6 songs that hide incredible secrets

How many times have you listened to an album and thought that some of its songs sounded a bit strange? It could be a whisper, a strange phrase, a murmur, or even something subliminal: there are dozens of songs that hide all kinds of mysterious messages that only the most astute and sharp-eared can recognize… But some of the stories woven with them are absolutely incredible and worthy of a movie. Are you ready to discover these 6 hits that hide much more than it seems?

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Better Days (Angelo)

“I speak of those I love, of how much I miss them, I speak of the pride and the strength that beats within my heart”. This was the chorus of this 2010 song that Colombians will instantly recognize: it was sung by Angelo, one of the finalists of Factor X in the country, and the actress and singer Natalia Gutiérrez. But Mejores Días was not planned to be a hit, but to send a message to those kidnapped by the FARC for years.

At first, they thought of doing it with a joke, where the beeps to hide the insults would conceal a Morse code, but they thought it would be too obvious, and preferred to send it with the rhythm of an emotional song, to give more clues to the hostages. It was a message of hope that they heard through the radio and was hidden in three different places in the song: “19 people rescued. You are next. Do not lose hope”. When they say that music lifts the spirit, no one imagined to what extent it was true.

YYZ (Rush)

Another Morse code example. In this case, the band Rush, in 1987, decided to be very specific in the title of their song YYZ in its introduction… through bells that ring in a most interesting pattern. Basically, because what they “say” continuously is YYZ. And what is YYZ really? The code for Toronto International Airport, which is also the place where the band was founded. That’s what you call a full-fledged tribute.

10,000 Days (Tool)

There are many groups that, especially in the 80s, added an extra track after the last one, but Tool gave the ultimate hidden song in 2006 with the release of the album 10,000 Days. In addition to achieving three hits on the sales charts, they sold more than half a million copies in just the first week. But even the most seasoned listeners didn’t notice the group’s extra song, over ten minutes long, which occurred… when you overlaid three different tracks.

Specifically, if you combine the songs 10,000 Days, Viginti Tres, and Wings for Marie, you will have a new song with different lyrics. An unreleased track within three already existing tracks. It may not be the best or the most remembered, but it is certainly a very clever way to innovate in music. Oh! On the same album, we also have a song that, if you listen to it backward, has a hidden message, although it’s nothing satanic: “Work hard, stay in school, listen to your mother, your father was right.” Wholesome rock.

Detour through your mind (B-52)

Although among the songs that hide messages when played backwards, perhaps the most curious is the one by B-52, which in the album Bouncing off the Satellites, from 1986, specifically in the track Detour Thru Your Mind, included the phrase “I buried my parakeet in the backyard. Oh, no, you’re playing the record backwards. Be careful, you might destroy your needle“. Imagine hearing this without having the slightest idea of what was going to happen. A 10 out of 10 for the ultimate trolling.

Revolution 9 (The Beatles)

The Beatles have acknowledged placing some messages that could be heard if you played the songs backwards. For example, in Free as a bird, we can hear the phrase “Turned out nice again”, with the idea of having a bit of fun with all those who claimed to hear hidden messages in their records. But it is undeniable that in Revolution 9, an experimental piece from the White Album (parodied years later in The Simpsons with a pseudo-Yoko Ono saying “Number eight, number eight”), something very mysterious is heard.

Specifically, the phrase “Turn me on, dead man.” The record is from 1968, and the conspiracy theory suggests that Paul McCartney died in 1966 and has since been replaced by someone very similar to him. The “Paul is dead” theory has continued to this day, with apparent clues that the Beatles left throughout their later albums… and it’s a rabbit hole I recommend exploring if you want to spend the next few hours tangled in impossible conspiracy theories. I also tell you that you need a bit of imagination to hear “Turn me on, dead man.”

Reise, Reise (Rammstein)

We end with another song that hides a secret that very few have heard. And it happens… Before the song! Rammstein decided to put an introduction on the CD before track 1, known as “song 0”. If you wanted to listen to it, you had no choice but to rewind the music backwards to find it, since by default players started at track 1. If you’re curious, what you hear is a Japanese plane about to have an accident. What we’ve missed because of Spotify!

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