40 great phrases from famous songs of history

Popular music leaves us great reflections in its lyrics.

Throughout history, music has accompanied us in all kinds of moments.. Both in joy and sadness, in situations of despondency or close emotional connection with another person (it is not uncommon to hear a couple talk about "our song"), there are many songs that have been in tune with our mood, that have made us vibrate or sink into the deepest of miseries.

And within them sometimes stand out great phrases, which we remember and sometimes we are surprised repeating aloud. In this article we gather some of them.

Forty great phrases of songs

The following is a small collection of famous phrases from songs that, in one way or another, have either made history or are part of our lives.

1. "I don't wanna miss a thing".

Phrase from the Aerosmith song of the same title, which was recorded for the soundtrack of the movie Armaggedon.

2. "Show must go on".

Phrase from Freddy Mercury's song in which he talks about appearances and the need to continue with the day to day regardless of what happens inside us.

3. "I'll be watching you".

Although it has often been considered a love song, "Every Breath You Take" by The Police actually refers to a stalking situation in which the protagonist is going to watch every step, sigh or action that his object of desire makes every day, while he wonders how it is possible that he doesn't realize that this person is for him.

4. "Imagine all that people, living life in peace".

Excerpt from the song "Imagine" by John Lennon, in which he spoke of the search and hope for peace.

5. "Who wants to live forever?"

Who wants to live forever? Question that gives title to one of Freddie Mercury's most iconic songs.

6. Who can it be now?

Title and chorus of the song by the band Men at Work, it indicates a feeling of annoyance at unwanted intrusions while reflecting a certain level of paranoia and/or instability in the character.

7. Who cares what I do? Who cares what I say? I'm like this, and I'll stay like this, I'll never change.

Part of Alaska's song that eventually became a claim for equality and gay rights. It reflects the right to be the way you are regardless of what others may think.

8. "Let it be".

Phrase and title of one of the Beatles' songs, which urges us to let go of our sorrows and worries, accept things as they are and be willing to overcome them.

9. "All you need is love".

All you need is love. This phrase from the well-known song, also by the Beatles, reflects the importance of love as one of the main forces that allow us to do anything.

10. "And I think to myself, what a wonderful world".

A well-known song by Louis Armstrong, "What a Wonderful World" tells us about seeing the beauty of the little things in life and knowing how to appreciate how wonderful the world we live in is.

11. "Boig per tu".

A phrase from the well-known Sau's song, it reflects a deep love ("crazy for you") for a person we have lost.

12. "Dust in the wind. All they are is dust in the wind".

Phrase from the song "Dust in the wind" by Kansas, reflects the passage of time and that everything has an end.

13. "Hello, darkness my old friend".

First phrase of the song "Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel, which speaks of a gray, incommunicado, individualistic and dehumanized world in which attempts to change things fall on deaf ears. But in spite of this, there are sometimes those who try to change things.

14. "Where is the love?"

Title and part of the chorus of a well-known song by the Black Eyed Peas that asks where has love gone in today's society.

15. "For the times they are a-changing."

Phrase from Bob Dylan's song "Times they are A-Changing".

16. "I was made for loving you baby, you were made for loving me".

Fragment and chorus of the Kiss song "I was mother for loving you", talks about how two people are made for each other.

17. "I'm on the highway to hell".

Mythical AC/DC song that urges us to live carefree and without stopping to think, obeying our instincts.

18. "Felicità e tenerse per mano, andare lontano. La felicità, èl il tuo sguardo innocente in mezzo alla gente."

Small fragment of one of Al Bano's best known songs, "Felicità", in which he talks about the happiness we feel when we are with those we love.

19. " It's my life, and it's now or never. I ain't gonna live forever".

This fragment of Bon Jovi's song, "It's my life", expresses our right to live our life and our now as we want and making the most of our time.

20. "With the lights out, it's less dangerous. Here we are now, entertain us"

Part of the song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana, this phrase seems to indicate the need to fight against conformism and apathy derived from fear and habituation.

21. "Let's rock, everybody let's rock. Everybody in the whole cell block was dancing to the Jailhouse Rock".

"Jailhouse Rock" is perhaps one of Elvis Presley's best-known songs, performed in one of the singer's iterations in the acting world in the film of the same name. This phrase comes from it.

22. "And then I go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like I love you".

"Something stupid" is a well-known song by Frank Sinatra that talks about love and trying to let the loved one know that it is. It has also been interpreted later by other singers such as Robbie Williams (with the contribution of Nicole Kidman) or Michael Bublé.

23. "Non, rien de rien. Non, je ne regrette rien"

Part of the refrain of the well-known song "Rien de Rien" by Edith Piaf that expresses the absence of regret regarding what has been lived since you can start again.

24. "Fly me to the moon, and let me play among the stars".

Part of the song "Fly me to the moon" by Frank Sinatra, this is a song that expresses the sensations of being with the person you love.

25. "It's a little bit funny, this feeling inside..."

Fragment of one of Elton John's best known songs, "Your Song", an apparently simple ballad that reflects the existence of deep feelings towards someone special.

26. "Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone."

Another well-known song by Elton John, "Rocket Man", leaves us this phrase in its refrain that speaks of being far from home and remembering the past with nostalgia, which could serve as a metaphorical criticism of what success and fame entail.

27. " Billie Jean is not my lover. She's just a girl who claims that I am the one. But this kid is not my son".

The song "Billie Jean" is along with "Thriller" one of Michael Jackson's most popular songs. In this case it is inspired by the extreme behavior of some fans.

28. "Forever trusting who we are, and nothing else matters".

This fragment is part of Metallica's "Nothing else matters". This song indicates the need to know who we are and to have things clear and to base relationships on trusting oneself and others, no matter what others may think.

29. "When leaving, a kiss and a flower, an I love you, a caress and a goodbye".

A very well known song by Nino Bravo in which he talks about a farewell and the longing for what and who we leave behind.

Forever young, I want to be forever young, Do you really want to live forever, forever young".

Nostalgia for lost youth and innocence (as well as the wear and tear of the Cold War at the time it was composed, as can be seen in its first verses), are the main theme of Alphaville's "Forever Young", from which this excerpt is taken.

31. "Summertime, and the living is easy".

This song by George Gershwin, which has subsequently been interpreted by many important singers such as Ella Fitzgerald or Louis Armstrong, provides us with an iconic image of summer as a time of peace and tranquility.

32. "Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light. Those days are over, you don't have to sell your body to the night".

Roxanne, written by Sting of The Police, is a famous song that purports to be a representation of the tango and is also widely known for appearing in Moulin Rouge. It is about a prostitute whom the protagonist tries to convince to stop working as a prostitute.

33. “And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night and he’s watching us all with the eye of the tiger”

“Eye of the Tiger” es también una canción ampliamente conocida perteneciente al grupo Survivor, apareciendo en la película “Rocky”.

34. “I don’t believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now”

Fragmento de la canción Wonderwall de Oasis, expresa la duda de que las sensaciones que determinada persona genera puedan ser compartidas por alguien más.

35. “Here I am, praying for this moment to last, living on the music so fine, borne on the wind, making it mine”

Los Bee Gees fueron otro de los grandes grupos conocidos de los setenta. Esta frase forma parte de la reconocida canción “Night Fever”

36. “I’ve got all my life to live, I’ve got all my love to give. And I’ll survive, I will survive!”

One of Gloria Gaynor's greatest hits is the well-known song "I will survive", which tells us how after abandonment we can become stronger and enjoy ourselves again, no matter how much others may expect the opposite.

37. "What I can do? 'Cause I-I-I-I-I-I, I'm feeling blue".

Short fragment of the song "Black is Black", by Los Bravos. This song has the particularity of being the first big hit of a Spanish group in the international market.

38. "We can be heroes, just for one day".

The recently deceased David Bowie left us a lot of remarkable and important songs throughout history. Among them you can find "Heroes", which is part of this phrase that indicates that we can all be heroes at some point.

39. "But I'm a million different people from one day to the next. I cant change my mold, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no."

Part of the song Bittersweet Symphony by "The Verve", it expresses that we change our hypocrisy and society's hypocrisy by trying to pretend to be who we are not instead of facing and accepting ourselves as we are and acting according to what we believe and what we really want.

40. "All I want for Christmas is you".

Taking advantage of Christmas approaching, we couldn't close the list without adding a Christmas song. That is why we have added this phrase from Mariah Carey's song, which also forms the title of the song and expresses that what is important is the company of those we love.