People have different tastes in music and each song can mean different things to anyone.
But some of the popular songs people listen to actually have creepier meanings behind them. It can be easily missed as the intent of the artists or the origins are masked with the listener’s own life interpretation.
Here are some of the many popular songs that have creepy meanings.
Brown Sugar by The Rolling Stones – the lyrics goes:
Brown Sugar by The Rolling Stones – the lyrics goes:
Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
Scarred old slaver knows he's doing alright
Hear him with the women just around midnight.
Ah, brown sugar how come you taste so good?
Brown sugar, just like a young girl should
Drums beating, cold English blood runs hot,
Lady of the house wonderin' where it's gonna stop.
House boy knows he's doin' alright.
You should have heard him just around midnight.
The story is already in the lyrics, although some people may not understand what it is really about. The song lyric is not a love song about an African American woman, but is actually a song about African slave rape by their white plantation masters.
"I Knew I Loved You" by Savage Garden – the lyrics goes:
I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life
Love-struck people might interpret this song as about fate or destiny of finding your true love. But if you look at it the other way, it can sound a bit of a stalker-y type. The line “I knew I loved you before I met you” is the kind of thing that a stalker says to the person they’re stalking. Somewhat like: hey, I know we haven’t formally met, but I like watching you from a distance. Doesn’t that sound creepy?
Pumped up Kicks by Foster the People – the lyrics goes:
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks,
You better run, better run, outrun my gun.
All the other kids with the pumped up kicks,
You better run, better run, faster than my bullet.
This popular song is a great summer hit with the catchy beat and great chorus. You might have heard it from your teen’s playlist. Well, if you haven’t guessed yet, the song is actually about school shootings. Just look at the lyrics.
Who Let The Dogs Out? by Baha Men – the lyrics goes:
I'm gonna tell {Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo}
To any girls calling them canine {Yippie, Yi, Yo}
Tell the dummy "Hey Man, It's part of the Party!{Yippie Yi, Yo}
You put a woman in front and her man behind {Yippie, Yi, Yo}
Her bone runs out now
Say, A doggy is nuttin' if he don't have a bone
All doggy hold ya' bone, all doggy hold it
A doggy is nuttin' if he don't have a bone
All doggy hold ya' bone, all doggy hold it
This old-school song has been a theme-song of many parties. People chanted to it, thinking it is about a song for your lost dog or being swarmed by the dogs you let out the door. But hold that thought! This song is actually about horny men, referring to women as the “dogs”, going to a party and eventually engages in malicious acts such as sex – mainly the doggy style.
Ben by Michael Jackson – the lyrics goes:
Ben, the two of us need look no more
We both found what we were looking for
With a friend to call my own
I'll never be alone
And you my friend will see
You've got a friend in me
(You've got a friend in me)
The King of Pop’s first solo number 1 hit. It’s a song about love and friendship – a friendship between a young boy and a rat – the pack leader of killer rats, to be specific. Yep, the sweet ballad is a theme to a movie about killer rodents.