28 Pop Songs and Love Songs Whose Real Meanings Are Creepy, Problematic, or Even Downright Bone-Chilling

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28 Pop Songs and Love Songs Whose Real Meanings Are Creepy, Problematic, or Even Downright Bone-Chilling
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Although lyrics are just one of many parts of a song, they’re the part that we tend to relate to the most. Our hips and head bops move more to the drums, but it’s the themes and storytelling that can really get us in the feels. 

Because of the feels these lyrics gave us, we’re feeling a little duped today. We’ve been belting out words that, upon further review, have creepy, downright problematic lyrics that make us reconsider any future lyric beltings.

Plush

stone temple pilots song plush is often used as a failed relationship song for lines like i feel when the dogs begin to smell her meaning other guys trying to hit on your girl. but it was based on a kidnap and murder of a young girl and that line is a reference to the police dogs looking for her body CRACKED.COM

Parents Just Don’t Understand

Cringey lyrics from the '80s DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince Parents Just Don't Understand And this girl's hand was steadily moving up my thigh. She had opened up three buttons on her shirt so far. I almost had a heart attack that day. Come to find out the girl was a twelve-year-old runaway. Will Smith was 20 when this was released, and even if the song was about his younger self, he picks up this girl while driving his car. Do we need to keep listing reasons this is problematic?! CRACKED

Jeremy

pearl jam jeremy Jeremy spoke in class today. This 90's classic was inspired by the suicide of a 16 year old boy named Jeremy Delle, who shot himself in front of his English class. Cravola UP GRAGKED.COM

Blinded By the Light

Blinded by the Light In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat. Eeeeewwwwwww! And you thought I was going to say something about being wrapped up like a douche. GRACKED.COM

Happiness Is a Warm Gun

In the first verse of the Beatles song Happiness is a Warm Gun, John Lennon sings about the man in the crowd with the multi-coloured mirrors on his hobnail boots. This is a reference to a newspaper story about a man who was arrested for wearing mirrors on the toe caps of his shoes in order to look up girls' skirts. Which only shows the astonishing lengths people were willing to go to in order to get their cheap thrills before the internet came along. CRACKED.COM

Don’t Stand So Close to Me’

The Police's Don't Stand So Close to Me involves a teacher who is conflicted because he finds himself attracted to a student half his age. One set of lyrics reads: It's по use, he sees her Не starts to shake and cough The book referenced is Vladimir Just like the old man in Nabokov's Lolita. The main That book by Nabakov character, Humbert, struggles with the same issue as the teacher. CRACKED.COM

I Want Action

Cringey lyrics from the '80s Poison I Want Action I can't wait to get my hands on them. I won't give up until they give in. If I can't have her, I'll take her and make her. You're gonna make her, Bret Michaels? Well, no means no, Bret Michaels! We'd say this didn't age well, but it wasn't acceptable back then (or ever!). CRACKED

Changes

2Pac's Changes includes a reference to the Black Panther Party. The lines 'It's time to fight back', that's what Huey said / 2 shots in the dark, now Huey's dead refers to Huey Р. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panthers. Newton was shot by a drug dealer in Oakland in 1989. 2Pac Ki changes 2Pac's parents were active members of the Black Panther Party. CRACKED.COM

Dance Hall Days

Cringey lyrics from the '80s Wang Chung WANG Dance chung Hall Days dance hall days Take your baby by the hand and make her do a high handstand. Take your baby by the heel and do the next thing that you feel. Ooh, a choose-your-own-adventure! The entire song belongs here. CRACKED

Roll All Day

CRACKED.COM In 2004, Chevrolet used the Ice Cube song Roll All Day in a commercial for the newly-released Aveo. While they focused on the lyrics We can roll all day if I can ride all night in the ad, the song is not about cruising in a car with a good MPG rating. The song is about Cube cruising around looking for sex, eventually telling the girl she needs to get out of his car after she rejects Ice Cube's request. The song ends with Ice Cube's car stolen. 'She jumped I want in my car, took off, now I'm

Jailhouse Rock

Elvis Presley's 1957 classic Jailhouse Rock includes the lyrics, Number forty-seven said to number three/You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see/l sure would be delighted with your company/come on and do the Jailhouse Rock with me. Either this was a co-ed prison, or... (Did I mention this came out in 1957?) CRACKED.COM

Shout at the Devil

Cringey lyrics from the '80s Mötley Crüe Shout at the Devil He'll be the blood in your eyes. He'll be the blood between your thighs. When stating all the things the devil is, or will be, Mötley Crüe gets very Old Testament by implying the devil has something to do with menstruation. CRACKED

Let Me Put My Love Into You

Cringey lyrics from the '80s AC/DC Let Me Put My Love Into You Don't you struggle. Don' t you fight. Don't you worry. 'Cause it's your turn tonight. If the title of the song wasn't cringey enough, they really doubled down with a good ol' take on consent in the '80s. CRACKED

Down Under

MEN ATWORK Down Under I come from a land down under Where beer does flow and men chunder chunder: Australian slang CRACKED COM for vomit

Across the Sea

Weezer's lead singer Rivers Cuomo wrote Across The Sea after he recieved a fan letter from a girl in Japan. The song starts off innocent enough. You are: Eighteen year-old girl/ Who lives in a small city in Japan/ And you heard me on the radio about one year ago/ and you wanted to know all about me/ and my hobbies/ my favorite food/ and my birthday. Then it gets creepy. So fragile, so refined/ So I sniff and lick your envelope/ And I fall to little pieces/ Everytime I wonder what clothes you wear to school/ I wonder how

I Drove All Night

GRACKED.COM I Drove All Night by Roy Orbison Roy Orbison is willing to drive all night to get to the one he loves. THAT'S SWEET. The problem is, when he gets there he basically forces himself on his lover. I drove all night to get to you Is that all right? I drove all night, crept in your room Woke you from your sleep to make love to you Is that all right? I drove all night.

Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number

Age ain't nothing but a number by Aaliyah included the lines Throwing down ain't nothing but a thing. Take my hand and come with me, let me show you to ecstasy. & Tonight we're gonna go all the way. Aaliyah's age when she released the song? FIFTEEN! Cherry The song's writer? WGA A 26 year old... EN RU Cherry Named R. Kelly! GRAGKED.COM

Into the Night

If I could fly, I'd pick you up. I'd take you into the night and show you a love like you've never seen. Benny Mardones sounds like a hopeless romantic in his 1980 hit Into The Night. Except the song begins with the line She's just 16 years old leave her alone, they say. AMBER ALERI CRACKED.COM

Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon

Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon by Neil Diamond In this 1967 song, Neil Diamond is counting down the days until this girl becomes legal. Keep in mind, he was 26 at the time. I've been misunderstood For all of my life But what they're sayin' Girl, just cuts like a knife The boy's no good. Girl, you'll be a woman soon Please, come take my hand Girl, you'll be a woman soon Soon you'll need a man. 11 8 7 6 16 17 18 19 15 14 24 25 26 CRACKED.COM 13 23

You’re Beautiful

Think twice before dedicating James Blunt's You're Beautiful to the object of your affection. She smiled at me on the subway, she was with another man. But I won't lose no sleep on that, 'cause I've got a plan. Unless she already knows you're a f@#%& sociopath. CRACKED.GOM

Let’s Play House

YEAH NOW USTEN TO ME, BABY TRY TO UNDERSTAND I'D RATHER SEE YOU DEAD, LITTLE GIR THAN BE WITH ANOTHER MAN NOW BABY COME BACK, BABY, COME COME BACK, BABY, COME COME BACK, BABY I WANNA PLAY HOUSE WITH YOU LETS PLAY HOUSE ELVIS PRES CRACKED COM

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28 Pop Songs and Love Songs Whose Real Meanings Are Creepy, Problematic, or Even Downright Bone-Chilling

Marry Me

GRAGKED.COM Train's Marry Me Seems like a sweet love song. Promise me You'll always be Happy by my side I promise to Sing to you When all the music dies. But the truth is, the singer has never spoken to this woman before in his life! Не wants to spend the rest of his life with a girl that doesn't even know he exists. Marry me Today and every day If I ever get the nerve to say Hello in this cafe Say you will.

Lightin’ Strikes

mono M-G-M LIGHTNIN' 1000 PLATINA 11. .......... STRIKES LOU CHRISTIE Every boy wants a girl Не can trust to the very end Baby, that's you Won't you wait but 'til then When I see lips beggin' to be kissed / can't stop I can't stop myself Lou Christie preaches true love to his girlfriend and begs her to be okay with him sleeping around. But she has to be loyal to him, because no man likes a cheating whore, right? CRACKED.COM

Jenny Was A Friend of Mine

I swore I'd never let her go... How sweet. Brandon Flowers of The Killers must really love Jenny in their hit, Jenny Was a Friend of Mine. Except the full song is about him being investigated by the police after Jenny's disappearance... She couldn 't scream while ...perhaps I held her close, understandably. I swore I'd never let her go CRACKED.COM

Little Girls

In 1981, new wave rockers Oingo Boingo released Little Girls, in which the lead singer declares his love for, you guessed it, small female children. I, I, I love little girls They make me feel so good I love little girls They make me feel so bad The singer explains his attraction, saying he is particularly drawn to their innocence (They don't care about my inclinations/ They're not frightened by my revelations) and trusting nature. Fun bonus fact: Oingo Boingo's creepy, partially-undressed lead singer is Danny Elfman, who went on to compose the theme tune for CRACKED.COM The Simpsons.

All I Want to Do Is Make Love to You

Heart All I Want TO Do Is Make Love TO You A cover of a Dobie Gray song about wanting to sex up the love of your life, Heart had a different take on the subject. Their version tells a tale of a woman who picks up a man by the side of the road and takes him to a motel for the night. 'Oh, he did everything right.. Не brought the woman out of me. So many times, easily...' MOTEL She was gone by the morning. Turns out... She's married. OFFICI Seduced the guy because her hubby is sterile

Don’t Let Go

en vogue's hit song Don't Let Go (Love) promises love makin', heart breakin', soul shakin' love after marriage (I won't be satisfied till we're taking those vows) but they sneak in one creepy little verse. I aften fantasize the stars above are watching you Well, that's a little bit - If I could wear your clothes Idpretend I was you and lose control. ...okay, time for a restraining order. GRAGKED.COM

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