Sometimes in life we call things different names than what they really are. For example, you may call it a “healthy lifestyle” but I call it “having nothing to wake up for in the morning.” That goes for songs too. Here are a few examples:
“We Can’t Stop” by Miley Cyrus— “Where to Point Miley’s Therapist to When He Asks Where it All Went Wrong”
“Barefoot Blue Jean Night” by Jake Owen— “Wow A Country Song About Blue Jeans How Original”
“If I Die Young” by The Band Perry— “Not Helpful If You’re Anxiety-Ridden About Impending Death Already”
“All of Me” by John Legend— “Setting Unrealistically High Expectations of Men for Women”
“Hollaback Girl” by Gwen Stefani— “Teaching Kids How to Spell Banana Since ‘05”
“Work (feat. Drake)” by Rihanna— “What is She Saying?”
“All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor— “On Second Thought, Maybe I Will Have That Piece of Cake”
“Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars)” by Mark Ronson— “The Only Song That Ever Has and Ever Will Mention Jackson, MS”
“What’s My Name? (feat. Drake)” by Rihanna— “I May or May Not Have a Slight Case of Amnesia”
“Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran— “Something Tells Me That Other Men’s Thoughts Spoken Out Loud Would Be a Little Crasser Than This”
“Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen— “WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS?!”
“Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” by Beyoncé— “Pretending I’m Not Lonely”
“What Makes You Beautiful” by One Direction— “Harry Styles Giving Young Girls Validation in Their Appearance”
“Good for You (feat. A$AP Rocky)” by Selena Gomez— “I’m Not on Disney Channel Anymore”
“Blank Space” by Taylor Swift— “Let’s Pretend This is Satire Even Though We All Know it’s Reality”
“Moves Like Jagger (feat. Christina Aguilera)” by Maroon 5—Causing Millennials to Ask Who Mick Jagger Is”
“Haven’t Met You Yet” by Michael Bublé— “I Just Haven’t Met the Right Person Yet it’s Definitely Not Me That’s the Problem”
“E. T. (feat. Kanye West)” by Katy Perry— “Isn’t This the Title of a Movie Too?”
“Just the Way You Are” by Bruno Mars— “He Probably Loves Her Just the Way She is Because She’s Already Hot”
“Someone Like You” by Adele— “Crying Alone in the Car”
“Firework” by Katy Perry— “What to Listen to When You Get Bullied in Middle School”
“Tik Tok” by Ke$ha— “Impending Alcoholism”
Any song by Macklemore— “I Hope No One Notices How White I Am”
“Royals” by Lorde— “We Actually Could Be Royals Prince Harry Doesn’t Seem That Hard to Impress”
“Umbrella (feat. Jay-Z)” by Rihanna— “You’ll Never Follow This Word Again without: ‘eh, eh, eh,’ Again”