally a mix of parts of 3 songs that Freddie had no clue how to finish. That is why they keep saying there is no meaning for it.
I think you're Clueless . Try these Hey Joe , JIMI Hendrix . Down by the River , Neil Young . Every Breath You Take , Police . Lola , Kinks . I Shot the Sheriff , Eric Clapton .Green Green Grass of Home , Tom Jones . Delilah , Tom Jones .Young Girl , Gary Puckett and the Union Gap . Aqualung , Jethro Tull . Hot Love , T-Rex . Maggie May , Rod Stewart . Dazed and Confused , Led Zeppelin . You youngsters need to get out more .
Music is all about voicing the strongest emotions the lyric writers have experienced. I'd say most songs ever written would fit on this list, but gotta make the content i get it.
Then there's Eddie Murphy's "Party All the Time," which people think is about a great girlfriend who brings the fun wherever she goes. It's about a guy who's frustrated as heck with his inane girlfriend who doesn't seem to have a deep thought anywhere in her head.
maybe you could do an episode of deeper meanings in heavy metal songs...... i might actually know the songs then!!! think i've maybe heard of a quarter, maybe a third, of the pop songs on this list...
“Young Hearts Run Free” by Candi Staton should be on this list. This channel lacks culture. That song is about domestic violence. Candi’s man at the time hung her out a 20 story window.
If you read the lyrics for I’m turning Japanese you will come to realize that there is nothing else the song can be about other than pleasuring yourself. I got your picture of me and you. You wrote I love you, I wrote , me too. I sit there staring and there’s nothing else to do…… I’ve got your picture I’d like a million all over myself. I want a doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from the inside as well…. Hmmmmmm
Well, I don't know most of these songs, but it seems like maybe people just don't listen to lyrics. A lot of songs are sad. Maybe listen to the songs you like?
And all of the Beatles have steadfastly stood by the story that it was about a picture Julian drew of his friend Lucy from school surrounded by stars. The picture, at any rate, did exist.
This is going back a while to 1984, I remember a song called "Crime of Passion" by Mike Oldfield. It was upbeat with a great hook but it's all about Mikes 19 yr old cousin who was dying of MS with her boyfriend at her side but couldn't bear to watch her suffer, so he took her life in a "crime of passion".
What about 'Moving too fast' by Artful dodger and Romina Johnson. It sounds really summery, but I think the lyrics are about sexual harassment (I may be wrong).
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I think everyone who hears "Mr. Brightside" knows what he's singing about. The tone of that song perfectly matches the message of the lyrics, unlike most of the rest of these songs. The only ironic aspect of it is the title, but if you listen to it, you get it.
Lucky by Britney Spears and Waterfalls by TLC. As catchy as those songs were, both songs, especially Waterfalls, packed a strong punch to the gut with their respective subject matter.
Precisely, the first is about how alienating Britney's fame was for her, and the second contains themes of drug addiction and AIDS/HIV.
@@trinaq And young lives destroyed by gang violence.
Waterfalls had a huge message, especially for the time
Waterfalls is about a guy having hiv and a black boy being shot bc he sold drugs
@@Musicalfan69420 the girl the guy was with had it, never told him and in turn gave it to him
Crazy that this video is just more proof that we as a society really don’t pay attention or even give a shit when someone is crying out for help.. 🤦🏻♂️
You know what's really dark some of these Some of these songs got the Kidz bop treatment
Ah, nothing says "Party Time!" quite like dancing to a song about a woman cheating on her boyfriend with two of his friends. However, the spoken lyrics are hard to hear, and you'd likely be too busy dancing to the chorus.
my elementary and middle school played this at every dance
I just started watching this video, and I think I can guess that the song being described here is none other than the "Macarena".
@@Lady_dromedaI have never heard of the song
Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People
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The reality of the stories behind theses songs threw me hard, I can't even remember how many times I have used these songs to forget about life
I remember hearing "Semi Charmed Life" in a trailer for "The Tigger Movie", though they eventually had to pull the ads after discovering that the song had a darker meaning underneath its bouncy exterior.
The "Trigger Movie"? Did you mean "*The Tigger Movie" ?
It's just like Stromae songs "Papaoutai" and "Alors on Danse". They sound very cheerful. But "Papaoutai" is about boy who lost his father and can't understand it, because mother protects him from truth. "Alors on Danse" is about struggle and depression
Everyone knows that Pumped Up Kicks has dark lyrics at this point lol. Its a fantastic song (FTP has many, many more songs that are even better), but listening to the lyrics for even one verse would tell you exactly what it's about. The chorus literally contains "run, faster than my bullets"
Not everyone knows. Unless you specifically look up the lyrics it can be easy to miss, and most people don't do that... they just bop along to the song when it comes on and sing whatever nonsense lyrics their brain fills in the gaps with. I never caught it until this video caused me to really pay attention to the words
@@rbrainsop1 brother, were you not born when it came out or something? this song specifically had so many news stories about its lyrics, it was one of the biggest songs in the world too lol everyone was talking about it and knew what the meaning behind the song was
@@michael_desanta117 I was nearly 30 when it came out. I remember the song well and hearing it everywhere. But people tend to assume that things that are obvious and/or well-known to them and the circles they move in are so to everyone, but they're not. I have no doubt that a LOT of people knew and were talking about it (including major news outlets, as you say). But I can also guarantee you that there were far more people who didn't follow such news and just listened to the radio, oblivious to the meaning behind it.
Fr it’s so obvious
Honorable mention; "The Way" by Fastball. An elderly couple go missing while on their way to a music festival and their living relatives haven't heard from them since. See Mr Ballin video for further details.
I remember that true story. Sad sad..
I knew about the majority of these except for Chandelier! I love that song and had no idea it was about her alcoholism. I’ve heard many artists say that song writing is very therapeutic. Congratulations to Sia for getting sober because it isn’t an easy thing to do.
Yes. Her life was so sad
Honorable mention: Everything Breath You Take by The Police. And also Roxanne
Crazy thing is in the 80s and 90s people were playing Every Breath at weddings.
@assignments5094 I know, right? They thought the song was about true love; when, in fact, it was about a stalker!
Like a virgin kind of hits me the same way it did for the songwriter. I left an abusive relationship last year, and soon got into a new relationship, and everything is so much different. It took a while to get used to things that are normal in healthy relationships that weren't in my abusive one, like respect, boundaries, and the word "no" being accepted.
I really didn't get why the Scrubs tropical wedding episode featured a sad acoustic vocal version of "Hey Ya" during the wedding. That version especially made it clear it was about infidelity and the inevitable impermanence of love.
Definitely Chandelier, ever since i was a teenager. Happy saturday night, Rebecca, take care and God bless you. Greetings from Colombia to you as well
Yes this song is so sad and people don't know it. It spreads awareness of the dangers of Alcoholism and drugs. Sia's life was so sad
@NANYADAMBUZNIS IIRC, Sia was also very close to end-gaming herself during a depressive funk, so it also referenced literal "swinging" from a chandelier as what she almost did to herself.
@KittyKatt_Luna80s and i thought that metaphor was literal, silly me
@@KittyKatt_Luna80s Not actually swinging , more like overdosing. Btw I know the whole story , but thanks anyway
Most of twentyonepilots songs sound upbeat but have deeper meanings
Kings of Leon's "Sex on Fire"; Sting's "Every Breath You Take" and Audioslave's "Like A Stone" should've been included in this list.
1:30 I was only 12 when I heard this song and I didn't even know what Tove Lo meant by "stay high" until I was 18! 😅
who tf thinks Mr. Brightside is “cheery”? you have to be deaf to not know what the lyrics mean
Remember being out with a friend who was an aupair here and just learning danish. A common danish 80s son was played, and she looked at me and said. That song is so upbeat, but the lyrics are so sad.
Most have heard that song a hundred times, but yeah, it's about a guy being left by his girlfriend in a letter
What song is it
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Freedom 90 by George Michael is incredibly sad!!! “Gonna get me some happy”
He was miserable.
Didn't know that was the meaning to "Macarena". We performed a dance to this song at birthday parties when I worked at Chuck E. Cheese's
Apparently no one listens to the lyrics of songs.
ok boomer!
@eddiejoewalt7746 lol, you actually think calling me a boomer is insulting. An old elephant like me has tougher skin.Try again
lyrics are overrated
@@TrueMithrandir ok? and how Lyrics are overrated because you for 🧠 never wrote lyrics for a song ever
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@eddiejoewalt7746 lyrics suck
10,000 Maniacs “What’s the Matter Here?” is heartbreaking.
And “Candy Everybody Wants” is a sad social commentary, too.
dude 90% of these songs i knew had a darker meaning 1. because of the music video and 2. because of listening to the lyrics.
Bohemian Rhapsody is literally a mix of parts of 3 songs that Freddie had no clue how to finish. That is why they keep saying there is no meaning for it.
I think you're Clueless . Try these Hey Joe , JIMI Hendrix . Down by the River , Neil Young . Every Breath You Take , Police . Lola , Kinks . I Shot the Sheriff , Eric Clapton .Green Green Grass of Home , Tom Jones . Delilah , Tom Jones .Young Girl , Gary Puckett and the Union Gap . Aqualung , Jethro Tull . Hot Love , T-Rex . Maggie May , Rod Stewart . Dazed and Confused , Led Zeppelin . You youngsters need to get out more .
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Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay
I'd add Big In Japan by Alphaville as an honorable mention. When I first heard it, I couldn't realize it was about drug use
Music is all about voicing the strongest emotions the lyric writers have experienced. I'd say most songs ever written would fit on this list, but gotta make the content i get it.
This reminded me of so many FANTASTIC songs
great list tbh
Honorable mention I’d add would be Poison from Hazbin Hotel
Except anyone who watched Hazbin Hotel would already know how dark the song is. Same with Addict.
Honorable Mention, Rose Colored Boy By Paramore.
Then there's Eddie Murphy's "Party All the Time," which people think is about a great girlfriend who brings the fun wherever she goes. It's about a guy who's frustrated as heck with his inane girlfriend who doesn't seem to have a deep thought anywhere in her head.
How can anybody not think that Bo Rhap has a dark meaning. The lyrics clearly describe a man who is facing execution for murder.
not one of these but a lot of Gfriend's songs are about sad topics like, grief and also the grieving someone who unalived himself
"Wherever You Will Go" by The Calling
I love these pop songs!
Love these type of list
I prefer the Los Del Rio's version. It actually matches the dance moves.
I Took a Pill in Ibiza is a dead giveaway.
Not a single interview given by Freddie, or any Queen member, has ever given the story behind the song.
I think you just wanted to sound Freudian
I’m surprised Colors by Halsey isn’t on the list.
maybe you could do an episode of deeper meanings in heavy metal songs......
i might actually know the songs then!!!
think i've maybe heard of a quarter, maybe a third, of the pop songs on this list...
“Young Hearts Run Free” by Candi Staton should be on this list. This channel lacks culture. That song is about domestic violence. Candi’s man at the time hung her out a 20 story window.
Y'all should have put Pink sober on display
There wasn't any surprise for me with the weeknd but I guess that says more about me. I let people know and they couldn't believe it haha
The one other pop song with dark lyrcis is yoasobi racing into the night, the Japanese version of it, and the English version of it
Over the Hills and Far Away by Nightwish and Whiskey in a Jar are both about a man spending time in prison.
Pumpe up kicks about school shooting murder
Still funny that "Bohemian Rhapsody" is actually quoted as "Bohemian Rap City" in the headlines of the video chapters. 🙂
5:51 Eric Roberts been in few music videos Emma must be proud her dad been in lots of movies and music videos
If you read the lyrics for I’m turning Japanese you will come to realize that there is nothing else the song can be about other than pleasuring yourself. I got your picture of me and you. You wrote I love you, I wrote , me too. I sit there staring and there’s nothing else to do…… I’ve got your picture I’d like a million all over myself. I want a doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from the inside as well…. Hmmmmmm
I really expected to see Every Breath You Take by The Police. I mean, song of the year?
11:38 I miss this weekend and his hair
I was expecting chandelier up there, but there was one missing: smells like teen spirit.
Well, I don't know most of these songs, but it seems like maybe people just don't listen to lyrics. A lot of songs are sad. Maybe listen to the songs you like?
Tove Lo’s name was pronounced all wrong.
Anna's Song by Silverchair - it's about Daniel Johns' anorexia battle
Don’t forget night changes and Stockholm Syndrome those are 1d songs that have a dark meaning.
together again by janet jackson not being here is a travesty
Also Lady In The Sky with Diamonds is about LSD
It's actually 'Lucy in the Sky (with Diamonds)'.
@ Bruh why does my auto correct only work when it’s not right
And all of the Beatles have steadfastly stood by the story that it was about a picture Julian drew of his friend Lucy from school surrounded by stars. The picture, at any rate, did exist.
This is going back a while to 1984, I remember a song called "Crime of Passion" by Mike Oldfield.
It was upbeat with a great hook but it's all about Mikes 19 yr old cousin who was dying of MS with her boyfriend at her side but couldn't bear to watch her suffer, so he took her life in a "crime of passion".
I love songs 🎵
Dark can be beautiful by Alec chambers
How can you listen to songs without hearing the lyrics?
“Tuvalu?” Her name is pronounced Toe-vuh loh”
What about 'Moving too fast' by Artful dodger and Romina Johnson. It sounds really summery, but I think the lyrics are about sexual harassment (I may be wrong).
11:48, Rebecca had a bit of a Freudian slip with her narration.
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@bell6dandy564 she said 18 instead of 8
@@RocketRoketto ah ok thanks!!
@RocketRoketto although if you've listened to enough of thier vids you realize they do this ON PURPOSE so people will comment to correct.
Scotty doesn’t know
The #1 is a terrible choice, especially in the face of the rest of the lineup.
I prefer Tarantino’s description of like a virgin…
what about ENOLA GAY by OMD( or it doesnot count for being too old,,,,1980....?)
thats how you say tove lov?! lol
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Most of these are definitely not subtle lol like, at all
4:08 it's about the man who gave him HIV/AIDS
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Wanna Be Starting Something from Michael Jackson and Pop Life from Prince should be here. Specially the former.