12 Super-Fun Top 40 Pop Songs With Upsetting Lyrics
Wait…THAT’S what that song is about?
We listen to music to escape, for the most part; when we have a bad day and don't want our brains to be filled with nasty things like thoughts and memories, we use music like an acid wash to push all the bad feels away. Although sometimes we just want to hear a tasty groove, lyrics and subject matter be damned. So what if the ear-worm The Macarena is about a trash person that cheats when her partner is away?
It’s amazing what a good tune can do to MMMBopping to the latest <squints at Spotify's most popular artists> Lil Dooper?
Copacabana - Barry Manilow
Wrong Way - Sublime
Hey Ya!
Bad Moon Rising
MMMBop - Hanson
Zoot Suit Riot - Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
The Macarena
Beck
Goodbye Earl
Pumped-Up Kicks - Foster The People
Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon
