Results: I Have No Idea What That Song Means!
Published on 08/22/2014
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Inspiration for song lyrics can come from an infinite number of places, but sometimes the ambiguity of their meaning is the best part. Here are some well known songs that fans have misinterpreted over the years. I've included the videos for these songs, but you can skip that part if you already know the song. And I will post the "correct" answer--according to the artist themselves. First off, The Summer Of 69 by Bryan Adams--is this a song about: Autobiographical band story
20%
444 votes
Making love in the summertime
26%
596 votes
No idea
34%
773 votes
N/A
19%
432 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
15 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.18% | 4 | |
| a car | 0.04% | 1 |
| the summer of 69!? | 0.04% | 1 |
| never heard of it | 0.04% | 1 |
| why is this song never played anymore, i love this song. | 0.04% | 1 |
| friends and fun in the summertime | 0.04% | 1 |
| young person's memories | 0.04% | 1 |
| it was a semi-autobiographical band (names changed) for jim vallance, who was 17 in the summer of '69, not adams who was not yet 10. | 0.04% | 1 |
| even bryan adams has given different answers to what the song is about | 0.04% | 1 |
| story created for the music | 0.04% | 1 |
| having a great summer in 1969 | 0.04% | 1 |
| a relationship that didn't survive | 0.04% | 1 |
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Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen--is this song about: Freddie Mercury’s battle with AIDS.
18%
414 votes
Random rhyming nonsense that were just written to fit the music.
23%
516 votes
No idea
41%
932 votes
n.a
17%
381 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
17 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| drugs | 0.09% | 2 |
| it had been in the works in mercury's mind since the 60's | 0.04% | 1 |
| don't care | 0.04% | 1 |
| according to queenzone.com, freddie murcury refused to explain his composition other than to say it had to do with relationships. | 0.04% | 1 |
| redone from an opera song. | 0.04% | 1 |
| who really know's but i loved that song. | 0.04% | 1 |
| suicide | 0.04% | 1 |
| hard times | 0.04% | 1 |
| to deep and long to write on this page | 0.04% | 1 |
| was just something they did! | 0.04% | 1 |
| it's about relationships, other than that the surviving band members refuse to say, and mercury never did. | 0.04% | 1 |
| killing a man | 0.04% | 1 |
| a man that shot another man, and he wants his mom t carry on without him | 0.04% | 1 |
| only queers can come up with this title.... | 0.04% | 1 |
| feelings about himself after he murdered someone | 0.04% | 1 |
| 0.04% | 1 |
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Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen--is this song: Patriotic song
37%
838 votes
Actually quite critical of the US
26%
597 votes
No idea
21%
469 votes
N/A
15%
347 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
9 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.09% | 2 | |
| unions | 0.04% | 1 |
| do not remember the lyrics | 0.04% | 1 |
| about drugs | 0.04% | 1 |
| sells | 0.04% | 1 |
| never heard it all the way through. | 0.04% | 1 |
| it's a tribute to springsteen's classmates who went to vietnam. | 0.04% | 1 |
| cann't stand him, so i don't give a hoot | 0.04% | 1 |
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In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins-is this song: About someone who witnessed a preventable death
13%
293 votes
About Collin's bitterness and anger he felt while going through his divorce.
28%
629 votes
No idea
41%
920 votes
N/A
18%
409 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
9 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.13% | 3 | |
| aids | 0.04% | 1 |
| the possibility of love | 0.04% | 1 |
| never heard it | 0.04% | 1 |
| not about a death | 0.04% | 1 |
| i don't know about the bitterness and anger part, but it's definitely about his divorce. | 0.04% | 1 |
| its about nothing | 0.04% | 1 |
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And of course, the most famous misinterpreted song--Every Breath You Take by The Police, which has been many a first dance at weddings--is this song about: Sweet love song
15%
350 votes
About the collapse of his marriage, a midst feelings of jealousy and obsession over his lost lover.
40%
902 votes
No idea
28%
634 votes
N/A
16%
362 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
12 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| stalker | 0.13% | 3 |
| spying on a lover | 0.04% | 1 |
| not me | 0.04% | 1 |
| sells | 0.04% | 1 |
| how about a song about a stalker? listen to the words. with every breath i will be watching you. | 0.04% | 1 |
| security cameras | 0.04% | 1 |
| 0.04% | 1 | |
| sting has always said the song was about "big brother, surveillance and control." | 0.04% | 1 |
| it's about a stalker who's obsessed - no mention of a collapsed marriage. | 0.04% | 1 |
| a stalker song | 0.04% | 1 |
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