The Surprising Inspiration Behind 13 Favorite '90s Songs
byMeg Kehoe
If there's anything I miss about the '90s, it's singing along to songs on the radio, blissfully unaware of what the words really meant. (OK, and butterfly clips, my general aesthetic of blissful ignorance, Sweet Valley High, and... yeah, you get the point.) Like most of my friends, I sang along to the sweet '90s tunes on the radio without knowing what they meant. The best part of growing up? Finding out the secret inspiration behind your favorite '90s songs. Because even though you thought you knew it all as a kid in the '90s, you didn't know everything.
Which is probably why your mother changed the radio station while you sang loudly along with 112's "Peaches and Cream", not really understanding what it was about. Gone are those days of innocence, and upon us are the days of researching what a song means before we go singing it at the top of our lungs. (It also helps that we now have things like Rap Genius and Urban Dictionary to leave no lyrical stone unturned.) Buckle your seatbelt, rewind the clock, and turn up the volume on your nostalgia station as you discover the secrets behind some of your favorite '90s hits.