Talk:Somebody Told Me

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Wasn't this song written and performed earlier than by The Killers? I swear to have heard this song years before, and when I first heard the killers do it, I knew the words and music. I also recall hearing a different version since The Killers did it.

Can this be cleared up?

I've never heard it before the Killers played it. They released multiple versions, a couple remixes so maybe that caused confusion. Salty!^Talk! 21:01, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

         I knew the lyrics to this song when I first heard it, too. I swear this has to be a cover of an older song -- if not, the entire song, then at least some of it. Anybody else? 72.194.223.23 07:13, 2 May 2007 (UTC)Troy[reply]

I don't know if this helps, but the song is clearly being played on an episode of Beverly Hills 90210 Season 2 (Pass, Not Pass) when Bradon is driving he car after just aving boought it. The lyrics are different but the tune sounds identical to me and I guess this episode is from 1991. Don't know what the song is though. -Ade

"The lyrics refer to rumours that can spoil your night ("never thought I'd let a rumor ruin my moonlight"). In this case, it's concerning a girl that has a new boyfriend who looks like a girlfriend the narrator had last year."

Isn't this a bit redundant? And I thought that the singer mentioned that the "rumor" in this case refers to his girlfriend becoming a lesbian...

So what is the story with the lyrics? The core lines are:

Somebody told me
You had a boyfriend
Who looks like the girlfriend
I had in February of last year
It's not confidential
I've got potential...

which could mean that

1. The person in question is actually female, revealing the person being addressed as
   bisexual
2. The person in question is actually male, revealing the narrator as
   bisexual
3. It's the same person in different roles, i.e., a
   transgendered
   person

Ideas? --216.240.39.14 04:13, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're confusing this.

The narrator is male. He had a girlfriend he had the February of last year. Still with me? The narrator has a friend that has a boyfriend. The boyfriend looks like his girlfriend.

The problem you're having is that you're thinking that the boyfriend in question is the girlfriend. Maybe the guy just looks like a girl?

Or maybe because it sounds catchy. I mean, it does. Zero R 08:05, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dude, are you kidding me? The song is obviously about androgyny and, most likely, bisexuality. I'm stunned that somebody could seriously misinterpret the lyrics like you have. Random Person 11:10PST, 23 May 2007

Why would it be a big deal and "ruin [his] moonlight" if it was to be taken at face value? I see this as him having 2 exes who are now dating, thus feeling he turned 2 girls lesbian, and denying it to himself, not wanting to give it truth, so telling himself it's just a boy who LOOKS like a girl. 71.71.53.70 23:12, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have a reference for it, but I have heard, and this discussion here confirms it, that there are varying interpretations of the lyrics. If someone has a reference for this, or a reference for one of the band members stating the meaning it would add a lot to this article. And the line "I've got potential" makes me inclined to interpret it to mean that the narrator is gay or bi, although I originally thought it was about two of his ex-girlfriends being a lesbian couple. IsaacSapphire 03:12, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, my college English group was analysing this song today (along with "Mr. Brightside" - yes, my course rocks), and we figured it was about bisexuality and/or androgyny. Especially if you read it and "Mr. Brightside" together - you can interpret "Mr. Brightside" as recounting a threesome and the jealousy it engendered. Fun times. --Sir Ophiuchus (talk) 14:28, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]