So the past couple of weeks, we have had a bunch of different ONTD Originals. One in particular what about being cheated on. To blame the men and women who have hurt us, who have put us down, and who have seriously fucked us over. Now, I bring you the list of songs that talk about the other side of heartbreak and cheating: this includes unintentional cheating, contemplative cheating, intentional cheating, and everything in between. Gender does not matter here. Sexuality does not matter here. You can interpret the songs however you want, just as long as you allow others to interpret it the way they want.
15.) "Get Another Boyfriend" - Backstreet Boys
"Listen, I mean it
There's nothing that he's worthy of
He's just another playa',
Playin in the name of love
I've seen enough, now this must come to an end
Get another boyfriend"Oh, Backstreet Boys. Quit playing games with my heart. You guys were detrimental in the 1990s/2000s rejuvenation of pop. And that's pretty much where you stayed. You're working on nostalgia, and no matter what anyone says, it ain't bad! So here we have five guys telling someone that they need to break up with their man because he is a player. (players gonna play, play, play, play, play) But can we all guess who the new boyfriend should be? Which one of the five boys? Or is it all five boys? Can you handle a hexalogical relationship? Getting pent-etrated?
14.) "You Belong With Me" - Taylor Swift
"If you could see
That I'm the one
Who understands you.
Been here all along.
So, why can't you see—
You belong with me"We all know Taylor. We all know her songs are the personifications of every angst-filled individual who believes that the world revolves around her. So this song is so damn appropriate to add to the list. Knowing full well that the other person doesn't see her as a potential lover (at the moment), she goes out of her way to list reasons as to why she makes the perfect candidate. You gotta give it to her. Home girl is persistent, assertive, and knows what she wants. Some may say she is mean, she is acting fifteen, but you can't deny the girl has a blank space ready.
13.) "Human" - Human League
"I wouldn't ever try to hurt you
I just needed someone to hold me
To fill the void while you were gone
To fill this space of emptiness"Let's take it old school for a minute. We all make mistakes, right? We fuck up. We have our moments of weakness, and unfortunately, not everyone is strong enough to resist the urge. This is seen in long distance relationships, short distance relationships, any kind of relationship. None are excluded. Human League covers that well. A callous error, where physical enjoyment and comfort of another body excels what your heart and soul (kidding, we have no souls...I meant brain) are telling you. It's funny to pair this song up with "Don't You Want Me" another song by Human League. It tells a story.
12.) "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right" - Luther Ingram
"Your friends tell you there's no future
In loving a married man
If I can't see you when I want to
I'll see you when I can"You all know this song. You might not know Luther's version, but chances are you have heard someone's cover of it (and if you haven't then click and listen to this masterpiece). Luther is a married man. A father. Two kids. Oh hell no. Well, that isn't stopping him. Luther wants it. He wants to get it on, and he knows that it's wrong, and he doesn't give a damn. So, fess up, who here has been with a married person (known to you, or unknown at the time)?
11.) "Homewrecker" - Marina and the Diamonds
"And I don't belong to anyone
They call me Homewrecker
Homewrecker (I'm only happy when I'm on the run)
They call me Homewrecker
Homewrecker (I broke a million hearts just for fun)"Marina (who I hope manages to break into the US, because it's about damn time) really takes an interesting take on homewrecking. I guess you can see this song being about how she fucks up every relationship she is in, and there really isn't another person outside of the two, but that's no fun. The way I see it, Marina loves to go around breaking up relationships and she knows that none of them are going to lead anywhere serious, so she scurries off and ruins other relationships. It's all about power and control with this one. There may be a lot of fear and loathing in Las Vegas, but not in Marina's heart.
10.) "Cola" - Lana Del Rey
"Come on, baby, let's ride
We can escape to the great sunshine.
I know your wife, and she wouldn't mind
We made it out to the other side [3x]
Come on, come on
Come on, come on
Come on, baby."Let's get one thing straight; I'm not. Okay, let's get another thing straight, Lana is a gold mine for daddy issues, cheaters, cheatees, and every other conformist/non-conformist issue you can think of, all wrapped around bouncy (albeit sometimes immature) lyrics. So it was hard to pick, but I landed on Cola. Lana is all about having her growler taste like a carbonated drink. Not only does she fancy older men, but she fancies older men who are taken and take her on a trip (you can interpret that to mean either along the lines of drugs or an actual trip somewhere on his motorcycle, because you know that's what happens in these Lana songs).
9.) "Unfaithful" - Rihanna
"And I know that he knows I'm unfaithful
And it kills him inside
To know that I am happy with some other guy
I can see him dying"Oh, Rihanna. You're a bag of surprises. You have great music. (but come on, your fillers need to be cycled out) When you have 7 albums out, you have a lot of topics that have been covered. But what's the topic most talked about in songs? Love. What specifically? Heartbreak. But here comes Rihanna, switching it up on us, and singing about how she is not the one who will be having their heartbroken tonight. No. It's her man. Sorry, booboo. You're a murderer, and you definitely just shot a man down.
8.) "Confessions Part II" - Usher
"These are my confessions
Just when I thought I said all I could say
My chick on the side said she got one on the way"Ursher. YEAH! OKAY! Usher fucked up. He is in a relationship with someone, and he cheated. Worse than cheating, he got the woman he was cheating with pregnant. That just brings a whole other fucking dilemma into the world. He goes on a rant about why he fucked up, and you have to give it up to Usher. Considering this is part two of the song, he really had a lot to tell it all. I'm not including part I of Confessions because no one cares, and it's a shitty song anyway. Sorry! (I'm not)
7.) "Misery Business" - Paramore
"Whoa, I never meant to brag.
But I got him where I want him now.
Whoa, it was never my intention to brag
To steal it all away from you now."Don't judge me for this, but I had to include it. This is a vulture anthem. What's a vulture? Let's get zoological for a minute (and not like that, guys, this ain't a secret post). A vulture is someone who swoops it at an opportune moment to take the carcass for scraps. Essentially, it's a person who gets someone right after they ended their relationship to start anew. It could be a rebound (for sex) or a rebound (for a relationship). Chances are slim that the new found glory will last. Ain't it fun, though?
6.) "You Know I'm No Good" - Amy Winehouse
"Meet you downstairs in the bar and hurt,
Your rolled up sleeves in your skull t-shirt,
You say 'what did you do with him today?',
And sniffed me out like I was Tanqueray,"What's worse than having someone tell you that you're no good? Having to tell yourself that you aren't any good. To know that you are a mess, that you are complete trouble, and that you will hurt the ones closest to you must be a troubling situation to deal with. In this song, the late, the great, the Amazing Amy knows all of this too well. There are so many ways you can take this song. Break it down between verses, or make it one straight shot of a meaning. Whatever works for you. With me, I see it as Amy going between her man, who are in a temporary break, and her ex man, who she fucks around with for the time being. She knows it's fucked up, but she continues to do it. Why, Amy? Why? I bet she was wearing her fuck me pumps while this all went down.
5.) "O.P.P." - Naughty by Nature
"Have you ever known a brother who have another like ah girl or wife
And you just had to stop and just 'cos he look just as nice
You looked at him, he looked at you and you knew right away
That he had someone but he was gonna be yours anyway"I mean, who else can sample a sweet and innocent song by the Jackson 5 (it's ABC, if y'all couldn't tell) and turn it into a raunchy sexcapade anthem of cheating, being the other person, and every other mess that's involved. Who doesn't know the chorus to this song? You down with OPP? Oh, and by the way. Let's just clarify what OPP means. It could mean "Other People's Property", "Other People's Pussy" (woman's anatomy) or "Other People's Penis" (man's anatomy). Look at this progressive song. Showing that everyone is capable of cheating. And hey! It's basically an GSD/LGBT+ song, since genders are stated, but anyone could be singing it.
4.) "Get It On Tonite" - Montell Jordan/"Esta Noche" - Azealia Banks
"Girl if it's alright
Let's go somewhere and get it on tonight
I've got a girl but you look good tonight
It's one on one tonight, tonight"
"Here with your man, hand on my hip
A bad bitch do it like this
I entice, I supply what your girlfriend can't provide
That tight grip twat, I got that slip and slide"So this is a two-fer. Montell is a cheater. He's got a girl at home, and he goes out and picks up another girl. Then you have Azealia (oh, Azealia...we are all praying for your hate-filled soul) who is being the other woman (or she could also have a girl at home, or she could have a man at home, who knows, you interpret it however you want, she is bisexual, so it could be absolutely any of the three interpretations, or more!) getting it on with your man, because you have a tight twat and she has that slip and slide. This leads to a discussion of whether you have to get it on tonight with someone who is tight or slippery when wet. Bad bitches do it, eh?
3.) "He About to Lose Me" - Britney Spears
"I got someone waiting at home
He says he in love but lately I just don't know
He don't see me or make me feel hot
Banging in the club with all of my ladies and he don't know that
He about to lose"Ever meet someone while you're out with your friends, and you have this insane chemistry with them? You forget about everything bad, because the time you are spending with this special person takes absolute precedent over everything else? That's great. Too bad Britney had someone waiting at home, so she was in a very sticky situation while dancing with stranger guy over here. This song crosses on a border of what you would consider cheating. Does it have to be physical? Can it be intellectual? Emotional? That's for you to decide! Girl, don't try to front, you know just what you are. I'm gonna hold it against you till the world ends. Work, bitch!
2.) "Call Your Girlfriend" - Robyn
"Call your girlfriend
It's time you had the talk
Give your reasons
Say it's not her fault
But you just met somebody new"This beautiful song is talking about this guy has met the woman of his dreams. There's only one problem; he already has a girlfriend (isn't it ironic.mp3?). So what does Robyn do? The thoughtful person she is, she tells the guy what to say to his girlfriend in order to break it off with her. Put it down gently, but make sure she knows it's over. Every time I heard it, I would always imagine it being about a bisexual guy who has to break it off with his girlfriend. Definitely love pairing this song up with Be Mine! It's eerie, eh? How you can pair songs up by these artists, that aren't even from the same era, and how they flow so perfectly? Robyn deserves a monument for this.
1.) "The Boy is Mine" - Brandy and Monica
"The boy is mine.
You need to give it up.
Had about enough.
It's not hard to see,
the boy is mine.
I'm sorry that you
seem to be confused.
He belongs to me
the boy is mine."Ever got into a fight over a man or a woman? How about a rap battle? No, let's make it even better...a duet on the song with the trifling ho who stole your man (or woman)! When I was young, I really thought Brandy and Monica were talking to the same guy and this was a way for two strong women to come together and talk about how they want their man, and then soon realizing that he was two-timing them, in which they eventually get it on together and live a happy life (pretty much fueled with the fact that Brandy played Cinderella and I would have wished that Monica played the Prince(ess)). This, for me, is the best song dealing with this topic. Not only does it take into consideration to two people being played, but it's also one of the most genuine collaborations ever made. It isn't just someone coming into a studio, singing or rapping for half a minute, and it's done. No. This was a beautiful back and forth dramatic moment for the two where a song that just makes you want to cry was born. Have you ever loved somebody so much you get into a singing battle with someone else?
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I, in no way, shape or form, condone the actions of those listed above.
Do you believe in the saying, "once a cheater, always a cheater" or are you of the second chances type where you can forgive, but never forget?
Talk about all your relationship problems below. Whether you were a cheater, being cheated on, the other person, baby drama, sexing it up with a married man or woman, or someone you just shouldn't be with? This is a safe haven. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the songs and stories.
Share whatever songs you think correlate to this post. Free reign, y'all!
Sources:My iTunes/Spotify library
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