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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 (contracted; show full)| "The Battle of Evermore"
| [[Led Zeppelin]]
| Reversal of "The pain of war cannot exceed the woe of aftermath"
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|"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"
(contracted; show full)| 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)
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| "The Last Smurf Eat Mahi Mahi, Mahi Mahi, The Last Smurf Eat Mahi Mahi..."
| "Fruit Salad"
| [[The Wiggles]]
| Forwards: "Fruit Salad, Yummy Yummy, Fruit Salad, Yummy Yummy, Fruit Salad, Yummy Yummy, Yummy Yummy Yummy Yummy Fruit Salad"
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==Deliberate messages==
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!width=30%|Message
!width=20%|Source
!width=20%|Artist
!width=30%|Comments
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(contracted; show full)| The two messages are heard during the first and second verses of the song and seem to be logical continuations of the lyrics.
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| "I buried Paul"
| "December is for Cynics"
| [[The Matches]]
| Forwards: "Slacol eht dellik lhad nov e."
|-

| "The Last Smurf Eat Mahi Mahi, Mahi Mahi, The Last Smurf Eat Mahi Mahi,
|  The Last Smurf Eat Mahi Mahi, The Last Smurf..."
| "Fruit Salad"
| [[The Wiggles]]
| Forwards: "Fruit Salad, Yummy Yummy, Fruit Salad, Yummy Yummy, Fruit Salad,
| Yummy Yummy, Yummy Yummy Yummy Yummy Fruit Salad"
|-⏎
| "I don't know what to do, no guilt is in my heart, I don't know what to do, I'm not the reason"
| "Self Deception"
| [[Lacuna Coil]]
| Forwards: Unintelligible singing. The backwards message is the chorus of the song.
|}

==Parody messages==
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(contracted; show full)| A reversal of an incantation spoken by Destro.
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| "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
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| "[[Rush Limbaugh]] understands."⏎
| ''[[Myst]]''
| [[Broøderbund]]
| A reversal of a video of a man[[holograph]] machine displays [[Achenar]] speaking in the language of one of the lands Atrus has createdthe Channelwood Age natives.
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| "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.
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!width=30% | Message
!width=20% | Source
!width=20% | Artist
!width=30% | Comments
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| "• one medium 
[[onion]], chopped
• two tablespoons of [[vegetable oil]]
<br />• one clove of [[garlic]], crushed
<br />• one cup of [[carrot]]s, chopped
<br />• two sticks of [[celery]], chopped
<br />• half a cup of [[lentil]]s
<br />• one [[bay leaf]]
<br />• one tablespoon of freshly-chopped [[parselyley]]
<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]]
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| [[Burnin' For You]]
| [[Blue Oyster Cult]]
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| [[Darling Nikki]] 
| [[Prince]]
|-

| [[  Detour Through Your Mind]] 
| [[The B-52s]]
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| [[Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap]] 
| [[AC/DC]]
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| [[Do The Dark]] 
| [[Blondie]]
(contracted; show full)| [[Ya Hozna]]
| [[Frank Zappa]]
|}

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