Misunderstood (Mötley Crüe song)

"Misunderstood"
Single by Mötley Crüe from the album Mötley Crüe
Released	1994 (US)
Format	Maxi-single
Recorded	A&M Studios, Los Angeles CA, and Little Mountain Studios, Vancouver, Canada 1993
Genre	Hard Rock
Length	6 min 53 sec
Label	Elektra 66222-2 (US)
Producer	Bob Rock
Mötley Crüe singles chronology
"Hooligan's Holiday" (1994) "Misunderstood" (1994) "Afraid" (1997)

"Misunderstood" is a song by the American hard rock band Mötley Crüe, released on their 1994 eponymous album. The lyrics were written by vocalist/guitarist John Corabi and bassist Nikki Sixx, while the music was written by Corabi, Sixx, drummer Tommy Lee and guitarist Mick Mars. "Misunderstood" was released as a Maxi-single that included three other tracks; a remix of the song, "Hooligan's Holiday" (Extended Holiday Version), the (then) unreleased track "Hypnotized", and the album version of "Hooligan's Holiday." "Hypnotized" was later included on the Crücial Crüe edition of the album in 2003. A video was made to promote the single, and was directed by Brian Lockwood. The video, which featured the band playing in front of an old house while showing clips of the characters mentioned in the song, first aired in May 1994.^[1] MTV refused to air the video as there was a suicide reference in the lyrics and a gun sitting on a table in one of the scenes.^[2]

Background

"Misunderstood" was one of the first songs that the band wrote with Corabi when he joined Mötley Crüe, working out the acoustic part of the song during one of their first rehearsals together.^[3] Lyrically, the song tells a story describing the lives of several people who are dealing with the fact that life has passed them by.

Track listing

1. "Misunderstood" - (6:53)
2. "Hooligan's Holiday" (Extended Holiday Version) - (11:06)
3. "Hypnotized" - (5:29)
4. "Hooligan's Holiday" (LP Version) - (5:40)

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