These songs will never be the same. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re breaking down songs from 2000 to 2009 that have taken on a darker meaning in the years since their initial release.
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00:00I had a girl that would have died for me, damn appreciated so I made her cry for me.
00:05Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're breaking down songs from 2000 to 2009
00:10that have taken on a darker meaning in the years since their initial release.
00:14I hurt myself today.
00:20Son of Sam, Elliot Smith.
00:22Something's happening, don't speak too soon.
00:42Son of Simpson, all the shining that the clouded world.
00:52Mysterious 2003 passing.
00:54Fans looked to his music for potential clues that Smith left.
00:57Son of Sam, the first single from his figure eight album,
01:00his last to be released during his lifetime,
01:03stands out in its embrace of what comes after we exit this mortal coil.
01:07That said, Smith denied that it was about David Berkowitz, the actual Son of Sam killer,
01:12and described the song as quote,
01:13Just an impressionistic song about destruction and creativity.
01:26Floating in the fourth, Frightened Rabbit.
01:29So you just step out of the front of my house and I'll never see you again.
01:36Mellow Scottish indie rocker's Frightened Rabbit started out as a solo project for
01:40singer Scott Hutchison before developing into a full-fledged musical outfit of its own.
01:45Hutchison, who had reportedly struggled with depression for years,
01:49went missing on May 9th, 2018.
01:52Although Scottish police and other members of the band reported this,
01:55the singer's body was discovered at Port Edgar of the River Forth in South Queensferry,
01:59a Scottish town west of Edinburgh.
02:01Eagle-eyed fans were quick to point out Floating in the Fourth
02:04off of the band's second studio album The Midnight Organ Fight
02:07as seemingly predicting Hutchison's tragic demise.
02:23Unlike most of the songs and artists on our list,
02:26the creepiness of this hard-charging post-grunge tune
02:28has nothing to do with any of the band's members or with the band itself at all.
02:33Rather, the reason that Our Lady Peace made the choice to stop performing whatever live
02:37is because of the late Chris Benoit.
02:44For the uninitiated, Benoit was a Canadian WWE superstar,
02:49winning 30 championships in total.
02:51Unfortunately, this would not be his legacy.
02:54From June 22nd to June 24th, 2007,
02:57Benoit took the lives of his wife and seven-year-old son before ultimately taking his own.
03:02Whatever was Benoit's entrance theme from 2002 to 2007?
03:07Whatever you need, whatever you got, whatever you want, I'll take back again.
03:12Like a Stone, Audioslave
03:24Like Elliot Smith, Soundgarden and later Audioslave singer Chris Cornell
03:28was no stranger to incorporating dark, heavy themes into his music,
03:31often drawn directly from his own battles with declining mental health
03:35and often heavy substance use.
03:37Like a Stone, the second single from the band's self-titled debut album
03:40and their biggest hit, was the furthest thing from an exception to this.
03:52A plainly stated message to a loved one who has passed away,
03:56Cornell explained the song as being about, quote,
03:58"...concentrating on the afterlife you would hope for,
04:01rather than the normal monotheistic approach."
04:03Like a Stone doubly functions as a posthumous tribute to the singer himself,
04:07who took his own life following a Detroit concert in 2017.
04:25This revealing pop song,
04:26written and recorded at what was arguably the height of Spears' fame,
04:30is a quietly devastating, clearly scathing indictment of the monster that is celebrity.
04:35Although the song focuses on a fictionalized character, also called Lucky,
04:39it's abundantly clear that Spears' song is more than a little autobiographical,
04:44drawing from her own experiences with achieving fame at too young of an age.
04:55Lucky has been noted by critics and fans alike for predicting Spears' future clashes
05:00with paparazzi, as well as her own personal struggles.
05:03Particularly those associated with her controversial conservatorship,
05:07uncovered in the 2010s and 2020s.
05:11This rebellious British soul singer was famous for being just that, a rebel.
05:15Her breakout single, Rehab, was evidence of this,
05:18and explained in no uncertain terms Winehouse's insistence that she wouldn't go to, well, rehab.
05:25Rehab still goes hard today due to Winehouse's rockstar charisma,
05:29inimitable vocals, and the song's throwback soul, R. Kelly.
05:33But it's not just about her.
05:34She's also about to make a comeback with her new single, Rehab.
05:38The song is set to be released in the fall of 2020,
05:41but it's not the first time that Winehouse has made a comeback.
05:44In fact, it's the first time that Winehouse has made a comeback in a while.
05:47In fact, it's the first time that Winehouse has made a comeback in a while.
05:51The up-tempo tune now carries a bittersweet weight
05:54due to its tragic, inextricable association
05:57with Winehouse's 2011 death from alcohol poisoning,
06:00among other health issues.
06:02Yes, I'll be back when I come back
06:05No, no, no
06:07Breaking the Habit, Linkin Park.
06:09Memories consumed
06:12Like opening a world
06:14Picking up the pieces
06:17Like opening a world
06:20Picking me apart again
06:23This moody, electronic, fast-paced alt-rock jam
06:27is somewhat atypical in sound for new metal legends Linkin Park.
06:30However, from its lyrics, it is instantly clear to the listener
06:34that this is a classic Linkin Park number.
06:36Those lyrics, in an unusual turn for the band,
06:39were courtesy of Mike Shinoda, as opposed to Chester Bennington.
06:43Shinoda more commonly wrote his own rap verses,
06:45but took a detour for Breaking the Habit.
06:47That said, the song takes on a deeper significance
06:50after Bennington's untimely 2017 passing by his own hand.
06:54Although Linkin Park's output was often blunt and raw,
06:57Breaking the Habit dispenses with the aggression
06:59to plaintively contemplate one's own mental health.
07:02I'm breaking the habit tonight
07:08Ignition, remix, R. Kelly.
07:11Now I'm not trying to be rude
07:12But hey pretty girl, I'm feeling you
07:14The way you do the things you do
07:16Reminds me of my Lexus Coupe.
07:18Honestly, we could probably just do a list of R. Kelly songs
07:21that are disturbing because of what we know now.
07:24Until then, however, we'll stick to calling out
07:26the Pied Piper's biggest, most enduring 2000s hit.
07:29And yes, he really did refer to himself as the Pied Piper.
07:32So baby give me that
07:33Two, two
07:34Let me give you that
07:35Beat, beat
07:36Running her hands through my fro
07:38Bouncing on 24s
07:40A colossal smash at the time of its release,
07:43and routinely listed as being
07:44among the best songs of that decade.
07:46The song's ubiquity made it even harder to listen to
07:49following Kelly's 2019 arrest
07:51on racketeering and human trafficking charges.
07:53A catchy, irresistibly playful R&B tune,
07:56the remix to Ignition's vehicle-based euphemisms
07:59are now more cringe-worthy than comedic.
08:09Hurt, Johnny Cash.
08:10I hurt myself today
08:15Legendary country rebel Cash
08:17and industrial metal provocateur's Nine Inch Nails
08:20are not, at first glance, a marriage made in heaven.
08:22However, when you listen to the former's cover
08:24of The Ladder's Hurt,
08:26originally about singer Trent Reznor's chronic substance use,
08:29you can understand why Reznor commented that,
08:31quote,
08:31that song isn't mine anymore.
08:33I wear this crown of thorns
08:38Recorded for Cash's American For The Man Comes Around album,
08:42the stark, stripped-down acoustic rendition
08:44famously tugs at the heartstrings with its plaintiveness,
08:47as well as with the singer's now-weathered vocals.
08:50It goes without saying, then,
08:51that Cash's Hurt cover hits way differently
08:54after the singer's death in September 2003,
08:56just under a year after American For's release.
08:59What have I become
09:05My sweetest friend
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09:24I Need A Girl Part 1
09:26P. Diddy featuring Usher and Loon
09:28I need a girl to make my wife
09:31I need a girl who's mine, all mine
09:34Where do we start with this one?
09:35This song played as creepy even at the time.
09:38Sean Diddy Combs' ostensible love song
09:40describes treating a woman as the rapper's personal property,
09:44intended only to serve his needs.
09:46If that sounds uncharitable,
09:48consider Combs comparing the object of the song to a,
09:51quote,
09:51brother,
09:52or his now-ironic charge that the women in his life were abusing him.
09:56I need a girl to ride, ride, ride me
09:58I need a girl to make my wife
10:00I need a girl who makes me feel so good inside
10:04A sizable hit at the time of its release,
10:06I Need A Girl and its sequel received renewed attention and scrutiny
10:10after Combs' September 2024 conviction on racketeering and trafficking charges.
10:14A quick scan of the song's lyrics make it clear as to why.
10:18I had a girl that would've died for me
10:20They appreciated so I made her cry for me
10:23Every night she had tears in her eyes for me
10:25Which 2000s song is hard for you to listen to nowadays?
10:29Let us know in the comments.
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