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“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics 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]

walkingtalkingdread , TOTO Report

Final score:

105points

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Red PANda (She/They) 1 year ago

I left my brains down in Africaaaaaaa! Additionally, I always heard, “there’s nothing that a hundred men on mars could ever doooo!”

55points

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics My favorite misheard lyric is 'Hold me closer, Tony Danza' instead of 'Hold me closer, tiny dancer' by Elton John.

Queasy_Bus_9388 , Sean Biehle Report

Final score:

95points

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Red Hair Blue Soul 1 year ago

Is this Phoebe from friends?

47points

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.

Robert Palmer
"You might as well face it, you're a d**k with a glove"

kajola1969 Report

Final score:

94points

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ShaZam Beaubien 1 year ago

Love it! I'm going to start singing it this way!

29points

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics My sister thought the Beatles lyrics “the girl with kaleidoscope eyes” was “the girl with colitis goes by”.

herefortheguffaws , The Beatles Report

Final score:

91points

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Serenity Now! 1 year ago

Up vote for the Beatles!

17points

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics 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]

8thFurno , Daft Punk Report

Final score:

90points

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glowworm2 1 year ago

That’s hilarious.

29points

lindsasaurusreks , Justin Higuchi Report

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.’

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics “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"]

Final score:

87points

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Daniel Atkins 1 year ago

There are a lot of bears in Canada so someone might be giving them away.

23points

Tolbitzironside , Fantasy Records Report

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics 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"]

Final score:

84points

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Anne Jones 1 year ago

I thought it was…..I can see Deirdre now Lorraine has gone.

9points

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics 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"]

SpaceTroutCat , Heidy Escobar Report

Final score:

79points

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Lady Miss Pie Premium 1 year ago

When I was little I thought it was “Hit me with your pet shop”

36points

SuccessExtreme4373 Report

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’ 🤣

Final score:

79points

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Alexia 1 year ago

"Who's Kevin?" - who cares? Let's knock on his door :)))

30points

#11

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics Sweet dreams are made of cheese, who am i to disagree

[Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)]

__botulism__ , Eurythmics Report

Final score:

77points

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JoyfulZebra 1 year ago

I think the correct lyrics are "who am I to diss a brie" ;)

152points

#12

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics I see skies of blue
And clouds of white
The bright blessed day
The dogs say goodnight

[Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World]

twoferrets , Louis Armstrong Report

Final score:

76points

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glowworm2 1 year ago

That is adorable.

25points

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

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics My three year old thinks "Like a G6" is "Like a cheese sticks"

[Far East Movement and The Cataracs - "Like a G6"]

Veritas3333 , Vervegirl Canada Report

Final score:

69points

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Pink Taco Eater 1 year ago

Lmao my 52 yo uncle thought that too and was singing it that way in his car a few years back.

11points

Alone_Employment7914 , www.discogs.com Report

#14

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics 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."

Final score:

68points

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OmBoyGanesh 1 year ago

Again, another one that’s been around for decades.

14points

#15

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics 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”

BillyStunnaGunna , Gwen Stefani Report

Final score:

68points

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LooseSeal's $10 Banana 1 year ago

Well, to be fair, she isn't a Harlem black girl either.

66points

Dependent_Border9912 , Nathan Malone Report

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

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics 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.

Final score:

62points

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The Original Bruno 1 year ago

Gotta think Wierd Al was SO excited the first time he heard "My polka face." (And yes, he did name his medley that.)

23points

#17

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics “Oooh, Dyslexics on fireeeeee”

- Kings Of Leon

QuotingThings , ceedub13 Report

Final score:

57points

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CG 1 year 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).

22points

#18

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.

MisterMarcus Report

Final score:

56points

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Mi So 1 year 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.

12points

#19

Blinded by the light

Wrapped up like a douche

A running lover in the night

occamhanlon Report

Final score:

53points

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Drew Cat 1 year ago

It's deuce: referring to a V8 (eight cylinder) 1932 Roadster, as compared to the four cylinder.

17points

snitterisagooddog , Fred von Lohmann Report

#20

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics Steely Dan, instead of "Are you reelin' in the years?", got "Are you really into yeast?"

Final score:

52points

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jaredsbanta 1 year ago

Stowing away the thyme

48points

The Other Guest 1 year ago

Are you gathering up for tea?

7points

Andi 1 year ago

my kids used to sing 'are you wriggling in you knees'... still do. Also - 'Garry the Goose' for 'All the young dudes!'.

4points

Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago

RIP Walter

2points

Your Neighborhood Alien 1 year ago

I've always struggled with this one! I've always heard it as, "Are you reelin' in the yeast?"

1point

Michael Largey 1 year ago

Really into yeast? Sure, it's infectious.

1point

Adam Zad 1 year ago

I bet Steely Dan made a lot of bread with that song.

0points

Steve Robert 1 year ago

And everyone knows what " steely Dan" refers to in England

0points

DarkViolet 1 year ago

What? Seriously, I'm on the other side of the pond.

1point

Suspicious-Doubt-583 , Music Top Internac Report

#21

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics 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"]

Final score:

51points

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CG 1 year ago

I saw this through an old Vine, but I always heard that too, lol.

7points

Intensity_In10Cities Report

#22

Song: "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake

Lyric: "Like a drifter I was born to wear cologne"

Final score:

51points

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bloominglymphnode 1 year ago

I heard "like a twister" for the longest time

14points

revs201 , Creedence Clearwater Revival Report

#23

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics 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”.

Final score:

50points

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Cara 1 year ago

No it's "there's a baboon on the right"

17points

#24

Abba- Take a chance on me. The beginning sounds like they are saying Jackie Chan.

Johnny rivers- Secret agent man- secret Asian man

pkim173 Report

Final score:

49points

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RafCo (he/him/ele) 1 year ago

Secret Asian Man is classic

16points

#25

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics “remove my jacket”
Instead of
“moves like jagger”

Boy I felt dumb.

wesleybg , Maroon 5 Report

Final score:

47points

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Michael Largey 1 year ago

If I want to move like Jagger, naturally first I gotta remove my jacket.

29points

#26

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics Lion King's Circle of Life:

Pink pajamas penguins on the bottom.

Cowabungadude_07 , Disney Report

Final score:

43points

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No Name 1 year ago

Ok, this one made me almost snort my salad.

17points

#27

Don't bring me down, Bruce

by Electric Light Orchestra

buteoPT Report

Final score:

43points

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athornedrose 1 year ago

wait, what is it then?

19points

#28

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics Get your free cone.

[Original lyrics: "Get your freak on", Missy Elliott's "Get Ur Freak On"]

Weapon_X23 , Missy Elliott Report

Final score:

43points

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JoyfulZebra 1 year ago

Free cone!

18points

#29

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics "Got along with Starbucks lovers" - Blank Space by Taylor Swift

i_hate_sephiroth , Taylor Swift Report

Final score:

42points

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Linda van der Pal 1 year ago

Even when I know the lyrics and listen closely, I still can't hear anything else!

18points

#30

I fight with Dorothy & Dorothy always wins...

[editor's note:

Original Lyrics: "I fight authority, authority always wins", John Mellencamp's,"Authority Song" ]

jemcnick Report

Final score:

37points

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Michael Largey 1 year ago

I know Dorothy, and, yes, that's how it always is with her. (Sigh.)

18points

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#31

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics 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

flipping_penguin19 , Lorde Report

Final score:

21points

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MyLittleVee-Vees! 1 year ago

I Heard green bean to-

5points

#32

Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon"- Comma comma comma comma comma chameleon.

CobaltLion Report

Final score:

20points

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le_smol_froge 1 year ago

YOU COME AND GOOOOOOOOOOO

5points

#33

A friend's mom insisted Rock the Casbah was F**k the Cash Bar.

Logans_Beer_Run Report

Final score:

18points

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RAM31280 1 year ago

She's showed up to too many weddings without any money expecting them to be open bar.

10points

#34

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics Go, go Jason Waterfalls. In my defense, I was like 5.

[Original lyrics: "Don't go chasing waterfalls"
TLC - Waterfalls]

Rough-Heron-1040 , TLC Report

Final score:

17points

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#35

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics There goes my hero, he’s old and hairy.

[Original lyrics: "There goes my hero, he's ordinary"

Foo Fighters - "My Hero"]

Hatts311 , Foo Fighters Report

Final score:

17points

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Daniel Atkins 1 year ago

Now have this song playing over clips of Mermaid man and Barnacle Boy from Spongebob.

3points

#36

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics 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]

Mincelo , Heathens Report

Final score:

17points

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Cal the dragon (she/her) 1 year ago

BAHAHAHA I like that song that's funny

6points

#37

Give me The Beach Boys and free my soul, I wanna get lost in your Rock and Roll…

ChicagoSly Report

Final score:

16points

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Miss Frankfurter 1 year ago

Give me the beat boys and free my soul.

7points

#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”

Jamiejaneway Report

Final score:

16points

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fair_weather_rose 1 year ago

This actually makes so much sense though!

3points

#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"

young-blood- Report

Final score:

16points

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le_smol_froge 1 year ago

butcher shop

4points

#40

“Mama say mama saw mama coo saw”
-Michael Jackson

circlebowser4 Report

Final score:

15points

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le_smol_froge 1 year ago

WAIT ITS NOT?!

10points

Muted_Entrepreneur_1 Report

#41

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

Final score:

15points

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The Problem With Censorship Is ******* 1 year ago

"And you! Yes, YOU!!! Staaaand STILL laddie!!!"

0points

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#42

Dirty Deeds and The Thunder Chief.

Gonzo_Journo Report

Final score:

14points

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Daniel Atkins 1 year ago

At least you didn't hear it as Done to sheep.

6points

#43

Slipknot's Liberate sounds like they're saying "LIBERATE BANANAS" instead of "liberate the madness"

Holybull79 Report

Final score:

13points

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Lady Miss Pie Premium 1 year ago

Free the bananas!!!!

5points

#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“

Marler1705 Report

Final score:

12points

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Daniel Atkins 1 year ago

I heard a morning dj bit where they bleeped Pumpkin just to make it sound dirty.

5points

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#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

koko_diablo Report

Final score:

12points

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#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.

DaniGeek Report

Final score:

11points

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#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.

IceCreamLouise Report

Final score:

11points

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bloominglymphnode 1 year ago

oooh so THAT is the correct lyric? thanks!

3points

#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.”

stumpdawg Report

Final score:

10points

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#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!”

MrsWojadubakowski Report

Final score:

10points

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Cal the dragon (she/her) 1 year ago

If I'm in a pool hall, I am a pool hall ace.

2points

TimeWizardGreyFox , CMA-Creative Management Associates/Atlantic Records Report

#50

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics My mom legit thought it was "oh daddy oh I know" instead of "four dead in Ohio"

[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio]

Final score:

10points

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Cal the dragon (she/her) 1 year ago

Only in Ohio

2points

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#51

I'm Blue

I'm in need of tie

I will eat apple pie

Diabetes with fries

Ninja-Yatsu Report

Final score:

9points

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le_smol_froge 1 year ago

If I was green I would die I got hit by a fly

4points

#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".

ConansMonorail Report

Final score:

9points

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Analyn Lahr 1 year ago

I'm sorry, but that's funny! 😂

4points

TheeConservatarian Report

#53

“ I ain’t Jeff” ( Rolling Stones, “Angie”)

Final score:

9points

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#54

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics "You cut me a banana" - Bleeding love [Leona Lewis]

Sea-Meal7989 , leonalewis Report

Final score:

9points

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Pizza Lover 1 year ago

Sometimes I hear "you call me your banana"

0points

#55

The Go Gos - our lips are sealed (Alex the seal)

CruiserGavin Report

Final score:

9points

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Steve Robert 1 year ago

I was told that line meant that their privates were sealed

0points

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#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”

liftrman Report

Final score:

9points

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Chancey 1 year ago

Parking rate is the correct one

1point

Far-Perspective5906 Report

#57

Ladies leave your man at home
The club is full of ballers and their c**k is full grown

-Destiny’s Child

Final score:

8points

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elmortero 1 year ago

Now that you mention it, maybe that is what we are supposed to hear

0points

howlongtillchristmas Report

#58

I will always hear Edge of Seventeen as “just like the one-winged dove”

Final score:

8points

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bloominglymphnode 1 year ago

whelp..now I know what is SHOULD be...always thought it was one-winged dove.

4points

California_Sun1112 Report

#59

"All the young Jews carry the news..." (Mott the Hoople)

Final score:

8points

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#60

I'm not uptight

Not on a tractor.

Turn me on tonight.

I'm radioactive.

[The Firm - Radioactive]

Round-Jellyfish9962 Report

Final score:

7points

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Cal the dragon (she/her) 1 year ago

I thought this would be Imagine Dragons :(

3points

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#61

Alice In Chains "Rooster," when he says "Walkin' tall, machine gun man," I swear he was saying "the chicken man."

Ill-Dish-5061 Report

Final score:

7points

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Susan Robinson 1 year 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

1point

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#62

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics Friend misheard “I want you autonomy” as “I want you on top of me.” Buzzcocks, Autonomy

Heavens10000whores , Buzzcocks Report

Final score:

6points

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#63

“ I’m sure you’ll have some sort of cosmic rash, y’know.”
Pressure by Billy Joel.

lilfrostgiant Report

Final score:

6points

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Steve Robert 1 year ago

That's what you get when you have unprotected intercourse with aliens

1point

#64

Theme song for That 70's show, I thought at the end they said pullover Wisconsin.

CGKilates Report

Final score:

6points

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#65

“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 30 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics Ozzy Osbourne "I'm Just a dreamer" sounds like "I'm Justin Bieber"

AleksFenix96 , OZZY OSBOURNE Report

Final score:

5points

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Lsai Aeon 1 year ago

Bieber wasn't born when the song was written, though

5points

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#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

Painkiller655321 Report

Final score:

5points

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CG 1 year ago

I always heard "You try to take his boss". Which still sounds weird to me.

0points

#67

In the House of Stone and Light - "And when I go, with a lump of poop in my eyes!"

Daetok_Lochannis Report

Final score:

5points

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Susan Robinson 1 year ago

That’s how you get conjunctivitis (pink eye)

1point

#68

I know that she knows that I’m not from Nebraska - Kooks, Naive

HanShir0 Report

Final score:

4points

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jaredsbanta 1 year ago

I sing it like this to bother my wife

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#69

Periphery - Ragnarok. "It clings to the palm of our ninja turtle way"

Original is "it clings to the palm of my hand eternally"

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#70

RHCP - "with the birth of Cher, it's a lonely view."

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Meike H 1 year ago

Yeah, had to look that up too

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“All Three Shot Out Pink”: Triplets' Baby Shower Turns Sour, Pregnant Wife Wants A Divorce

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#71

Slipknots, "People=S**t" a friend thought they sang "people eat wolf s**t"

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#72

A girl I knew in high school thought Bush sang ‘Mushy Head’

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#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

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#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).

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Steve Robert 1 year ago

So is she?

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Sarah 1 year 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

13points

(っ◔◡◔)っ blush 1 year ago

Wait, those aren't the lyrics? /gen

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Vix Spiderthrust 1 year 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"

8points

Edith Hannah 1 year ago

Wow, it’s been a long time since I heard that name!

0points

Someone_from_the_Netherlands 1 year ago

It's even funnier if your own language isn't English Just a 'mama appelsap' in Dutch ;)

6points

Mario Strada 1 year 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".

5points

Andy Frobig 1 year 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"

3points

The only Plueschopossum 1 year 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." ^^

5points

Melissa 1 year ago

I used to think it was "like a ceiling fan blowing us"

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CatWoman1014 1 year 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

5points

GirlFriday 1 year 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!

5points

glowworm2 1 year ago

“Hang on Snoopy” is actually “Hang on Sloopy.” Thought it was about Snoopy for years.

5points

Michael Largey 1 year ago

Misunderstood Beach Boys lyric: "And she'll have fun, fun, fun till her daddy takes her t-shirt away..."

4points

DarkViolet 1 year ago

Thanks for the laugh!

1point

Pterodactyl in Disguise 1 year 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

3points

glowworm2 1 year ago

I had an ex-friend who thought it was “you can dive”

0points

Philly Bobcat 1 year ago

Death and hatred to mankind... poisoning their brainwashed minds... OH LAWNCHAIR! - Black Sabbath - War Pigs. Your love is like bad venison, bad venison is what I eat... - Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine

3points

cerinamroth 1 year ago

UK comedian Peter Kay has a rich seam of misheard lyrics and I swear you'll never hear the song the same way again, e.g. We Are Family "just let me staple the vicar" and "we're giving loving the Femidom"

3points

memyselfandI 1 year ago

Statin’ Alive— “Oh, oh, oh, oh, stingin’ a bat, stingin’ a bat”. I was so confused…

3points

Bri 1 year ago

On a dark desert highway, Cool Whip in my hair! (You can thank my half asleep brain for that one) Courtesy of Hotel California by The Eagles

2points

sylvantic 1 year ago

My uncle thought ‘Uptown Girl’ was “tuptangle” and asked my grandma to play it circa him being age 3. She had no idea what he was asking for. They eventually figured it out, but it’s a funny family story.

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RafCo (he/him/ele) 1 year ago

Mine was the American national anthem "José can you see".

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Mike_The_Nike (he/she/they) 1 year ago

my 6-year-old brother thinks that the lyrics in love shack “bring your jukebox money” are “bring your juice box money” and he cannot be convinced otherwise 😂

2points

David Paterson 1 year ago

I used to sing "two to dance, two to die, having the time of their lives", from Abba dancing queen. And "we don't need no thought control, no Dukes of Hazard in the classroom" from Pink Floyd. There's also the Australian national anthem "Australians all eat ostriches, 'cos we are young and free".

2points

Andy Frobig 1 year ago

Why eat ostriches? You have all those emus right there

1point

Phendrena 1 year ago

Peter Kay's Misheard lyrics routine is brilliant : https://youtu.be/7my5baoCVv8

2points

DuchessDegu 1 year ago

Megadeth's Black Curtains, I thought Dave sang "Black Country" and always wondered why the hell he wrote a song about the West Midlands

2points

Chewie Baron 1 year ago

Could have been a tribute to Black Sabbath!

1point

AnnieLaurie 1 year ago

One of the funniest I heard was from a Sunday School Teacher. The children were learning the Christmas carol "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing'. There is part of a verse that goes, "Peace on Earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled." One little boy was singing that second line very loudly as "God-d@mn sinners reconciled."

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Philly Bobcat 1 year ago

"Oh Oh, Lizard on a chair, take my hand, we're naked I swear..." - Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer. "Rock the catbox, rock the catbox... - The Clash - Rock The Casbah. Or... "Oh Canada, We stand on cars and freeze."

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devotedtodreams 1 year ago (edited)

You know the song "Lucille" by Kenny Rogers? In my family, we still hear him say "with four hundred children" instead of "with four hungry children". And we'd be like: "Geez, show-off, much?" XD And my Dad always misheard Deep Purple's "Space Truckin'" as "Space Monkey" :D

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Wren Hard 1 year ago

'Where I come from, you say things for beer'

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J. Grawn 1 year ago

Islands in the stream Dolly Parton/Kenny Rogers: Tender love is blind it requires a better kitchen ....

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fifi.x 1 year ago

I always thought the song Better Man was actually called Butter Man and I was allowed to continue believing this until one day last year, I was road tripping with a friend and Better Man came on. She started singing along and I was like "it's butter not better" and she looked at me and I knew that I would never meet a butter man so long as I shall live.

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Rachel Reynolds 1 year ago

I was convinced it was "Take me down to the very last city, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty." And it's the NAME of the song, which I knew!

1point

Travelling Stranger 1 year ago

the comedian Peter Kay has a hilarious show on misheard lyrics, go watch it while it's still there on the tube of you

1point

Green Shoe Laces 1 year ago

Nirvana: "My libedo" younger sister always thought it was, "I'm a beetle" And Tom Petty's Free fallin' was a family inside joke "Flea Foggin".

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No Name 1 year ago

Symphony X's "Paradise Lost": misheard "looking down from ethereal skies" as "looking down from a virial sky". All I could think the first few times I heard it was, "that is a very weird physics concept to know the name of and yet misunderstand in that way."

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Deborah Rubin 1 year ago

For those of us older than dirt, the real lyrics would have been helpful.

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Nay Wilson 1 year ago

I’m crying with laughter from some of these

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Tim Douglass 1 year ago

Back in the '70s, when I listened to a lot of music, it was hard to find out what the lyrics really were. Few albums had lyrics in the liners and we were listening through the static on the AM radio in our car anyway. So we had a *lot* of messed up lyrics!

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Philler Space 1 year ago

I know for a fact that when Sia sings "Baby I don't need dollar bills to have fun tonight" that the chorus is not singing "Have fun, take drugs," but even reading along with the actual lyrics that is all I can hear.

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Lester the Space Duck 1 year ago

Lookin' for some pasta, baby, this evenin' I need some pasta, baby, tonight I want some pasta, baby, this evenin' Gotta have some pasta!

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Cerridwn d'Wyse 1 year ago

My age is showing.I don't even know most of these.

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ToastedFroggy 1 year ago

My youngest, when he was about 5 thought that the lyrics were "Her lips are deviled eggs" for Ricky Martin's song 'Livin' La Vida Loca'.

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Tori Skidori 1 year ago

Chris Stapleton: For the longest time I heard "I will be your parachute" as "I will be your pair of shoes". Even knowing it's not that, I still hear it. Never made sense, but oh, well.

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Aisling Raye 1 year ago

My friends and I would sing the vengaboys song "we're going to Ibiza" as "we're going to eat pizza"

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Janet Allan 1 year ago

This was not me, but my favourite has always been 'slow-talking Walter, the fire engine guy' instead of 'smoke on the water...'

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Julie Arsmtrong 1 year ago

"Blinded by the light, Strung up like a douche in the middle of the night". Bruce Springsteen and Mannfred Mann's Earth Band. I'm still not sure what it really is.

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NobodyInParticular 1 year ago

My funniest misheard lyric is Janet Jackson's "Together Again." When she sings "together again oooooo" I thought she was singing "get a rug and poooooo" LOL

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Israel Martinez 1 year ago (edited)

Brother: “Annie got a gold chain” - Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” Friend: “I’ma say it one more time and im not gonna stop” - Michael Jackson’s “Wanna be Starting Something” Ex: “Dreadlock Rockstar” - Bob Marley’s “Buffalo Soldier”

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leendadll 1 year ago

Faves I've heard of: 'Swimming through a pile of cheese' (swimming through apologies, The Metro by Berlin) 'Looks like tomatoes' (Looks like we made it, Barry Manilow)

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a_dork 1 year ago

I thought MJ made a Beatles reference in Rock with You with "share that Beatle love." It's actually "share that beat of love."

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christie lowe 1 year ago

I was driving my oldest daughter and her friends, one of which was named Autumn, to the movies. At one point "Our lips are sealed" be the GoGo's comes on radio. Midway through the song, my 5 year old blurts out "Hey, is this song singing "Autumns a seal"? We still laugh about this

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Betsy Green 1 year ago

My sister & I still purposely sing the wrong lyrics to 'Drops of Jupiter' by Train & 'Young' by Kenny Chesney because it's our way & an inside joke between us The line in Drops of Jupiter is 'that heaven is overrated ' we heard 'That Van Halen is over rated' and Young is 'typically bad attitude ' but we sing ''chickadee bad attitude "

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JL 1 year ago

Manfred Mann - Blinded By The Light, various spots throughout the song.

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Maureen Stemmle 1 year ago

Billy Joel's we didn't start the fire. Had a cousin who was convinced the line was "JFK blown away He'll come back another day"

0points

Andy Frobig 1 year ago

So many of these would be solved just by knowing the title of the song

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meow point1 1 year ago

I used to think "Total Eclipse of the Heart" was "Total Eclipse of the Sun", and I thought the reason for "turn around" was because people were trying to make their way in the dark.

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Kody Franks 1 year ago

"You call me a banana" Instead of "You call me up and I" Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis. Also "I'm a farting carrot" instead of "I'm 14 karats" Selena Gomez Good for you.

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Meatballs 1 year ago

Ok what about the the song Ashley from Green day I thought it said Michelle shaunter not my cold shoulder

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Mysterious Author 1 year ago

I didn't begin listening to 80s music until about 5 years ago, but I knew I had to be hearing things wrong when I thought they were singing about an iPhone in Pour Some Sugar On Me. Actual lyric: Livin' like a lover with a radar phone What I heard: Livin' like a lover with a RED IPHONE

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BasedWang12.7 1 year ago

I had to stop reading. So much stupid. Im aggravated as s**t right now

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le_smol_froge 1 year ago

my mom thought “tender love n care” from Michael Jackson’s TLC was “from a lovin guy” AND I STILL MAKE FUN OF HER FOR IT

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Ancsuri 1 year ago

I am surprised no Fall Out Boy song made to that list.

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maragato 1 year ago

only for bilinguals: Tom Petty Free frijoles instead of Free Fallin'

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steven 1 year ago

yet another lazy article regurgitating a reddit post. If you weren't as lazy as you are you could do something called "research" and find out that the term for these is a "mondegreen"

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Sarah 1 year 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

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(っ◔◡◔)っ blush 1 year ago

Wait, those aren't the lyrics? /gen

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Vix Spiderthrust 1 year 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"

8points

Edith Hannah 1 year ago

Wow, it’s been a long time since I heard that name!

0points

Someone_from_the_Netherlands 1 year ago

It's even funnier if your own language isn't English Just a 'mama appelsap' in Dutch ;)

6points

Mario Strada 1 year ago (edited)

5points

Andy Frobig 1 year 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"

3points

The only Plueschopossum 1 year 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." ^^

5points

Melissa 1 year ago

I used to think it was "like a ceiling fan blowing us"

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CatWoman1014 1 year ago

5points

GirlFriday 1 year 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!

5points

glowworm2 1 year ago

“Hang on Snoopy” is actually “Hang on Sloopy.” Thought it was about Snoopy for years.

5points

Michael Largey 1 year ago

Misunderstood Beach Boys lyric: "And she'll have fun, fun, fun till her daddy takes her t-shirt away..."

4points

DarkViolet 1 year ago

Thanks for the laugh!

1point

Pterodactyl in Disguise 1 year 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

3points

glowworm2 1 year ago

I had an ex-friend who thought it was “you can dive”

0points

Philly Bobcat 1 year ago

Death and hatred to mankind... poisoning their brainwashed minds... OH LAWNCHAIR! - Black Sabbath - War Pigs. Your love is like bad venison, bad venison is what I eat... - Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine

3points

cerinamroth 1 year ago

3points

memyselfandI 1 year ago

Statin’ Alive— “Oh, oh, oh, oh, stingin’ a bat, stingin’ a bat”. I was so confused…

3points

Bri 1 year ago

On a dark desert highway, Cool Whip in my hair! (You can thank my half asleep brain for that one) Courtesy of Hotel California by The Eagles

2points

sylvantic 1 year ago

2points

RafCo (he/him/ele) 1 year ago

Mine was the American national anthem "José can you see".

2points

Mike_The_Nike (he/she/they) 1 year ago

my 6-year-old brother thinks that the lyrics in love shack “bring your jukebox money” are “bring your juice box money” and he cannot be convinced otherwise 😂

2points

David Paterson 1 year ago

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Andy Frobig 1 year ago

Why eat ostriches? You have all those emus right there

1point

Phendrena 1 year ago

Peter Kay's Misheard lyrics routine is brilliant : https://youtu.be/7my5baoCVv8

2points

DuchessDegu 1 year ago

Megadeth's Black Curtains, I thought Dave sang "Black Country" and always wondered why the hell he wrote a song about the West Midlands

2points

Chewie Baron 1 year ago

Could have been a tribute to Black Sabbath!

1point