From Spanish to Japanese, and everything in between
Song: 'My Name is'
Message: "It is Slim, it's Eminem, it's Eminem, it's Eminem."
Songs: 'Free as a Bird'
Message: "Turned out nice again."
Song: 'Darling Nikki'
Message: "Hello, how are you? I'm fine. 'Cause I know that the Lord is coming soon. Coming, coming soon."
Song: 'D'You Know What I Mean?'
Message: "All my people right here, right now... d'you know what I mean? Yeah, yeah..."
Song: 'Empty Spaces'
Message: "Hello, Looker. Congratulations. You've just discovered the secret message. Please send your answer to Old Pink, care of the funny farm, Chalfont." Then a voice in the background says: "Roger! Carolyne is on the phone!" "Ok."
Song: 'Bloodbath in Paradise'
Message: "Your mother sells whelks in Hull."
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."
Song: 'Work It'
Message: "I put my thing down, flip it, and reverse it" and "watch the way Missy like to take it backwards."
Song: 'Daydreaming'
Message: "Half of my life."
Song: 'This City Never Sleeps'
Message: "I enjoyed making the record, very good, very good."
Song: 'Tourniquet'
Message: "This is my lowest point of vulnerability."
Song: 'Machete'
Message: "I have to say goodbye."
Song: 'Loser'
Message: "Soy un perdedor. I'm a loser, baby, so why don't you kill me"
Song: 'Announcement Service Public'
Message: "You should brush your teeth, and you should wash your hands."
Song: 'Shoots and Ladders'
Message: "This is madness."
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..."
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."
Song: 'Full Throttle'
Message: "We're going in full throttle!"
Song: 'Hell Awaits'
Message: "Join us!"
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."
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."
Message: "She's got the rhythm of love."
Song: 'Love Bites'
Message: "In the dead of the night, love bites."
Song: 'Michael'
Message: "She's worried about you, call your mother."
Song: 'Message of Love'
Message: "Message of Love."
Song: 'Lift Your Head Up High (and Blow Your Brains Out)'
Message: "Devil child will wake up and eat Chef Boyardee Beefaroni."
Song: 'Walking with a Ghost'
Message: "Get out of my mind."
Song: 'Whookam'
Message: "There is a god; the universe is not without a creator, sustainer and protector. He is the ocean of bliss."
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."
See also: Albums recorded in bizarre locations
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.
Hidden messages in popular songs
You'll discover subliminal messages if you play these songs backwards
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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.