What did they sing - misheard lyrics

Elessar · 16-05-2007 10:14PM

Band Aid

"Jesus, waaaaooooooow, let them know it's christmas time"

This was up until christmas last year. Always puzzled me bacause I never figured Bob Geldof as a religious man.

Hard Larry · 16-05-2007 10:21PM

Metallica - For whom the bell tolls

"Niggas fight on the hill in the early day" is actually "makes his fight"

Nena Cherry and Nus N'Dour
The opening line is in Morrocan for years we thought it was "Pulling myself"

I once heard one of these misheard lyrics on radio and some girl for years thought that in the theme tune to the movie Ghostbusters they were singing "Those Bastards"

"who ya gonna call?...THOSE BASTARDS"

davyjose · 16-05-2007 11:39PM

Hard Larry wrote:

I once heard one of these misheard lyrics on radio and some girl for years thought that in the theme tune to the movie Ghostbusters they were singing "Those Bastards"

"who ya gonna call?...THOSE BASTARDS"

LMAO - best one yet!!!

little miss · 16-05-2007 11:55PM

I always thought that the Elvis Presley song Dixieland was Pixieland. Someone had to correct me... after many years of singing along loudly and wrongly!

Agamemnon · 16-05-2007 11:58PM

VaGodiva wrote:

Eiffel 64's song Blue-

Actual Line: "I'm blue, aba de aba da"
What we heard: "I'm blue, gotta pee I'm a guy"

I used to think it was "I'm blue, I OD'ed and I died".

ctc_celtic · 17-05-2007 12:16AM

embarased to say this
Limp Bizkit, take a look around
Words: Cuz hate is all the world that ever seen lately
Heard: Cuz hate is all the world that ever STEVEN GATELY

I swear the first time i heard it, i said to a mate, is he singing about the fella from boyzone?
I was at college at the time and very drunk.

copacetic · 17-05-2007 12:26AM

Terry wrote:

That's a quote from either a movie or tv show.
My addled brain cannot remember which right now though.

it's from the simpsons and loads of other places, hence the name of
the site linked earlier in the thread. most popular misheard lyric ever?

Donald-Duck · 17-05-2007 12:42AM

VaGodiva wrote:

Eiffel 64's song Blue-

Actual Line: "I'm blue, aba de aba da"
What we heard: "I'm blue, gotta pee I'm a guy"

I was just waiting for this to be mentioned:D

grumpytrousers · 17-05-2007 09:40AM

Fanny Cradock wrote:

Going back a while now.

Hey Ronnie,
Hey Ronnie,
Put your hands all over my body

'Erotic' by Madonna

I used to hear that as

Bill Oddie
Bill Oddie
Put your hands all overy my body

which had me a-thinking that Madge was somehow trying to get jiggy with the one time comedian and presently celebrity birdwatcher...

*edit*

and i wasn't alone, obv... http://www.realone.org/joel/flash/bill.swf

Splinter · 17-05-2007 10:10AM

Feral Mutant wrote:

Christina Aguilera - Genie in a Bottle
Real words: "You've gotta rub me the right way"
I heard: "You've gotta rub me to ride me"

such an irish translation

was in lifestyle in omni a few months ago and a little girl was walking round singing "i wish i was a punk rocker" but actually was singing..

"i wish i was a prawn cracker"..

ergonomics · 17-05-2007 10:16AM

Just Jack - Glory days:

Jump out your bed, Shave your head, Clear the haze
Jump out your bed, Shake your head, Clear the haze

Razorlight - Before I Fall To Pieces:
I don't wanna kidnap the truth and the ghost she ate
I don't wanna kidnap the truth and negotiate.

scargill · 17-05-2007 10:19AM

OMC - "How Bizzare"

I overheard a mate singing "parmesan, parmesan" instead of "how bizzare, how bizzare"

wtf ?

DarkJager · 17-05-2007 10:24AM

Feral Mutant wrote:

Christina Aguilera - Genie in a Bottle
Real words: "You've gotta rub me the right way"
I heard: "You've gotta rub me to ride me"

Ha ha, yeah I had a problem with this song as well.

Real Words: "Come, come on and let me out"
I Heard: "Come, come on and lick me out"

JungleBunny · 17-05-2007 10:30AM

Diana Ross: Stop! In The Name Of Love

Actual line: Stop in the Name of Love
What my sister sang... Stop in the Neighbourhood!

It took me a long time to convince her she was wrong

Gator · 17-05-2007 10:44AM

Simon & Garfunkal : Mrs Robinson

"Jesus loves you more than...."

"She a Slut....."

funniest thing ever

Tar.Aldarion · 17-05-2007 10:45AM

I hear 'inside my shell, I wait and bleed' as 'inside michelle I wait and bleed'.

Blackhorse Slim · 17-05-2007 11:23AM

One that got me was Shania Twain, I think the song is called That Don't Impress me Much - used to be all over the radio. As she was singing about how vain the guy is, I heard the lyric 'I can't believe you kiss your cock at night'.

It was a long time before I figured out she was actually singing 'I can't believe you kiss your car goodnight'.:o

tc20 · 17-05-2007 02:03PM

Song by a band, i think called CCS, with a female vocalist...

Im hearing " Dr Who, Dr Who, baby yeah"

Shes singing "Im off the hook, off the hook, baby yeah"

I still prefer my version tho'

Stench Blossoms · 17-05-2007 02:27PM

Blackhorse Slim wrote:

One that got me was Shania Twain, I think the song is called That Don't Impress me Much - used to be all over the radio. As she was singing about how vain the guy is, I heard the lyric 'I can't believe you kiss your cock at night'.

It was a long time before I figured out she was actually singing 'I can't believe you kiss your car goodnight'.:o

That's hilarious.

My friend was convinced that the song Butterfly by CrazyTown went

Come tilayle,Come, come tilayle, You're my blackgrinade Sugar baby

Kurumba · 17-05-2007 03:05PM

No clue who sang these but I remember them growing up:

Actual words: Call me, oh baby baby call me now...
Heard: Corned beef, oh baby baby corned beef now...

Actual words: Put a Brim full of Asha on the 45..
Heard : Go put a rasher on the 45..

Funny looking at that actually, i didn't even eat meat for years and years!

rivers · 17-05-2007 03:09PM

celine dion 'i believe that the hot dogs go on'
should be 'i believe that the heart does go on'...

Rnger · 17-05-2007 03:14PM

not quite misheard lyrics but more like a funny replacement...

The Killers' song All These Things I've Done:

"I got soul but im not a soldier"

can be replaced by...

"I got toast but im not a toaster"
ham/hamster, lob/lobster... whatever you want. A nice chant when your locked!

monkeyfudge · 17-05-2007 03:28PM

In Mariah Carey's I Can't Live (If Living Is Without You) I always here:

"Well, I can't forget this evening
Or your face as you were leaving"

as

"Well, I can't forget the semen
On your face as you were leaving."

Macha · 17-05-2007 06:38PM

Prince song - 'Raspberry Beret, the kind you find in a second hand store'

I caught a friend singing;

'Rags baby hooray!, The kind you find in a second hand store'.

grumpytrousers · 18-05-2007 09:45AM

jessie1 wrote:

No clue who sang these but I remember them growing up:

Actual words: Call me, oh baby baby call me now...
Heard: Corned beef, oh baby baby corned beef now...

Again, you're sorta not alone in that.

If you watch Peters Kays Phoenix Nights, there's a scene where on of the lads is down on his luck and singing in the local ASDA for the shoppers. Among the tunes he does are (to the tune of 'forget-me-nots')

"Come get your black-bin-bags
don't matter what your gender
Come get your black-bin-bags
if you're gay or straight or bender"

Anyway - one of the other songs he does is called 'Corned Beef' and it's done instead of 'Call me', but not the Blondie song.

On the commentary, Peter Kay says that he ALWAYS thought that the Blondie one was about Corned Beef, and that they wanted to use it in the show, but that the publishers/record company wouldn't allow them and they had to go with the other...

olaola · 18-05-2007 11:55AM

The Killers - Mr. Brightside
At the end when he's singing 'I never'
Sounds like ..
'Paella'.

Maybe he like Spanish food?

superfly · 18-05-2007 12:12PM

Beyonce meets Alf Garnett
http://www.rathergood.com/alf/

Kurumba · 18-05-2007 12:25PM

grumpytrousers wrote:

Again, you're sorta not alone in that.

If you watch Peters Kays Phoenix Nights, there's a scene where on of the lads is down on his luck and singing in the local ASDA for the shoppers. Among the tunes he does are (to the tune of 'forget-me-nots')

"Come get your black-bin-bags
don't matter what your gender
Come get your black-bin-bags
if you're gay or straight or bender"

Anyway - one of the other songs he does is called 'Corned Beef' and it's done instead of 'Call me', but not the Blondie song.

On the commentary, Peter Kay says that he ALWAYS thought that the Blondie one was about Corned Beef, and that they wanted to use it in the show, but that the publishers/record company wouldn't allow them and they had to go with the other...

LOL! To this day I still hear Corned beef! Myself and my friends used to dance around the kitchen singing 'Corned beef' and not bat an eyelid at it.

Gizzle · 18-05-2007 01:43PM

Fall Out Boy; "This Ain't a Scene..."

Actual Lyrics: This ain't a scene, ot's a GOD DAMN ARMS RACE!
Misheard Lyrics: This ain't a scene it's a GOD DAMN ARSE RAPE!

blahhh · 18-05-2007 01:54PM

My sister thought Natalie Imbruglias song "shiver" went:

- "Cos I 'm a sheila...."

instead of "cos I shiver.."

Best one I heard was on limerick live 95fm misheard lyrics

Bryan adams - Summer of 69

actual lyrics: "Standing on your mothers porch.."
misheard: "Standing on your mothers corpse.."

What did they sing - misheard lyrics

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