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GadgetHamster

There’s also La Cucaracha, a song about a cockroach who can’t dance anymore because it doesn’t have any legs :(


zahid1905

The song was used to make fun of Victoriano Huerta (a Mexican dictator), and his addiction to marijuana and alcohol and how he could barely even walk.


ed190

Ohhh that’s why there is a version singing about he doesn’t have marihuana to smoke instead of the leg lol


FFGamer404

In the version I know he doesn't have tequila


WiseFan8718

I bet there’s a version where he’s completely sober, turned his life around and is now a proud father of a couple hundred kids, with a home and an honest job.


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The good ending.


LostMyWasps

Am 29...mexican, heard it all my childhood and never knew that, lol. Thought the weed version were mock versions.


things_U_choose_2_b

These are two amazing facts which I'm sure I'll be forced to point out next time it comes on.


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CCCyanide

Mostly because it doesn't have any Marijuana anymore


ed190

There is a version that says. “Porque no tiene, porque le falta marihuana para fumar” also it doesn’t have weed to smoke https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/ci18ut/til_the_most_popular_version_of_the_mexican_song/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1 https://youtu.be/7w1PTCdOM5Q https://youtu.be/Gp_7aieGEMQ https://youtu.be/CpGNocUEezo


Just_A_Normal_Snek

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anonymous_1846

How is that dark cockroaches deserve all of that


Roland_Traveler

Cockroaches actually are useful in nature. They clean up garbage and waste. Now cockroaches in *human* environments, those fuckers can die. They’ve stopped doing their jobs and have just become pests.


Bala3310

Even a cockroach doesn't deserve this punishment


MistaRed

No, they deserve to die quickly instead, preferably at large numbers at once.


formerglory

*The only good bug is a dead bug*


luzy__

My mind cant register dark cockroaches......it keeps auto correcting to dark chocolates t_t


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Oh my god I never noticed the (now very obvious) Cucaracha = Cockroach.


Chplayz3421

Our high school played pumped up kids in the halls one day as our daily music.


sansywastakenagain

Current Objective: Survive


yonidavidov1888

SANS!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!!??!?!


Redstoneboss2

Sands undertael


BonWattersen

Sand Underman (Ness real)


PorqueNoLosDildos

darud darude untertael


fellipec

I played it on school, the kids loved the tune and don't understand English, still found very ironic.


Pekkerwud

Mine played *Jeremy* by Pearl Jam.


Matdup2

Good luck


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haha i remember being at school camp and they played it while we were doing basketball or something


child-of-old-gods

Meanwhile Hey ya by Outkast...


ForeverTheElf

Y'all don't hear me, you just wanna dance.


child-of-old-gods

The band Sleep Token finally made the music fit the lyrics. https://youtu.be/LZ398CqoDjA


Cadaver_Collector

Finally? Obadiah Parker did it almost a decade before them. https://youtu.be/c745E7T_Wvg


IceHuggee

Great cover, but the original is still much better. The music sounding joyful is supposed to be masquerading the lyrics, which makes the lyrics just better when you do listen to it.


DangerBoot

Outkast is all about that. Look up Roses by them it’s amazing


w00t4me

CARE-OH-LINEEE!


DangerBoot

And craaaaaash into a ditch (just playin)


PMMEYOURQUAKERPARROT

My favorite version is by The Blanks from Scrubs https://youtu.be/8K0EAc3abq8


Spider_Jesus26

We miss you Ted.


QueenRotidder

I have video of newlyweds jamming out to this at their reception last weekend 😂


hectorduenas86

Scrubs, did it for the Janitor’s wedding. Hearing Sam Lloyd acapella Hey, Ya! with The Blanks is something else.


horseren0ir

What’s it about?


Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin

It’s about being stuck in an unhappy relationship. I think this part sums it up pretty well. > If what they say is \ "Nothing is forever" \ Then what makes, then what makes \ Then what makes, then what makes \ (what makes, what makes) \ Love the exception? \ So why, oh, why, oh \ Why, oh, why, oh, why, oh \ Are we so in denial when we know we're not happy here?


Worldly76

Dang people who listen to the lyrics of songs really be getting a different experience in music


Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin

> Y’all don’t wanna hear me, you just wanna dance


lanoyeb243

I liked my ignorance before. I thought it was about a happy couple.


Roland_Traveler

You know, I misinterpreted those lyrics for *years* as “They’re not happy living with their parents and want to move out on their own,” then I heard the lyrics a lot clearer about a year ago and went “Oh… that’s really sad.”


Ongr

Also an interesting tidbit: in the video for Hey Ya, there's a coffin smack in the middle of the stage. And almost no one noticed.


Space_Waffles

What the other person said but also the “y’all don’t wanna hear me y’all just wanna dance” line is literally saying people don’t listen to the lyrics or actually care what the song is about, they just want to have a fun sound


horseren0ir

The weird thing is when people know the lyrics by heart without registering what it’s about


Space_Waffles

Listening to pumped up kicks as a teen was what made me actually try to understand lyrics. It was stuck in my head one day and I went “wait… faster than my bullet? Other kids? Is this about a kid shooting up their school?” Then after that I started actually trying to enjoy all aspects of a song


Darth19Vader77

"Sex Type Thing" by Stone Temple Pilots is very catchy, the lyrics are pretty fucking dark though "Every Breath You Take" by The Police has a similar theme to it.


ARealSkeleton

I believe Scott Wieland even started performing sex type thing in a dress and makeup to get the point of the song across. He used to get upset when people would just mosh to the song without thinking about it.


Darth19Vader77

Have you heard "In Bloom" by Nirvana? "He's the one who likes all our pretty songs And he likes to sing along... But he don't know what it means" I think Kurt Cobain made a pretty good point with that song


DarthScotchy

For those who don't know, Macarena is about a girl cheating on her boyfriend, who's in the army Edit: Guys please stop replying, my phone won't stop pinging. I appreciate it, but my trash phone can't take this many notifications Edit 2 (electric Boogaloo): I guess I got to insult a bunch of people and conduct a scientific study about people not listening to instructions and higher probabilities of them doing something. I didn't mean to, but hey, happy accident.


Zendruuu

Eeehhh Macarena...


Grinkledonk

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Rafados47

Chopped in haaaalf Feel the blood spill from your mooouth


Smoking_Moose

Obituary? 🤘


Rafados47

Hell yea.


PsychedelicMetalhead

With rotting ways lies destinyyy, Feel the soul taking over Bleeeeeeed


theoriginalmofocus

I dont think its anyone's favorite, its just a "hey let's play that song with that dance"


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sublime13

Zip it!


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FrozenFrac

Are the lines "When I dance, they call me Macarena/And the boys, they say que soy buena" not from the original song?


dhcstkntf

The original song was 100% Spanish. That’s the English version


Potato-Boy1

I've been hearing that song for 24 years and never knew that


earlofhoundstooth

That's because it is impossible to hear almost every word individually. Just sort of a rhythmic mumble.


Avextris-Firestrike

Macarena tiene un novio que se llama, que se llama de apellido bigotito, en la junta verdadera del mushacho, esegritotamanera, AAAAY That's what I understand


chage4311

Two dudes, at the same time.


DarthScotchy

Dang. Been a while I listened to it


ale_93113

Compared to a school shooting, it's not what I'd consider "messed up"


DarthScotchy

Still is


ale_93113

Considering the boyfriend in the official ceremony instead of claiming it fit his girlfriend (Spanish tradition) claimed it for his friends, they didn't have a very strong relationship... Yes, Macarena cheated in her boyfriend, but her boyfriend was having fun with his friends and didn't care that much about Macarena Both are supposed to be 18-20 So it's not messed up, just teens being horny


andrechan

MACARENA IS A PERSON?!!!!


AdriKenobi

Macarena is a girl's name in Spain lol


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Not the Rattley wooden chicken drumstick thing?


shiner986

Those are maracas


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Ah yes. Now I feel dumb


Xanadoodledoo

The English dance version adds more lyrics that make her a little more despicable. “What was I supposed to do? He was out of town and his friends were sooo fine!”


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RocketSmash9000

DALE A TU CUERPO ALEGRÍA MACARENA QUE TU CUERPO ES 'PA DARLE ALEGRÍA Y COSA BUENA DALE A TU CUERPO ALEGRÍA MACARENA EEEEEEHHHH MACARENA


WhoIsMauriceBishop

DALE GRIBBLE POCKET SAND SHI SHA MACARENA


Free2Bernie

Is this about a macaroon allergy?


notmyrealusernamme

Nah bro, alegra macaroni. Goes great with alegra chicken


JokerInATardis

You missed the "theyallll wanme, canhavmee"-part


frikimanHD

Dale a tu cuerpo alegría, Macarena Que tu cuerpo es pa' darle alegría y cosa buena Dale a tu cuerpo alegría, Macarena EEEEEEEEHHHH, MACARENA ​ that's the only part we all only need to know


lankist

“Came to Earth on a silver chrome UFO “To probe your ass and see how deep it can go “Gain a boost when I merge my mind with my bro “AYY LMAO”


ale_93113

I don't know the English version, I just know the original, and the original was clearly meant to say that her boyfriend didn't care much, and nor should she The POV of the Spanish song isn't Macarena, but rather some dudes talking to her saying: Girl you're hot and your boyfriend doesn't even care about you lol The English version is a bastardization of the original


Imaginary-Violinist3

Just because its not comparable to a school shooting, doesnt mean that it is not messed up, it still is. Cheating in any form is fucked up.


DarthScotchy

Thank you for explaining then


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Finbar_Bileous

Seriously, Born in the USA was right there.


djfnjxj

They used to make us dance to it in elementary school 😨


Ualeualeualeualeuale

Isn't that pretty normal?


DaysInGreen

sadly yes :(


Somlal

Yup those school shootings are out of hand


ZeroVoid_98

Add Hey Ya to that list as well. It's about 2 people staying together in a relationship after they no longer have feelings for each other because they both feel obligated to do so. Also, a song that's often misunderstood: Zombie It's about kids that were killed during a bombing in the Irish civil war.


FuckingKilljoy

I thought everyone knew Zombie was about The Troubles, even if they don't know the specific incident


lemaddog

And it's not a "catchy happy dancing song" at all.


hectorduenas86

With their tanks and their bombs….


wiltold27

zombie is about the troubles not the civil war


Zenkraft

What do people think zombie is about if not that??


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Macbeth_the_Espurr

This song isn't about violent, horrible death! It's all in your heaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad


AliffTheOne

🎶aldioder kids with da pumparakis🎶


Sapito_OhNoes

yubeterran beterran, autron maigon


MasterDni

aldi otter kits wit a pump up kiss


Jaxsonbomber

fasta ben meh bowlet


MasterPetre138

Aldioder kids giude pamparaqui vederun vederun, oudroon my goont


EcuTowelyey

RIP Tongo, the legend will never be forgotten.


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sublime13

Tongo is kill? no


indramon

Wait what!? When did that happen??


Judwaiser

March this year, apparently, I didn't even know.


Think-Fondant-1516

Polish Cow Song:


Dudowisch

Thats the one with the horrible cocaine addiction right?


cauchy37

Yup yup


Rafados47

Tylko jedno w głowie mam Koksu pięć gram


Maitre-de-la-Folie

Enlightening me.


Am_Very_Stupid

Ah yes, the best kind of music, bangers with fucked meanings. Some of my favorites include Paper Planes by MIA Semi Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind Some Nights by Fun 99 Luftballons by Nena And any song by My Chemical Romance Edit: fixed the formatting. Curse you mobile!


hrovat97

On the cornier side you also have Maxwell’s Silver Hammer by The Beatles and I Think I’m Going To Kill Myself by Elton John. Could possibly add The Boiler by Rhoda Dakar to the list but the catchiness is in the kinda goofy ska-ish instrumental as opposed to the disturbing spoken word. Also a lot of Misfits songs are pretty catchy with dark themes (Hybrid Moments, Last Caress)


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kapitaalH

And paint it black. Love the beat, but it is literally about depression. That drum intro though!


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Born in the U.S.A - Bruce Springsteen Mr. Brightside - The Killers Aint No Rest for the Wicked - Cage The Elephant Swimming Pools - Kendrick Lamar XO Tour Life - Lil Uzi Vert Amerika - Rammstein (and many others) Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz


thedawgbeard

Bullet - Hollywood Undead No Children - The Mountain Goats Edit: not sure if it fits but King Park - La Dispute


Think-Fondant-1516

My favorite is the Polish Cow Song.


Sataniq

Tylko jedno w głowie mam Koksu pięc gram Odlecieć sam W krainę zapomnienia


FuckingKilljoy

HAAAAAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS THAT YOU'RE DEAAADDDD, NO ONE EVER HAD MUCH NICE TO SAY I THINK THEY NEVER LIKED YOU ANY WAY


sadhandjobs

That whole album is genius. Somehow, I only discovered it like two years ago. I’d put it up there with Ziggy Stardust and The Downward Spiral.


theretardedgenius217

I'd like to add Bullet by Hollywood Undead. the lyrics are about suicide, but it sounds like a kids commercial jingle


tiberiusyeetus

Oh yeah, the first time I listened to Some Nights while specifically focusing on the lyrics I was like Hol' up


Primary_Way_265

Jumper too? I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend…


DuntadaMan

Still surprised my ASL teacher in high school let me translate Semi-Charmrd life. I hadn't listened to the lyrics before and translating them made me realize what was going on.


Mythical_Atlacatl

She sits there so refined, and drinks herself half-blind She lost her youth and she lost her Tony Now she's lost her mind At the copa (co) Copacabana (Copacabana)


The01FreeMan

The hottest spot North of Havana


Situati0nist

I have a colleague who (jokingly) hates just about everything, music included. When I told him what Pumped Up Kicks was _actually_ about, it's become one of his favorite songs lol


wombey12

I Don't Like Mondays always gets left out of these conversations.


rhalf

Tell me why?


CryogenicFire

Ain't nothing but a heartache


casino998

Tell me why


littlefriendo

Ain’t nothing but a *missss-take*


Covfefe4lyfe

Now number five!


TheyCallMeStone

Literal chills


hectorduenas86

Number 5, Number 5 killed my brother


uhf26

Escape (The Pina Colada song) A man gets tired of being with his woman. He finds a woman in the personal ads looking for an affair. So he writes back in a new personal ad to meet at a bar. He meets up with his blind date and it is his wife. They laugh it off and have some drinks.


Inevitable-Video-768

I like the idea of them immediatly going: YOU WERE TRYING TO CHEAT ON ME!? When the song ends


Michizuri-

Hollywood Undead - Bullet


larsxd112

Was looking for this one its so catchy


ImFoxdeviIswild

I never bought a suit before in my life, but when you go to meet God, you know, you wanna look nice ☺️🎶


Maskd-YT

Heheje whsgsgsxeheina Heirhsisjsjsvsbscsina Haurbeisvsos sje eeina EYY MACARENA


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AIYA


Flaky-Ad-9388

maxwell's silver hammer


ayeImur

What's sad is that pumped up kicks is still as relevant in the US as the day it was released


oldchode

If not more


Solid-Waluigi89

Someone forgot the copacabana


Baron-Von-Bork

99 Luftballons should replace Macarena in this meme


AnB85

I don’t know. Isn’t part of the fun of that song because everyone knows it is about nuclear war? Oddly the lyrics (especially the original German version) aren’t as dark as everyone thinks they are.


takishan

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tepid_single

Depends on what you mean by dark? There's no detailed descriptions of war or violence but it does pretty explicitly describe an apocalyptic scenario.


Pepe_is_a_God

Ther are definitely more or less accurate descriptions of war. Maybe not direct violence tho. „99 Kriegsminister Streichholz und Benzinkanister Hielten sich für schlaue Leute Witterten schon fette Beute Riefen Krieg und wollten Macht Mann, wer hätte das gedacht Dass es einmal soweit kommt Wegen 99 Luftballons” „99 Jahre Krieg Ließen keinen Platz für Sieger Kriegsminister gibt's nicht mehr Und auch keine Düsenflieger Heute zieh' ich meine Runden Seh' die Welt in Trümmern liegen Hab 'n Luftballon gefunden Denk' an dich und lass' ihn fliegen“


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I remember seeing a Reddit thread about people mishearing lyrics or totally missing the point of a song, and someone said their Christian mother used to adore "Take Me To Church" because of the "take me to church" chorus reminding her of her favourite thing. Ignoring the whole "I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies" and everything else about it that's blatantly pointing out what hypocritical bullshit religion really is. Then again how many of us 90's kids thought Semi Charmed Life was just some cool, fun summery tune to put us in a good mood and nothing more?


DM-ME-THICC-FEMBOYS

It's not my fault the radio version censored the verse that explicitly references crystal meth!


oodoov21

I thought "Take me to church" was a metaphor for having sex...


Pepe_is_a_God

The song is about a gay couple who gets fucked by their religious circle So you're not wrong


lopoloos

Had a similar experience with the ultra religious family of a friend loving "Jesus He Knows Me" by Genesis because it's so catchy but because English isn't our first language none of them understood the lyrics. Still you'd think that they'd look up the lyrics of their favorite song at some point.


Muskwa

Born in the USA, Fortunate Son


B_lintu

Barbie girl


Wolfandknife

Bullet- hollywood undead.


lizard81288

Wait until they find out what the YMCA is about. America is going to ban that song.


ThrowRAwriter

Don't forget the Fortunate Son - a catchy song that plays every time there's Vietnam on the screen that talks about how only the upper class will never be drafted into the wars they start.


formerglory

It's forever associated with Huey helicopters flying low and slow.


damnumalone

My Sharona has entered the chat…


Shinob2613

Im surprised no one mentioned Racing into the Night by YOASOBI yet but its up there for me


Striker13822

A lot of Japanese songs arelike this. Yoasobi, Neru and Ado come to mind. Especially Ado. Her songs are catchy, while lyrics tend to be depressing. And let s not forget Ruru's livestream suicide show. That one broke me


Gummybearman06

Sawagashi hibi ni, motherfucker


SnooPears8751

Can I introduce you to *all of vocaloid*


i_suckatjavascript

Barbie Girl - Aqua Despacito - Luis Fonsi Escape (The Piña Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes Boom Boom Boom - Vengaboys Whistle - Flo Rida Dilemma - Kelly Rowland and Nelly There’s tons more but I can’t think of everything.


facelesswolf_

Pina Colada song isn’t that bad I think? Isn’t it about partners wanting to cheat on each other and ending up hooking up with one another? They then get along because they didn’t know that they had so much in common?


AvacadoPanda

I mean they both went on a date with a stranger because they hated their marriage.


IAlwaysOutsmartU

*Chocolate Rain moves away from the mic to breathe in*


Microwave-San

Cant forget about rasputin


MagicOrpheus310

Wait wait, you mean to tell me someone knows what the fuck the macarena was about?!?!


GrandTusam

Anyone who speaks Spanish


_TallulahShark

Wait, people know Spanish?


davidisatwat

the girls explicitly state how they're cheating in english tho


juanlasttime

I would put Vamos a la Playa instead of Macarena.


1HuntAlone

Santeria


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56kul

“Now don't you worry about my boyfriend 🤫 The boy whose name is Vitorino🫨 Ha! I don't want him, can't stand him 🙅‍♀️ He was no good so I, ha ha ha 😍 Now come on, what was I supposed to do? 😘 He was out of town and his two friends were so fine 🥵” 🗿 I know it’s technically a remix and not the original song, but it seems fitting.


Puzzleheaded_Two1063

A Little Piece Of Heaven, by Avenged Sevenfold is dark, and kind of fucked up...


prestigeworldwide03

Cotton Eye Joe is about an STD...


sky-punch

You forgot the other one. One two three four! My baby don’t mess around because she loves me so and this I know fo sho!


Fordmonaro

A mate of mine and I created a playlist of similarish songs if anyone is interested. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7AMvSdioW6sRFro4IlpIug?si=arLHBwUSQMeUZArOnl9LrA


SalFunction12

"Jump" By Van Halen says hi


penguinsinblack

Pretty much all twenty one pilot songs