Song Meanings and Facts

Song Meanings and Facts

Author: Amanda London

Whoomp! There It Is

Tag Team

“Whoomp! There It Is” by Tag Team

As the story goes, the title of this song actually traces its origins back to the strip clubs of the late 20th century Dirty South. In its original usage it alludes to a notion of, as we would...

Heads Will Roll

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

“Heads Will Roll” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

“Heads Will Roll” has been interpreted as some type of treatise against rave culture, i.e. the type of dangerous drug use which is considered part and parcel of said lifestyle.  But taking the understanding of this song...

Maps

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

“Maps” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “Maps” features the singer entreating her significant other not to run astray. It was written primarily by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O and is understood to be personal, actually being directed...

One Week

Barenaked Ladies

“One Week” by Barenaked Ladies

One way of looking at Barenaked Ladies’ “One Week” is as a dual-themed song. Most identifiably it features Steven Page as a narrator, detailing this sort of tumultuous relationship he has with his lady. And...

100,000 People

Kings Of Leon

“100,000 People” by Kings of Leon

Kings of Leon’s “100,000 People” would apparently be a love song. And if so, the singer would be expressing how uniquely edified the addressee makes him feel. He does so by putting forth a number of...

Whoopty

CJ

“Whoopty” by CJ

It has been noted that by and large CJ’s “Whoopty” sticks the usual popular-rap music tropes of money, sex, violence and drugs. In the latter regard, it may not be drugs per se but more along...

Helicopter

Bloc Party

Bloc Party’s “Helicopter” Lyrics Meaning

The lyrics of “Helicopter” center on an individual with certain unfavorable attributes, and it goes quite into some metaphorical detail delineating his faults. As an overview, he is identified as being domineering, cocky and “a...