We've all misheard things in lyrics...what are some of the more hilarious ones you've heard?

My ex-boyfriend thought the chorus "Rocket Man" by Elton John was:

"Rocket Man...burnin' all the shoes off everyone..."



You?

applekisses said:

how about Janet Jacksom's "i'm missing lunch" (i miss you much)

Olivia Newton John, song: Come on ovver


Actual Lyric: When I feel down, and I know my darkest day

What I heard: When I feel down, and I know my dog is dead

For the longest time I thought "Die in spite of" in 7 was "Giant Spiders."

Both of mine are fairly classic in my circle of friends.

My friend Jolene routinely mishears lyrics. She thought a line in the Red Hot Chili Peppers song 'zephyr' was 'fly away on my cell phone'


And the worst was Gwen Stefani's Holla Back Girl. She at first thought the lyric was 'I ain't no Harlem black girl!'

laughing at loud at this thread

My mom has had a couple of funny misheard lyrics. The one that stands out is the 80's song "The Walk of Life". My mom thought they were singing "The Walk on By".

My mom's Italian and she thought Billie Jean by Michael Jackson was:

"Fetuccini's not my lover..."

applekisses said:

This is not a miheard lyric but when I was growing up I used to go shop at this big ass mall in birmingham Alabama called "The Gallaria"

My mom has a strong asian accent and when a buddy of mine called my house, she told him I had gone to the gahneria (or so he heard. )


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Imago said:

Ok...remember that stupid song with JLo and ja rule.....


and JLo goes " R U L E"....my dumb ass thought she was asking a question "ARE YOU L E" I was like JLO is one stupid chick...what the hell does that mean...


My child laughed so hard at me....she kept saying R U L E until I got it

Rhondab said:

Rhondab said:

Another one that I posted on another thread, but thought I would share it here as well: I'm STILL laughing at the one orger (forget who it was) who posted a misheard Prince lyric. His/her friend or acquaintance thought Prince was singing, "Everybody wants to fuck the greedy bitch", instead of "Everybody wants to find Graffiti Bridge".

psychodelicide said:

That is just fucking classic

applekisses said:

Agreed. Wish I could remember who posted it.

On Wham's "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"...POTATO BUG instead of JITTER BUG

paisley2002 said:

A friend of mine thought the begining of "Oh Sheila" by Ready for the World was:

"What's good for the goose is good for the gander...
Irish Sailor"

applekisses said:

ok, seriously, I thought that is what it says.

If not, what is it actually saying?

A rather dopey girl i knew came up with, rather than "tonight i'll celebrate my love for you"
"tonight i'll sellotape my love to you"

Imago said:

NO WAY!



"What's good for the goose is good for the gander...
Oh Shelia"

mdiver said:

Well...that's a way to hold onto that love...

applekisses said:

Could get kinky!

mdiver said:

oh yeah.

applekisses said:

I'm sorry, I just now saw the "Irish sailor" part.
Actually, I thought you meant the whole thing was wrong.

I've actually gotten it right all these years.

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Imago said:

I thought so! That would have been too weird...Irish Sailor?!? Come on!

applekisses said:

I'm not THAT much of an attention whore.

Imago said:

riiiiight...

applekisses said: