"Misunderstood" is a power ballad by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released on their 1994 eponymous album.

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.

[2] MTV refused to air the video as there was a suicide reference in the lyrics and a man putting a pistol in his mouth in one of the scenes.

[3] This is widely believed to be a smokescreen for what was punishment for an interview with the band when the album was first released, earlier in the year.

[4] Lyrically, the song tells a story describing the lives of several people who are dealing with the fact that life has passed them by.