Song: 'Nightmare/The Dreamtime'
Message: "Now tell me, about your miserable little lives. I do not subscribe to your superstitious, narrow minded flights of paranoia. I and people like me, will always prevail! You will never stifle our free speech in any country in the world, 'coz we will fight forever. In a single stroke, you poor, stupid, running dogs. Why is it..."

16 / 30 Fotos

The B-52's -

Song: 'Detour Thru Your Mind'
Message: "I buried my parakeet in the backyard. Oh no, you're playing the record backwards. Watch out, you might ruin your needle."

17 / 30 Fotos

The Prodigy -

Song: 'Full Throttle'
Message: "We're going in full throttle!"

18 / 30 Fotos

Slayer -

Song: 'Hell Awaits'
Message: "Join us!"

19 / 30 Fotos

Soundgarden -

Song: '665'
Message: "Santa, I love you baby. My Christmas king. Santa, you’re my king. I love you, Santa baby. Got what I need."

20 / 30 Fotos

Iron Maiden -

Song: 'Still Life'
Message: "Hmm, Hmmm, what ho sed de t'ing wid de t'ree bonce. Don't meddle wid t'ings you don't understand."

21 / 30 Fotos

Def Leppard - Song: 'White Lightning'
Message: "She's got the rhythm of love."

22 / 30 Fotos

Judas Priest -

Song: 'Love Bites'
Message: "In the dead of the night, love bites."

23 / 30 Fotos

Franz Ferdinand -

Song: 'Michael'
Message: "She's worried about you, call your mother."

24 / 30 Fotos

Journey -

Song: 'Message of Love'
Message: "Message of Love."

25 / 30 Fotos

Bloodhound Gang -

Song: 'Lift Your Head Up High (and Blow Your Brains Out)'
Message: "Devil child will wake up and eat Chef Boyardee Beefaroni."

26 / 30 Fotos

The White Stripes -

Song: 'Walking with a Ghost'
Message: "Get out of my mind."

27 / 30 Fotos

Steve Vai -

Song: 'Whookam'
Message: "There is a god; the universe is not without a creator, sustainer and protector. He is the ocean of bliss."

28 / 30 Fotos

Lacuna Coil -

Song: 'Self Deception'

Message: "I don't know what to do, no guilt is in my heart, I don't know what to do, I'm not the reason."

29 / 30 Fotos

0 / 30 Fotos

Eminem -

Song: 'My Name is'
Message: "It is Slim, it's Eminem, it's Eminem, it's Eminem."

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1 / 30 Fotos

The Beatles -

Songs: 'Free as a Bird'
Message: "Turned out nice again."

2 / 30 Fotos

Prince -

Song: 'Darling Nikki'
Message: "Hello, how are you? I'm fine. 'Cause I know that the Lord is coming soon. Coming, coming soon."

3 / 30 Fotos

Oasis -

Song: 'D'You Know What I Mean?'
Message: "All my people right here, right now... d'you know what I mean? Yeah, yeah..."

4 / 30 Fotos

Pink Floyd -

5 / 30 Fotos

Ozzy Osbourne -

Song: 'Bloodbath in Paradise'
Message: "Your mother sells whelks in Hull."

6 / 30 Fotos

Nelly Furtado -

Song: 'Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)'
Message: "Oh My God! Descending to the 13th floor, 14, 16, We're on the 11th floor, descending to the 12th floor."

7 / 30 Fotos

Missy Elliott -

Song: 'Work It'
Message: "I put my thing down, flip it, and reverse it" and "watch the way Missy like to take it backwards."

8 / 30 Fotos

Radiohead -

Song: 'Daydreaming'
Message: "Half of my life."

9 / 30 Fotos

Eurythmics -

Song: 'This City Never Sleeps'
Message: "I enjoyed making the record, very good, very good."

10 / 30 Fotos

Marilyn Manson -

Song: 'Tourniquet'
Message: "This is my lowest point of vulnerability."

11 / 30 Fotos

Moby -

Song: 'Machete'
Message: "I have to say goodbye."

12 / 30 Fotos

Beck -

Song: 'Loser'
Message: "Soy un perdedor. I'm a loser, baby, so why don't you kill me"

13 / 30 Fotos

Linkin Park -

Song: 'Announcement Service Public'
Message: "You should brush your teeth, and you should wash your hands."

14 / 30 Fotos

Korn -

Song: 'Shoots and Ladders'
Message: "This is madness."

15 / 30 Fotos

Motörhead -

16 / 30 Fotos

The B-52's -

Song: 'Detour Thru Your Mind'
Message: "I buried my parakeet in the backyard. Oh no, you're playing the record backwards. Watch out, you might ruin your needle."

17 / 30 Fotos

The Prodigy -

Song: 'Full Throttle'
Message: "We're going in full throttle!"

18 / 30 Fotos

Slayer -

Song: 'Hell Awaits'
Message: "Join us!"

19 / 30 Fotos

Soundgarden -

Song: '665'
Message: "Santa, I love you baby. My Christmas king. Santa, you’re my king. I love you, Santa baby. Got what I need."

20 / 30 Fotos

Iron Maiden -

Song: 'Still Life'
Message: "Hmm, Hmmm, what ho sed de t'ing wid de t'ree bonce. Don't meddle wid t'ings you don't understand."

21 / 30 Fotos

Def Leppard - Song: 'White Lightning'
Message: "She's got the rhythm of love."

22 / 30 Fotos

Judas Priest -

Song: 'Love Bites'
Message: "In the dead of the night, love bites."

23 / 30 Fotos

Franz Ferdinand -

Song: 'Michael'
Message: "She's worried about you, call your mother."

24 / 30 Fotos

Journey -

Song: 'Message of Love'
Message: "Message of Love."

25 / 30 Fotos

Bloodhound Gang -

Song: 'Lift Your Head Up High (and Blow Your Brains Out)'
Message: "Devil child will wake up and eat Chef Boyardee Beefaroni."

26 / 30 Fotos

The White Stripes -

Song: 'Walking with a Ghost'
Message: "Get out of my mind."

27 / 30 Fotos

Steve Vai -

Song: 'Whookam'
Message: "There is a god; the universe is not without a creator, sustainer and protector. He is the ocean of bliss."

28 / 30 Fotos

Lacuna Coil -

Song: 'Self Deception'

Message: "I don't know what to do, no guilt is in my heart, I don't know what to do, I'm not the reason."

29 / 30 Fotos

Hidden messages in popular songs

You'll discover subliminal messages if you play these songs backwards

25/10/24 | StarsInsider

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Backmasking, a recording process that allows sounds or messages to be heard when playing a song backwards, has been used since the 1960s.

This is a deliberate process, rather than aleatory sounds that are heard when songs are played in reverse, which may or may not have any meaning. These messages were intentionally recorded backward onto a track that is meant to be played forward.

Click through the gallery and get to know the hidden messages artists added to their songs.