Harsh lyrics: The best diss songs ever released

DISS songs are a musician’s way of giving someone the middle finger. There’s no shortage of them throughout the years, but these are our faves.

Mariah Carey filming her new music video Obsessed on location at the Plaza Hotel and The Oak Room in New York City.

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YOU’VE got to love a good diss song.

They’re basically a musician’s way of publicly giving the middle finger to someone they feel has wronged them.

There’s no shortage of famous diss songs that have been released over the years, but here are some of our faves:

Obsessed — Mariah Carey:

This diss track is all about Eminem, who claims he dated the diva briefly in 2001.

Carey denied that they hooked up and told Larry King in 2002, “I think I was probably with him a total of four times. And I don’t consider that dating somebody”.

Clearly annoyed by Carey’s denial, Eminem continued to talk about their alleged fling in the press and said in a radio interview that they “did have a relationship for about a good six, seven months”.

But by 2009 Carey had obviously had enough of the rumours and released Obsessed, in which she painted Eminem as some kind of stalker.

Some of the lyrics:

You’re delusional, you’re delusional,

Boy you’re losing your mind.

Why you so obsessed with me?

And boy I want to know, lyin’ that you’re sexing me.

When everybody knows, it’s clear that you’re upset with me.

Ohh, finally found a girl that you couldn’t impress,

Last man on the earth, still couldn’t get this.

Mariah dressed up as Eminem in the video for Obsessed. Now that’s shady.

The Warning — Eminem:

Just over a month after Mariah Carey released Obsessed, Eminem fired back with a diss track of his own.

And boy, he did not hold back, threatening Carey throughout the expletive ridden song.

Some of the lyrics:

Only reason I dissed you in the first place

is cause you denied seein me

Now I’m pissed off

Enough dirt on you to murder you

This is what the fu*k I do, Mariah it ever occur to you

that I still have pictures?

If I hear another word so don’t go openin your jibs

Cause every time you do it’s like an overload of fibs

I ain’t sayin this shit again hoe, you know what it is

It’s a warnin’ shot, ‘fore I blow up your whole spot

Call my bluff and, I’ll release every fu*kin thing I got

Including the voicemails right before you flipped your top

Eminem still can’t quite fathom why Mariah isn’t bragging about hooking up with him.

You Oughta Know — Alanis Morissette:

It won two Grammy Awards and was the lead single on her 1995 album Jagged Little Pill, but when it comes down to it, this song is basically just a massive F-U to Full House star Dave Coulier (who played Uncle Joey).

Coulier and Morissette dated in the early ‘90s and they didn’t exactly end on good terms, as you can tell by the fiery lyrics.

It should be noted that Coulier told Rolling Stone last year that the song ISN’T about him, but the quote he used to back up his argument isn’t exactly the strongest.

“I asked Alanis, ‘I’m getting calls by the media and they want to know who this guy is,’” said Coulier.

“And she said, ‘Well, you know it could be a bunch of people. But you can say whatever you want.’”

So, she didn’t say it wasn’t you, did she Dave?

Some of the lyrics:

It was a slap in the face how quickly I was replaced

Are you thinking of me when you fu*k her?

And I’m here to remind you

Of the mess you left when you went away

It’s not fair to deny me

Of the cross I bear that you gave to me

You, you, you oughta know

Alanis Morissette is now married to rapper Mario “Souleye” Treadway.

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together — Taylor Swift:

T-Swizzle just loves writing songs about her exes, once referring to men as, “inspiration on a plate”.

And this song is no different.

When it was released, it was a not-so-subtle declaration to Hollywood hunk Jake Gyllenhaal that, well, they are never ever getting back together.

The couple reportedly started dating in October 2010 and broke up in November, before reconciling and then splitting again.

Swift has never confirmed that the song’s actually about the actor, but not only is the male in the song’s video a Jake G lookalike, but she wears a bracelet in the clip that is the spitting image of one that the Brokeback Mountain star gave her.

Swift later told New York Magazine that the guy who the song is about (let’s face it, it’s Jake Gyllenhaal) made contact after her album Red was released in 2012.

“He was like, ‘I just listened to the album, and that was a really bittersweet experience for me. It was like going through a photo album.’ That was nice. Nicer than, like, the ranting, crazy e-mails I got from this one dude.”

Some of the lyrics:

I remember when we broke up the first time

Saying, “This is it, I’ve had enough,” ‘cause like

We hadn’t seen each other in a month

When you said you needed space. (What?)

Then you come around again and say

“Baby, I miss you and I swear I’m gonna change, trust me.”

Remember how that lasted for a day?

I say, “I hate you,” we break up, you call me, “I love you.”

There’s the Jake Gyllenhaal lookalike.

Fu*k You — Lily Allen:

George W. Bush had his fair share of haters when he was President of the United States and Lily Allen was one of them.

“This song is about George W. Bush, who by the way I’m quite happy isn’t president anymore,” said Allen at a concert in 2009.

Not only was she unimpressed with his “medieval” points of view, but Allen also used the lyrics to suggest that Bush’s policies were designed not to please U.S. citizens, but rather his famous father.

Some of the lyrics:

So you say

It’s not okay to be gay

Well I think you’re just evil

You’re just some racist who can’t tie my laces

Your point of view is medieval

Do you get a little kick out of being slow-minded?

You want to be like your father

It’s approval you’re after

Well that’s not how you find it

Well said Lily!