Interesting True Stories Behind Some Famous Songs We All Know and Love
April 16, 2015We all enjoy listening to music, sometimes we even interpret the songs lyrics or try to, but we don't always get it right.
In this article, we will share with you 15 true stories behind some famous songs we all know and love, understand what was the inspiration to these songs and what their true meaning is.
This is behind the scenes of some famous songs we all know and listen to.
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Aerosmith were inspired by a movie for their single
While the band was recording “Toys in the Attic”, Aerosmith were still writing lyrics. They took a break to watch a late night showing of the movie “Young Frankenstein” by Mel Brooks and it seems that one of the gag lines from Marty Feldman’s “Igor” gave the band the title for their lead single “Walk this Way.”
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There is no place as south Detroit
Journey’s song “Don’t Stop Believin’” mention in the lyrics “born and raised in south Detroit” yet there is no such place as south Detroit. The area just south of downtown Detroit is across the border in Windsor, Ontario.
“The Way” by Fastball was inspired by a missing couple
In 1998, Fastball had a successful single that topped the charts called “The Way” which was inspired by a series of newspaper articles about a missing elderly couple from Texas that drove off one morning in order to attend a festival, but never returned.
Only after Tony Scalzo, the band’s bassist wrote the song the couple was found dead, hundreds of miles off course.
Bryan Adams and his fondness to a sexual position
We are all familiar with “Summer of 69” by Bryan Adams, yet the song has nothing to do with his own experiences back in the days since he was only 10 years old in 1969. So, what is this song really about? It’s about Bryan’s fondness for a certain sexual position, plain and simple.
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“I Shot the Sheriff” was inspired by fights over birth control
According to Bob Marley’s girlfriend, the song “I Shot the Sheriff” was inspired by their fights over birth control. The “Sheriff” in the song was the doctor who prescribed his girlfriend the pill.
“Born to Run” – The unofficial rock anthem in 1979
These lyrics are from Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run” song:
“Baby, this town rips the bones from your back, it’s a death trap; It’s a suicide rap. We’ve got to get out while we’re young.”
These lyrics represented the life in New Jersey so well that the state legislature declared it the state’s unofficial youth rock anthem in the year 1979.
“You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” wasn’t intended for release
The song “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” by Bachman Turner Overdrive from 1974 wasn’t originally intended for release. It seems that Randy Bachman recorded this song as a joke to be sent to his brother, Gary.
The song is famous with lyric phrases such as “b-b-b-baby you just ain’t seen na-na-nothing yet”, this was recorded intentionally because Gary had a speech impediment which caused him to shutter, thus the recording of this song as a joke.
Their producer, Charlie Fach urged the band members to include the joke track on the album, as he said this song had more potential to become a hit than any other song on the album. Eventually he was right as this joke song hit the #1 US Singles chart, yet it was the only #1 hit there by the band.
After several years of therapy, Gary Bachman was able to get over both his own speech impediment and the fact that his brother joked about it and even released a song about his condition.
What is the real “Ticket to Ride” by The Beatles?
According to John Lennon, the song “Ticket to Ride” by The Beatles was actually a card that indicated a clean bill of health…which was carried by Hamburg prostitutes in the 1960s.
“There She Goes” is a song about drugs
The song “There She Goes” by the band Sixpence None the Richer is actually about a drug. Here are some of the lyrics of the song and then the explanation:
“There she goes, there she goes again, racing through’ my brain, and I just can’t contain this feeling that remains; There she blows, there she blows again, pulsing through’ my vein and I just can’t contain this feelin’ that remains.”
She in the song is actually the heroin drug.
The true meaning of the song is about rush of being high on heroin and fleeting this feeling of high is.
“Hey Jude” was written as a gesture of support and comfort
The song “Hey Jude” was written by Paul McCartney for John Lennon’s son, Julian as a gesture of support and comfort during the divorce of his parents. When John first heard the song, he interpreted it as a gesture of support and comfort…for himself, for hooking up with Yoko Ono.
John Lennon hissing “shoot me” in a song
That sound (“shhhock-ah”) in the opening riff of the song “Come Together” is actually John Lennon hissing “shoot me”. On December 8, 1980, John Lennon was shot to death by Mark David Chapman who was a deranged former fan.
“Louie Louie” by The Kingsmen was the subject of an F.B.I. investigation
In 1963, The Kingsmen recorded “Louie Louie” which was the subject of an F.B.I. investigation because there were people who thought the unintelligible vocals contained hidden obscenities. The lyrics did not contain such a thing, however the F.B.I. did fail to uncover that approximately 54 seconds into the song, you can hear the drummer yells the world “FUCK!”
“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” is about a drawing made by Lennon’s son
The song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is actually about a drawing made by John Lennon’s son, Julian and not about the drug LSD.
“Down Under” by Men at Work has some cool lyrics
The song “Down Under” by the band Men at Work has the following lyrics:
“Traveling in a fried-out Kombi, on a hippie trail head full of Zombie.”
So, what do the lyrics actually mean? Here is the translation:
Riding in an overheated VW bus with some hippies, baked on zombie weed, which is of course Marijuana.
“Save The Last Dance for Me” was written because of a wedding dance
I know, the title doesn’t say much and you may ask, okay so what’s so special about this song? Well, it seems that the song “Save The Last Dance for Me” by The Drifters was written by Doc Pomus after watching his bride dance with everyone else at their wedding.
The reason for that?
Doc Pomus had polio and for that reason he was unable to dance with his bride, so he wrote a song about it, asking her to save the last dance for him.
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