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“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics
Imagine, you go your whole life thinking that Elton John was singing 'Hold me closer, Tony Danza.' Your brain must go through the process of inventing some lore to explain why Sir Elton John has a whole ballad about some American actor until you learn that you have simply been wrong your entire life.
So one person wanted to know what other examples of misheard lyrics are out there and the internet delivered. So if you aren’t afraid of having a song reinvented when you figure out how it actually goes, get comfortable, scroll down, and be sure to upvote the more hilarious examples.
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#1
She was a fax machine
She kept her modem clean
[Original lyrics: She was a fast machine, she kept her motor clean
AC/DC - "You Shook Me All Night Long"]
Robert T 2 years ago
It was released on 15 August 1980, so they certainly wouldn't be common.
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Androgyny Lunacy 2 years ago
Yea this isn't #1 worthy like it says it is as I'm reading/looking..
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#2
I guess it rains down in Africa?
StoopidTumbleweeds replied:
I’m still somewhat embarrassed to say that I thought it was “god bless the maids down in Africa”. Thought it was some sort of weird political statement.
Is_What_They_Call_Me replied:
I felt some brains down in Africa up until a couple years ago..
milkpen replied:
I always heard it as "I miss the rains down in Africa" and thought that sounded so lovely and melancholic. I was so disappointed by the real lyric lmao
[Original lyrics: I bless the rains down in Africa
Toto - Africa]
Red PANda (She/They) 2 years ago
I left my brains down in Africaaaaaaa! Additionally, I always heard, “there’s nothing that a hundred men on mars could ever doooo!”
T5n 2 years ago
I’ve been singing it with “miss” in instead of “bless” for years. I honestly had to look up the lyrics and listen to the song again
ALittleKnownGoddess 2 years ago
I like to sing 'I guess the rain's down in Africa' just to irritate my 22YO son.
Octopus in boots 2 years ago
That's what I thought the lyrics are. Until now. 🫣
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RafCo (he/him/ele) 2 years ago
When I was in Kenya, I was working with this British guy, and he made me listen to this song SO MANY DAMN TIMES. I get it bro, you're in Africa. STFU! I hate this song now.
Emily zzstu Dancy 2 years ago
for me it was “ I TOOK THE TRAIN DOWN TO AAAAFFFFRRIIICCCAAAAA!!!!!
#3
My favorite misheard lyric is 'Hold me closer, Tony Danza' instead of 'Hold me closer, tiny dancer' by Elton John.
Qadgop the Mercotan 2 years ago
"count the headlice on my hiney" was how I heard that line
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OmBoyGanesh 2 years ago
This has been an ongoing joke for decades. I bought a “Hold Me Closer Tony Danza” T-shirt with his face in the early 90s.
GirlFriday 2 years ago
I thought it was "Hold me closer, I'm tired of dancing, lay me down in sheets with women."
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
"Lay me down and she said "leather"...' Which, honestly, I never thought made any sense...except that neither do a lot of lyrics. Lookin' at you, White Room.
UncleJon_TheMadScientist 2 years ago
And another line from that song I've heard people get wrong... "count the head lice on the highway... " instead of "headlights on the highway"
EM 2 years ago
Mine is from Staying Alive. "I've got a hair in my mouth I can't hide it if I want to and I'm glowing in the dark anyone?"
Julie Arsmtrong 2 years ago
"You can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm from the Isle of Man, no time to talk".
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CarpeDentum 2 years ago
Hold me closer, Tony Danza is the only acceptable lyric in my household! Along with the fabric formerly known as organza is ordanza now.
The examples here all fit into the category of a mondegreen, which sounds like a plant from Harry Potter. In reality, it’s when a person mishears something in such a way that a phrase or lyric gets an entirely new meaning. The origin of this strange word is somewhat more understandable. In a 1954 essay, a woman named Sylvia Wright recalled misremembering the last line of a poem, where she substituted “and laid him on the green” with “Lady Mondegreen.”
Even after discovering the mistake, she liked the new version so much that she decided to give the phenomenon a new name, after the entirely imaginary “Lady Mondegreen.” In this particular case, the substitution somehow worked within the context of the poem, "The Bonny Earl of Murray," for those who are interested. But even a nonsensical addition can still be a mondegreen.
#4
Robert Palmer "You might as well face it, you're a d**k with a glove"
tw 72 2 years ago
For those who don't know: "You might as well face it, you're addicted to love."
Pandapoo 2 years ago
Friends got up and sang this during karaoke and substituted “..it’s my d**k that you love”.
Marla Mountain 2 years ago
A friend told me she always heard it as "might as well face it, you're a d******d in love" Only way I sing it now!
#5
My sister thought the Beatles lyrics “the girl with kaleidoscope eyes” was “the girl with colitis goes by”.
Courtney FitzGerald 2 years ago
I thought Lucy in the sky with diamonds was Lucy and this guy with diamonds
Tori Skidori 2 years ago
I always thought "Penny Lane" was "and Elaine". A little jealous of my friend Elaine for that.
Philly Bobcat 2 years ago
George Harrison's "What Is Life..." What I know, I can do, If I give my love out to every whore like you." (original: What I know, I can do, If I give my love now to everyone like you.
Justin Kantner 2 years ago
Actually, the Nanny references what the poster thought as well as they joke about bowel problems in combination with it. And colitis is a bowel disease. Hearing it as "colitis" is quite common, which is why the Nanny show used it.
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Rabbit Of ill Portent 2 years ago (edited)
I thought they said "the girl with the lights go by".
Red Wyvern Emperor 2 years ago
Honestly, "girl with kaleidoscope eyes" sounds really nice for a song lyric.
#6
As a kid I thought it was "we'll rob a mexican monkey" and not "we're up all night to get lucky"
[Daft Punk - Get Lucky]
Rizzo 2 years ago
This song isn't even 10 years old and he writes: "...as a kid...". Dammit, I am so old. When I was young Elvis was still alive, and John Lennon, and Freddy *sob*
The reasons our brains sometimes ‘autocorrect’ lyrics are varied. Often, if we don’t know the meaning of a word or have never heard it before, our brain will want to add something to that gap. This is how ‘like a G6’ can so easily become ‘like a cheese sticks,’ if the listener is not familiar with the names of private jets. Our brains want to make sense of things, so they will try, desperately to not leave any blank spaces. Though one has to question how a brain could think ‘like a cheese sticks’ made more sense than ‘G6.’
#7
“It's not fair, to deny me
Of the crosseyed bear that you gave to me
You, you, you oughta know”
-Alanis Morissette
How could you take her crosseyed bear Dave Coulier
[Original lyrics:
"It's not fair to deny me
Of the cross I bear that you gave to me
You, you, you oughta know"
Alanis Morissette -"You Oughta Know"]
Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
There are a lot of bears in Canada so someone might be giving them away.
I love my golden retriever 2 years ago
I sang it as ‘cross eyed bear” as a kid and had a whole story in my head to justify the lyric. he gave her a unique teddy bear that had crossed eyes and he wanted to take it back cause they broke up 🤣
GlassHalfWay 2 years ago
Oh c**p, that's legit the real lyrics?! I sincerely thought it was a cross-eyed bear and I even bought the album when it came out.
#8
I want to know, have you ever seen Lorain?
PheonixKernow replied:
As a child I used to sing 'I can see clearly now Lorraine has gone' and always wondered what poor Lorraine did that was so bad.
[Original lyrics: I can see clearly now, the rain has gone
Johnny Nash - "I Can See Clearly Now"]
Phil Green 2 years ago
"I wanna know, Have you ever seen the rain?" Creedence Clearwater Revival... Johnny Nash? "I Can See Clearly" is an entirely different song!
Edika Wilson 2 years ago
I can see clearly now my brain is gone. Also used as crosstalk in UNO games to signify possessing a lot of yellow.
#9
Hit me with a wet sock, FIRE AWAY!!!!!
[Original lyrics: "Hit me with your best shot"; Pat Benatar's "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"]
Other psychologists believe that sometimes we’ll just mishear a lyric and ‘lock’ it in, even if it doesn’t make much sense at all. There is no reason for Ozzy Osborne to sing “I'm Justin Bieber,” yet some people believe this is a real lyric on ‘Dreamer.’ We just tend to not question our established beliefs and go around thinking that Ozzy really does feel like he is a Canadian pop star, which wouldn't be the strangest thing he's done.
#10
We were in the car and Guns ‘n Roses Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door was playing and after a minute my then four year old son asked ‘Who’s Kevin?’ It took us a beat to understand the question but from now on, for me this song will always be ‘Knockin on Kevin’s door’ 🤣
glowworm2 2 years ago
It always surprised me that the Dylan version is actually quite short. The Guns 'n Roses version has tons of extra guitar riffing in it.
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#11
Sweet dreams are made of cheese, who am i to disagree
[Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)]
Julia Cote 2 years ago
I always thought it was "sweet dreams are made of the years". Kinda works
#12
I see skies of blue
And clouds of white
The bright blessed day
The dogs say goodnight
[Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World]
heather7d@yahoo.com 2 years ago
You mean…. It’s NOT “the dogs say goodnight?” But that’s the best part of the song!! I’ve been singing it this way for half a century and I refuse to change it now. I shall forever sing it with the dogs saying goodnight.
Lee Kerr 2 years ago
I knew it was dark but I still thought it said goodnight!
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Mondegreens are actually more common when listening to something in a language you are fluent in. In a more unfamiliar tongue, your brain, correctly, understands that it doesn’t understand everything and will just leave certain ideas blank. If you are learning a language and you listen to music in it, you’ve probably had the experience of knowing a handful of words while the rest fly past you. Since your vocabulary is limited, you can’t just start making up new phrases and words to ‘explain’ the gaps in the lyrics.
#13
My three year old thinks "Like a G6" is "Like a cheese sticks"
[Far East Movement and The Cataracs - "Like a G6"]
Pink Taco Eater 2 years ago
Lmao my 52 yo uncle thought that too and was singing it that way in his car a few years back.
ConstantlyJon 2 years ago
even people who know that it's G6 not cheese sticks commonly have no idea it's a plane not a Pontiac.
Take me to dinner first 2 years ago
It still amazes me that people who were born around 2010 can write already
LandAhoy 2 years ago
And there's a few kids born in 2020 who can write already
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jaredsbanta 2 years ago
Never be like you-flume When me and my wife started dating she didn’t talk to me for a full day because I ruined this song for her. She won’t listen to it now because all she hears is “now let me lick you”
#14
Jimi Hendix - "Purple Haze": 'scuse me while I kiss this guy.
corvid_booster replied:
Roommate back in the day, who would have been about 18 in 1970, told me that Hendrix was aware of the alternate interpretation, and he would gesture at Noel Redding and say "'scuse me while I kiss this guy."
The Other Guest 2 years ago
Your point? Just because something is old doesn't mean everyone is familiar with it.
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Faeryn Savage 2 years ago
"Excuse me, while I kiss the sky." ? I think...
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Thierry Duhin 2 years ago
Last time we played the song, I sung it that way and gestured at my old friend who plays the bass... ;-)
#15
My 7th grade teacher had a real hatred for Gwen Stefani and when we finally asked him it was because he thought she was saying “I ain’t no Harlem black girl” in her hit song “holla back girl”
In our defense, some groups or artists have a style that practically begs to be misheard. The overly synthesized Blue Man Group comes to mind, while older recordings might not be as crisp, leaving some room for interpretation. And it’s not like all artists have perfectly logical and sensical lyrics, indeed, some are pretty eyebrow-raising by themselves. As Hillary Duff once sang, ‘if the light is off, then it isn’t on.’ Which is technically correct I suppose. If you want to see some other examples of nonsense lyrics, check out Bored Panda’s article here.
#16
When I was 14 my dad was driving me to my boyfriend's house. On the way over “Applause” by Lady Gaga came on & my dad sang “I live for the applesauce applesauce applesauce”. I busted out laughing and mocking him. Laughed so hard he turned the car around and took me home.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
Gotta think Wierd Al was SO excited the first time he heard "My polka face." (And yes, he did name his medley that.)
Dawnieangel76 2 years ago
I fully believe that you know you've made it when Weird Al chooses one of your songs.
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Elwood Schwartz (it/that) 2 years ago
No 14 year old of mine is dating. You can date when you're 40.
#17
“Oooh, Dyslexics on fireeeeee”
- Kings Of Leon
CG 2 years ago
For context, the original lyric is "Oooh, your s.e.x. is on fire". S.e.x. On Fire is the name of the song (spaced to avoid censorship).
Elizabeth Lloyd 2 years ago
At a wedding my then 6 year old son went up to the DG and requested "my socks are on fire". DG looked confused until we explained. Fond memories of all of us on the dance floor singing "my socks are on fire" . Happy tines x
Penny Kemper 2 years ago
The name of the song is sex on fire. How do you get it wrong when it's in the name?
C Lawson 2 years ago
Lots of radio stations would play several songs in a row without announcing the name of the songs so there are tons of songs that I hear often and sing along to without knowing the title. Could be the same situation for the OP.
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As a kid, I didn't get the chess references in Murray Head's "One Night in Bangkok". So when he sang "One town is very like another with your head down over your pieces, brother.", I thought he was singing "One town is very like another with your head down over your *feces* brother" I remember wondering what the hell goes on in Bangkok that would find you with your head down over your own poo.
Mi So 2 years ago
I never understood that song until I saw the musical Chess, where it came from, & now that’s all I can think of when I hear One Night in Bangkok. Such a phenomenal show & would be buying tickets SO fast, if it came back. Though this song is really different from the rest of the show.
Isabel Frost 2 years ago
It really is an incredibly amazing musical! Not sure where you live, but I know it's going to be playing in St. Louis this July.
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Phillip Lovas 2 years ago
For most of my childhood I thought they said "I kick my kids above the waistline" instead of "I get my kicks above the waistline"
#19
Blinded by the light Wrapped up like a douche A running lover in the night
Drew Cat 2 years ago
It's deuce: referring to a V8 (eight cylinder) 1932 Roadster, as compared to the four cylinder.
Julie Harden 2 years ago
Blinded by the light. Woke up like a douche into the runner of the night. (To be fair, 97% of those lyrics can be misheard)
Panda-sized Potato 2 years ago
I know it is "Revved up like a deuce," but I still sing it "Wrapped up like a douche."
#20
Steely Dan, instead of "Are you reelin' in the years?", got "Are you really into yeast?"
Your Neighborhood Alien 2 years ago
I've always struggled with this one! I've always heard it as, "Are you reelin' in the yeast?"
#21
Concrete jungle, wet dream, tomato.
[Original lyrics: "In New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made, oh... "
Jay Z and Alicia Keys – "Empire State of Mind"]
#22
Song: "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake Lyric: "Like a drifter I was born to wear cologne"
Pedro Panda 2 years ago
in germany they call it having a turkish shower....you just put another layer of cologne on and there you go
#23
CCR - bad mood rising
There's a bathroom on the right
Warm_Fox1937 replied:
Same
And then my siblings tried to convince me it said “there’s a Batman on the rise”.
John Louis 2 years ago
There is a comic satire of the song called, "There's a Bathroom on the Right." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGC321Q9G4U
#24
Abba- Take a chance on me. The beginning sounds like they are saying Jackie Chan. Johnny rivers- Secret agent man- secret Asian man
#25
“remove my jacket”
Instead of
“moves like jagger”
Boy I felt dumb.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
If I want to move like Jagger, naturally first I gotta remove my jacket.
Susan Robinson 2 years ago
Well…with Adam Levine always appearing sans shirt, this makes sense. Sort of.
Shannon Hawks 2 years ago
the who, won't get fooled again. in high school lunch i would sing. "get on our knees and prey,we won't get food again ".
Karen Krause 2 years ago
I always wondered why the guy wanted to "move my jacket" I pictured he was in a restaurant and somebody was sitting on it.
#26
Lion King's Circle of Life:
Pink pajamas penguins on the bottom.
#27
Don't bring me down, Bruce by Electric Light Orchestra
Rob Williams 2 years ago
A common mondegreen in the song is the perception that, following the title line, Lynne shouts "Bruce!" In the liner notes of the ELO compilation Flashback and elsewhere, Lynne has explained that he is singing a made-up word, "Groos", which some have suggested sounds like the German expression "Gruß," meaning "greeting." Lynne has explained that originally he did not realise the meaning of the syllable, and he just used it as a temporary place keeper to fill a gap in the lyrics, but upon learning the German meaning he decided to leave it in. After the song's release, so many people had misinterpreted the word as "Bruce" that Lynne actually began to sing the word as "Bruce" for fun at live shows
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DuchessDegu 2 years ago
I though it was bruh, and that's where people got bruh from, for a very very very long time!
#28
Get your free cone.
[Original lyrics: "Get your freak on", Missy Elliott's "Get Ur Freak On"]
Hilary Mol 2 years ago
Not from McDonald's. You'll never find a soft serve machine that's working.
Susan Robinson 2 years ago
This would be a great advertisement for the free small cone at McDonalds on your birthday! That is, if the machine ever worked
Tiki Stanford 2 years ago
Just need to say Missy Elliot is the s**t. Just so smooth. Love her.
Donna Peluda 2 years ago
Most of theses tunes are so autotuned that the nuances of the voice are missed. They just sound like a jumbled robot.
#29
"Got along with Starbucks lovers" - Blank Space by Taylor Swift
Linda van der Pal 2 years ago
Even when I know the lyrics and listen closely, I still can't hear anything else!
Red PANda (She/They) 2 years ago
I always heard, “call all the Starbucks lovers, they’ll tell you I’m insane” and I was like, what does she have against Starbucks?
fair_weather_rose 2 years ago (edited)
I heard "got a lot of Starbucks lovers" for most of my life. For those who don't know, the original says "got a long list of ex-lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane."
Queen fhk 2 years ago
Gotta long list of ex lover's they'll tell you am insane
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MyLittleVee-Vees! 2 years ago
I hear "got a long list of starbucks lovers" Or "get along with star crossed lovers"
LokisLilButterknife 2 years ago
The lyric is actually "Got a long list of ex-lovers"
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#30
I fight with Dorothy & Dorothy always wins... [editor's note: Original Lyrics: "I fight authority, authority always wins", John Mellencamp's,"Authority Song" ]
Michael Largey 2 years ago
I know Dorothy, and, yes, that's how it always is with her. (Sigh.)
gotham-panda 2 years ago
That Dorothy is a tough old broad! dorothy-2.jpg 
Judes Dominoes 2 years ago
What about in "Happier" by Marshmello? When I first listened, I thought "know that means I'll have to leave" was "know that means a lot to me", and considering that those lyrics come right after "I want to see you smile", I keep doing double takes
#31
My little sister thought Royals by Lorde said, "You can call me creepy" instead of "You can call me queen bee" I thought that was hilarious. My teacher's son would say, "You can call me green bean" So I guess that was a tricky line for kids lol
#32
Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon"- Comma comma comma comma comma chameleon.
Susan Robinson 2 years ago
I totally thought this when I first heard this song! Of course I was ~8 years old and didn’t know what karma was
#33
A friend's mom insisted Rock the Casbah was F**k the Cash Bar.
#34
Go, go Jason Waterfalls. In my defense, I was like 5.
[Original lyrics: "Don't go chasing waterfalls"
TLC - Waterfalls]
#35
There goes my hero, he’s old and hairy.
[Original lyrics: "There goes my hero, he's ordinary" Foo Fighters - "My Hero"]
Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
Now have this song playing over clips of Mermaid man and Barnacle Boy from Spongebob.
Natalie Douglass 2 years ago
Seriously, thought he was saying "There goes my hero, he's sudden, airy"
#36
It took me too long to realize "All my friends are eating steak and snow" is actually "all my friends are heathens take it slow" I always heard it on the radio and they were all eating together.
[Twenty One Pilots - Heathens]
#37
Give me The Beach Boys and free my soul, I wanna get lost in your Rock and Roll…
#38
Kate bush’s Running up that hill, was convinced as a kid that it was “get into small hard places” and not “get him to swap our places”
#39
"Every time you go away, you take a piece of meat with you". [Original lyrics: Every time you go away, You take a piece of me with you", Paul Young's "Every time you go away"
#40
“Mama say mama saw mama coo saw” -Michael Jackson
elmortero 2 years ago
In Dutch these songs with misheard lyrics have a name because of this song. In Dutch it sounds like they say "Mama Appelsap" (mother applejuice). So we refer to them as Mama Appelsap instead of misheard lyrics. In order to be called they one must (mis)hear the English lyrics as something in Dutch..
The Problem With Censorship Is ******* 2 years ago
Heh, "Koeman, Koeman gooit alle dingen om" still cracks me me up. XD (7 Seconds by Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry)
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My mother used to think in pink Floyd's song "Brick in the wall" they said "if you don't clean your feet how can you have any pudding? How can you have any pudding if you dont clean your feet?" Made me and my dad crack up when she was singing it one day
The Problem With Censorship Is ******* 2 years ago
"And you! Yes, YOU!!! Staaaand STILL laddie!!!"
#42
Dirty Deeds and The Thunder Chief.
Gabby Ghoul 2 years ago
The first time I heard that Bob Rivers version I nearly fell off my chair laughing.
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Slipknot's Liberate sounds like they're saying "LIBERATE BANANAS" instead of "liberate the madness"
Susan Robinson 2 years ago
Exactly! What are people supposed to use to measure something in their pictures if there are no bananas!
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#44
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree. Instead of "later we’ll have some pumpkin pie“ I always hear ”later we’ll have some f*****g pie“
Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
I heard a morning dj bit where they bleeped Pumpkin just to make it sound dirty.
#45
Maxwell Jump While listening to Van Halen my mom asked me who Maxwell was. I was so confused. She said, In this song, Maxwell jump!” I died
#46
My supervisor ruined "rock you like a hurricane" for me. She thought it went Raunchy like a hurricane! And now I can't unhear it every time it plays.
#47
Blinded by the Light Springsteen "Revved up like a deuce" I don't know a human being who didn't have to look that one up.
Lynne Hammar 2 years ago
https://45ruminationspermegabyte.com/2017/02/15/cut-loose-like-a-deuce-manfred-manns-earth-band-blinded-by-the-light-1977/
Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago
That’s it? But what is the rest of it? I hear “Of the runner in the night”. Somebody! Help. What is it really?
Chancey 2 years ago
Blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night
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Actually, Springsteen is the original. Manfred Mann’s Earth Band is a cover of this song.
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#48
I just realized it's "Band on the run" and not "Man on the run". WendyWindfall replied: I always thought it was “banned on the run.”
#49
The Police’s “Every Breath You Take.” “I’m a pool hall ace….every breath you take!” 10,000 Maniacs’ “Because the Night.” “….the way I feel, I’m the Orkin man!”
ShaZam Beaubien 2 years ago
Agree the 10,000 Maniacs ... I sing it like that ... should it be the open land?
#50
My mom legit thought it was "oh daddy oh I know" instead of "four dead in Ohio"
[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio]
Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago
Maybe too young to remember what it was written about? Kent State shootings. (Murders?)
#51
I'm Blue I'm in need of tie I will eat apple pie Diabetes with fries
FoxThatHasFennecaphobia 2 years ago (edited)
Im blue im diseased I must die, I must eat apple pie if I don't I will die, im blue if a were green I would die, for I could yeet up a guy (That is what I hear at least) Edit: If anyone was wondering, this song is "im blue"
#52
Regulate - Nate Dogg + Warren G. "I can't believe, they're taking Lawrence Welk". I used to hear this song and wonder "Why is a smooth Gangsta like Warren G listening to Lawrence Welk, and why are these thugs stealing his Lawrence Welk records specifically?" Then someone corrected me. "They're taking Warren's wealth".
QuirkyKittyGirl 2 years ago
I like it better with Lawrence Welk. The man was a class act, 100%.
JustinTime 2 years ago
I thought that it was Lawrence Welk for nearly 30 years!!! Just NOW learned it’s not!!
#54
"You cut me a banana" - Bleeding love [Leona Lewis]
#55
The Go Gos - our lips are sealed (Alex the seal)
Bill Hankel 2 years ago
I used to hear "How does it feel" for a long time until my wife corrected me. However, her misheard lyric was far worse ... driving in our car, I heard her singing "Living In A Swamp" instead "Eminence Front" by The Who. Still haven't let her forget that one :)
#56
Free - All Right Now - “let’s move before they raise the f*****g rent” vs “let’s move before they raise the parking rate”
#57
Ladies leave your man at home The club is full of ballers and their c**k is full grown -Destiny’s Child
#58
I will always hear Edge of Seventeen as “just like the one-winged dove”
bloominglymphnode 2 years ago
whelp..now I know what is SHOULD be...always thought it was one-winged dove.
#60
I'm not uptight Not on a tractor. Turn me on tonight. I'm radioactive. [The Firm - Radioactive]
fair_weather_rose 2 years ago
Not sure why you were downvoted, have an upvote. You do see to have a major imagine dragons obsession lol
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Alice In Chains "Rooster," when he says "Walkin' tall, machine gun man," I swear he was saying "the chicken man."
Susan Robinson 2 years ago
I LOVE Alice In Chains, but it is quite difficult to understand Layne Staley (R.I.P.). And anything sung by Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam
#63
“ I’m sure you’ll have some sort of cosmic rash, y’know.” Pressure by Billy Joel.
Steve Robert 2 years ago
That's what you get when you have unprotected intercourse with aliens
#65
Ozzy Osbourne "I'm Just a dreamer" sounds like "I'm Justin Bieber"
#66
Symphony of Destruction by Megadeth Actin' like a robot It's metal brain corrodes You try to take his balls Before the head explodes
#67
In the House of Stone and Light - "And when I go, with a lump of poop in my eyes!"
#68
I know that she knows that I’m not from Nebraska - Kooks, Naive
#69
Periphery - Ragnarok. "It clings to the palm of our ninja turtle way" Original is "it clings to the palm of my hand eternally"
#70
RHCP - "with the birth of Cher, it's a lonely view."
The Problem With Censorship Is ******* 2 years ago
Oh Anthony, you and your articulation... <3
#73
I always kind of know what the right lyrics are, but when I think of the opening theme of Late Night with Craig Ferguson as "It's hard to stay up It's been a long long day And you've got a madman at your door" instead of "the sandman at your door". It makes it seem like the penultimate scene of a horror movie. You've reached the house, locked the door, think you can relax for a moment, but the killer isn't done with you yet
#74
Chiming in for the most well-known example in K-Pop, there’s a girl group called Twice that are among the biggest names in the industry. About five years ago they had a single called “Heart Shaker” where one of the lyrics is “**isanghagae**” (it’s weird). It’s commonly misheard as “**Is Sana gay?**” and is extra appropriate because one of the group’s members, Sana Minatozaki, is affectionate towards other members of the group (she’s the girl who puts her arms around another girl’s hips in the music video).
What do you think ?
Sarah 2 years ago
'Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you, there's nothing that a hundred men on Mars could ever do.' - Africa, Toto
Vix Spiderthrust 2 years ago
Not a misheard lyric per se, but my mother can never hear Stranger In Paradise without thinking of the Ken Dodd version: "Take my hand, I'm a strange-looking parasite"
Edith Hannah 2 years ago
Wow, it’s been a long time since I heard that name!
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Someone_from_the_Netherlands 2 years ago
It's even funnier if your own language isn't English Just a 'mama appelsap' in Dutch ;)
Mario Strada 2 years ago (edited)
An Italian friend of mine, while on his deathbed of all things, asked me "Mario, your english is much better than mine and I have a question I was always afraid to ask: Who is Jose?". I asked "What do you mean? Jose who?" and he answered "You know, in the national Anthem. 'Oh Jose can you see'?". I explained to him it was "Oh say" and not some random mexican guy named Jose. Incidentally, this was not the only time someone asked me this, just the most dramatic one since the guy was dying. Apparently a lot of foreigners hear "jose" in place of "Oh Say".
Andy Frobig 2 years ago
In the '70s, a blind singer named Jose Feliciano sang the Star Spangled Banner at some ball game, and I thought it was really cold of them to make him sing "Jose, can you see"
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The only Plueschopossum 2 years ago
There are so many but the first that comes to my mind is Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Can't Hold Us: "So we put our hands up like the silly can holders." ^^
Melissa 2 years ago
I used to think it was "like a ceiling fan blowing us"
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CatWoman1014 2 years ago
In The Lion King, Elton John’s version of “Can you feel the love tonight?” The part where they say “it’s enough to make kings and vagabonds believe the very best” I thought the line was “believe the fairy tales” honestly it sounds better and it’s more fitting
GirlFriday 2 years ago (edited)
My niece use to sing: Bump that monkey up, Bump that monkey up, Up down monkey gonna give it to you, Don't believe me just watch!
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Misunderstood Beach Boys lyric: "And she'll have fun, fun, fun till her daddy takes her t-shirt away..."
Pterodactyl in Disguise 2 years ago (edited)
“You can dance, you can dieee, having the time of your life” —Dancing Queen, ABBA. Idk how I never noticed it, but thought it was die instead of jive until high school
glowworm2 2 years ago
I had an ex-friend who thought it was “you can dive”
Load More Replies... Sarah 2 years ago
'Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you, there's nothing that a hundred men on Mars could ever do.' - Africa, Toto
Vix Spiderthrust 2 years ago
Not a misheard lyric per se, but my mother can never hear Stranger In Paradise without thinking of the Ken Dodd version: "Take my hand, I'm a strange-looking parasite"
Edith Hannah 2 years ago
Wow, it’s been a long time since I heard that name!
Load More Replies... Someone_from_the_Netherlands 2 years ago
It's even funnier if your own language isn't English Just a 'mama appelsap' in Dutch ;)
Mario Strada 2 years ago (edited)
An Italian friend of mine, while on his deathbed of all things, asked me "Mario, your english is much better than mine and I have a question I was always afraid to ask: Who is Jose?". I asked "What do you mean? Jose who?" and he answered "You know, in the national Anthem. 'Oh Jose can you see'?". I explained to him it was "Oh say" and not some random mexican guy named Jose. Incidentally, this was not the only time someone asked me this, just the most dramatic one since the guy was dying. Apparently a lot of foreigners hear "jose" in place of "Oh Say".
Andy Frobig 2 years ago
In the '70s, a blind singer named Jose Feliciano sang the Star Spangled Banner at some ball game, and I thought it was really cold of them to make him sing "Jose, can you see"
Load More Replies... The only Plueschopossum 2 years ago
There are so many but the first that comes to my mind is Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Can't Hold Us: "So we put our hands up like the silly can holders." ^^
Melissa 2 years ago
I used to think it was "like a ceiling fan blowing us"
Load More Replies... CatWoman1014 2 years ago
In The Lion King, Elton John’s version of “Can you feel the love tonight?” The part where they say “it’s enough to make kings and vagabonds believe the very best” I thought the line was “believe the fairy tales” honestly it sounds better and it’s more fitting
GirlFriday 2 years ago (edited)
My niece use to sing: Bump that monkey up, Bump that monkey up, Up down monkey gonna give it to you, Don't believe me just watch!
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Misunderstood Beach Boys lyric: "And she'll have fun, fun, fun till her daddy takes her t-shirt away..."
Pterodactyl in Disguise 2 years ago (edited)
“You can dance, you can dieee, having the time of your life” —Dancing Queen, ABBA. Idk how I never noticed it, but thought it was die instead of jive until high school
glowworm2 2 years ago
I had an ex-friend who thought it was “you can dive”
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