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#2

Singer John Legend Wrote And Dedicated The Track "All Of Me" To Wife Chrissy Teigen

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63points

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glowworm2 4 years ago

Aw!

9points

#3

It Turns Out, Lily Allen's "F**k You" Was Written About The Former Us President George W. Bush

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56points

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kjorn 4 years ago

i sure people miss george bush now. anyone but Trump i guess

18points

It’s no secret that the music industry is full of the most legendary power couples ever. I mean, how wouldn’t it be, when love has been an endless source of inspiration since the dawn of art?

But it turns out, some of the singing lovebirds started their romance in the studio while recording. For example, the world-famous “Crazy In Love” Jay Z and Beyoncé fell for each other while collaborating on the 2002 track “Bonnie and Clyde.”

Meanwhile, J.Lo and Diddy met in the studio while working for Lopez' album “On the 6.” They proceeded to date for two years until calling it quits due to Diddy’s arrest in connection with a shooting.

#4

Coldplay's Lead Singer Chris Martin Wrote "Fix You" For His Wife At The Time, Gwyneth Paltrow, After Her Father Died

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48points

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Pepper Pots 4 years ago

thats a beautiful song, always makes me cry

14points

#5

Christina Aguilera Wrote "Can't Hold Us Down" As A Response To Eminem's Negative Comments About Her

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47points

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Miss Cris 4 years ago (edited)

Finally one that hasn't been written for a boyfriend/girlfriend! :)

29points

#6

Pink And The Indigo Girls Wrote A Song Called "Dear Mr. President" Which Was A Message To George W. Bush While He Was In Office. The Song Criticised His Position On Homelessness, Lgbtq Rights, And The Iraq War

Pink And The Indigo Girls Wrote A Song Called "Dear Mr. President" Which Was A Message To George W. Bush While He Was In Office. The Song Criticised His Position On Homelessness, Lgbtq Rights, And The Iraq War

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47points

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Verena Heisenberg 4 years ago

BEST.SONG.EVER! Love her, the song, the message etc.

13points

While Ariana Grande was working on her debut album “Victorious,” Mac Miller offered to sing a duet with her. Their piece “The Way” ended up debuting at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Another teen favorite singer Selena Gomez is also said to have had a romance with her former producer Zedd while collaborating on the 2015 song "I Want You to Know." This line “I want you to know that I'm all yours" in particular sparked romance rumors that the singer later confirmed were, in fact, true.

#7

Katy Perry Said That Her Single "I Kissed A Girl" Was Inspired By Scarlett Johansson

Final score:

41points

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JuJu 4 years ago

I totally understand that!

21points

#8

Bon Iver's Song "Perth" Was A Tribute To Heath Ledger After He Died In 2008. Heath, Who Was Born In Perth, Australia, Was The Best Friend Of Lead Singer Justin Vernon

Final score:

39points

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JessG 4 years ago

Aw :(

13points

#9

Justin Timberlake Wrote "Cry Me A River" After Breaking Up With Britney Spears

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37points

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miten sasmita 4 years ago

Ahh if only she ended up with him... She'd be much happier. They looked genuinely in love together that time.

28points

#10

"Something" By The Beatles, "Layla" By Derek And The Dominoes, And "Wonderful Tonight" By Eric Clapton Were Written About Model Pattie Boyd

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33points

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Caroline 4 years ago

Popular lady!

28points

#11

Not Many Know That Nirvana's Legendary Song "Heart-Shaped Box" Is About Courtney Love And... Her Vagina

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31points

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True Blue 4 years ago

O_O

15points

#12

While Katy Perry Was Dating The Lead Singer From Gym Class Heroes Named Travie Mccoy, He Wrote Her The Famous "Cupid’s Chokehold"

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30points

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Ellen 4 years ago

Her old song "Circle the drain" is also about him, & how his addiction tore their relationship apart.

11points

#13

"Ms. Jackson" By Outkast Was An Apology To Erykah Badu And Her Mother After Badu And Andre 3000 Broke Up

Final score:

30points

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CatWoman312 4 years ago

I never knew that!

10points

#14

A Verse In Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" Is About Warren Beatty

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25points

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Bowtechie 4 years ago

He probably thinks the song is about him anyway

63points

#15

After Jay-Z And Alicia Keys Released "Empire State Of Mind," Katy Perry Wrote "California Gurls" Because She Wanted There To Be A Song To Represent California

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24points

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BringOnTheDownvotes 4 years ago

You mean besides the literal HUNDEREDS of songs about California?

50points

#16

"Colors" By Halsey Was About Her Ex-Boyfriend Matty Healy, The Lead Singer Of The 1975

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24points

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Linda May 4 years ago (edited)

Colors by Halsey is a wonderful song. But it's going to escalate *really* quickly from wow to wut when you watch the music video 😂 Still, she is amazing person.

5points

#17

Fans Believe That Taylor Swift Wrote "I Knew You Were Trouble" With Her Ex-Boyfriend Harry Styles In Mind

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24points

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JuJu 4 years ago

Aren't all her songs "Ex-Songs"?

44points

#18

Ed Sheeran Wrote "Don't" After Ellie Goulding Cheated On Him With Niall From One Direction

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22points

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miten sasmita 4 years ago

Glad ed sheeran is happily married with a baby daughter now.

27points

#19

After Miley Cyrus Got Engaged To Liam Hemsworth, Her Ex Nick Jonas Wrote Her A Song Called "Wedding Bells"

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19points

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postboredom 4 years ago (edited)

They aren't together anymore though.

8points

#20

"Madness" By Muse Is About Matt Bellamy's (The Lead Singer) Relationship With Kate Hudson. It Was Inspired By A Fight They Had

Final score:

19points

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JessG 4 years ago

Cool song though

5points

#21

The Weeknd Was Going Through A Painful Breakup With Selena Gomez When He Wrote "Call Out My Name"

Final score:

19points

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CatWoman312 4 years ago

She still was suffering from Beiberitis

9points

#22

"Killing Me Softly" By Norman Gimbel Was Inspired By A Young Singer Named Lori Lieberman Who Had Seen Don Mclean Perform And Told Gimbel That It Was An Intensely Moving Experience. So In Essence, It's About Don Mclean

"Killing Me Softly" By Norman Gimbel Was Inspired By A Young Singer Named Lori Lieberman Who Had Seen Don Mclean Perform And Told Gimbel That It Was An Intensely Moving Experience. So In Essence, It's About Don Mclean

Final score:

18points

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JessG 4 years ago

"A long long time ago, I can still remember, how that music used to make me smil..."

16points

#23

Justin Bieber Wrote "What Do You Mean" About His On-Again Off-Again Relationship With Selena Gomez

Final score:

16points

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CatWoman312 4 years ago

He wrote several songs about her. “Sorry” was about her as well.

16points

#24

While We Can All Agree That Hollaback Girl Is A Total Tune, It's Safe To Say That Its Origins Are Well And Truly Rooted In Famous Feuding. Dissing Gwen In An Interview With Seventeen Magazine, Courtney Said: "Being Famous Is Just Like Being In High School. But I'm Not Interested In Being The Cheerleader. I'm Not Interested In Being Gwen Stefani. She's The Cheerleader, And I'm Out In The Smoker Shed."

Final score:

15points

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Eraldo Ferreira 4 years ago

Why Do You Have To Write All Of Your Titles With Every Damn First Letter Of Every F*****g Word On Capslock?

36points

#25

Lily Aldridge, The Victoria's Secret Angel Who Is Married To Kings Of Leon Lead Singer, Caleb Followill, Is Said To Have Inspired The Band's Track Sex On Fire

Final score:

15points

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JessG 4 years ago

LOVE this song!

3points

#26

"Dear John" By Taylor Swift Is About Her Ex, John Mayer. Mayer's Song "Paper Doll" Was Allegedly His Rebuttal

Final score:

14points

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Janine B. 4 years ago

I will never understand how this not really attractive guy seems charme so many women.

33points

#27

Florence Welch From Florence + The Machine Wrote A Song "Patricia" For The Singer Patti Smith

Final score:

14points

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Saico Hipe 4 years ago

I love Florence so much! She actually got to randomly meet Smith on day in a restaurant, and says she was super nice and down to earth.

13points

#28

"Cinderella" By Mac Miller, A Song That Has Lyrics About Very Intimate Bedroom Moments, Is About Ariana Grande

Final score:

13points

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Jessica Friend 4 years ago (edited)

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#29

And "You're Never Over" By Eminem Was A Tribute To His Friend, The Rapper Proof. Proof Was Shot And Killed In 2006

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12points

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Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago

Duh. It says his name in the first line!

4points

#30

"Circle The Drain" By Katy Perry Was About Travie Mccoy's Drug Addiction

Final score:

11points

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yes. 4 years ago

She's honestly amazing

3points

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#31

"My Way" By Calvin Harris Was About His Ex-Girlfriend, Taylor Swift, And The Struggles Of Their Relationship

Final score:

6points

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EmiC _21 4 years ago

notice how most of these songs are Taylor swift being petty asf

1point

#32

"All Too Well" By Taylor Swift Was About Her Ex-Boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal

Final score:

6points

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Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago

Wow - they didn't exactly pick the best pick of him, huh?

7points

#33

"Edie (Ciao Baby)" By The Cult And "Just Like A Woman" By Bob Dylan Were Said To Have Been About Actress And Model Edie Sedgwick, Who Died In 1971

Final score:

6points

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Marcellus the Third 4 years ago

You mean Edie S., hanging around at Warhol's Factory? This is the single worst-written entry in this list. Open Wikipedia and you find she's in a dozen songs (starting with the Velvets' "Femme Fatale" obviously) plus a handful of films (The Doors, anyone?).

5points

#34

7 Things The Miley Cyrus Track Is Purportedly About Nick Jonas And The Pair's Frustrating Relationship. Cyrus's Album Bangerz Is Also Said To Be Inspired By Her Break-Up With Fiancé Liam Hemsworth. Liner Notes Included With The Album Read: "I Couldn't Have Made This Album Without One Person . . . Fe, Thank You For Inspiring Me. (Ps I Love You)." It's Assumed Fe Stands For Ex-Fiancé

7 Things The Miley Cyrus Track Is Purportedly About Nick Jonas And The Pair's Frustrating Relationship. Cyrus's Album Bangerz Is Also Said To Be Inspired By Her Break-Up With Fiancé Liam Hemsworth. Liner Notes Included With The Album Read: "I Couldn't Have Made This Album Without One Person . . . Fe, Thank You For Inspiring Me. (Ps I Love You)." It's Assumed Fe Stands For Ex-Fiancé

Final score:

6points

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Amanda Sherland 4 years ago

Her hair. Ugh.

-1point

#35

Swish Swish Rumours Have Surfaced That Katy Perry’s Track Swish Swish Was Released In Response To Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood. With The Singer Revealing To James Corden During The Late Late Show’s Carpool Karaoke Segment That Her Response To Swift's Song Had Her Like, "Ok, Cool, Cool, Cool, That's How You Want To Deal With It? Karma!”

Swish Swish Rumours Have Surfaced That Katy Perry’s Track Swish Swish Was Released In Response To Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood. With The Singer Revealing To James Corden During The Late Late Show’s Carpool Karaoke Segment That Her Response To Swift's Song Had Her Like, "Ok, Cool, Cool, Cool, That's How You Want To Deal With It? Karma!”

Final score:

6points

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CatWoman312 4 years ago

This was revealed the moment it was released.

0points

#36

Thank U, Next By Ariana Grande

Thank U, Next

While you may have known that Thank U, Next was about Pete Davidson, along with three of Ariana Grande’s previous partners Ricky Alvarez, Big Sean and Mac Miller, what you may not have known was that the singer actually wrote three iterations of the song, each with a different ending depending on how her relationship with Davidson turned out.

“In my relationship at the time, things were like up and down and on and off, and so I didn’t know what was going to happen and then we got back together,” said Grande during an interview on the Zach Sang Show, before adding that she was also rather nervous about naming her ex-boyfriends in the hit single.

“So I had to make a different version of it, and then we broke up again, so we ended up going with that verse,” she continued. “There’s a version where I was getting married, there’s a version where I’m not getting married, there’s a version with nothing.”

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6points

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#37

Taylor Swift Wrote "Better Than Revenge" About Camilla Belle Dating Joe Jonas (Her Ex)

Final score:

5points

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CatWoman312 4 years ago

Sometimes I think she is stuck in high school mentality

10points

#38

"Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" By Elton John Was A Tribute To John Lennon, Who Had Been Assassinated 15 Months Prior To Its Release

Final score:

5points

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#39

Glory And Blue Beyoncé Knowles And Jay Z Have Both Released Tracks About Their First Child Together, Blue Ivy Carter. The Songs Credit B.i.c. (Blue Ivy Carter) As A Featured Artist

Final score:

5points

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CatWoman312 4 years ago

These 2 are the most overrated artists in the industry. Beyoncé is generic at best yet she has fans who literally worship her like she’s a God...it’s weird

20points

#40

Lovebug By The Jonas Brothers

While the song Lovebug by the Jonas Brothers was originally released in 2008, it was only following the preview of their documentary Chasing Happiness in June 2019, that the band finally confirmed the track was in fact written about Miley Cyrus. The brothers first met the Disney star during a cameo appearance on an episode of Hannah Montana, before going on to open the Hannah Montana: Best of Both Worlds Tour shortly after.

In the new documentary, Kevin Jonas describes how Cyrus “changed girls” for his younger brother Nick, saying, “When we met Miley, I think that kid's head exploded.” The lyrics, which talk of a blossoming crush, can now be read in a fresh new light: “Now I'm speechless/ Over the edge, I'm just breathless/ I never thought that I'd catch this lovebug again/ Hopeless, head over heels in the moment.”

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Final score:

5points

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bv7hearts 4 years ago

Ha

1point

#41

"The Warning" By Eminem Is A Clapback At Mariah’s "Obsessed."

Final score:

4points

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Signe Manat Hansen 3 years ago

What you tryin to be, my new wife?

0points

#42

S0892 12. "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?" By R.e.m. Was Inspired By An Incident Where Cbs Anchor Dan Rather Was Assaulted In Central Park. One Of The Assailants Repeated "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?" Over And Over

S0892 12. "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?" By R.e.m. Was Inspired By An Incident Where Cbs Anchor Dan Rather Was Assaulted In Central Park. One Of The Assailants Repeated "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?" Over And Over

Final score:

4points

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Christopher Hammond 4 years ago

Except that's not a picture of REM.

10points

#43

"Boyfriend" By Ashlee Simpson Was Aimed At Lindsay Lohan For Accusing Simpson Of Stealing Her Then-Boyfriend, Wilmer Valderrama

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3points

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#44

Mariah Carey Wrote "Obsessed" About Eminem

Final score:

3points

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Conrad Strucker 4 years ago

A lot of people know this one, prolly the only diss track to ever put a dent in Eminem - because he couldn't hit back without proving her right

4points

#45

Katy Perry Wrote "By The Grace Of God" About Russell Brand

Final score:

3points

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Little Wonder 4 years ago

I wrote one about him too, it's called Tedious Twat.

6points

#46

The Heart Wants What It Wants It’s Reported That The Song Released In 2014 Is About Selena Gomez’s Relationship With Fellow Singer Justin Bieber

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2points

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Conrad Strucker 4 years ago (edited)

duh doy

1point

#47

Bound 2 Rapper Kanye West's Song Is Allegedly About His Wife Kim Kardashian, Though This Conclusion Isn't Hard To Come To Considering Mrs Kardashian West Appears In The Song's Film Clip

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2points

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Mimi M 4 years ago

Great pic

0points

#48

"Expectations" By Lauren Jauregui Was About Her Ex-Boyfriend Ty Dolla $ign. She Wrote It When She Was Angry At Him For Staying Out Late After A Performance And Not Telling Her Where He Was

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1point

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Sardonic Scribe 4 years ago

Who??

2points