Top 100 tracks with reverse sounds

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Let me start with the obvious :
01 - The Beatles - Tomorrow never knows

― snowballing (snowballing), Thursday, 4 August 2005 09:31 (twenty years ago)

FREMME NEPPA VENETTE!

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 4 August 2005 09:32 (twenty years ago)

Aka Missy Elliott: "Work It"

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 4 August 2005 09:33 (twenty years ago)

3. Siouxsie & The Banshees 'Peek-A-Boo'

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 4 August 2005 09:33 (twenty years ago)

4. Beastie Boys - "Paul Revere"

― naus (Robert T), Thursday, 4 August 2005 09:35 (twenty years ago)

5. Boo Radleys - Find The Answer Within

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 4 August 2005 09:36 (twenty years ago)

6. Tremeloes - Suddenly Winter
7. Robert Wyatt - Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road
8. Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 4 August 2005 09:37 (twenty years ago)

What's the Judas Priest song that got them sued?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 4 August 2005 09:37 (twenty years ago)

9. Radiohead - Spinning Plates

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 4 August 2005 09:38 (twenty years ago)

"Better By You, Better Than Me" btw.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 4 August 2005 09:39 (twenty years ago)

10. Soft Machine, Out-Bloody-Rageous

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Thursday, 4 August 2005 09:42 (twenty years ago)

11. Robert Fripp - Haaden Two

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 4 August 2005 09:42 (twenty years ago)

12. Carla Bley - This Is Here...

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 4 August 2005 09:43 (twenty years ago)

13. Throbbing Gristle, Tiab Guls

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Thursday, 4 August 2005 09:43 (twenty years ago)

14. Warm Sounds - Nite Is A-Comin'

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 4 August 2005 09:44 (twenty years ago)

15. Eno - Driving Me Backwards

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 4 August 2005 09:44 (twenty years ago)

16. Gilbert & Lewis, Airmail (which is Wire's "Go Ahead" backwards)

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Thursday, 4 August 2005 09:47 (twenty years ago)

17. Prince - 'Starfish and Coffee'
18. Cornelius - 'Rock/96'
19. Cornelius - 'Lazy'

― BARMS, Thursday, 4 August 2005 09:49 (twenty years ago)

20. Funkadelic, Eulogy and Light

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Thursday, 4 August 2005 09:52 (twenty years ago)

21. Parliament, Prelude

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Thursday, 4 August 2005 09:53 (twenty years ago)

22. Napoleon XIV, !aaH-aH yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er'yehT (it was the B-side)

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 4 August 2005 09:59 (twenty years ago)

23. Velvet Underground, Murder Mystery

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Thursday, 4 August 2005 10:00 (twenty years ago)

24. Kevin Ayers, Song From the Bottom of a Well

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Thursday, 4 August 2005 10:02 (twenty years ago)

25. Blockhead - Sunday Seance

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 4 August 2005 10:08 (twenty years ago)

26. Beach Boys, Never Learn Not to Love

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Thursday, 4 August 2005 10:11 (twenty years ago)

27. That stone roses one - Waterfall??

― Robin Goad (rgoad), Thursday, 4 August 2005 10:13 (twenty years ago)

28. Karlheinz Stockhausen, Hymnen

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Thursday, 4 August 2005 10:14 (twenty years ago)

If you play the drum break on Black Sabbath's "The Writ" backwards and listen closely, you can hear the guys in the band repeating the mantra "BRUSH YOUR TEETH DO YOUR HOMEWORK BRUSH YOUR TEETH DO YOUR HOMEWORK" again and again.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 4 August 2005 10:17 (twenty years ago)

@ Robin: I think the backing track to "Don't Stop" is the reverse of "Waterfall".

― willem (willem), Thursday, 4 August 2005 10:20 (twenty years ago)

29. Kraftwerk, Kling Klang

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Thursday, 4 August 2005 10:23 (twenty years ago)

30. The Teardrop Explodes - Poppies In The Field

― Michael Philip Philip Philip Avoidant (Ferg), Thursday, 4 August 2005 10:26 (twenty years ago)

31. Siobhan Donaghy - Iodine

― edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 4 August 2005 10:27 (twenty years ago)

32. Cut Copy - 'I Was Young And Needed The Money'
33. Flipper's Guitar - 'Aquamarine'

― BARMS, Thursday, 4 August 2005 10:33 (twenty years ago)

34 Guernica Stone Roses

― wtin, Thursday, 4 August 2005 11:32 (twenty years ago)

35. The Mothers of Invention, Harry, You're a Beast

... as ordered by their record company

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Thursday, 4 August 2005 11:32 (twenty years ago)

36. Lee and Nancy-Sand

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 4 August 2005 11:38 (twenty years ago)

37. Richard Davis - Bring Me Closer

― djangojones (djangojones), Thursday, 4 August 2005 11:40 (twenty years ago)

38. Yes - Roundabout

― caspar (caspar), Thursday, 4 August 2005 11:43 (twenty years ago)

39. Syd Barrett, Dominoes

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Thursday, 4 August 2005 11:47 (twenty years ago)

39. NWA - If It Aint Ruff

― Lupton Pitman (Chris V), Thursday, 4 August 2005 11:47 (twenty years ago)

41. John Fahey - Knotts Berry Farm Molly

― Ogmor Roundtrouser (Ogmor Roundtrouser), Thursday, 4 August 2005 11:49 (twenty years ago)

41. The Byrds, CTA-102

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Thursday, 4 August 2005 11:49 (twenty years ago)

... should be 42!

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Thursday, 4 August 2005 11:50 (twenty years ago)

43. Camper Van Beethoven - Five Sticks (Ambiguity Song backwards)

― Jeremiah Steele, Thursday, 4 August 2005 12:00 (twenty years ago)

44. Destiny's Child - Hey Ladies

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 4 August 2005 12:03 (twenty years ago)

45. Eels - 'Efil's Good'
46. Shugo Tokumaru - 'Switch'
47. Britney - 'Touch Of My Hand'

― BARMS, Thursday, 4 August 2005 12:20 (twenty years ago)

48. Elvis Costello--Hand In Hand

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Thursday, 4 August 2005 13:23 (twenty years ago)

49. Commerciality - Andy Partidge

― Draw Tipsy, ya hack. (dave225.3), Thursday, 4 August 2005 13:33 (twenty years ago)

50. La Dusseldorf, Sentimental

... the keyboard track from "Menschen" played backwards FWIW

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Thursday, 4 August 2005 13:38 (twenty years ago)

franz f's MICHAEL has a backwards sample of some unspecified
dialogue before the 2nd verse. fck knows what it says.

― piscesboy, Thursday, 4 August 2005 13:41 (twenty years ago)

52. Castles Made of Sand, by Jimi Hendrix

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Thursday, 4 August 2005 13:43 (twenty years ago)

53. ELO, "Fire on High"

54. The Beatles, "Rain"

55. Matthew Sweet, several songs on the In Reverse album

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 4 August 2005 13:49 (twenty years ago)

56. 808 State 'Cubik' (the bit at the end)

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 4 August 2005 13:49 (twenty years ago)

57. Rhythim Is Rhythim 'Nude Photo' (a remix of, I think - using the popular 'reverse the 909 snares so it sounds like turntable spinback' thing common on a lot of the Detroit techno around that time)

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 4 August 2005 13:51 (twenty years ago)

> 22. Napoleon XIV, !aaH-aH yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er'yehT (it was the B-side)

there's a sisters of mercy b-side that uses the same trick but i can't remember which. (ah, "'Ozymandias' is 'Dominion' played backwards.")

― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 4 August 2005 14:11 (twenty years ago)

Weren't some of the lines from Get Ur Freak On reversed? Am I making that up?

― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Thursday, 4 August 2005 14:13 (twenty years ago)

Oh yeah.. "Scratchy" - Travis Wammack
"Cappytan! Dangnabbit, the gang loves you .. ouy sevol gnag eht tibbangnaD Serutan!"

― Draw Tipsy, ya hack. (dave225.3), Thursday, 4 August 2005 14:14 (twenty years ago)

58. Pharcyde - Passin' Me By

which samples

59. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (I think?)

― Hurting (Hurting), Thursday, 4 August 2005 14:15 (twenty years ago)

61. Burt Walters, Evol Yenoh

... early Lee Perry production, b-side to "Honey Love"

― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Dada), Thursday, 4 August 2005 14:18 (twenty years ago)

62. "No You're Not" - Spoon

― BanjoMania (Brilhante), Thursday, 4 August 2005 14:33 (twenty years ago)

63. I'm Only Sleeping - Beatles
64. Are You Experienced? - Hendrix

― darin (darin), Thursday, 4 August 2005 14:38 (twenty years ago)

65.Steve MacLean, "Nerve 3"

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Thursday, 4 August 2005 14:41 (twenty years ago)

66 the electric prunes "too much to dream"
67 tomorrow "my white bicycle"

― b b, Thursday, 4 August 2005 15:09 (twenty years ago)

68. Outkast 'Miss Jackson' drums

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 4 August 2005 15:17 (twenty years ago)

41. The Byrds, CTA-102
-- Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (dadaismu...), August 4th, 2005.

... should be 42!
-- Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool

Heh heh, no it shouldn't! That was just a McGuinn IMITATION backwards-vocal, recorded forwards & played back at a faster speed.

Alternate #42: Led Zep's "When The Levee Breaks"

― Myonga Von Boring (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 4 August 2005 15:22 (twenty years ago)

69. The Cure 'Pornography'

― bkjj40a (bkjj40a), Thursday, 4 August 2005 16:34 (twenty years ago)

70. Husker Du "Dreams Reoccuring"

― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Thursday, 4 August 2005 16:42 (twenty years ago)

im not sure if i should be supporting this, but

71. the scorpions "rock me like a hurricane"

― b b, Thursday, 4 August 2005 16:42 (twenty years ago)

Can-Oh Yeah
David Lynch demons got nothing on Damo!

― Elwood Camino, Thursday, 4 August 2005 16:51 (twenty years ago)

Nas- Rewind

― burna (burna), Thursday, 4 August 2005 17:28 (twenty years ago)

74. Hallogallo - Neu!

― daddysgonnabeatcha, Thursday, 4 August 2005 17:41 (twenty years ago)

75. Fickle -- Dizzee

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 4 August 2005 17:44 (twenty years ago)

76. Firesign Theater: "The Adventures of Nick Danger, Third Eye."

NICK: She's no fun, she fell right over. Wait a minute...didn't I
say that on the other side of the record. Where am I? I better
check...

(PORTION OF OTHER SIDE OF RECORD PLAYED BACKWARDS)

NICK: Oh, it's OK, they're speaking Chinese...

― Daniel Peterson (polkaholic), Thursday, 4 August 2005 17:51 (twenty years ago)

(correction)
59: Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Thursday, 4 August 2005 17:56 (twenty years ago)

77. Beercan - Beck

― Stingy (stingy), Thursday, 4 August 2005 18:17 (twenty years ago)

78.) Blackened - Metallica

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 4 August 2005 19:12 (twenty years ago)

79) Fiery Furnaces "Tropical Iceland" (the EP version)

― nickn (nickn), Thursday, 4 August 2005 19:18 (twenty years ago)

80. Tuung "Tale From Black" ---might be to soon to tell but I dig this.

― declan zimmerman, Thursday, 4 August 2005 22:08 (twenty years ago)

81.Prince "Darling Nikki"
82. Ed Harcourt "Sister Renee"

― Aaron St. John (StJohn), Thursday, 4 August 2005 22:32 (twenty years ago)

A special mention for edited-for-radio songs that reverse the offensive lyric instead of a loud annoying beep.

Rollin' down the street,
Zzzzip Zzzip nuPP zZZip
Sippin' on gin and juice!

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 4 August 2005 22:49 (twenty years ago)

83.Ol' Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya

― Black Arkestra (Black Arkestra), Thursday, 4 August 2005 22:54 (twenty years ago)

84. Robert Plant, "Tall Cool One"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 5 August 2005 01:12 (twenty years ago)

85. Daft Punk - Ad Funk

― DMB Googleplex (Matt Chesnut), Friday, 5 August 2005 02:45 (twenty years ago)

86. Flipper's Guitar - 'The World Tower'
87. Special Ed - 'The Magnificent'
88/89. The Chemical Brothers - 'Dig Your Own Hole'/'Lost In The K-Hole'

― BARMS, Friday, 5 August 2005 09:26 (twenty years ago)

dude that stone roses song is called "don't stop", not waterfall. at times, it sounds like waterfall played backwards though.

― buyabiznatch, Friday, 5 August 2005 17:00 (twenty years ago)

it IS waterfall played backwards.Likewise,Guernica = enotS fo edaM

― Black Arkestra (Black Arkestra), Friday, 5 August 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

Prince, "Erotic City"

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Saturday, 6 August 2005 05:06 (twenty years ago)

clouddead - "bike, pt. 1"

― sleep (sleep), Saturday, 6 August 2005 05:16 (twenty years ago)

er, so

90. Prince, "Erotic City"
91. clouddead - "bike, pt. 1"

― sleep (sleep), Saturday, 6 August 2005 05:17 (twenty years ago)

92. Ya Hozna - Frank Zappa

― weather1ngda1eson (Brian), Saturday, 6 August 2005 06:29 (twenty years ago)

93. Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Saturday, 6 August 2005 14:50 (twenty years ago)

94. The Monkees, "Words" (one edit of it, anyway)

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Sunday, 7 August 2005 00:33 (twenty years ago)

eighteen years pass...

95. Daphne & Celeste - Golden Doldrum
96. Skids - Peaceful Times
97. Terence Trent D'Arby - Roly Poly
98. U2 - Miami
99. Madonna - Act of Contrition
100. Half the songs on the Fiery Furnaces' Bitter Tea

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― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 9 October 2023 22:40 (two years ago)

This should have started at #100.

― Chris L, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 00:02 (two years ago)

101. Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion

― bbq, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 05:18 (two years ago)

feel like we'd be in a much better place today if we could have just outlawed reverse sounds worldwide back in the eighties

also how come nobody records secret occult messages in reverse on their rock and roll records anymore

― Florin Cuchares, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 05:30 (two years ago)

More than a hundred entries and no musique concrète or BBC Radiophonic Workshop?

(I'm not volunteering to expand the list, that would require listening to a bunch of stuff that often isn't fun to actually listen to...)

― The Ghost Club, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 06:21 (two years ago)

Stockhausen is on there at least.

― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 06:42 (two years ago)

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