The New Wave one-hit-wonder I Melt With You was originally a song about lovers in a nuclear apocalypse, but 40 years later it actually works as a song about climate change

so, you know, there's that

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In early days of mp3 sharing (Napster, Limewire, etc.) I was always so frustrated with how often this song was tagged as being by "The Cure." The vocalists don't sound remotely alike other than, what? Being English?

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(Conversely I thought it hilarious when someone purposefully uploaded Merzbow tagged as a recent Madonna release.)

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