35 Songs That Everybody Gets Wrong

A lot is made about the lyrical content of songs. So much so that, naturally, we wind up with more than a few different interpretations that are usually presented with fact.

Well, all of them are bullshit and you knew the day would come when we debunk those myths. Our readers researched the origins of these popular songs, and we gave $200 to the winner ...

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ER M.I.A'S Grammy- nominated Paper Planes is usually thought to be A about a drug dealer. It's actually a satire of immigrant stereotypes. The topic i

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THE BEATLES stereo disc ICOMDACT PARLOPHONE DIGITAL AUDID HELP! According to John Lennon, the Beatles' 1965 song Ticket to Ride isn't about trains.

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88 63 John Hughes developed the plot and wrote the popular 80's teen flick, Pretty In Pink, based on the lyrics of the title song. (It's too bad that

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Contrary to what Tony Stark might believe. Black Sabbath's Iron Man has nothing, to do with his suit of armor. cOzzy came up with the title 'Iron Ma

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Entry by Chan Teik Onn

MAR5 harder to breathe was a rant by Adam Levine about his record label. The band was frustrated because their company asked for more songs on their d

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Entry by FunkPumpkin

CRACKEDo COM This song isn't about James a girlfriend dying in a plane crash. Taylor The song's three verses are about three phases in his life. Fire

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NIGHT RANGER CRACKED.COM Sister Christiand TOPHIT USA Night Ranger's Sister Christian is not about a nun being tempted by camnal desires. Maxi-Singl

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CRACKEDCON BEAJLES THE ballad Blackbird sabout something more foul thanfowl. It's about an African American girl (a black bird. get it?) dealing wit

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Entry by Marconi Rebus

1999'S INTERNATIONAL SMASH HIT 'CLOSING TIME' BY SEMISONIC IS NOT ABOUT HAVING TO LEAVE A BAR AT THE END OF A NIGHT OUT. OPEN ALL THE DOORS AND LET Y

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sutctoe solution Is not about committing Suicide But rather about dying from alcohol abuse CRACKED COM

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U2's song One is not a love song. The band have been told by many fans that they played the song at their weddings, prompting Bono to respond, Are

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The Village People's songs were meant to be serious. David Hodo (the construction worker) said the group's French songwriters originally intended no j

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I DONT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT MY BAD REPU TA TION! J707 JOAN JETT the Anthemforallt BAD FreaksGeeksand S. REPUTATION outcasts! social other Not so fast. Ac

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Entry by mkad

CRACKEDOON When. Paul McCartney was. singing 'Martha My Dear with The Beatles, this is the Martha he was singing to.

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Entry by Marconi Rebus

CRACKED.CON GANGNAMSTYLE THE VAST MAJORITY OF US DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT THE HELL ITS ABOUT SINCE ITS IN KOREAN. BUT THE CATCHY- DANCEHOOK. THE FUNNY V

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$ RICH GIRL DARYL JOHN HALL OATES RICH GIRL ISN'T A GIRL IT'S A GUY. IT was WRITTEN ABOUT AN EX OF DARYL'S THEN GRIPRIEND. THE GENDER WAS CHANGED SINC

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In 1970, the Grateful Dead released Casey Jones, which features the lyric Driving that train, high on cocaine We didn't mean for people to go start

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PAUL SIMON's BEAUTIFUL & AMBIGUOUS FIRST SOLO SINGLE WAS CONCEIVED WHILE PAUL WAS BROWSING A CHINESE FOOD MENU IN NYC. AN EGG-AND-CHICKEN DISH CALLED

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THE ONE I LOVE THOUGH OFTEN DEDICATED TO LOVED ONES THIS SONG IS ACTULLY ABOUT USING SOMEONE AND HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY MICHAEL STIPE AS BEING INCREDI

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Entry by MinorShan

A CRACKEDcO AAAHH FREAK NEW OUT! YEAR'S LE EVE. FREAK. 1977: C'EST CHIC! & BERNARD DISCO EDWARDS HIT LEGENDS NILE AWAY OF RODGERS FROM THE CROUP STU

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Cracklin' neil CRACKED.COM Rosie piamonD Many think this song is about spending the night with a prostitute, due to lyrics like: But it's not. Oh, I

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Entry by Adogg1991

I Don't Like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats is not a song about the It's the response 16-year- disappointment of going old Brenda Ann Spencer back to

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Entry by Chan Teik Onn

Like my father's come to pass fast. 20 years have gohe sO WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS by GREENDAY has nothing to do with anti-war messages. This

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BTO'S You Ain't 616702 BACHMANN Seen Nothin' Yet, UYYCX TURNER with it's unique You Ain't Seen stuttering vocals, Nothin'Yet was recorded as a Fre

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LOVE IS HERE TO STAY Words by IRA GERSHWIN Music by GEORGE GERSHWIN G. Mi Teehnicolor mueical * 60 An American m Parus GEORGE GERSHWIN GENE KELLY Song

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S ( IJI ASYHIH Due to the fact that their It's really a music video song about featured depression. pictures of The video's missing director came chil

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Total Eclipse of the Heart sounds like it's about having a lifelong relationship or getting mamied. It keeps talking about being together forever! The

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Entry by SomerOf84

It wasn't just Lorde's life-long fascination with aristocracy that She also credits led her the this 1976 National to pen hit Royals... Geographic p

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Let's Go All the Way by Sly Fox has to be about sex, right? Not so, says author Gary Mudbone Cooper (right) Not about getting laid, unless that It

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HEARE Litaoeen oeea The Barracuda song was written by Ann Wilson scathing as a response to insinuations and publicity stunts instigated by their for

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Phil Collins' T'ake Me Hoine is nat about Homesickness. ArCal RISA NEA It's apout a patient in a mental hospital, inspired by one Flew Over the Cyc

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Many people believe the Rush song The Trees is a complex metaphor for social equality and the division between social classes. (It's really just dru

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Smells Like Confusion Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit has a history of confused meanings, even to the songwriter himself. Kathleen Hanna of Bikini