Eiffel 65’s “Blue (Da Ba Dee)” is about somebody who experiences the entire world through one colour. Blue. Everything surrounding the narrator appears connected with that colour. His home. His clothes. His possessions. Even his…
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“Golden Brown” by The Stranglers is about two things. Heroin. And a woman. The band’s former singer Hugh Cornwell has confirmed that the lyrics were deliberately written to work on both levels. The song appeared…
The dramatic orchestral music played before Metallica concerts is “The Ecstasy of Gold” by Ennio Morricone. And it wasn’t originally written for the band. The composition appeared in the 1966 Western The Good, the Bad…
Kate Bush’s “Cloudbusting” is about a boy remembering his extraordinary relationship with his father. And the story is based on real people. The father was Wilhelm Reich. The boy was his son, Peter. Reich was…
Jamie Miller’s “Babydoll” is about loving somebody so deeply that you’re willing to risk having your heart broken. But there’s a surprising twist. Miller wasn’t actually in a relationship when he wrote it. In fact,…
“Common People” is about class tourism. Specifically: wealthy people romanticising poverty because they know they can leave whenever they want. Jarvis Cocker based the song on a real conversation with a Greek student he met…
There wasn’t one real Eileen. At least not in the straightforward way many listeners assume. For years, Dexys frontman Kevin Rowland told people that Eileen had been his childhood girlfriend. He later admitted the character…
Mr. Jones is a real person. His name is Marty Jones. He was a friend and musical associate of Counting Crows singer Adam Duritz. The song was inspired by a night the two spent together…
“Somewhere Only We Know” is about returning to a place that feels safe because of the memories attached to it. For Keane songwriter Tim Rice-Oxley, that place was connected with the countryside around Battle in…
“The Dead Dance” is about feeling emotionally dead after a breakup, then rediscovering enough joy to dance again. Lady Gaga has explained the song unusually clearly. A relationship ends. For a while, you stop believing…
