misheard lyrics

I used to think that in the song "Smooth Operator" they were saying "Schooooooool's not forever!"

Steph

I was convinced that Abba's 1980 number 1 hit "Super Trouper" contained the lyric "I was sick and tired of everything, When I called you last night from Tesco's".

It's actually "...from GLASGOW"!

Anon

Again, the mom though the Stones were saying "I'll never leave your Pizza burning" instead of "I'll never be your beast of burden"

Beth

I used to think the Neil Diamond song "Forever in Blue Jeans" was actually him singing about The Reverend Blue Jeans and I assumed it was about a man of the cloth being cool and appealing to the younger generation. Only realised the real song title and lyrics a few years ago. My dad and I prefer my version and always change the song as we sing along.

Steph

My younger brother (who doesn't even like rock 'n' roll) heard the line in the chorus of "Suffragette City" as "Don't lean on me man, 'cause you can't afford the chickens..." (real: "ticket"). This seems to be a common one, but earlier in the song he'd also heard "The smell of fried chicken put my spine out of place." (real: "this mellow-thighed chick".) He still calls it the chicken song.

Ana Byrd

When I was about 9, i herd the song "The Beautiful People" by Marilyn Manson. I could'nt really hear the part where he was singing "the beautiful people" part so it sounded like he was saying "Go suck a meatball, go suck a meatball."
(I finally memorized all of his songs at my age now and hes my favorite musician!)
lol... go suck a meatball...thats my quote now! lol

Cassie

My cousin and I went to a aerobics class, and they played 'raise a little hell'. right then she told me that all her life she (until now) she thought that it was 'raise a little elf'. I couldn't finish the class I was laughing so hard.

Canukya

There's a heavy metal group called Disturbed,who has a song called Stupify.The correct lyrics were "Look in my face,step into my soul,I begin to stupify.Rock!"For the longest time I thought it was "Deep in my plate,deep in my bowl,I eat Spaghetti-O's!Rock!"I have absolutely NO IDEA where that came from!

Too obsessed with pasta

I thought the song by the Rolling Stones, "If you start me up" was saying "Yugoslavia."

You laugh but you will never stop Yugoslavia.

Texas Rocky

I used to think that the KD Lang song 'Constant Craving' was actually "Can't stand gravy"!It used to make me feel ill every time I heard it!

Annie

My niece, Alisse, heard the song "Felis Navidad" one day on the radio and was amazed. She thought the song said, "Alisse, mom, and dad". So now when we ask her to sing a Christmas song she'll sing that, HER way. Don't try to tell her she's wrong, she KNOWS it's about her family.

Mandy The Mental

I used to think that Aerosmith's "Dude Looks Like a Lady" was "Do This Like a Lady". I sang that my whole life till I saw the real title on this website.

Smith of Aero

at the time when TLC's "waterfalls" was popular, my brother was 5 years old. the line that goes "don't go chasing waterfalls", he thought it was "Go, GO, Power Rangers!

Anon

I thought the Til Tuesday song said "Books are scary!", rather than "Voices Carry"

Anon

I used to think that the John Cougar Mellencamp song "Authority" said "I fight Jodie and Jodie always wins" when it really says "I fight Authority and Authority always wins"... it made more sense with Jodie... she was very scary to me when I was growing up.

Laci

I saw on the misheard lyrics pages a few weeks ago someone who submitted their versions of some shakin steven's songs and thought they were really funny, so I thought I'd send you some of mine because as a kid I used to think he was awful and my brother hated him, so here goes,

1)'I'll be Crucified' -actual song 'I'll be satisfied'
2) Because I bug you -real title 'Because I love you
3)'what do you wanna make those pies for me for'-what do you want to make those eyes at me for'
4)'Say ta ra ta ra'-Que sera sera
5)'Turning gay' -Turning away
6) 'Dipstick,elvis you aint'-lipstick, powder & paint
7) 'got lumpy graaavy' -you drive me crazy
8)'I need a wee' -'Marie marie

yes, we really did used to sing these lyrics instead of the proper ones, ours are better and much funnier we think.

Leanne Robinson

I used to think "The Jean Genie" was infact the GIN Genie. For years I thought that was the connection between gin and spirits.

Anon

I used to think Benny and the Jets was:

She's got electric boobs, a mohawk too, you know I read it on a can of pringles ohhhhh, B-B-B Benny and the Jets.

LostFunZone

when i was in elementary school, say, around 4th or 5th grade, there was this bone thugs n harmony song on the radio, called "thuggish ruggish bone". i loved it to death, and everytime it came on, i would sing along. like an idiot, i thought that the girl singing the chorus was saying "it's the plucky ducky song!" when in fact she was singing "it's the thuggish ruggish bone!" at the time, the cartoon "tiny toon adventures" was on and i was a major fan. one of the characters on the show was named plucky duck. i thought they were singing about the duck! :D :D i felt so stupid when i found out the correct name of the song. my mom had to suffer through a lot of my favorite rap songs in the car back then, and she too thought they were singing about plucky duck. we still laugh about it to this day!

pluckyducky

I thought that the lyrics "When I called you last night from glasgow" were "When I called you last night from Tesco" (British supermarket).

Sarah