# RIP Melanie Safka

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-melanie-safka/996606>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** celebrity-death, music\
**Created:** [January 25, 2024, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-melanie-safka/996606 "2024-01-25T01:25:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-melanie-safka/996606/15 "2024-01-25T15:10:32Z")

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As I said in another thread:

> [@Songs you insist have a different meaning than the writer claims](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-insist-have-a-different-meaning-than-the-writer-claims/993725/10):
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> As a wanna be songwriter, I deny that the writer has a monopoly on meaning. Just because I wrote the song and it means something to me doesn’t mean I should impose my interpretation on everyone else. Others’ interpretations are just as valid.
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> Melanie Safka said she did not intend “Brand New Key” to be about sexual intercourse and I believe her. That doesn’t mean it isn’t. It obviously is.

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