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The following is an incomplete '''list of [[backward message]]s''' found in various forms of media including [[music]] and [[video game]]s. An entry is listed as "alleged" if the intentional inclusion of the backward message is debatable or unconfirmed, as "deliberate" if its inclusion is clearly intentional, as "[[parody]]" if the message itself is meant to make fun of backward messages, and as "fictional" if the message does not really exist but is referenced somewhere (for example, in a [[television]] show). 

==Alleged messages==
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{| class="wikitable"
|- 
!width=30% | Message
!width=20% | Source
!width=20% | Artist
!width=30% | Comments
|-
| "Her name is missy elliot, (something) ever person, but it's her normal. l.o. L.O."
| "L.O.V.E."
| [[Ashlee Simpson]]
| Reversal of "I'm talkin' 'bout love All my girls stand in a circle and clap your hands this is for you"
|-
|-
| "Leave me out now; yes, you bet...(gibberish)...Leave me out now; Man, leave me out."
| "Day After Day"
| [[Badfinger]]
| Reversal of "I remember finding out about you. Every day my mind"
|-
| "One of a Beatle, no one, one a Beatle, no one...What shall thou art, something with us...
a bottle, no, a demon idol...so unleash my arm, something with us." [http://www.paul-is-dead.com/newclues.htm]
| "Something"
| [[The Beatles]]
| Reversal of "Somewhere in her smile she knows that I don't need no other lover. Something in her style that shows me. Don't want to leave her now. You know I believe her now."
|-
| "I wish I were not a Beatle!" [http://www.paul-is-dead.com/newclues.htm]
| "I'm So Tired"
| [[The Beatles]]
| Occurs 79 seconds into the song. When expanded, could also be intrepreted as "They wished I was out of [[New York City|New York]], I wish I knew why." Coincidentally, John Lennon was shot in New York at his apartment, which may have something to do with that intrepretation.
|-
| "Now he uses marijuana." [http://www.paul-is-dead.com/newclues.htm]
| "Help"
| [[The Beatles]]
| Reversal of "I know that I just need you like"
|-
| "Pass the gun, love...It kills the love; the love is cold." [http://www.paul-is-dead.com/newclues.htm]
| "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
| [[The Beatles]]
| Reversal of "You all; see the love there that's sleeping, while my guitar"
|-
|"Satan look at me, please"
|Revolution 9
|[[The Beatles]]
|At the end of the song when Yoko Ono says, "If we become naked."
|-
| "He said 'Get Me Out', Paul is what is, Paul is with Hare Krishna, it seems. Paul is bloody."
| "[[Blue Jay Way]]"
| [[The Beatles]]
| Alleged reversal of "Please don't be long, please don't you be very long, please don't be long, or I may be asleep."
|-
| "Paul is dead, man, miss him, miss him..." 
| "I'm So Tired"
| [[The Beatles]]
| At the end of the song
|-
| "Heave ho...and now...Oh, thank the smoke."
| "[[Come Together]]"
| [[The Beatles]]
| The chorus in reverse.
|-
| "turn me on, dead man, turn me on, dead man..."
| "[[Revolution 9]]"
| [[The Beatles]]
| A reversal of "Number nine, number nine, number nine..."
|-
| "Will Paul be back as Superman?"
| "[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (song)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]"
| [[The Beatles]]
| In the runoff groove. See [[Paul Is Dead]]. Can also be interpreted as "Yeah we're looking at you, Superman" or "We'll f*** you like Superman."
|-
| "I love Satan within"
| "[[Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds]]"
| [[The Beatles]]
| Forward: "The girl with kaleidoscope eyes"
|-
| "Eat your vegetables, vegetables, vegetables!"
| "Underground"
| [[Ben Folds Five]]
| Reversal of backup vocals in the bridge, "We can, we can, we can be..."
|-
| "They did this for Jillian/He hopes to make you sad/They could have more sex/Lives will be lost"
| "Steven's Last Night in Town"
| [[Ben Folds Five]]
| Reversal of "We thought he was gone, but now he's come back again/Last week it was funny, but now the joke's wearing thin."
|-
| "My humps."
| "[[My Humps]]"
| [[Black Eyed Peas]]
| The part consisting of the phrase "My humps" repeated over and over is still heard as "My humps" repeatedly when reversed.
|-
| "Yeah, sleep with me, I'm not too young" (strongest) / "smoke [[marijuana]]" / "we love it" / "It's such a sin, sweetheart"/ "[[Satan]] is an enemy of [[Christ]]"
| "[[...Baby One More Time (song)|...Baby One More Time]]"
| [[Britney Spears]]
| In the chorus, especially around "I lose my mind / Give me a sign"
|-
| "I ate too much donuts."
| "Shoo Be Do"
| [[The Cars]]
| Forwards : "It's funny honey, [but] you don't care."
|-
| "I love Satan."
| "This Could Be Love"
| [[The Cars]]
| Forwards : "Is this the thrill?"
|-
| "I smoke weed; hey, I gotta do it. Buy more for me."
| "Lust For Kicks"
| [[The Cars]]
| Forwards : "He gets around to it later; she fills the scoop." This is usually only noticeable once one has read these words before listening to the reversed message.
|-
| "That's not the way and video sends the message"
| "[[Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft]]" (cover)
| [[The Carpenters]]
| Interpreted as a play on how messages should not be sent (like subliminal).
|-
| "Jesus of Nazareth, go to hell..."
| "[[Love Bites (Def Leppard song)|Love Bites]]"
| [[Def Leppard]]
| In a demonic-like voice at the end of the song after, "If you got love in your sights, watch out love bites". 
|-
|"Es gibt nie ein Ende von [[Modern Talking]]." ("There will never be an ending of [[Modern Talking]].")
|"Bizarre Bizarre"
|[[Dieter Bohlen]]
| Dieter Bohlen whispers this sentence but you don't notice it while hearing the song without reversal.
|-
| "Satan, he organized his own religion [indecypherable gibberish] well, he knows he should [indecypherable gibberish] so nice it was delicious [indecypherable gibberish] it cooks it in a vat he fixed for his son whom he gives away."
| "[[Hotel California (song)|Hotel California]]"
| [[The Eagles]]
| Opening lyrics
|-
| "It is Slim. (scratches) It's Eminem (ooh), It's Eminem (ow), It's Eminem (yeah)"
| "[[My Name Is]]"
| [[Eminem]]
|Reversal of the Chorus: "Hi! My name is...(what?) My name is...(who?) My name is...(scratches) Slim Shady"
|-
| "Killed Mother (or Father) Louis"
| "See You in Hell"
| [[Grim Reaper (band)|Grim Reaper]]
| Reversal, from almost beginning to Start
|-
| "By a person I thankfully am loved, I thankfully am loved, I thankfully am loved"
| "[[Touch of Grey]]"
| [[Grateful Dead]]
| "I will get by, I will get by, I will get by-y-y"
(Second to last chorus)
|-
| "Satan is the one, satan has the nature to end all things but as for me, I'll move it there and that's for me."
| "Dare (better played on the soulwax remix)"
| [[Gorillaz]]
| "You've got to press it on you, you just been thinking that's what you do baby, hold it down there
|-
| "Remember them all when they went in memory to paradise"
| "[[Feel Good Inc.]]"
| [[Gorillaz]]
| Reversal of "...turn forever, you and me. Windmill, Windmill for the land..." (in the chorus. Heard clearest in the last chorus)
|-
| "It's simply with him"
| "Don't Get Lost in Heaven"
| [[Gorillaz]]
| Reversal of the end part where the choir are singing "You'll make a big mistake"
|-
| "They now try to sell meth to me."
| "Land of Confusion"
| [[Genesis]]
| Reversal of "Use them and let's start trying"
|-
| "Hail this [[Nazism|Nazi]] land"
| "[[So Yesterday]]"
| [[Hilary Duff]]
| Reversal of "At Least not Today"
|-
| "Viva Satan! Viva Satan!" or "Live Satan! Live Satan!"
| "Everybody Everybody"
| [[Homestarrunner.com]]
| Reversal of the children chanting "Everybody! Everybody!" on the website's intro.
|-
| "I want you to sell your soul to Satan!"
| "Drifter" ([[concert|live]] version)
| [[Iron Maiden]]
| In actuality, it is [[bassist]] [[Steve Harris (musician)|Steve Harris]] using another [[microphone]] saying,
"(th)'anks a lot! See ya guys, see ya 'morra. Cheers!"
|-
| "Vader Mash [incomprehensible] Sith!"
| ''[[Jeopardy!]]''
| [[Johnny Gilbert]]
| Reversal of "This... Is... JEOPARDY!"
|-
| "Son of Satan"
| "A Child Is Coming"
| [[Paul Kantner]] / [[Jefferson Starship]]
| A reversal of "it's getting better" repeated over and over.  
|-
| "Do it, do it."
| "Better by You Better Than Me"
| [[Judas Priest]]
| This message was allegedly interpeted by two [[Nevada]] teens to commit suicide. Case dismissed by court. (''Full article: [[Judas Priest#Subliminal message trial]]'')
|-
| "I took my life!"
| "Beyond the Realms of Death"
| [[Judas Priest]]
| Reversal of the song's title at end - may also have to do with the suicides mentioned above.
|-
| "I am Satan"
| "The Ripper"
| [[Judas Priest]]
| Reversal of "a gas lamp"
|-
| "Oh, here's to my sweet [[Satan]]. he one whose little path would make me sad, whose power is Satan. He'll give those with him [[Number of the Beast (numerology)|six six six]] (666); there was a little toolshed where he made us suffer, sad Satan."
| "[[Stairway to Heaven]]"
| [[Led Zeppelin]]
| Forward lyrics:

'''If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now.
It's just a spring clean for the May queen.
Yes there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run,
there's still time to change the road you're on.'''

This is only discernible to most listeners if one has read the words beforehand.
|-
| "I wish it would snow"
| "[[Stairway to Heaven]]"
| [[Led Zeppelin]]
| Forward lyrics:
"Wants to be sure"(because Plant pronouces it "wans to be shew-ah") 
|-
| "I am the Bible; Oh, please spit on me, so funny." 
| "The Battle of Evermore"
| [[Led Zeppelin]]
| Reversal of "The pain of war cannot exceed the woe of aftermath"
|-
|"Fuck"
|In My Time of Dying
|[[Led Zeppelin]]
|The very end of the song when Plant sings the word "cough".  Any song with "cough" will have the same effect, but it is humerous that backwards this song opens with the word.
|-
| "I am Heavy Metal."
| "Enter Sandman"
| [[Metallica]]
| Outro: Off to Never Never Land"
|-
| "Give us this kettle or shit on my mate"
| "Sex and Candy"
| [[Marcy Playground]]
| Reversal of "Mama, this surely is a dream"
|-
| "Christ the goody, Satan waxes terrific....Ordinarily revolute me; you see niggers...I want some evil; Scared 'em; Now, I am sexy...Ma-Mom, I am scouting for some tiny karma." 
| "Tuesday Afternoon"
| [[Moody Blues]]
| Reversal of "I'm looking at myself reflections of my mind. It's just the kind of day to leave myself behind. So gently swaying through the fairyland of love. If you'll just come with me you'll see the beauty of"
|-
|buy it
|Meow Mix company
|Meow mix motto ("Meow* Mix tastes so good, cats ask for it by name.")
|Reversal of the starred word
|-
| "Man will spacewalk..."
| None
| [[Neil Armstrong]]
| Reversal of "One small step for man..."
|-
| "I hate you..."
| "[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]"
| [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]
| Reversal of "A denial", frequently repeated near the end of the song. 
|-
| "Play these games, my head's lost, where's my name, resent me for fame, so resent me not, no wisdom!"
| "[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]" at 1 minute 47 seconds
| [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]
| Reversal of "I'm worst at what I do best and for this gift I feel blessed, Our little group has always been and always will until the end."
|-
| "Why live, why live, why live, why live"
| "[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]"
| [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]
| Reversal of "Hello, hello, hello, how low". Its message may be a reference to [[Kurt Cobain|Kurt Cobain's]] supposed [[suicide]].
|-
| "I love my Satan, I'm there for Satan, I'm there for Satan."
| "[[Come As You Are]]"
| [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]
| A reversal "As a friend, as a friend, as an old enemy". Word "as" is interpreted as "Satan".
|-
| "Jack jack off, jack jack off.../ I Love Satan I Love Satan"
| ''The Pokemon Rap''
| [[Nintendo]]
| A reversal of "Gotta Catch 'em All, Gotta Catch 'em All..."
|-
| "I want so many women / I do"
| "[[In the Air Tonight]]"
| [[Phil Collins]]
| A reversal of the lines around "I've been waiting for this moment".
|-
| "Marijuana(x4), the law, law will banish us, [some gibberish], marijuana(x2)"
| "Band on the Run"
| [[Paul McCartney and Wings]]
| A reversal of the chorus. It is prophetic because McCartney would later be banished from entering Japan after they found some marijuana in his luggage.
|-
|"Oh shit! Oh Shit! Oh shit!..." (over and over throughout entire song
|Brass In Pocket
|[[The Pretenders]]
|Everytime the word "special" is sung
|-
| "I lip sync."
| "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]"
| [[Queen (band)|Queen]]
| Forwards: "Bismillah!"
|-
| "It's fun to smoke marijuana"
|
| [[Queen (band)|Queen]]
| Forwards: "Another one bites the dust"
|-
| "Rush is with Satan" (3 times)
| "[[2112]] - VII: Grand Finale"
| [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
|-
| "I'm sorry, now we're in the snow[indecypherable gibberish]you're right, I am extinct"
| "Apathy's Last Kiss"
| [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]
| A reversal of the verse.
|-
| "Hey sexy; you are gorgeous."
| "Psycho Killer"
| [[Talking Heads]]
| Forwards : "Psycho killer, qu'est que c'est?"
|-
| "You smell funny; you smell funny."
| "He Ain't Give You None"
| [[Van Morrison]]
| Reversal of "In the back street, in the back street"
|-
| "Motel 6!  Touch me, Walter."
| "(This Song's Just) Six Words Long"
| [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
| Reversal of the chorus.
|-
| "I shot [[John Lennon]]"
| "Kiss Kiss"
| [[Yoko Ono]]
| A reversal of "Anata, daiteyo". (Translated: Darling, hug me)
|-
| "I wish there were no [[Allah]]"
| "[[Twinkle Twinkle Little Star]]"
| (traditional [[nursery rhyme]])
| Reversal of "How I wonder what you are"
|-
| "And now we're friendly"
| "Sugar"
| [[System of a Down]]
| Reversal of "I've killed everyone" (about 1:54-1:55 into the song)
|-
|}

==Deliberate messages==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!width=30%|Message
!width=20%|Source
!width=20%|Artist
!width=30%|Comments
|- 
| "Get out of my mind."
| ''"Walking With A Ghost"''
| [[The White Stripes]]' [[cover version|cover]] of [[Tegan & Sara]].
| During the backwards solo.
|- 
| "Better look around before you say you don't care, Shut your fucking mouth about the length of my hair, how would you survive, if you were alive, shitty little person."
| ''"We're only in it for the money" 1968 Track 11 "Hot Poop"''
| [[Frank Zappa]] & The Mothers of Invention
| Lots of backmasking used for effect throughout the album, but this is the only intact, coherent message.
|- 
| "Escucha, baby, al Demonio, es bien fácil." (Listen, baby, to the Demon, it's so easy.)
| ''"[[The Turn of a Friendly Card]]" 1980, Track 1: "May be a price to pay"''
| [[The Alan Parsons Project]]
| The hidden message is played backwards, in clear spanish, at the end of the track. Obviously it's deliberate. It plays with the words "something's been going on, there may be a price to pay" in reverse.
|-
| "...congratulations. You've just discovered the secret message. Please send your answer to Old Pink, care of the funny farm, Chalfont. (voice in backround) Roger! Carolyne is on the phone!"
| ''Empty Spaces''
| [[Pink Floyd]]
| This refers to former lead singer [[Syd Barrett]], who suffered a breakdown years earlier. On [[Roger Waters]]' [[1991]] album ''[[Amused to Death]]'', he deliberately recorded a backward message critical of film director [[Stanley Kubrick]], who had refused to let Waters sample a breathing sound from ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]''.
|-
| "What are you looking for the devil for, when you ought to be looking for the Lord?"
| ''Judas Kiss''
| [[Petra (band)|Petra]]
| A few [[Christian rock]] musicians in the 1980s included deliberate backmasking with a [[gospel]] message as a lighthearted way of poking fun at the concern over backmasking&mdash;concern which was often being promoted by the same fundamentalist evangelists who were also attacking Christian rock.  
|-
| "your mom shall regin for ever
| ''Rainbow''
| [[Randy Stonehill]]
|
|-
| "Obey your parents, do your homework, winners don't do drugs"
| ''[[Are 'Friends' Electric?]]'' (cover)
| [[Information Society]]
| In homage to the comic strip ''[[Bloom County]].''
|-
| "Hello, how are you? I'm fine, 'cause I know that the Lord is coming soon, coming, coming soon", followed by thirty-three "hah"s.
| ''[[Purple Rain (album)|Darling Nikki]]''
| [[Prince (artist)|Prince]]
| At the end of the track.
|-
| "Body Count, [[motherfucker]]. Burn in hell!" 
| ''Killing Floor''
| [[Body Count]]
|
|-
| "In the name of God, let the churches burn."
| ''Track 7, Transilvanian Hunger''
| [[Darkthrone]]
| At the end of the track.
|-
| Ambient sounds and a reversed reading of the [[Lord's Prayer]]
| ''Dinner at Deviants Palace''
| [[Cradle of Filth]]
| Being able to say the Lord's Prayer backwards was perceived in the middle ages as a sign of being a witch.
|-
| "Satan's wrath is the only choice. His stillborn army is impeccable."
| ''Avoid the Light''
| [[Pantera]]
| During the intro and outro.
|-
| "This is my lowest point of vulnerability".
| ''Tourniquet''
| [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
| At the opening of the track.
|-
| "Only the Americans would build a place like this in middle of the jungle.  Only the Americans would want to."
| ''Vision Thing''
| [[The Sisters of Mercy]]
| This is a quotation from the film ''[[Apocalypse Now]]''. Their earlier song "Burn" has an entire verse reversed.
|-
| "Soy un perdedor. I'm a loser baby so why don't you kill me" (entire chorus reversed)
| ''[[Mellow Gold]]''
| [[Beck]]
| It's the right after the last time he says "I'm a loser so why don't you kill me", and before the quote "I'm a driver, i'm a winner." plays.
|-
| "Whis (?) My name's Elvis."
| ''Moby Dick''
| [[Dread Zeppelin]]
| A reversal of "Trouble is going to come[indecypherable gibberish] to you".
|-
| "I put my thing down, flip it, and reverse it."
| ''[[Under Construction|Work It]]''
| [[Missy Elliott]]
| Played forwards then twice backwards, though many listeners still puzzled over the meaning of the backwards part.
|-
| "Watch the way Missy like to take it backwards."
| ''[[Under Construction|Work It]]''
| [[Missy Elliott]]
| This appears in the middle of the song after the forwards line "Listen up close while I take it backwards."
|-
| "To win this game you must kill me, [[John Romero]]."
| ''[[Doom II]]''
| [[ID Software]]
| The final boss, the [[List of enemies in Doom#Icon of Sin|Icon of Sin]], says this as an incoherent "Satanic" speech. If a no-clipping cheat is used, the player can walk through a wall and see Romero's bloody, severed head on a stake. Romero was a programmer for the game; he put the backwards message (with distortions) in to get back at the artists who put  the image of his head on the final level.  Interestingly enough, the music for this level was specifically designed such that it plays exactly the same backwards as forwards.
|-
| "We are fighting with the gods of war"
| ''Rocket''
| [[Def Leppard]]
| A preview of another song, "Gods of War", on the album [[Hysteria (album)|Hysteria]].
|-
| "[? indiscernable]we could have been so good together, we could have lived as [?] forever"
| ''Ollie North''
| [[Gwar]]
| From the song "Ollie North", recorded backwards. 
|-
| "She's got the rhythm of love"
| ''White Lightning''
| [[Def Leppard]]
| From the song "Heaven Is", recorded backwards. 
|-
| "[[Danny Lohner]]" (composer's name)
| ''Renholder''
| [[A Perfect Circle]]
| Note that the title "Renholder" is backwards for "Re: D. Lohner".
|-
| "Eat [[donkey]] [[crap]]."
| ''Karate'', ''[[Tenacious D (album)|Tenacious D (self-titled debut)]]
| [[Tenacious D]]''
| This plays at the end of ''Karate'', before the song "Rock Your Socks" begins. "Rock Your Socks" starts with the count off "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6".
|-
| "Find our way."
| "Find Our Way" from ''[[Tone Soul Evolution]]''.
| [[The Apples in Stereo]]
| Hilarie sings these words at the beginning of the track.
|-
| "Isn't this where we came in?"
| ''In The Flesh?'' and ''Outside The Wall''
| [[Pink Floyd]]
| A different reversal method is used here: "Isn't this where..." is said at the end of ''Outside The Wall'' (the last track of the album), and "...we came in?" is said at the beginning of ''In The Flesh?'' (the first track of the album.)
|-
| "I am the bringer of the end, hear me, I am the beast that is technology."
| "Sentient 6"
| [[Nevermore]]
| Occurs at 4:43. There is a reoccurring theme in Nevermore albums about humanity becoming enslaved by technology.
|-
| "Tiger Army Never Die, Tiger Army Never Die, Tiger Army Never Die.
As the last tiger dies, the Ghost Tigers rise. Heed the call of the werecat Transylvania. We fight on the side of fate. Toward destiny, we ascend to it forever.  Hail Satan"
| ''Towards Destiny''
| [[Tiger Army]]
| After the first verse. ''Never Die'' was a song on the band's first LP, and "Tiger Army Never Die" has since become the band's motto. The title of Tiger Army's third release, ''III: Ghost Tigers Rise'' was taken from this message as well.
|-
| "Love is beautiful, love is kind, love is patient, love is blind, love, is, love is beautiful, yes..."
| ''Guitarras De Amor''
| [[P.O.D.]]
| The entire song is a backmasked poem. [http://www.inlyrics.com/lyrics/P/P-O-D/161024.html P.O.D. - Guitarras De Amor Lyrics]
|-
| "Oh [[Pete Townshend]], you saved my life..."
| ''Pry, To''
| [[Pearl Jam]]
| The whole song
|-
| "I hope you break your needle, Tipper. You cow."
| ''Anti-Satan Song For Mom''
| [[The Victim's Family]]
| Heard at the end of the song. From the album, ''White Bread Blues''.
|-
| "I need more affection than you know"
| ''Passion''
| [[Utada Hikaru]]
| Repeated throughout the whole song
|-
| "Fuck the devil, fuck this shit. We believe in life legit. If you believe what we say, why you throw your soul away?"
|''Echoside''
| [[Insane Clown Posse]]
|Played many times throughout the song
|-
|"I will go where mommy slept"
|''Angels watching over me''
|Virtue
|When she sings "Fell as asleep on the road, and yet"
|-
| "Join us!" (x45) followed by "Now your soal..." (when the entire segment is played in reverse it precedes the repeated "join us!")
| ''Hell Awaits''
| [[Slayer (band)|Slayer]]
|Whispered (steadily getting louder) during the first 1 minute and 5 seconds of the song
|-
| "Now tell me, about your miserable little lives. I do not subscribe to your supersticious, narrow minded grunts* of paranoia. I and people like me, will always prevail! You will never stifle* our free speech in any country in the world, 'coz we will fight forever*." "In a single stroke, you poor, stupid, running dogs. Why is it..." "[Words followed by a * are difficult to make out, and may be incorrect] (The intro of the song is also obvious backmasking, but the words being reversed are indistinguishable)
| ''Nightmare/The Dreamtime''
| [[Motörhead]]
|Various sections of the song
|-
|"Don't push the button, the button is bad" '''or''' "Push the button, no button is bad"
|''[[Walt Lloyd]], [[Episodes of Lost (Season 2)#Man of Science, Man of Faith|Man of Science, Man of Faith]]''
|[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]
|Walt is heard, and confirmed to be, speaking backwards, although fans argue on what he says
|-
|"Rotting from the inside over-incubated by the heat of fear and love the self's coagula[ted]"
|''Egg, [[Mr. Bungle (album)|Mr. Bungle (self-titled album)]]''
|[[Mr. Bungle]]
|These are the lyrics from the start of the track, although the backwards version is a different [[take]].
|-
|"...much too long and talk too much and we seem to get nowhere...", "...to live to die [...] and never try..."
|''Track 4, [[Quake]] soundtrack.
|[[Trent Reznor]]
|The words are hard to make out because of the many other overlayed tracks of whispering and ambient noise, but the reversal is definitely deliberate.
|-
|"One road may be the wrong road, oh it's the road to fuck knows where"
|''Loyalty Song, [[Down in Albion]]''
|[[Babyshambles]]
|At the beginning of the track (from about 17 seconds in to where the song begins). Listening forwards, these lyrics are indistinguishable gibberish. This is definitely deliberate as it is a repetition of lyrics from later on in the track.
|-
|"Satan spawn, cacodaemon, cacodaemon, cacodaemon, satan spawn, cacodaemon, cacodaemon, cacodaemon."
|''Satan Spawn (Cacodaemon)''
|[[Deicide (band)|Deicide]]
|At the beginning of the track, accompanied by bleating of sheep. Effectively the same as the chorus.
|- 
| "Yet to come's all that's gone" / "Going on from minute to minute"
| ''Now is Forever'' from ''[[Europop (album)|Europop]]''
| [[Eiffel 65]]
| The two messages are heard during the first and second verses of the song and seem to be logical continuations of the lyrics.
|-
| "I buried Paul"
| "December is for Cynics"
| [[The Matches]]
| Forwards: "Slacol eht dellik lhad nov e."
|}

==Parody messages==
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
!width=30% | Message
!width=20% | Source
!width=20% | Artist
!width=30% | Comments
|-
| "Anyone who is stupid enough to play this record backwards deserves what he is about to hear"
and excerpts from [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[Jabberwocky]]''.
| ''Gotta Find a Way''
| [[Bloodrock]]
| Possibly the earliest parody of backwards messages.
|-
| "This little piggy went to maaaarket."
| ''Piggy in the Middle''
| [[The Rutles]]
| Found prior to the bridge. As The Rutles are themselves a parody of The Beatles, this parodies the numerous puroported backwards messages in Beatles songs.
|-
|"Hmm, Hmmm, what ho sed de t'ing wid de t'ree bonce. Don't meddle wid t'ings you don't understand", followed by a [[belch]].
| ''[[Piece of Mind (Iron Maiden)|Piece of Mind]]''
| [[Iron Maiden]]
| Found between the songs "[[The Trooper]]" and "Still Life." It is an inebreiated [[Nicko McBrain]] (the [[drummer]]) doing his "famous" impression of [[Idi Amin|Idi Amin Dada]]. 
|-
| "Annuit Coeptis Novus Ordo Seclorum" ("God favours the new order of the ages") / "Satan has the secrets" or "Sparky holds the secrets" 
| ''Heavy Metal Poisoning''
| [[Styx (band)|Styx]]
| First message is in the beginning, the second is in the middle. Sparky is the dog mentioned on the album ''[[Paradise Theater]]''.  To add to the humor, the album (''[[Kilroy Was Here (album)|Kilroy Was Here]]'') was packaged with a sticker from the MMM (Majority for Musical Morality, a fake advisory board taken from the album's concept) advising the listener of offensive content.
|-
| "The music is reversible, but time is not...turn back! Turn back! Turn back!"
| ''Fire on High''
| [[Electric Light Orchestra]]
| Reversal of a mysterious deep mumbling. Ostensibly a shot at the hysteria surrounding "reversed speech" at the time the album was released.
|-
| "Satan eats [[Cheez Whiz]]."
| ''Nature Trail to Hell''
| [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
|
|-
| "Wow, you must have an awful lot of free time on your hands."
| ''I Remember Larry''
| [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
|
|-
| "[[Santa Claus|Santa]], I love you baby. My [[Christmas]] king. Santa, you’re my king. I love you, Santa baby. Got what I need."
| ''665''
| [[Soundgarden]]
| Obviously parodies the claimed Satanic messages.
|-
| "Respect your parents." / "Clean your room." / "Do your homework." / "Don't stay out too late." / "Eat your vegetables." / "Put away your toys." / "Don't sit too close to the TV." / "Take the dog for a nice walk." / "Hurry up! Get dressed for church." / "Who needs me to suck their dick?" / (at the end of the song) "Don't listen to this song."
| ''Backmask''
| [[Mindless Self Indulgence]]
| Starts at 2:10 into the song and lasts until the end. The (forward) lyrics to the song speak degradingly about angsty teenagers who look for backwards messages in music.
|-
| "Devil shall wake up and eat [[Chef Boyardee]] Beefaroni."
| ''Lift Your Head Up High (and Blow Your Brains Out)''
| [[Bloodhound Gang]]
| After the verse mentioning [[Judas Priest]].
|-
| "I buried my parakeet in the backyard. Oh no, you're playing the record backwards. Watch out, you might ruin your needle."
| ''Detour Through your Mind''
| [[The B-52's]]
| At the end of the track. This is one of a few songs poking fun at [[psychedelia]].
|-
| "Eat your vegetables and brush after every meal."
| ''[[Diablo (computer game)|Diablo]]''
| [[Blizzard Entertainment]]
| Played just as the player encounters Diablo himself on the final level.
|-
| "Anybody listening to this message backwards must be a real dweeb."
| ''[[G.I. Joe]]''
| Sunbow Productions
| A reversal of an incantation spoken by Destro.
|-
| "No no. This is the end of the show. You're watching it backwards."
| ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]''
| 
| Found during the ending credits
|-
| ''[[Myst]]''
| Broderbund
| A reversal of a video of a man speaking the language of one of the lands Atrus has created.
|-
| "Put litter in its place" / "Don't eat too many dairy products, or you might get diarrhea" / "Dab the grease off your pizza before you eat" / "[unrecognizable, either the word "in" or "finish"] school, it's worth it to graduate" / "Your parents have the right idea" / "Brush your teeth"
| ''Why Rock?''
| [[The Aquabats]]
| In the bridge.
|-
| "You are a stupid, square-headed, bald git aren't you? I'm pointing to you. But I'm not actually addressing you. I'm addressing the one prat in the country who's bothered to get hold of this recording, turn it round and actually work out the rubbish that I'm saying. What a poor, sad life he's got."
| ''[[Red Dwarf]]''
|
| In series 3, episode 1, the ''Red Dwarf'' crew travel to a universe where time runs backwards. One of the men in the pub insults the characters, who try to discover what he is actually saying. When the speech is translated it reveals this backward message. The UK DVD of this series includes an option to play the entire episode backwards, so all of the reversed speech can be heard.
|-
| "Good day, I'm Bob McKenzie. This is my brother, Doug." "Take off!" "No, how's it goin'?" "Oh, sorry, eh." "No, you take off!" "You take off!" "You blew it!" "Oh, sorry." "This is the backwards part." "Alright, start over." "Forget it!"
| ''Black Hole''
| [[Bob and Doug McKenzie]]
| On their ''[[Great White North]]'' album, the comic duo explain on this track that there's a "secret message" to be played backwards that "will give you clues to what really happened."
|}

==Fictional messages==
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
!width=30% | Message
!width=20% | Source
!width=20% | Artist
!width=30% | Comments
|-
| "• one medium onion, chopped
• two tablespoons of vegetable oil
<br />• one clove of garlic, crushed
<br />• one cup of carrots, chopped
<br />• two sticks of celery, chopped
<br />• half a cup of lentils
<br />• one bay leaf
<br />• one tablespoon of freshly-chopped parsely
<br />• salt and freshly-ground pepper to taste
<br />• two and a quarter cups of vegetable stock or water
<br />Oh, and by the way, I'm alive."
| ''[[Maybe I'm Amazed]]''
| [[Paul McCartney]]
| From the television show ''[[The Simpsons]]'', the episode "[[Lisa the Vegetarian]]". McCartney, in a guest appearance, states that "Maybe I'm Amazed" contains a recipe for a "really ripping lentil soup" when played backwards. The song (with added backmasked recipe) plays over the credits. The last line refers to the infamous [[Paul Is Dead|"Paul is dead"]] urban legend.
|-
| "Join the navy"
| ''Drop Da Bomb''
| Party Posse
| From the television show ''[[The Simpsons]]'', the episode "[[New Kids on the Blecch]]" If you play this backwards, you can hear the message.
|-
| "Go to church...say your prayers...tithe!  tithe!"
|
| [[Billy and the Boingers|Deathtöngue]]
| From the comic strip ''[[Bloom County]]'' 
|-
| "I command you in the name of Lucifer to spread the blood of the innocent."
| ''Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?''
| [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
| From the [[2000]] film ''[[Little Nicky (movie)|Little Nicky]]''.
|-
| "Leave your kids. Come to the cruise."
| New-age instrumental rendition of fictional pop song ''Remember''
| Ember
| From the television show ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', the episode "[[Pirate Radio]]".
|-
| "Hol ihn, hol ihn unter's Dach!" (German for: Bring him, bring him down the roof!)
| "Another Bricket in the Wall Pt.2" during the Childre's Chorus.
| [[Pink Floyd]]
| Famous German urban legend 
|}

==Songs known or alleged to contain backward messages==
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|- 
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!width=50% | Artist
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| 665
| [[Soundgarden]]
|-
| Aerials
| [[System of a Down]]
|-
| Another One Bites The Dust 
| [[Queen (band)|Queen]]
|-
| Anthem
| [[Rush]]
|-
| Azwethinkweiz 
| [[Incubus]]
|-
| ...Baby One More Time
| [[Britney Spears]]
|-
| Back In Black 
| [[AC/DC]]
|-
| Backmask
| [[Mindless Self Indulgence]]
|-
| Beat It 
| [[Michael Jackson]] 
|-
| Behind Blue Eyes
| [[The Who]]
|-
| Better By You, Better Than Me 
| [[Judas Priest]]  
|-
| Billion Dollar Babies
| [[Alice Cooper]]
|-
| Black Dog 
| [[Led Zeppelin]]  
|-
| Black Sabbath
| [[Black Sabbath]]
|-
| Bloodbath In Paradise  
| [[Ozzy Osbourne]]
|-
| Boys In Black 
| [[L7]]   
|-
| Buddy Holly
| [[Weezer]] 
|-
| Burnin' For You
| [[Blue Oyster Cult]]
|-
| Darling Nikki 
| [[Prince]]
|-
| Detour Through Your Mind 
| [[The B-52s]]
|-
| Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 
| [[AC/DC]]
|-
| Do The Dark 
| [[Blondie]]
|-
| Down In The Park 
| [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
|-
| Dream On
| [[Aerosmith]]
|-
| Empty Spaces 
| [[Pink Floyd]]
|-
| Eunuch Provocateur
| [[The Mars Volta]]
|-
| Final Scream 
| [[Grim Reaper]]
|-
| Fire On High 
| [[Electric Light Orchestra]]
|-
| For Whom The Bell Tolls 
| [[Metallica]]
|-
| Fox On The Run
| [[Sweet (band)|The Sweet]]
|-
| Get Your Riot Gear
|  [[Five Iron Frenzy]]
|-
| Gonna Raise Hell 
| [[Cheap Trick]]
|-
| Hate Your State 
| [[Choking Victim]]
|-
| Help!
| [[The Beatles]]
|-
| Hotel California 
| [[The Eagles]]
|-
| I Remember Larry
| [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
|-
| I'm So Tired 
| [[The Beatles]] 
|-
| Imagine
| [[John Lennon]]
|-
| Jacob's Ladder
| [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
|-
| Jesus Wrote A Blank Check 
| [[Cake (band)|Cake]]
|-
| Justify My Love 
| [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
|-
| Lift Your Head Up 
| [[Bloodhound Gang]]
|-
| Locomotive Breath 
| [[Jethro Tull]]
|-
| Loser 
| [[Beck]]
|-
| Love Is Like Oxygen
| [[Sweet (band)|The Sweet]]
|-
| Metal Health  
| [[Quiet Riot]]    
|-
| [[Mr. Roboto]]
| [[Styx (band)|Styx]]
|-
| My Name Is
| [[Eminem]]
|-
| Nature Trail To Hell
| [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]
|-
| No Anchovies Please 
| [[J. Geils Band]]
|-
| One
| [[Metallica]]
|-
| Oops, I Did It Again  
| [[Britney Spears]]
|-
| Pain Lies On The Riverside 
| [[Live]] 
|-
| Pepper
| [[Butthole Surfers]]
|-
| Perfect Sense Pt 1 
| [[Roger Waters]]
|-
| Pry, To 
| [[Pearl Jam]]
|-
| Purple Haze
| [[Jimi Hendrix]]
|-
| Rocket 
| [[Def Leppard]]
|-
| Satan Spawn, Caco-daemon 
|  [[Deicide]]
|-
| See You On the Other Side
| [[Ozzy Osbourne]]
|-
| Sermon  
| [[Drowning Pool]] 
|-
| Skin Ticket  
| [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]]
|-
| Snowblind 
| [[Styx (band)|Styx]]
|-
| So Yesterday  
| [[Hilary Duff]]   
|-
| [[Stairway To Heaven]]
| [[Led Zeppelin]]
|-
| Still Life 
| [[Iron Maiden]]
|-
| Strawberry Fields Forever  
| [[The Beatles]]
|-
| Subdivisions
| [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
|-
| Subliminal
| [[They Might Be Giants]]
|-
| Sugar
| [[System of a Down]]
|-
| Sweet Freedom
| [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]]
|-
| The 4th 
| [[Filter (band)|Filter]]
|-
| Tops 
| [[Rolling Stones]] 
|-
| Tourniquet
| [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]
|-
| Voodoo 
| [[Godsmack]]
|-
| When Electricity Came To Arkansas 
| [[Black Oak Arkansas]]  
|-
| Who Let The Dogs Out 
| [[Baha Men]]
|-
| Ya Hozna
| [[Frank Zappa]]
|}

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