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The misheard lyrics thread
I cannot stress how many times I hear a misheard lyric and think it's something else. I find myself googling it to confirm if I was right.
For example in Years & Years' song Shine, I thought: "I was biting my tongue, I was trying to hide," was "I was biding my time, I was trying to hide," My misheard lyrics probably suit the song more! |
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One of my favourites (which wasnt me, I promise) from Level 42
"When Smokey sings, I hear violence" It's violins! |
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One of my favourites (which wasnt me, I promise) from Level 42
"When Smokey sings, I hear violence" It's violins! |
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When Blue released "too Close" I always thought Lee Ryan sang
The way that you shake it for me, makes me want to sort that, sexually when it's really makes me want you so bad sexually I always laugh when I hear it now,thinking about him wanting to sort something out sexually
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I have no idea why but for many many years, I believed Sharleen Spiteri was singing:
"I'm not eating mincemeat, some things you just can't ignore" in the Texas song 'Once In A Lifetime' instead of: "I'll never be in between, some things you just can't ignore" I thought it was a really odd stand to make in a song. |
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surely that is ABC ? When Smokey Sings ..
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REM Sidewinder. calling Cheryl Baker
I knew a girl that sang Felix ohohoh Felix |
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Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend
The only song to feature the lyric "OOOOOH, I butter my shoes and I'm ready for the weekeeeeeeend" |
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From - You Picked A Fine Time To Leave Me Lucille (with four hungry children and a crop in the field).
With four hundred children and a cross in the field. |
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Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend
The only song to feature the lyric "OOOOOH, I butter my shoes and I'm ready for the weekeeeeeeend"
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I keep hearing the lyric as I've got a fine tooth and I'm ready for the weekend!
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A controversial one is in David Bowie's Ashes to Ashes. I think "But no smoking pistol" sounds like "But no smoking p***ed off"!
Also, in Michael Jackson's Off the Wall, "Better do it now before you get too old" sounds like "Better do it now before you get divorced"! |
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Labri Safie - something inside so strong
'Walls of Jericho' - I thought he said walls of Cherry Coke. |
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My daughter when she was very young thought that 'Don't cry for me Argentina' was 'Don't cry for me aunty Tina'
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Mariah Carey, 'Shake It Off'
Misheard lyrics: "I gotta shake it off, just like the cows on commission..." Actual lyrics: "I gotta shake it off, just like the Calgon commercial..." Destiny's Child, 'Bug-A-Boo' Misheard lyrics: "Break my knees so I can't move, 'cause you're a bug-a-boo" Actual lyrics: "Break my lease so I can move, 'cause you're a bug-a-boo" Beyonce, 'Ring The Alarm' Misheard lyrics: "He's so African and bold" Actual lyrics: "He so arrogant and bold" |
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Mariah Carey, 'Shake It Off'
Misheard lyrics: "I gotta shake it off, just like the cows on commission..." Actual lyrics: "I gotta shake it off, just like the Calgon commercial..." Destiny's Child, 'Bug-A-Boo' Misheard lyrics: "Break my knees so I can't move, 'cause you're a bug-a-boo" Actual lyrics: "Break my lease so I can move, 'cause you're a bug-a-boo" Beyonce, 'Ring The Alarm' Misheard lyrics: "He's so African and bold" Actual lyrics: "He so arrogant and bold"
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Here's a recent argument in our house and a common one worldwide.....I still think taylor swift is singing about starbucks lovers, no matter how many times my kids rewind it and shout its a long list of ex lovers I still cannot hear it! Lol
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He's the Greatest Dancer by Sister Sledge
sounds like to me "He looks like a spiv, that man is dressed to kid" Is really "He looks like a still, that man is dressed to kill" Well that's what the lyric finders on the net say, still not convinced, as another line from the same song seems to be disputed between some sites: Some of them say "And a face that would make any man cry" and others say "And a face that would make him very proud" Sounds like the latter to me. |
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Here's a recent argument in our house and a common one worldwide.....I still think taylor swift is singing about starbucks lovers, no matter how many times my kids rewind it and shout its a long list of ex lovers I still cannot hear it! Lol
![]() ![]() That said "ex lovers" would fit more with the rest of the song. It's about tabloid rumours anyway and according to them she has dated everybody, though I'm sure that it's not true |
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In Atomic Kitten's "It's Ok", I've often wondered who this "Anna" is?!
"It's ok, Anna. It's alright, Anna..." |
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In Atomic Kitten's "It's Ok", I've often wondered who this "Anna" is?!
"It's ok, Anna. It's alright, Anna..." ![]() I don't know what the R stands for either!
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Apparently a famous one is
I predict a riot being heard as I predict tourettes It doesn't seem likely when read but if you listen to the song then read those lyrics it kina fits
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Calvin Harris - Ready For The Weekend
The only song to feature the lyric "OOOOOH, I butter my shoes and I'm ready for the weekeeeeeeend" ![]() ![]() In the Ed Sheeran song 'Bloodstream' I hear it as 'Butt string.' So basically thought he was singing 'I feel the chemicals burn in my butt string.' |
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From Anna to Anne, and in Sheryl Crow's Every Day Is a Winding Road, she sings "I've been living in a sea of Anne R Key". To this day I still don't know who Anne R Key is!
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