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There is no lyric "every bone you break" in "Every Breath You Take." It's "every bond you break" and "every vow you break."

I always interpreted Hotel California as pretty straightforward. He falls asleep at the wheel and wakes up in Hell. "Relax said the nightman, we are programed to receive, you can check out any time that you like, but you can NEVER leave."

Funniest meme I’ve ever seen was “He’s just rode through a whole desert. You think he would’ve named the horse by then.” 😂

I think people get the following wrong: Otis Redding - Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay. It's not about passing time relaxing, the singer is broke, unemployed and homeless so has nothing to do. I Will Always Love You. Whitney Houston's cover sounds like a profession of romantic love, when Dolly Parton wrote the song as a dedicated thank you to her mentor Porter Waggoner when she was moving on to bigger things. Woody Guthrie - This Land is Your Land. Not a patriotic anthem, but calls for the abolition of private property in the United States. Psy - Gangnam Style. This is obvious to Korean speakers, but it's a takedown of spoilt rich kids from the rich area of Seoul. Ed Sheeran - The A Team. Sounds like a love song, but it's about a drug addict who eventually overdoses and dies.

R.E.M.s "The One I Love" always made me sing "This one goes out to my one eyed love.." I liked to imagine the singer is singing the song to his cyclops girlfriend..

I always took Puff the Magic Dragon as a story about growing up and losing interest in childish things.

I think pumped up kicks should be on here too. Seems obvious but people have no idea 🤦🏾‍♂️

I was young when Puff the Magic Dragon was released. So I knew well it was about a magical dragon that existed in childhood and disappeared with adulthood. The song used to make me cry haha. The tale is a bit like My Dog Skip, but imaginary - the loss of magic and innocence as we move from wide-eyed wonder to the loony teens until we reach the neurotic world of adulthood.

"Baby, It's Cold Outside" is a romantic song with the characters exchanging in playful banter in flirtatious nature, reflecting the longing for each other and warmth during cold weather. It portrays a consensual back-and-forth dialogue typical of courtship in the time it was written (1944). It’s not some date-rape song.

You should have added the outcast "Hey Ya!" Witch is a song that talks about a marriage where the partners don't really love each other.... and the song even points out saying "Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance" speaking how the song has a upbeat vibe to the song

In the same vein as "Born in the USA" there's John Cougar Mellencamp's "Pink Houses" which keeps being used by politicians at rallies - when it's a song about how the American Dream is complete B.S.

I wonder how many people know the meaning of Billy Holiday's Strange Fruit.

i thought most people knew the meaning of Wake Me Up When September Ends. Billie Joe Armstrong has said multiple times that it’s about losing his father to cancer. he’s said in interviews that, after his father died, he told his mother to “wake me up when september ends”

As a Vietnam veteran the first time I heard "Born in the USA" i knew it was about the Vietnam war and how the country treated veterans of that war: I had a brother at Khe Sanh Fighting off all the Viet Cong They're still there, he's all gone For those unfamiliar with the war, two US Marine regiments, supported by the US and South Vietnamese armies soldiers, stood off over two divisions of the North Vietnamese Army for almost six months until relieved the the US 1st Cavalry Division. Shortly after the battle was over, the US left Khe Sanh, which the North Vietnamese took over. It was a tactical victory for the US but in the end meaningless. Springsteen sums up the battle in three lines.

I can’t believe that not everyone knows that “Every Breath You Take” is about a stalker Every bond you break Every step you take I'll be watching you It’s right there

Anyone who thinks "Born in the U.S.A." is patriotic has never listened to a single word other than "Born in the U.S.A.". This is an anthem for Viet Nam vets who came home to get spit on. It is a big, well deserved F.U. to the USA

The saddest song I've ever heard, 'Cats In The Cradle' by Harry Chapin is clearly about the "The Sins of the Father Visited Upon the Son. "and it occurred to me, he'd grown up just like me"

Basically this list is teaching us we need to read the whole lyrics of a song and not just listen to the catchy chorus. Also we need to stop overthinking things by thinking everything is an innuendo.

The Police "Every Breath You Take" "Every BONE you break"...? Are you sure it's not - " Every BOND you break"...?!

I saw a David Bowie interview from 1999 where he's excited about the interactive possibilities of the new cyberworld unfolding, and he cites the artist Marcel Duchamp: "The piece of art is not finished until the audience comes and adds their own interpretation."

"Suicide Solution" by Ozzy Osbourne has been completely misinterpreted. I remember in the 80s when the Karens of the time said it promoted suicide, but it is actually a song about addiction being a form of killing yourself, and the powerlessness addicts feel.

While the lyrics aren't as heavy, the song Baby Baby by Amy Grant is not about a lover but about her feelings when she gave birth to her daughter. She has said in interviews that she wrote that song about giving birth and the joy she feels is a new mother.

"You can get away with anything if you give it a good melody" -Sting, probably

I dedicated " wake me up when September ends" to my sister passed away in 09/08/ 2006 ... 😢

I never misinterpreted the meaning of More Than Words. I never thought it meant sex. I thought it implied things like holding hands, hugging someone, showing the outside world what the person meant to you. Lines like “Hold me close. Don’t ever let me go.”

As a songwriter i can attest; if someone misinterprets your song as something deeper or more poignant than what you intended you just go "oh ya, tottally what i meant"

Fun Fact: The lead singer of Filter, Richard Patrick has a famous older brother. Robert Patrick, who is most known as the T-1000 in Terminator 2 and in Wayne's World where the character made a cameo.

Always thought Sting wrote 'Every Breath you take' about his first wife after they divorced. He even described the meaning of the song as sadness and jealousy resulting from a messy break-up, not a stalker.

It also seems "More Than Words" seems to be pointing to the phrase "actions speak louder than words.

“Puff's just the name of the boy's magical dragon.”

Supposedly Sting wrote that song as a way to deal with the pain of his own divorce.

How does anyone mistake Every Breath You Take as a love song?

Where is the mention to "Pumped Up Kicks"?

Hallelujah makes me smile every time it's performed as a Christmas/religious piece, especially if they leave in the line that literally contains a minor bondage scene :P

I always thought Puff the Magic Dragon was about the mild heart break of the moment you knew you grew up.

When I was a kid, I thought "Hotel California" was about Purgatory.

#12 - Cohen's "Hallelujah" is one of the most covered songs I can think of. Powerful lyrics. Everyone wants a go at it.

This is one of those _hey, let me update my Spotify playlist_ video lists.

How does anyone not know what "Born in the USA" means when it is in every list about lyrics people get wrong?

There are so many misinterpreted songs out there, it's hard to list them all. Good job.

At no point in the song “Every breath you take” does Sting sing about breaking bones. He does sing “every BOND you break.” Definitely NOT the same thing.

I caught onto the meaning of Cohen's "Hallelujah" when I was searching for a "theme song" for my novel series. It's perfect, the lost love aspect. And the performance by k.d. Lang at the 2005 Juno Awards is top notch. I write vampire and angel novels and the angels are there trying to find a rogue vampire at the concert (unseen, of course). My male protagonist is one of them. When she starts to sing, he just is entranced. Later, the song becomes about his lost love (he's now a vampire) and it literally has gone through five books and is in the manuscript for book 6. The pain of loss, the fear of never loving again, it's all in there. I love that song. And I'm glad to hear we were right on the song "Imagine". There's just too much imagery from the old Soviet Union in it.

Love Song by Sara Bareillis is NOT a love song of about a break up with a guy.It’s a catchy fuck you to her record company who wanted her to write a love song to be more marketable. ‘I’m not gonna write you a love song cause you ask for it/cause you need one’ Many people attribute Céline Dion’s hit Because You Loved Me’ to being about her manager/husband who remortgaged his house to finance her first 3 albums when she was starting out. While the lyrics can be applied to a couple, Diane Warren (songwriter) actually wrote the song for her dad, who was the first person to support her interest in and talents for music.

It really doesn’t astound me at all that people can misinterpret the lyrics to Pearl Jam songs…I mean, with Eddie Vedder singing it, how can anyone understand the words 🤣

Fun fact: Who let the dogs out by Baha Men is actually about cat-calling.

I remember an interview where Don Henley said Hotel California was about addiction. He specifically pointed out the line you can check out anytime you like but you can never leave.

Another one that people always assume is about drug use and it's totally not is Lookin' Out My Back Door by Creedence Clearwater Revival. John Fogerty wrote it for his three year old. It's still weird as heck, but actually kinda sweet once you know that.

I don't know how Imagine can be misinterpreted. It's a slow song and all the information is in the lyrics. And if you even have some basic knowledge of John Lennon, you know he was big on equality.

I thought everyone knew that puff the magic dragon wasn't about drugs

I’m big into knowing things that will never come up

People seem to think Billy Joels Always a woman is a love song - I'm not so sure.She sounds a nasty piece of work to me.

Back when I worked for a hotel that had a reception hall, we'd book a lot of weddings, and I can't tell you just how many times I would hear "I'll Be Watching You" or Dolly/Whitney "I Will Always Love You. I just wanted to go to the DJ every time and go "You know that's NOT a love song, right?"

I think of Hotel California as a story about a guy who died in an accident while drunk but isn't aware he died, and the hotel is Purgatory/Hell. It would explain the monster in the second-to-last part of the song, and why he can never leave the hotel.

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For about 40 years people have known that Every Breath You Take is a stalker song. Back then, There was the existence of a print media called Magazines. Rolling Stone called it out for what it was. Right away. Probably even did interviews with band members 😎😎

Great songs!! I Don't Like Mondays is another song with such a sad back story that many don't know

Many years ago I was listening to a talkshow talking about stalking. At the end of it they played “I’ll be watching you”. it was only then I realised how creepy that song is despise its nice tune.

I really think that Alanis Morissette wrote Ironic with the intention of including examples of what she mistakenly thought were irony, and that the idea that she cleverly, and ironically, included things that were not ironic in a song called Ironic was thought up after people pointed out that nothing she sung about in the song were actually examples of irony.

2:20 impossible to get this song meaning wrong if you bother to listen to more than the title 😅. Same with “born in the USA”, “ rockin in the free world” And 20 songs on this list

I've seen it cited in multiple sources that Hotel California refers to the historical California State Mental Hospital in Camarillo, but I've never seen them actually explain how it references it. Would be pretty cool if it was though, we tend to get overlooked here.

My HS graduating class picked good riddance SPECIFICALLY for the true meaning. When we submitted it to our school we told them the name was “time of your life” not “good riddance” lol

When September Ends hit me hard in 2006, became a part of my playlists, because my husband, fiance at the time, was coming home from Iraq in the first week of October that year. Every Breath You Take was on a stalker episode of Hunter (cop TV series in the 80s for those unaware). It played in the original airing and later syndication during the 80s and 90s at the beginning of the episode "Avenging Angel". I always associated it with being a stalker song.

So Shrek's use of 'Halleluya" was very much in touch with the original meaning, right?

They literally made a move called "Born in the USA" about a disabled vet after he comes back from war, I don't know how that song has been elevated to its current status. People are dumb I guess.

Missed out on Lord Huron's "The Night We Met," which became wildly popular after being featured in the TV series "13 Reasons Why." People have remarked that it's their favorite song and have it played at weddings. In an interview in which this was revealed to him, lead singer and songwriter Ben Schneider looked at the interviewer incredulously, and responded, "Have they actually LISTENED [or read] the LYRICS??? I think its more suitable for funerals maybe..." Apparently, and i agree based on Schneider's morbid lyrical content in other songs, the song is about a guy who lost a significant other or posdibly a close friend/family member in a car or motorcycle crash, and that person may have lingered in a coma before passing. The chorus seems to fit this theory: "I had all and then most of you, some and now none of you, take me back to the night we met... I don't know what I'm s'posed to do, Haunted by the ghost of you. Oh, take me back to the night we met." Other clues in the verses hint that he either survived the crash (and has survivor's guilt) een searching for a trail to follow, again. Take me back to the night we met. Then i can ask myself, what the hell am i supposed to do? When i can tell myself, not to ride along with you." The second verse hints even more strongly at a tragedy... "When the night was full of terror, and your eyes were filled with tears, When you had not touched me yet, Take me back to the night we met..." Of course, it's a gorgeous, but hauntingly sad melody. And Schneider usually introduces it as "Here's a song you all can make out to..." when the band plays it as the final song during the encore. Given his sense of humor, I'm pretty sure he's placing his tongue firmly in his cheek... However there is an unconfirmed story which may also be the inspirationfor the tune, one that i have not been able to track down, that he did lose an older brother in a motorcycle crash. Ben does tend to keep his private life exactly that: private. Which of course is his business and his prerogative.

I think “ every breath you take “ is a very sinister song, always have thought that.

So few songs after the 2010’s, storytelling with good songs was an art form lost thanks to the fast food musicians that we have today

"Love Song" by Sara Bareilis is a break up song to her label, because she LITERALLY wouldn't write them a love song. It's a little on the nose.

“I’ll be watching you” ~ The Police A little on the nose isn’t it?

What kinda psychopath thinks More Than Words is about sex?!?

"Semi Charmed Life" is so upbeat that it was used in the trailer for "The Tigger Movie."

I knew the song Puff The Magic Dragon was from a story . I saw Peter Paul and Mary do a mini concert at my elementary school like once a year for a few years when I went to the school .

'Every Breath You Take' DOES NOT include the line 'Every BONE You Break' as you suggest - someone needs to wash their ears out. It is 'Every BOND you break' and it is NOT about a stalker - the person is too close to be an 'outsider' to the relationship. Get your facts right, this video is shoddy work.

"Hard Candy Christmas" is one of the most misinterpreted songs I know

Hook by Blues Traveler is basically a big middle finger to the music industry. It shows how easy it is to write a pop song as long as it has a great "Hook."

I love lists like this because I learn so much. I love music and most of these songs are among my favorites…definitely love learning more about them

Bon Jovi’s “Always” is also about a stalker

I don’t why some people think that “Every Breath You Take” is a love song.🤣

The one I always think of is Love Song by Sara Barellies. Everyone always thinks she’s talking to her partner when really it’s a dig at the record label she was apart of because they kept asking her to write a love song to make money and get on the charts and she wasn’t having any of it so she wrote Love Song as an “f you” to the label

"Been through thr desert on a house with no names..." Should've brought a camel instead. 😂

Hotel California. Popular song during my teenage years. Like the video said, it was never about a hotel. I always thought it was a metaphor about not being able to leave your own head.

“More Than Words” never meant anything to me about sex, but exactly what the writers had intended. It is a true work of art.

So informative...and sometimes sad and or shocking…WOW!! ❤️🎶

Lady Gaga has explained at length the meaning behind Poker Face many times during TV interviews. You would have to be living under a rock not to know that one.

"Your song" by Elton John is missing. It is actually not about a lover's relationship, but a friendship (like between peers).

REM’s song “Losing My Religion” is based on the Southern US slang. It means losing one’s patience. A lot of people think it means something else.

Angie - by the Rolling Stones. Has anyone suggested this song?! I think that Keith Richards was covering up with his explanation many years later .... Over the years many have speculated that it was inspired by Angie, David Bowie’s wife, or even Keith’s daughter. Keith, who wrote the majority of the song’s music and lyrics, said in his autobiography that the name Angie came to him while in Switzerland detoxing from his heroin addiction. “I wrote ‘Angie’ in an afternoon, sitting in bed,” the Rolling Stones guitarist wrote. “Because I could finally move my fingers and get them in the right place again…It was not about any particular person, it was a name, like ‘Ohhh, Diana.’”

*_Smells Like Teen Spirit_* by *Nirvana* - people don't get the meaning because they don't understand the words that Kurt Cobain alternately mumbles and screams 🤣

Toni Braxton's You're Making Me High is not about a man who is wants and craves. She smoked a joint and got a little high. That song is about her experience smoking it and how it made her feel that one time. Also, Foster the People's Pumped Up Kicks. I mean, if you read the lyrics, you can gather what the song is about. However, when the it came out, we vibed with the song, without paying attention to what was being said. And then when we learned the lyrics, after playing the hell out of the song, we started to uh....we started to realize what it was about.....

One of the most misinterpreted song I know is a Japanese song called Racing into the night by YOASOBI, people sing and dance on it with its happy upbeat tune but they don't know that the song is about a girl trying to unalive herself.

Hey man, nice shot...I remember watching the LIVE newscast of R. Budd Dwyer offing him self. Brutal to watch. Poor bastard was acquitted of guilt years later.

James Blunt-You are beautiful

One of the funniest things that I have ever researched. "The warm smell of colitas rising up through the air." Wanting an explanation as to what I've been singing. Colitas is slang for pot, ok but not funny. Colitas also means tiny tail or butt. So he smells ass, as he's driving, and he stops anyway.

I'm surprised no one had mentioned "I Will Follow" by U2. While it has some spiritual references, it was written by Bono about the death of his mother when he was a young adolescent. "I will follow" is a reference to his passive willingness to follow her into death. It is one of the early chapters in his memoir.

What great songs. Loved this video. ❤️

Hello by Lionel Richie - the entire song is about an imagined relationship some guy has created in his mind with a Blind neighbour. Follow me -- Uncle Kracker - Blatant affair.

I was sure Van Halen's Jump would have been in here.

It’s so funny whenever politicians use “Born in the USA”

Watchmojo. Your wrong about Every Breath You Take. It's not about a stalker. It's about Sting's feelings when he was going through a divorce with his 1st wife.