Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter magazine, Diane Warren said Cher hated the song and she had to force her to sing it. “I held her leg down during a session,” the songwriter recalled, “and said, ‘You have to record it!'” According to Warren, Cher’s response was, “F— you, bitch! You’re hurting my leg! OK, I’ll try it.” However, once Cher had recorded the tune, “She gave me this look like, ‘You were right.'” (songfacts.com)
Masculinity: 
  • Direction: “If I could turn back time..”
  • Courage: ” don’t know why I did the things I did
    I don’t know why I said the things I said”
  • Abuse of Power: “I’d take back those words that have hurt you”

Feminity: 

  • Vulnerable: “Pride’s like a knife, it can cut deep inside”
  • Tenderness: “If I could reach the stars
    I’d give ’em all to you”
  • Over Emotional: “If I could turn back time”

Shared by: Ashley Molidor
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