Song Lyrics that you misheard through the years

I used to think that 'Chain Chain Chain...Chain of fools' was 'Shame Shame Shame... Shame on you'

• "You're So Vain" I thought she was singing, "You had one eye in the mirror as you watched yourself go by" but it's "as you watched yourself gavotte."

• Gonna move my arms Gonna move my legs Gonna move my style Gonna move my sausage

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• Keep away from her, San Pacino!

• I thought the Go-Gos' "Our Lips Are Sealed" was "Honest I Feel."

• Buddy Holly by Weezer What I heard: Your tongue is twisted, your eyes are shit What was said: Your tongue is twisted, your eyes are slit

• Aretha Franklin song - "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - I thought the first lines were "Mister Saturday Dance, Heard the crowded the floor." It's "Missed the Saturday dance, Heard they crowded the floor."

• Billy Idol's "eyes without a face" "How about a date"

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• Hi Dr. Sherry! It was: I shot the Sheriff! by Bob Marley

• Angel in the Morning: Heard: Just change the sheets before you leave me Really: Just kiss my cheek before you leave me Flashdance: Heard: Take your pants off and make it happen Really: Take your passion and make it happen

• OP: I though that song was "Change, change, change; change of fooooooooooood.

• Shout "we don't like it!" in 'Rock the Casbah' is Sharif don't like it.

• Creedence "there 's a bathroom on the right " (Bad moon on the rise)

• "You make me feel like a MAN, SURE A WOMAN" ("You make me feel like a NATURAL WOMAN") Aretha

• I thought Robert Plant's lyric "crazy on a ship of fools" was "crazy on a ship of booze."

• Friend thought Peggy Lee was singing "beaver" instead of "fever".

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• It's "hey Jude,". Not "hey Jew." I know I know. But that's what I thought.

• "I blow bubbles when you're not here" is what I heard. "My world crumbles when you're not here" is the lyric.

• Paul McCartney and Wings Helen Wheels, I thought they were saying yellow wheels.

• From the Madonna song "Revolver": I thought the lyric "You're an accessory to murder 'cause..." was "You're now a sexy little murder 'cause..." (I usually don't have a problem understanding Madge, but I couldn't make heads or tails out of this song, for some reason)

• My friend thought "Roller Coaster" by Red hot chili peppers was "goin' Postal" She also thought Biggie Smalls Hypnotize "Biggie, Biggie, Biggie, can't you see.." was "Piggy wiggy wiggy can't you see.." Led Zep " And as we wind on down the road" my sister: "and there's a wino down the road..."

• I PREFER the misheard lyrics.

• Not misheard, but mis-sung. The Platters singing "Only You." The lead singer sings, "Only you canda make a change in me." I have no idea why he changes "can" to "canda."

• He doesn't, douche R23. It's called "phrasing".

• In ONJ's "Let Me Be There", I thought the line was "Let me take you through that wonderland that only TOUCANS share" I never understood what the hell that was supposed to mean.

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• Wait--R2? Those aren't the lyrics??

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• Frank Sinatra-"You Ain't Heard Nothin Yet" I always hear "wait til the warmup's underway" as "wait for the warmest underwear"

• [quote]It's called "phrasing". No, moron. Singing "canda" instead of "can" is NOT phrasing. Adding letters and another syllable to a word is NOT phrasing r24. Canda youda compredahendda?

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• Hold me (first blunder) and we shall run across the sky.... and a little money denied (second one)

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• I thought that old Tony Orlando and Dawn song 'Candida' was phrased as "Wake up naked together." It was "We can make it together."

• Also, "Blinded by the Light." "And little Early Burly gave my anus curly wurly and asked me if I needed a ride." I STILL don't know what that lyric is supposed to be. The other lyric from that song that gets everyone is "Wrapped up like a douche, another roller in the night." It's "deuce."

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• When I was a kid I thought it was awful that people called Cher "half green."

• "Give me the Beach Boys and free my soul" Should've been "Give me the beat boys and free my soul"

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• Not mine, but my all-time favorite is "there's a bathroom on the right".

• Britney Spears slave for you "OH i'm saying little girl don't step into the blood"

• Become-ah come-ah come-ah come-ah come-ah comedienne.

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• I was 14 when Mariah's "Heartbreaker" came out. I knew censors didn't allow most swears on the radio and I knew Mariah would never allow profanity in her songs, but I thought during Jay Z's rap portion that he said "She wants to blow my dick". Later I learned it's "She wants to blow my day". The way he pronounces "day" still sounds like "dick" to me though lol

• I used to think Kim Carnes was singing "Her hair is hollow gold" in Bette Davis Eyes. It's Harlow gold. Actually, I misheard a lot of that song: She knows just what it takes to make a pearl blush = pro blush She'll roll you on the floor = she'll lay you on the throne She's got Greta Garbo's stand-up thighs = standoff sighs

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• [quote]Give me the Beach Boys and free my soul" Should've been "Give me the beat boys and free my soul" What?!! It isn't "give me the people?"

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• 40 years of singing "give me the people" ... how many eyes must have rolled up until today!

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• I'm not in love... There's a whispered phrase that says "big boys don't cry" Which I heard as "requesting quiet". I still hear it to this day and remember sitting with my friends arguing over this as teenagers by the HiFi.

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• [quote]I used to think Kim Carnes was singing "Her hair is hollow gold" in Bette Davis Eyes. It's Harlow gold. It IS!?! Fuck, I thought it was hollow gold and still did up until I read your post!

• FOR R32 Some silicone sister with a manager mister told me I go what it takes She said "I'll turn you on sonny to something strong, play the song with the funky break" And go-cart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart to see if it was safe outside And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride Asked me if I needed a ride Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night Madman drummers bummers, Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat With a boulder on my shoulder, feelin' kinda older, I tripped the merry-go-round With this very unpleasin', sneezin' and wheezin, the calliope crashed to the ground The calliope crashed to the ground But she was... Blinded by the light,

• Benny and the Jets. Growing up, I heard: "She's got electric BOOBS", rather than "She's got electric BOOTS". I was always amazed that the song received radio play. Never sang it in front of my parents due to the "naughty" word. It wasn't until I was an adult that I learned the correct lyrics.

• "I'm a Slave 4 U" by Britney Spears: Misheard "Leaving behind my name and age" as "Leaving behind my lemonade"

• Red, Red Wine by UB40 (did't hear the original version until adulthood): "Red, red wine, goes to my head makes me forget that I'm stealing her soul." also "I was wrong every time-- thoughts of you relieve my pain. I was wrong, now I find that just one thing makes me forget" Actual lyrics: "Red, red wine, goes to my head, makes me forget that I still need her so." "I had sworn that with time, thoughts of you would leave my head."

• I thought and occasionally still catch myself thinking) ""Nights In White Satin" was "Knights.: I imagined horsemen wearing these long, flowing white capes.

• "Please mister please, don't play B-17", as a young boy I misheard as, "Please mister please, don't blame me at 17". I thought it was a song about a young girl who had gone through a bad breakup, but felt it wasn't her fault because she was so young. I was half right. Funny thing is, I saw Olivia Newton-John in concert last year, met her in person afterwards, and told her this story. She laughed and seemed to find it funny, but wasn't really sure if she thought that, or that I must've been an idiot.

• We ll write it down in silence! Elaine Page in Evitas Buenos Aires song actually sang: Real eiderdown and silenece. Greta Garbo, step outside, shes got Bette Davis eyes. actually its STAND OFF SIGHS

• Sentimental gentleman Go into my life again Sentimental lady, share the wine

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• I used to think "More Than a Woman" was "Bald-Headed Woman."

• The Beatles Anytime at All to me was Edna my dog.

• R49, I still imagine the same Knights with flowing white satin even today.

• from "You're So Vain".... always thought "some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend" was "some underworld spy or the wife of a clothespin".....

• The chorus and almost all of the lyrics from the song Informer by Snow. The lyrics sounded like unintelligible baby talk to me. I heard Nicky boom boom de yare. To this day I have no clue what was being sung or the slightest clue as to the meaning of the so called words.

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• I always thought England Dan & John Ford Coley were singing: "I'm not talking 'bout the linen" but it was "I'm not talking 'bout movin' in" and I thought The Go-Go's were singing about "Honest Lucille"

• Boy, you people must be really hard of hearing or something. I misunderstand lyrics, but not THAT bad. I mean, really: "half-green?" She's obviously bellowing "HALF-breed!" And she says it over and over again, "HALF-breed!" I always thought The Left Banke was singing "don't walk away, Renee", but they were singing "just walk away, Renee." I liked it better the way I thought I heard it.

• "I used to think Kim Carnes was singing "Her hair is hollow gold" in Bette Davis Eyes. It's Harlow gold. Actually Harlow's hair was NOT "gold" at all; it was white. At least it was until the color had to be changed (the contant bleaching was destroying her hair). It was toned down to a color that was called "brownette."

• Rhianna's Only Girl: What she says: "Want you to love me like I'm a hot ride" What I heard: "Want you to love me like I'm a pot pie" What I wish it said: "Want you to love me like I'm a hot guy"

• NPR does these sometimes. R13 named the #1 misheard lyric.

• My older sister used to encourage my misunderstanding of song lyrics. She insisted that Van Halen was singing "Maxwell Jump" and that the song "Games People Play" was "Give Me Full Play." She also told me that the Go Gos were singing, "Alex the Seal." My sister is kind of an asshole.

• I always thought Dusty Springfield was singing: "You don't have to say I'm lovely just because I am." Turns out it was "You don't have to say you love me just be close at hand."

• in Cher's "Dark Lady" the lyric goes "danced to her gypsy music till her brew was done". always thought it was "danced to her gypsy music till I threw a stone"

• r63, I'll see your sister's Maxwell Jump, which I also thought was the correct lyric, and raise her an Anna Cecille

• Pretenders, "Middle Of The Road", for almost twenty years I thought: "I'm not the kind I used to be, I've gotta get up early, sweet baby!"

• Eric Carmen was singing Pleeeeease Goooooo All The Waaaay. I kept hearing Please Go Away.

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• The Cars "It's just a fro'gin lullaby, bye bye love"

• My little nephew used to sing "Pity Chins" back in the day. Pity Chins Nah mah lubbuh Cheese charley curl who say dat I am a won Buy da chin's nah my sun

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• Onward Sweden, stretching out; I wanna go where people rise and shout

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• Also from Bad Moon Rising I see ferrous streaks of lightning is really I see earthquakes and lightning

• "Paul McCartney and Wings Helen Wheels, I thought they were saying yellow wheels." I thought the song was called "Hell On Wheels". The Police have many misheard lyrics, as well as song titles, "Roxanne" sounded like "rucksack" and "So Lonely" sounds like "Sue Lawley". The Police's "Message In A Bottle": a year has passed since I broke my nose. The Beatles, "Lucy In the Sky": the girl with colitis goes by. Queen, "Bohemian Rhapsody": will you do the banned tango?" Starship, "We Built This City": we built this city on logs and coal J. Geils Band's, "Centerfold": my anus is the center hole Robert Palmer's "Addicted To Love": might as well face it, you're a dick with a glove Elton John's, "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters": some with cankers, some with goiters

• For fun, it's easy to intentionally mishear the kiddie chorus of Another Brick in the Wall as "all in all ya just another prick in the hole."

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• Thanks R61! I actually thought it was "hot guy".

• Ozzy Osbourne Paranoid I never really listened to the lyrics, but I thought he was saying "Finished with my woman cause she wouldn't help me drink my wine". He was actually saying, "Finished with my woman cause she wouldn't help me with my mind"

• Music makes your bush smell sweet like a lemon!

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• As a kid, I thought it was "dancing in the streets," not "dancing in the sheets." I think that's a pretty common one, no?