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Don't Get Me Wrong - 2007 Remaster

1986Released
3:47

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Written by Pretenders lead singer Chrissie Hynde, this song describes the complexities of love from a female perspective - she's inconsistent, but wonderful, and wants her lover to know that he shouldn't get too worked up, because she could change quickly. Hynde put a lot of weather references in the lyrics, implying that her mood reacts in a similar fashion.

This was the last big US hit for The Pretenders. This frustrated Hynde, who remedied the situation by asking the top songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly to write some songs for her. This did the trick, resulting in "I'll Stand By You."

Chrissie Hynde wrote the song for tennis star John McEnroe, who was an aspiring musician. "He loved playing guitar," she told Uncle Joe Benson on the Ultimate Classic Rock Nights radio show. "He's a big music person, which is how I knew him, because he used to come to our shows and he was friendly with the band and stuff." Hynde added that she found inspiration while aboard a plane. "I had in mind that I was going to write this song for him to do. Years later, when I was on British [Airways], I heard an announcement – because I did write some of that song on a plane – and I think I nicked one of the top-line melodies from the overhead announcement: 'Dong-dong-dong-dong … Welcome to British Airways.'"

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Don't Get Me Wrong - 2007 Remaster.
CKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
204BPM

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Rhino/Warner Records
© 2007 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
℗ 2007 Warner Music UK Ltd. Manufactured & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company

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