Original lyric: "'Bout to put rims on my skateboard wheels/ Beat that p.y up like Emmett Till/ Yeah/ Two cellphones ringin' at the same time" Future featuring Lil Wayne, Karate Chop (remix) 2013 Note: The fourth single from Swift's eponymous debut album reached number three on Billboard's country chart and number 28 in pop. Taylor Swift in lyric trouble? Surely not. New lyrics: "So go and tell your friends that I'm obsessive and crazy/ That's fine, you won't mind if I say/ By the way"
Original lyrics: "So go and tell your friends that I'm obsessive and crazy/ That's fine, I'll tell mine you're gay/ By the way" It also was one of five finalists for Grammy's record of the year. The new version became a promo theme for ABC's coverage of the NBA playoffs, climbed to number 21 on Billboard's pop list and earned a Grammy for best rap performance by a group. Note: A year after originally recording the song, Black Eyed Peas quietly revamped the title and song as Let's Get It Started. New lyrics: "Everybody (yeah), everybody (yeah)/ Just get into it (yeah), get stupid (come on)/ Get it started, (come on), get it started (yeah), get it started." Original lyrics: "Everybody, everybody/ Let's get into it (yeah), get stupid (come on)/ Get r.ded (come on), get r.ded (yeah), get r.ded" Black Eyed Peas, Let's Get R.ded, 2003/Let's Get It Started, 2004 Michael Jackson changed the lyrics of his hit They Don’t Care About Us. Here are some prominent songs for which stars retooled lyrics. Last Tuesday, Monica Lewinsky, the infamous 1990s White House intern, posted on social media that since Beyoncé is reassessing some lyrics, she should change the line in the 2014 single Partition that goes "He popped all my buttons, and he ripped my blouse/ He Monica Lewinsky-ed all on my gown." No response yet from Queen Bey's camp about that suggestion.īut other artists have listened to complaints. When rocker Hayley Williams of Paramore was 17, she wrote the song Misery Business with the line, "Once a w.e, you're nothing more/ I'm sorry, that'll never change." Eight years later, in 2018, a newly woke Williams decided to eliminate Misery Business from Paramore's concert set lists. * Beyonce to remove offensive word from new song Heated on Renaissance album * Lizzo changes Grrrls lyrics after being criticised for using ableist lyric: 'I understand the power words can have' * Lizzo addresses backlash to 'harmful word' in new song 'GRRRLS'
When the tune was recorded in 1980, it wasn't about bullets but rather about pickup lines or romantic moves – or anything except artillery. Last month, newly elected Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Pat Benatar announced that she would no longer perform her signature song, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, because of rampant gun violence in the United States. Sometimes even concepts become inappropriate.
These instances are about being challenged by the PC police. We're not talking vulgar words in explicit songs. This isn't the first time that big names received blowback and had to reconsider lyric choices. After being called out by disability advocates, Lizzo re-recorded her song to eliminate the objectionable word while Beyoncé's people have pledged to do likewise. This week, it's Beyoncé singing the same derogatory term in Heated. In June, it was Lizzo using an ableist slang term for “spastic” in the tune Grrrls.
Another high-profile pop star sang an offensive lyric that brought backlash.