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Mondegreens: The Best Things You’ve Misheard

This all began when my son asked to be renamed Jancefer Birdie (um…his version of “chance for a birdie”) and the mondegreens people offered were too good not to compile in one place for your viewing pleasure. This list is added to constantly, with the newest ones at the top rather than the bottom. Add your mondegreen (in other words, a phrase you misheard) in the comment section and I will move it up to the list as soon as I can.  Keep them coming and check back often to see new ones.

Updated: I have now started a new site to collect all of these over here: Mondegreens (thank you, Chickenpig, for the push!).  Keep them coming.  How to submit is on the right sidebar.

  1. I used to think Steve Perry was shouting, “CINNAMON GUM!!!” in “Oh Sherry”. Instead of the actual “Should’ve been gone” (from Wendy).
  2. Anyone remember “Le Freak?”  Over and over the song repeats “Le freak, C’est chic!  Freak out!”  I have a friend who used to think it was “Le freak, it’s a sheep! Freak cow!”  In the 80’s song “Fascinated,” part of the lyrics are “I’m fascinated by your love, boy.”    I had an old roommate who thought it was “I’m masturbating with a glove, boy.” (from Janet).
  3. Until his late teens/early-20’s my husband used to sing “Give me the Beach Boys and free my soul” (instead of “Give me the beat, boys, and free my soul” by the Doobie Brothers) (from Tigger).
  4. My sil’s sister thought it was “too late to call the Nye’s”  instead of “too late to apologize.”  My kids thought Queen has a chicken song:  “We are the chickens, we are the chickens, no time for woosters(sic), ’cause we are the chickens of the world”.  I kid you not.  I know Freddie Mercury is probably rolling over in his grave about now (from JuliaS).
  5. The girl who cuts my hair always tells me stories about her son.  He sings the song “Poker Face” as if it were saying “Poke HER Face”.  But that isn’t nice (and he’s a nice little boy), so he instead says “Poke My Face”.  It sounds so unintentionally and innocently dirty, we both crack up laughing (from Fizzlemed).
  6. When I was a kid they used to show commercials on tv for the armed forces that said “Army, Navy, Airforce, Marines.”  My brother still makes fun of me for saying “Army, Navy, AIRPORTS, Marines.”  Oh, and in the Dave Matthews Song “Ants Marching” where he sings “playing under the table and dreaming” I always thought it flowed better as “under the table and DRINKING.” (from Denise).
  7. Our father, who art in heaven / How do you know my name?
    Bitter chains, round my heart. Yeah! (Billy Jeans not my lover)
    And everyone knows the first line of the chorus for funky town is actually Japanese (ish)…… dah le lah
    “nu jitsit witsu ……………da le lah Funky Town” (from B).
  8. From Blinded By The Light (by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band).  “Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a douche bag in the middle of the night” (from B–see Kristin’s too).
  9. From ‘Heart, I just died in your arms tonight’ by Whitesnake – the correct lyrics are “I just died in your arms tonight.  It must have been something you said”.  I always thought it was “Must have been something I ate” – which made perfect sense to me.  Also, my brother used to sing ‘I met a vol-au-vent’ for ‘Under the boardwalk’. (from Hope Springs).
  10. Mine is from the bit in Tiffany’s “I think we’re alone now” that goes “I think we’re alone now / There doesn’t seem to be anyone around / I think we’re alone now / The beating of our hearts is the only sound.”  For years I thought the last line was “They’re beating up a horse, it’s the only sound” (from Hamstergirl).
  11. College- when “Venus” by Bananarama was popular.  Except, I didn’t know the name of the song at first was “Venus” (neither did my roomate), so we sang….  “I’m your penis, I’m your fire, your desire…” (from Shelli).
  12. Zoot Suit Riot.  I thought for a long time that they sang “I’m goin’ home through your coal black hair” instead of “Pull a comb through your coal black hair.”  Yep – another twisted one (from Jenni).
  13. Mine isn’t a song lyric (or even mine for that matter), but my husband discovered AFTER he graduated from college that the phrase isn’t “all intensive purposes” but “all intents and purposes.” lol  I still make fun of him for that one! (from Krystal).
  14. My brother used to go around singing “hot spurs in my material” to the line “our spirits in the material world”  by the Police (from Chickenpig).
  15. Mine was the Beatles Paperback Writer:  The beginning I thought it was “Take the Back Right Turn”  I’m so ashamed since this is one of my all time favorite songs.  My friend’s though was great.  His name is Howard and he was raised a Catholic.  So for years he felt great about himself since he had the same first name as Gd.  “Our Father who art in heaven, HOWARD be thy name…”  His parents nearly passed out when he told the priest (from Journeywoman).
  16. I could’ve sworn Fall Out Boy’s “Sugar We’re Going Down Swinging” said: “c*ck getting p**sy” — instead of “cock it and pull it”.  I was so shocked I asked out loud, and ev.ery.one. laughed! (from Susy).
  17. My favorite is actually my husband’s.  In The Who’s song Who Are You? (which is the theme song for CSI, one of our favorite shows) the lyrics go “Whoooo are you Who who who who? Whoooo are you Who who who who?”  He thinks it’s “OOOO aw wooo woo woo woo woo”  No words at all, just sounds, kinda like a train.  We get a laugh out of this dispute every Thursday (from Nicole).
  18. The song that irritates my husband the most is U2 “The Sweetest Thing” – I sing it as “The Sweetest ThingS” – Every single time he reminds me that it’s not plural. Of course I continue to sing it that way just to make him laugh (from Searching for Serenity).
  19. My mom heard a song by LIT, “Can we forget about the things I said when I was drunk?  I didn’t mean to call you FAT (supposed to be that)”.  Hey, it totally made sense with the lyrics and she still likes to sing it her way.  I also used to screw up Bad Moon on the Rise.  I thought he was saying “There’s a bathroom on the right.” (from Christa).
  20. Years ago Celine Dion’s ‘Immortality” was played ALL the time.  For a VERY long time I thought the words were ‘ The storm will never end, my foetus on the wind’.  It is actually: ‘My storm will never end, My fate is on the wind’ (from Andrea).
  21. One of my best friends grew up thinking the lyrics to the song “More Than a Woman” by the Bee Gees was actually “Four Letter Woman,” because she knew that four letter words were something sexy and dirty, and this woman, the Bee Gees magical more than a woman woman, was somehow dirty and sexy too. But now, I cannot hear that song without belting out “Four Letter Woooooman. Four letter Woman to Meeeee. ” (from Angie).
  22. In Blind Melon’s song “No Rain”, the actual lyric is “And all I can do is just pour some tea for two.” My interpretation:  “And all I can do is just pull some teeth or two.” (from Meim).
  23. When I was in kindergarten, we had a substitute teacher who taught us Japanese. I came home from school proclaiming I knew my “itchy knee socks” when I really meant ” ichi, ni, san”- one, two, three (from Tara).
  24. My kids watch “Caillou” on PBS, and I thought that part of the theme song was, “Growing up sometimes sucks, I have had enough.” A little dark for children’s television! I just looked up the lyrics and it’s actually “Growing up is not so tough, except when I’ve had enough.” Oh (from Jjiraffe).
  25. Secret Asian Man (for Secret Agent Man).  I think a lot of people have thought that one.  Hang On, Stupid (or sometimes, Hang on, Snoopy) for “Hang on Sloopy” by the McCoys (a terrible 60’s pop song). I could never figure out why this guy was calling a girl he liked stupid (from Lorin).
  26. Back in the Dark Ages when I was in the 3rd grade, our Music teacher asked if anyone knew the words to “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.”  Immediately my hand shot up and the teacher picked me to write the words on the blackboard.  With great confidence I strode to the front of the class and wrote:  “My knives have seen the glory…”  Oooops.  I still remember the teacher trying to hide her amusement as she corrected it to read: “Mine eyes have seen the glory…” (from Suzanna Catherine).
  27. One of my most embarrassing mondegreens was in high school when I thought Salt N Pepa’s “None of Your Business,” where I heard “the difference between a hooker and a ho’ ain’t nothing but her feet.”
    I figured hookers walk the streets in really high heels, so they must have ganked up feet. Of course, they were really saying “the difference between a hooker and a ho’ ain’t nothing but a FEE.” (from Krista).
  28. From a Manic Street Preachers song. The original says “A bronze moth dies easily.” The singer really sounds like he says, “I bronze my thighs easily.” (from Rebecca).
  29. “I wanna rock and roll all night / And part of every day.” Because even rock n rollers need their sleep… And how could I forget Bruce Springsteen’s “Ten Devils in a Freezer.” (known to most of the rest of the world as “Tenth Avenue Freeze-out”) (from Niobe).
  30. “Give to me your letter, take from me my name” Stevie Nicks (real words: “give to me your leather, take from me my lace”). I was sure that they were getting married and she was saying that she was taking his name (“your letter” meaning his monogram, I guess) and giving up hers. Since I didn’t want to change my name when I got married, I thought it was a very submissive way to say it. TAKE my name from me? Sheesh! (from Rebecca).
  31. My favorite misheard lyric, though, is from a Rob Thomas song (Lonely No More, I think). He says “Open up to me like you do your girlfriends.” I always hear “Open up to me, so I can do your girlfriends.” I think I’m just the suspicious sort (from A).
  32. The song is “The Love You Save” by the Jackson 5: I got my butt way before my crotchee. The real words: Look both ways before you cross me… (from Royalyne).
  33. “Hold me closer Tony Danza.” — Elton John (from Katie).
  34. 80’s Quarterflash song: “I’m gonna harden my heart..I’m gonna swallow my tears” I always sang “I’m gonna swallow my tea herbs..” who the Hell knows why? Did I think Tea was going to help her get over what’s his name? (from Kir).
  35. From Blinded By The Light (by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band). I know the lyrics are “Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night,” but I hear “Blinded by the light, revved up like a douche, another runner in the night.” (from Kristin).
  36. Mine’s not a lyric, but my stepdaughter came into my life as a teenager, and suddenly I was attending a bunch of softball games, a new experience for me. When her team played against a team with a very vocal coach, I couldn’t for the life of me figure out why he wanted each girl on his team who came to bat to “Get your cell phone!” (“Get yourself on [base]”). Oh, and there’s my stepson, famous both for, “Don’t go, Jason Waterfalls!” (“Don’t go chasin’ waterfalls) (from Alexicographer).
  37. My mondegreens weren’t as funny as my little sister’s, who used to think that “We Built this City on Rock and Roll” was actually “A Milk is Sitting on Rock and Roll.” (from Serenity).
  38. I thought the song “Bedrock” said “Call me Mr. Flintstone, I can make you better.” Y’know. Like the vitamins? Then one day, I shut my trap and didn’t sing along – and realized it’s “I can make your bed rock.” (from Allison).
  39. Beatles – Michelle. “Some day Mokie won’t play piano song, play piano song.” I had NO clue they were speaking French… DH has a cute one – he thought Hank Williams was singing “Willie the Honky Tonk Moose” haha (from Sarah).
  40. My cousin called me one day a few years back to ask me the lyrics to “Buttons” by the PCD…he thought the words were “Lotion up my butt and spank” and in reality they are “Loosen up my buttons, babe.” (from Caitlin).
  41. When I was a kid learning to sing the ABC song, I thought for a long time that L M N O was “Ella Menno.” Funny story along those lines – when I was an adult visiting South Africa, I called somewhere for directions and was told to take a highway the name of which I couldn’t decipher although it sounded like “Enema.” I asked “How do you spell that?” and got a long silence in response. When I looked at a map I realized that it was the “NMR” highway (from Elizabeth).
  42. I originally thought Boot Scooting Boogie was BooB Scooting Boogie. Yeah. Hey, I’m short, and many restaurant booth tables are tall with low seats so I end up being able to rest my boobs on the table. Made sense to me… (from Blanche).
  43. Just call me angel of the morning, angel. Just touch my teeth before you leave me… I think I was maybe in college when someone told me it was “cheek.” Well heck, maybe Juice Newton could have enunciated better, no? But my baby brother’s mondegreen is way better. I remember him running around the house as a kid singing: “I’m a cheerio….I’m a cheerio…” And being like, dude. What the hell are you saying? And him looking at me like I was an idiot and saying, “uh, that song from Madonna, stupid. That one that’s always on the radio.” (from M).
  44. “Ooo eee ooo I look just like Buddy Holly / Oh Oh and you’re Mary Tyler Moore / I don’t care what they say about us anyway / I don’t care ’bout that.” My sister used to swear that the third line was “I don’t care what they say about seaweed.” No reason (from PiquantMolly).
  45. “Don’t cry for me Aunty Tina” known to most as “Don’t cry for me Argentina” (from MommyinWaiting).
  46. AC/DC song lyrics are “it’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll” often sung ” it’s a long way to the shop if you wanna sausage roll” (from Vee).
  47. I used to sing, “You might as well face it you’re a dick to love” and even once I stood corrected I still think my lyric is better (from Calliope).
  48. I used to think in My Country Tis of Thee that the line was ‘of the icing’ (from Rachel).
  49. The only think I can think of is some country song I heard growing up – I swore it said “I spill tea all over your B-O-D,” which being interpreted is, “I smell T-R-O-U-B-L-E”… (from NotTheMama).
  50. Instead of “Afroman likes tall cans / Afroman likes tall cans”, I always heard “Afroman likes small cans / Afroman likes taaaalking”. I assumed Afroman was trying to showcase his good qualities in a song otherwise about his rampant alcoholism in a desperate bid to find a nice partner (from Manapan).
  51. From my sister–for the song “(You Make Me Feel Like A ) Natural Woman” by Aretha Franklin. She thought the lyrics were “You make me feel like a man but you are a woman” (from Michelle).
  52. “Donuts make my brown eyes blue.” (from Aunt Misfit).
  53. Jimmy Hendrix with “’scuse me while I kiss this guy” (not the sky). Well, the guy made more sense to me than the sky. Hubs still says “f**k them and you’re low” (that would be Prodigy with F’em and their law) (from Mina).
  54. Oh dear. Back in the early nineties, when I was a wee adolescent, my close friend loved the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Particularly the song “Give It Away.” She always turned it up to eleven when this song came on the radio. One day we were shouting along to the lyrics and when I got to this line “I can’t tell if I’m a kisser or a popper,” she stared at me like I had 40 eyeballs. Of course due to the fact that the line is actually “I can’t tell if I’m a kingpin or a pauper.” She then made me explain just what I thought my version of the line meant and I mumbled some hideously self-conscious prattle about how I thought he was not sure if he wanted to just kiss someone or have sex with them. Because apparently my simple 16-year-old self believed that a “popper” was a hip slang term for a person having sex. Virgin alert! Nerd alert! Virgin nerd alert! (from Stephanie).

53 comments

1 Terry Elisabeth { 03.18.10 at 3:04 pm }

Phew I started reading this at break, I laughed so hard, I had to pull a tissue to wipe my eyes. My coworkers have never seen me laugh so much !

2 Journeywoman { 03.18.10 at 3:07 pm }

Okay, mine was the Beatles Paperback Writer: The beginning I thought it was “Take the Back Right Turn” I’m so ashamed since this is one of my all time favorite songs.

My friend’s though was great. His name is Howard and he was raised a Catholic. So for years he felt great about himself since he had the same first name as Gd. “Our Father who art in heaven, HOWARD be thy name…” His parents nearly passed out when he told the priest.

3 susy { 03.18.10 at 3:23 pm }

Mine is real pervy, but I could’ve sworn Fall Out Boy’s “Sugar We’re Going Down Swinging” said: “c*ck getting p**sy” — instead of “cock it and pull it”. I was so shocked I asked out loud, and ev.ery.one. laughed!

4 Nicole { 03.18.10 at 3:26 pm }

My favorite is actually my Husbands. In The Who’s song Who Are You? (which is the theme song for CSI, one of our favorite shows) the Lyrics go “Whoooo are you Who who who who? Whoooo are you Who who who who?” He thinks it’s “OOOO aw wooo woo woo woo woo” No words at all, just sounds, kinda like a train. We get a laugh out of this dispute every Thursday 🙂

5 Searching for Serenity { 03.18.10 at 3:47 pm }

You have an awesome list!!

The song that irritates my husband the most is U2 “The Sweetest Thing” – I sing it as “The Sweetest ThingS” – Every single time he reminds me that it’s not plural. Of course I continue to sing it that way just to make him laugh.

6 Kir { 03.18.10 at 3:56 pm }

these are seriously funnier every time I read them….LOL

7 Christa { 03.18.10 at 4:15 pm }

My mom heard a song by LIT, “Can we forget about the things I said when I was drunk? I didn’t mean to call you FAT (supposed to be that)”. Hey, it totally made sense with the lyrics and she still likes to sing it her way

8 Christa { 03.18.10 at 4:16 pm }

Oh, and I also used to screw up Bad Moon on the Rise. I thought he was saying “There’s a bathroom on the right”

9 Cherish { 03.18.10 at 4:45 pm }

Wait, what? #1 – I thought the same thing as you! My husband teases me HORRIBLY on my misheard lyrics.

10 andrea { 03.18.10 at 4:54 pm }

Years ago Celine Dion’s ‘Immortality” was played ALL the time. For a VERY long time I thought the words were : ‘ The storm will never end, my foetus on the wind’. It is actually: ‘My storm will never end, My fate is on the wind’.

11 Flying Monkeys { 03.18.10 at 5:15 pm }

Hilarious!

12 Angie { 03.18.10 at 5:28 pm }

One of my best friends grew up thinking the lyrics to the song “More Than a Woman” by the Bee Gees was actually “Four Letter Woman,” because she knew that four letter words were something sexy and dirty, and this woman, the Bee Gees magical more than a woman woman, was somehow dirty and sexy too. But now, I cannot hear that song without belting out “Four Letter Woooooman. Four letter Woman to Meeeee. “

13 Jenni { 03.18.10 at 5:45 pm }

Also from a song: Zoot Suit Riot. I thoguht for a long time that they sang “I’m goin’ home through your coal black hair” instead of “Pull a comb through your coal black hair.” Yep – another twisted one.

14 Krystal { 03.18.10 at 5:54 pm }

Mine isn’t a song lyric (or even mine for that matter), but my husband discovered AFTER he graduated from college that the phrase isn’t “all intensive purposes” but “all intents and purposes.” lol I still make fun of him for that one!

15 Shelli { 03.18.10 at 6:15 pm }

College- when “Venus” by Bananarama was popular. Except, I didn’t know the name of the song at first was “Venus” (neither did my roomate), so we sang…. “I’m your penis, I’m your fire, your desire…” so typical for 18 year olds. lol

16 Chickenpig { 03.18.10 at 6:20 pm }

My brother used to go around singing “hot spurs in my material” to the line “our spirits in the material world” by the Police.

This is the funniest thing I’ve read in like forever. I don’t know the last time I laughed so hard! I think you should start a website and share this with the world 🙂

17 Denise { 03.18.10 at 9:03 pm }

When I was a kid they used to show commercials on tv for the armed forces that said “Army, Navy, Airforce, Marines.” My brother still makes fun of me for saying “Army, Navy, AIRPORTS, Marines.” Oh, and in the Dave Matthews Song “Ants Marching” where he sings “playing under the table and dreaming” I always thought it flowed better as “under the table and DRINKING.”

18 B { 03.19.10 at 1:47 am }

Our father, who art in heaven
How do you know my name?

Bitter chains, round my heart. Yeah! (Billy Jeans not my lover)

And everyone knows the first line of the chorus for funky town is actually japanese (ish)…… dah le lah
“nu jitsit witsu ……………da le lah
Funky Town”

?????

19 B { 03.19.10 at 1:55 am }

Oh and Kristen

It’s actually
“Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a douche bag in the middle of the night”

Yes. I’ve always wondered what it meant too.

20 Hope Springs { 03.19.10 at 5:23 am }

From ‘Heart, I just died in your arms tonight’ by Whitesnake – the correct lyrics are “I just died in your arms tonight. It must have been something you said”. I always thought it was “Must have been something I ate” – which made perfect sense to me.

Also, my brother used to sing ‘I met a vol-au-vent’ for ‘Under the boardwalk’.

21 Hamstergirl { 03.19.10 at 7:10 am }

I can’t resist joining in so am delurking!

Mine is from the bit in Tiffany’s “I think we’re alone now” that goes

I think we’re alone now
There doesn’t seem to be anyone around
I think we’re alone now
The beating of our hearts is the only sound

For years I thought the last line was “They’re beating up a horse, it’s the only sound”.

22 Wendy { 03.19.10 at 7:52 am }

I used to think Steve Perry was shouting, “CINAMMON GUM!!!” in
“Oh Sherry”. Instead of the actual “Should’ve been gone”. Humpf.
Still kinda like my version better. Lol.

23 Janet { 03.19.10 at 12:54 pm }

Anyone remember “Le Freak?” Over and over the song repeats “Le freak, C’est chic! Freak out!” I have a friend who used to think it was “Le freak, it’s a sheep! Freak cow!”

In the 80’s song “Fascinated,” part of the lyrics are “I’m fascinated by your love, boy.” I had an old roommate who thought it was “I’m masturbating with a glove, boy.”

24 Tigger { 03.19.10 at 1:16 pm }

I can’t think of any for me atm, but until his late teens/early-20’s my husband used to sing “Give me the Beach Boys and free my soul” (instead of “Give me the beat, boys, and free my soul” by the Doobie bros)

25 JuliaS { 03.19.10 at 1:38 pm }

Oh gosh tears rolling down my cheeks – these are classic!

My family faves:

My sil’s sister thought it was “too late to call the Nye’s” instead of “too late to apologize”

My kids thought Queen has a chicken song: “We are the chickens, we are the chickens, no time for woosters(sic), ’cause we are the chickens of the world”.

I kid you not. I know Freddie Mercury is probably rolling over in his grave about now.

26 Fizzlemed { 03.19.10 at 2:59 pm }

The girl who cuts my hair always tells me stories about her son. He sings the song “Poker Face” as if it were saying “Poke HER Face”. But that isn’t nice (and he’s a nice little boy), so he instead says “Poke My Face”. It sounds so unintentionally and innocently dirty, we both crack up laughing.

27 Kim { 03.21.10 at 6:53 am }

My friend was surprised to find out the band’s name is “Hall and Oates”, and not “Haulin’ Oats”.

28 JJ { 03.21.10 at 3:46 pm }

ZZ TOP, “Sharp Dressed Man”–yea, Ive always thought they said, “Shy cat play.”

29 once a mother { 03.22.10 at 5:03 pm }

My four year old niece thought “my bonnie lies over the ocean” was “my body lies over the ocean.” When I corrected her, she said, “That doesn’t even make sense. What’s a bonnie?”

30 Aunt Misfit { 03.22.10 at 11:35 pm }

Beatles Here Comes the Sun when it goes “da da doo doo,” I hear “rotten doo doo.” My best friend in HS sang the chorus of (I’ll stop the world and) Melt with You. Instead of “the futures open wide” she sang “if you just open wide.” That and the best is turning the song “Fever” into “Beaver.” It’s a whole new song.

31 Beth { 03.25.10 at 5:47 pm }

OMG, #24. My husband SWORE to me over and over again those were the lyrics to Calliou’s theme song. He would not let it go. And now that he’s convinced, he insists that other people in the world have made the same mistake. I’m not sure I should tell him you concur.

32 xanne { 07.16.12 at 4:32 am }

Gladly the cross I’d bear for Jesus…was often sung by young people as “Gladly, the Cross-Eyed Bear for Jesus.

33 Señor Spielbergo { 09.05.12 at 6:25 pm }

Not a particularly funny mondegreen or anything, but I didn’t see this misunderstanding anywhere in a Google Search.

Nelly, Country Grammar – “I’m ‘born to mack’ like Todd Shaw”

All these years, I thought he was singing “I’m on the mic like Tyson.” Thanks Understand Rap!

http://understandrap.com/nelly/country-grammar/country-grammar/im-born-mack-todd-shaw

34 Señor Spielbergo { 09.05.12 at 6:28 pm }

While we’re at it…

Vanessa Carlton, A Thousand Miles – “I, I … don’t want to let this go”

I’ve heard A Thousand Miles about a thousand times, and every single time I swear she’s singing “I don’t want to LOVE DISCO.” I can’t help thinking about that every time that part of the song comes around.

35 Señor Spielbergo { 09.05.12 at 6:55 pm }

More Country Grammar (hot sh*t):

“I’m goin’ down down baby your street in a Range Rover” – I misheard as “I’m goin’ down down baby, no street in the rainforest”

Whole song’s ripe with mondegreens, actually – the Todd Shaw bit only sticks out because that’s a part I thought I actually KNEW (as opposed to “no street in the rainforest,” which I had assumed I was mishearing). When I saw that lyric on that site, I was crushed – this white boy from Canada’s just never gonna get it.

36 hollie { 10.04.12 at 6:28 pm }

“Next time baby I’ll be full of fruit” – la roux bulletproof
“Tango spice so slowly” – madonna hung up
“Sweet reunion don’t make an ant stain” amy winehouse you know I’m no good
“Come on noah, come on jim” shania twain come on over, come on in

37 Caliallye { 10.07.12 at 11:42 pm }

Similar to what’s has been posted, I thought the words to the Beatle’s “Michelle” were “Sunday mornin’ gonna play piano songs….”
Also, at about age six, I thought the words to “Silent Night” rather than, “round yon virgin mother and child” were “round yon virgin, smothered in chives” ….the way my mother liked her baked potato!

38 Oleg { 10.14.12 at 12:39 pm }

“Until his late teens/early-20′s my husband used to sing “Give me the Beach Boys and free my soul” (instead of “Give me the beat, boys, and free my soul” by the Doobie Brothers) (from Tigger).”

Actually, that is “Drift Away” by Dobie Gray (later remade by Uncle Kracker.)

39 Cara { 11.06.12 at 8:35 pm }

While cooking dinner in the kitchen, I misheard Toys R Us’s “Y Flicker” commercial, and thought they were selling kids a “Wife Licker.” I didn’t know if it was a whip/beating stick or a marital aid, but I was appalled that they would sell such a thing to kids!

40 April { 11.28.12 at 6:17 pm }

I have to believe that I am not the only one who has sung the wrong words to “It’s your thing, do what you want to do”…….I thought it was….”itch your thing…..do what you want to do”……..my friends fell out laughing…………..still smiling!

41 Jim D { 01.24.13 at 8:56 am }

Nirvana’s Smells like Teen Spirit: I always heard “Mashed Potatoes” for “Entertain Us”

42 Mike Buchele { 01.31.13 at 11:46 am }

For years, my friend would play Steely Dan’s “Midnite Cruiser” and sing along, at the beginning. “Baloney is my old friend.” I really ribbed him when I got a copy of the lyrics and it turned out to be “Thelonious, my old friend,…”. He said, ‘I wondered why anybody would sing about baloney”.

43 Brandon { 05.29.13 at 7:53 am }

Blesses o’ lord and knees I guess
Which we are about to recede through nye bounty
And christ, a lord, A man

44 Grumpy Oldgit { 07.10.13 at 11:22 am }

Never confused, more perplexed, why ‘she comes to me on a submarine’ to prove how deep is her love for the Bee Gee’s

Silly old fool – put it right next to ‘Go and get stuffed’ from Billy Ocean

45 Grumpy Oldgit { 07.10.13 at 11:28 am }

Hey Tigger, That was Bill Withers not the Doobie Brothers 😀

46 Pete { 02.15.14 at 3:16 pm }

Here’s another one: “Magic” by Pilot (1970’s song).

The lyric is “Oh Ho Ho It’s Magic, You know, never believe it’s not so.”

One of my buddies in 10th grade said whenever he heard it, he heard them singing “Oh, Ho Ho It’s MY DICK, You know…”

47 Tarla Kramer { 02.23.14 at 8:46 pm }

“I wouldn’t dream of it” by Split Enz sounded like “I wouldn’t chew my bed” to me!

48 Pikachu { 04.07.14 at 1:12 am }

For the longest time I figured “Fly by night away from here; change my life again” from Fly By Night by…I don’t remember the band, but the song was Fly By Night. I thought those lyrics were “Firefight all hay, my ears; beat my wife’s hot men”. What on earth. ouo

49 Scruffy { 04.23.14 at 2:07 pm }

Back in the 70’s, in The Carpenters It’s going to take some time the refrain started “And it’s going to take some time this time. . .” In one of the verses the actual lyrics are: “After all the tears we’ve spent how could we make amends? So, it’s one more round for experience and I’m on the road again.” As a six or seven year old, I heard : ” After all the fears we’ve pinned how could we make a mess? Well it’s one more round for experience and I’m on the road, I guess.”

50 Mike { 08.25.14 at 2:58 pm }

I just died in your arms tonight was by Cutting Crew,NOT Whitesnake….

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