9 Radio-Friendly Songs About Murdering Somebody

8. Delilah - Tom Jones

While listening to a live version of 'Delilah' Tom Jones sang at Glastonbury, my attention was caught by the enthusiastic crowd drolly going 'ha ha ha hah' at a certain cue. It sounded fun and peculiar. I wondered what was the reason for this outburst. So I listened again to the lyrics and realized '"holy crap, Tom Jones just sang about going all Sid Vicious on a woman."

Now we all know Tom Jones would never kill a woman on purpose with a knife (but he could kill her accidentally with his sex-bomb manliness). A lot of musicians go through their whole career without actually truly killing anyone (and then get away with it), but artistic license does grant them some special privileges, especially if it's catchy.

Delilah is no exception. In the song, Tom Jones stands outside Delilah's apartment as she's going all Tom Jones on a new guy. The next morning, she opens the door, sees him standing there, laughs in his face, and Tom knifes her. But not really, because again, he's Tom Jones.