Say What?...The Misheard Lyric Thread

[G-Lexington]

I haven't seen a thread like this on here, so I'll start one. What song lyrics have you heard incorrectly, causing you some degree of confusion (until you figured out the right ones) or embarrassment (afterwards)?

The first song lyric I remember getting wrong was in "I Will Survive". When Gloria Gaynor proclaimed, "Oh, now, go! Walk out the door!", my nine-year-old ears heard, "Oh, now, go! Oh, commodore!" Maybe I thought she was singing to Lionel Richie.

I was actually going to start this thread with me figuring out a misheard lyric "live". In the Puffy AmiYumi song "True Asia", I could swear they're singing "Take every panda, and write them all up, every single white one". I was going to look up the lyrics, post them, and we could all laugh about how dumb I was to think they would say something that inane. So here they are - the real lyrics to "True Asia": "Take every panda, and LINE them all up, every single white one."

Boy, is my face red.

Post one or two below if'n you like.

Lex

 

[Marbas]

A famous one that loads of people miss-hear is, ''Scuse me while I kiss the sky', heard as, 'Scuse me while I kiss this guy'. From Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix.

 

[prettyboysing]

Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol

real lyric:

Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

I heard:

Would you lie with me and just bark at the world?

 

[David DeVour]

Evil Woman

When I was young, I thought they sang, "He is a woman."

Rapture by Blondie
And it's finger popping, 24 hour shopping in rapture

I thought was
And its finger pumping, 24 hours shoving in Rapture.

 

[getoverit]

One of my mine would be

JoJo - Good Ol'

For a while I thought she was saying "Kudo Kudo" instead of "Good Ol' Good Ol""

 

[icefan]

Nelly Furtado's "Promiscuous."

The real lyric: Promiscuous boy, you already know

I heard: I miss you boy, you already know

 

[tze100]

I used to think that "Hips Don't Lie" contained the lyric "You make a man want to see Spandex" (actually "speak Spanish").

And apparently my sister seriously thought there was a song called "I Wish I Was a Pom-Pom Girl" (not "Punk Rocker").

 

[frankfrank]

creative video of misheard lyrics!

There's a bunch of these on youtube

When I was a kid, I used to think that Silent Night was singing about a "holy elephant, so tender and mild." Doesn't make sense, but at least it's not cannibalism. (Holy infant, so tender and mild?)

 

[evilest]

Well for the most part I can't figure out what Rihanna is babbling about in 'Umbrella'.

But yeah, being 60% deaf doesn't help matters. Does make hip-hop much more comical though.

 

[Angelfan]

A British radio show used to do this and the one I always remember was from We Are Family. I can't remember what the real line is but it sounds like "We all live in a femidom".

 

[BBCseven]

^ Haha - I must say, I like the misheard version much better...

On Spoon's song "Jonathon Fisk"

For the line, "Atomb bombs and blunt razors"...

I kept hearing, "Atom bombs and blunt raisins" and never questioned a thing

A friend of mine also thought "Secret Agent Man" was sung "Secret Asian man"...

 

[frankfrank]

A friend of mine also thought "Secret Agent Man" was sung "Secret Asian man"...

Well? Because it IS sung that way!

 

[G-Lexington]

I must have ten versions of Gary Numan performing this song "My Shadow in Vain". In EVERY single one, it sounds like the first line is

Stroll to the cafe
My God, how time flies
I close up my brain
And an elephant dies

...apparently it's "another friend", not elephant. Screw him - mine is funnier.

Lex

 

[VaseFace808]

In Fall Out Boy's "The Take Over, The Break's Over" I thought they were singing "would you rather be a wheel or a window than a divorcee "

But its really "Wouldn't you rather be a widow than a divorcee?" lol

 

[Whizzkidd]

A British radio show used to do this and the one I always remember was from We Are Family. I can't remember what the real line is but it sounds like "We all live in a femidom".

The line is We're giving love in a family dose

Celine Dion sounds like she sings 'I Believe that the Hot Dogs go on'

and Shania Twain That Don't impress me much

Proper line is I can't believe you kiss your car goodnight

sounds like I can't believe you kiss your cock goodnight

When Enrique sings Ballimos it sounds like By the Balls (Let the rhythm take you over by the Balls!)

And my partner thought ABBA's Take a Chance on me contained the line 'If you change your mind, on the Ostrich line'

 

[AJ0000]

Chris Brown - With You

REAL lyric:

I need you boo
I gotta see you boo


My Thought of it.....


I need your boob
I gotta see your boob



AND


Shakira - Dont Bother



REAL Lyric: She's got the kind of look that defies gravity
What I Thought: She's got the kind of f*ck that defies gravity

 

[ryanj22]

The classic:
"Blinded By the Light" Manfred Mann

I swear to this day the line is "Wrapped up like a douche", not "revved up like a duece"

 

[G-Lexington]

>>>And my partner thought ABBA's Take a Chance on me contained the line 'If you change your mind, on the Ostrich line'

Next time your partner plays the song, start the background chant.

Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan Chan Chan...

Lex

 

[barefootbob]

the guys at work listen to country and one song I caught part of sounded like

"she's a great ass kisser" .. I was like WTF ???

then I listened closer and it goes "she's a great bass fisher" "a dynamite kisser"

 

[morgaes]

From Nightwish's "Beauty and the Beast"

Correct lyric:
"however cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to ease up your pain"

I always heard:
"however cold the wind and rain
I'll be there to piss on your grave"

I knew it was wrong, I just couldn't make anything else out until I read the lyrics.