Quirky top 10 hit songs that maybe wouldn't have been popular if people really listened

[T.G.I.Friday]

Into the Night - Benny Mardones

She’s just 16 years old, leave her alone they say…

Ummm….that is the creepiest line ever when sung by someone that sounds like a 30 year old man. Of course he should leave her alone!! And what does he mean by taking her into the night?? Abduction?! So, so wrong.

 

[JimMIA]

Afternoon Delight by the Starland Vocal Band. It's all about having sex in the middle of the afternoon.

Well...yeah! What did you think it was about, a bridge club meeting?

 

[T.G.I.Friday]

Oh!!! And I was telling DH how much I used to love the song ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ by Bonnie Tyler


While the song itself is fine, have you ever seen the video!?! Ignoring the awesomeness that is the whole eyes special effects, it is the most inappropriate video ever! The female teacher is making moves on her like 15 year old students.

 

[kathyk2]

Well...yeah! What did you think it was about, a bridge club meeting?

I was nine when that song came out so I was clueless

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Well...yeah! What did you think it was about, a bridge club meeting?

Sittin here working up an appetite looking forward to a bid of 4 no trump.

 

[JoanneAZ]

Oh!!! And I was telling DH how much I used to love the song ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ by Bonnie Tyler


While the song itself is fine, have you ever seen the video!?! Ignoring the awesomeness that is the whole eyes special effects, it is the most inappropriate video ever! The female teacher is making moves on her like 15 year old students.

Which takes us to Don’t Stand So CloseTo Me byThe Police.

 

[prairie_girl]

Barbie Girl by Aqua. I can't post the lyrics on a family friendly forum. Hint: the song ain't about Barbie dolls.

Are there actually people who thought it was about Barbie?

I remember liking it when it first came out since the melody is catchy until actually listened to the lyrics.Ick. Now I just get mad.

No other song gets me to change the station quicker.

Afternoon Delight by the Starland Vocal Band. It's all about having sex in the middle of the afternoon. Also Squeeze Box by the Who.

What’s wrong with ‘it’ in the afternoon?

 

[NotUrsula]

In addition to those already mentioned, the one that I always think of, that stands out so much because if it had been sung by a man it never would have gotten airplay: "Come to My Window"

To go a bit older, "Maxwell's Silver Hammer."
And to go a bit weirder in terms of the strangest double entendre: Melanie's Brand New Key.

PS: I have to mention one that most people know as an instrumental, the Theme from M*A*S*H*, which is actually entitled, "Suicide is Painless." When DH and I got married, one of the DJs we interviewed said it was very popular for weddings as a "First Dance" song. We both knew the lyrics, and wondered just how many people this guy worked for actually did, LOL.

 

[bsmcneil]

Barely Breathing by Duncan Sheik always makes me laugh (that it was such a pop hit). It's about a toxic relationship and break-up! All the songs like that where people don't seem to pay attention to the substance make me laugh. (Also, Duncan Sheik has a great song about pop music called Shopping - I encourage you to check it out!)

 

[prairie_girl]

I am currently listening to my current playlist as I wind down for the day and just came up with a perfect example to add.

The song is As Long as You Love Me by the Backstreet Boys. The chorus is:

I don’t care who you are/ where you’re from/what you did/as long as you love me.

Sounds like their only criteria is that they have a pulse and love them.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Ringo had a doozie

 

[Pea-n-Me]

As did Clapton

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Neil doesnt disappoint

Down by the river,
I shot my baby.
Down by the river.

Dead, ooh, ooh, shot her dead, ooh.

 

[kymom99]

Well...yeah! What did you think it was about, a bridge club meeting?

Good one!

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Afternoon Delight by the Starland Vocal Band. It's all about having sex in the middle of the afternoon. Also Squeeze Box by the Who.

Not sure what's wrong with either of these

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Ok, this might be cheating because this only reached #17 in the Top 40, but it's a song about cannibalism written by the "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" guy

Although ... It's a well-known fact that Timothy was a duck

 

[BadPinkTink]

This was in the news this week here in Ireland / UK. I'm not going to post the lyrics or link the song, but Google for yourself

Elvis Costello asks radio stations not to play Oliver's Army

Elvis Costello has revealed he will no longer perform his biggest hit, Oliver's Army, and has also asked radio stations to stop playing the song.

Written about the conflict in Northern Ireland, the lyrics contain a racial slur used to describe Irish Catholics.
"That's what my grandfather was called in the British army - it's historically a fact," he told The Telegraph.
"But people hear that word... and accuse me of something that I didn't intend."

Released in 1979, Oliver's Army was played unedited on radio stations for decades - but as the word became increasingly taboo, many took the decision to bleep the lyrics.

On his last tour, Costello rewrote the song to address being "cut down by the censors", singling out the BBC, which attracted criticism for editing the song in 2013.

"They're making it worse by bleeping it, for sure," he told The Telegraph. "Because they're highlighting it then. Just don't play the record!"

Costello added that radio stations will "do him a favour" by not playing the track again.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Afternoon Delight by the Starland Vocal Band. Also Squeeze Box by the Who.

These two songs are just so cringy, it's just the way it is sung somehow that just irks me, it's not seductive it's just cringe so I hide them from my play list. Hey Joe from this time is also up there in inspire a, "Wait, what just came out of that person's mouth?" same with Sublime's Santaria.

I really don't think a majority of people listen to words, if they do it says a lot about our culture, but I'm fairly sure it's just the sounds they like.

 

[Sinder]

Personally I think there are songs out today that are way worse than some of the ones mentioned here. I mean what’s wrong with innuendos about mid day romps

Music is a reflection of the times so I’m sure in 20 years there will be people having the same conversation about current music that is loved and acceptable now.

 

[princesscinderella]

This song popped into my head the other day and I was totally singing the wrong lyrics . I made my daughter listen to it with me and we both were creeped out.