Misheard lyrics

White

Jun 18, 2023

As a child, I thought 'Everytime you go away' by Paul Young went like this:

Every time you go away
You take a piece of meat with you
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Also The Beatles, I wanna hold your hand:

It's such a feelin that my love
I get high
I get high
I get high..........
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Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody:

Easy come, easy go, will you let me go
It's Miller! No we will not let you go
(Let him go!) it's Miller! We will not let you go
(Let him go!) it's Miller! We will not let you go

 

Last edited: Jun 18, 2023

kittypaws

Jun 29, 2023

White said:

Also The Beatles, I wanna hold your hand:

It's such a feelin that my love
I get high
I get high
I get high..........

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omg I thought it was “I get high” until 10 seconds ago…fuck me that’s a revelation

 

FenellaTheWitch

Jun 30, 2023

My husband is dreadful with lyrics but the one that get's me is 'Annie (I'm Not Your Daddy)'

The lyrics are:

Break it to me gently now
Don't forget I'm just a child

He always sings 'Don't forget I've just been shot' ... I have no idea why. It's not even misheard. Just totally wrong.

 

cowtastrophe

Jun 30, 2023

I heard the Lizzo song Good as Hell as played at Glastonbury and I spent the morning walking around singing ‘air drop, check my mails’ before my husband finally asked me what the hell i was singing. Turns out it‘s ‘hair toss, check my nails’.

 

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justonemorepage

Jul 5, 2023

All these years I thought Amy Winehouse was saying "fuck my head with superman" in Tears Dry on their Own but she's actually saying "Not fuck myself in the head with stupid men" which obviously makes more sense

 

Spacemonkey1972

Jul 8, 2023

Only a little 1 but I found out today that for 40+ years I’ve been singing the Men at Work song Down Under wrong
I thought it was “buying bread from a man in Brazil”
Nope it’s “buying bread from a man in Brussels”
It so sounds like Brazil

 

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RaveChampion

Jul 8, 2023

About 10-15 years ago there was a dance track with the chorus:-

"Keep on pushing harder,
Keep on pushing it harder"

Makes sense for a dance track yeah?

My friends mum was convinced the REAL chorus was :-

"Keep on pushing Arthur,
Keep on pushing King Arthur"

She wasn't taking the piss. She thought we were winding her up when we pointed out her error. I admire the mind that thought the whole King Arthur thing made perfect sense!

 

Captainmouse

Jul 11, 2023

Spacemonkey1972 said:

Only a little 1 but I found out today that for 40+ years I’ve been singing the Men at Work song Down Under wrong
I thought it was “buying bread from a man in Brazil”
Nope it’s “buying bread from a man in Brussels”
It so sounds like Brazil

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How would that rhyme with muscles?

 

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Ineedmorecoffee

Jul 11, 2023

When I was little, listening to ABBAs ‘Fernando’. I always thought the lyrics were:

’They were shining there for you and me. Oh leave the tea, Fernando’

Like she was saying this is a beautiful moment, I’m really not bothered about tea, just leave it!

 

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justonemorepage

Jul 12, 2023

So Paolo Nutini is saying "best of all" not "vegetable" in Pencil Full of Lead...

 

Good Egg

Aug 9, 2023

Ok for years... sisqo thong song I thought it said let me hear that song baby that song song song song song love it when the beat goes...

I’ll see myself out.

 

Perspicacia Tick

Aug 11, 2023

I like Stings ode to Radio 4

"Sue Lawley"

And Meatloafs Cilla Black Phantom Bike.

 

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OhFFS

Aug 11, 2023

I have genuinely learned so much from this thread - including the need to practice pelvic floor exercises
Looking at you Sidewinder lyrics! How is it not Jamaica??
Spicegirls Hai Si Ja - I've never mis-sung the lyrics but had no idea what it meant.
Absolutely no idea that 'praise you' wasn't sung by FBS.

 

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Luce0331

Aug 25, 2023

S Club 7 Don’t Stop Moving, the lyrics are ‘forget about your fears tonight’ I used to think it was ‘forget about your frizz tonight’ I thought yass embrace that natural hair

 

wibble

Apr 5, 2024

I was recently listening to the Eurythmics, when I discovered that the lyrics weren't...

"And I want you,
and I want you,
and I want you,
something, circumcision."

 

Jelly Bean

Apr 5, 2024

One for the teenagers now
Creedence Clearwater Revivals's 'Out my Backdoor' (you'd know it if you heard it) there is a lyric 'tambourines and elephants' which I always merrily sang along as 'Anne Marie's an elephant' until my partner pointed it out.
I'd always thought as they were probably all high at the time of writing it so it made perfect sense.

 

Last edited: Apr 5, 2024

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Sea

Apr 5, 2024

Not misheard lyrics per se but I prefer what I "hear"

ABC:

When Smokey sings I feel violence

 

Reality_tv_lover

Apr 6, 2024

All saints pure shore
Thought it always said
Take me to your leader
Instead of beach. Doesn't even sound the same

 

MilkAndTwoSugars

Apr 6, 2024

Deacon Blue - Real Gone Kid….. i thought it was “Living out baby” but just found out (via google) its “Maybe now baby”

 

Tittykitty

Apr 6, 2024

Mmmm mmmm mmmm mmm by crash test dummies I was convinced last verse was ‘she shook head lice all over her body’