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Lyrics to l famously misunderstood songs, explained

The discussion mondegreen is defined equally a misheard word or phrase that makes sense in your head, but is, in fact, incorrect. The term was coined in a November 1954 Harper'south Bazaar slice, where the author, Sylvia Wright, recalled a childhood mishearing. Co-ordinate to the author, when she was immature her female parent would read to her from a book called "Reliques of Ancient Verse." Her favorite verse form from the 1765 volume went like this: "Ye Highland and Ye Lowlands / Oh where accept you been? / They accept slain the Earl o'Moray / And laid him on the green." Wright, however, heard the last line as "And Lady Mondegreen."

A mondegreen really takes identify between auditory perception (the physical act of hearing) and pregnant-making (when our brains imbibe the noises with significance). This is essentially what happens in the childhood game of telephone. As one friend whispers a word or phrase into another's ear, it can become wildly distorted, and a totally different give-and-take or phrase can come up out the other side. The audio-visual data that's received and the interpretation a brain comes upward with but don't match up. Information technology's not exactly entirely clear why this happens, nosotros just know that information technology does.

I example we run across this happen a lot is in song lyrics. You can arraign information technology on the overwhelming amount of auditory signals, like instruments and background singers, or the fact that some words and phrases just sound remarkably similar others, simply chances are yous've had at least ane instance in your life where you've misheard what the singer is proverb. Today, nosotros're here to aid you lot out. Stacker rounded upwardly fifty famously misheard songs, explaining what's actually existence said. From "hold me closer Tony Danza" to "there's a wino down the road," read on for lyrics to 50 famously misunderstood songs.

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'Tiny Dancer' by Elton John

- Misheard: "Agree me closer Tony Danza"
- Correct: "Agree me closer tiny dancer"

One of the most oft misheard lyrics, this Elton John blooper has spawned a life of its own. For example, the single, which went three-times platinum in April 2018, spawned a joke on an episode of "Friends." When discussing the most romantic songs of all time, Phoebe says that, in her opinion, it'southward "the one that Elton John wrote for that guy on 'Who's the Boss'."

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'We Built This Urban center' by Starship

- Misheard: "We built this city on sausage rolls"
- Correct: "Nosotros built this city on rock and roll"

This misheard lyric from Starship'due south get-go-ever single is and so common that information technology prompted a parody song. YouTuber LadBaby (aka Marker Hoyle) held the #ane position on the U.Chiliad. singles charts during the 2018 holiday flavor for his cover virtually pork-blimp pastries. Beating out artists like Ariana Grande and Mariah Carey for the honor, all proceeds from his track were donated to the Trussell Trust, a food bank charity.

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'Drift Abroad' past Uncle Kracker

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'Blank Space' past Taylor Swift

- Misheard: "All the lone Starbucks lovers"
- Correct: "Got a long list of ex-lovers"

This lyric was misheard and so oft past Taylor Swift fans, that the singer actually poked fun at her ain vocal on Valentine's Day in 2015. In a at present-deleted tweet, she wrote: "Sending my dearest to all the lone Starbucks lovers out there this Valentine's Day… even though that is not the correct lyric." To which the coffee chain playfully replied: "Wait, it'south not?"

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'Bohemian Rhapsody' past Queen

- Misheard: "Saving his life from this warm sausage tea"
- Right: "Spare him his life from this monstrosity"

Annihilation less than a piping hot loving cup of tea is an actual nightmare for most Brits, but it turns out that'south not actually what ane of their most famous musicians was crooning most. The song'due south popularity in the country has endured regardless. As of 2018, "Bohemian Rhapsody" is the third-best-selling U.K. single of all time, and is oft cited as one of the greatest rock songs earth-wide.

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'Baby Got Dorsum' by Sir Mix-A-Lot

- Misheard: "I like big butts in a can of limes"
- Right: "I similar big butts and I can not lie"

When Sir Mix-A-Lot's famously irreverent song made its debut in 1992, its equally outrageous video was briefly banned by MTV due to its bootylicious nature. Rather than squashing the song's popularity, the ban actually boosted it, and in the end, the track spent five weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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'Bulletin in a Bottle' past The Police

- Misheard: "A year has passed since I broke my nose"
- Correct: "A twelvemonth has passed since I wrote my annotation"

The Police considered "Message in a Bottle" i of their most lyrically deep songs. In fact, when discussing the vocal in "1000 UK Number Ones," Sting said, "I think the lyrics are subtle and well-crafted enough to striking people on a different level from something you just sing along to."

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'Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In' by Fifth Dimension

- Misheard: "This is the dawning of the Age of Asparagus"
- Right: "This is the dawning of the Historic period of Aquarius"

A true hippie anthem, "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" is really a mashup of two songs written for the musical "Hair." Information technology'due south also somewhat of a rarity in the music industry equally it was recorded past the group in two different cities: Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Despite its nontraditional origins, the unmarried was certified platinum past the RIAA in August 1991, 22 years afterwards its original release.

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'Waterfalls' by TLC

- Misheard: "Don't go Jason Waterfalls"
- Correct: "Don't go chasing waterfalls"

In 1995, TLC won the MTV Video Music Accolade for Video of the Year for this signature runway, which spent vii weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. All the same, that didn't keep fans from actually knowing all the lyrics to the at present-classic rails. The "Jason Waterfalls" lyric even has its own Urban Lexicon page, setting fans straight on their mistakes once and for all.

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'Smells like Teen Spirit' by Nirvana

- Misheard: "Here we are at present in containers"
- Correct: "Hither we are now, entertain us"

Legend has it, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana's lead singer, used to use the right line, "here nosotros are, now entertain us" whenever he entered a political party. It was such a signature for him, that he found a way to work it into the song, only to take it misheard frequently by listeners. The defoliation didn't stop the alternative track from reaching #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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'We Will Rock You' past Queen

- Misheard: "Kick your cat all over the place"
- Correct: "Kick your can all over the place"

In 2008, Queen's singles "We Are the Champions" and "We Will Rock You" were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. It was a well-deserved accolade for the tracks (which, despite being two separate songs, are virtually always played together and oftentimes referred to as a unmarried entity). In 2017, the runway went four-times multi-platinum, with more than 7 1000000 certified units sold.

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'I Want to Hold Your Hand' by The Beatles

- Misheard: "I want to concord your ham"
- Correct: "I want to hold your hand"

Arraign it on the British accents, but the first Beatles vocal to catch on in America likewise has one of the grouping'southward nearly often misheard lyrics. According to industry lore, Bob Dylan also misunderstood a line in the song. He allegedly idea that "I can't hide" was "I get high." After finding out that the group was non, in fact, marijuana smokers, he introduced them to the recreational practice and cemented himself a spot in Beatle history.

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'I'm a Laic' by The Monkees

- Misheard: "And so I saw her confront, now I'g gonna leave her"
- Correct: "And so I saw her face up, now I'm a believer"

Popularized by the flick "Shrek," "I'm a Laic" was really released 35 years prior by The Monkees. The original version was an instantaneous hit, going gold inside two days of its release and holding the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks.

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'Blinded by the Lite' by Bruce Springsteen

- Misheard: "Wrapped up like a deuce, another rumor in the dark"
- Correct: "Revved up like a deuce, some other runner in the dark"

This famous Bruce Springsteen lyric gets misheard in all sorts of means. In 1993, a Canadian sketch-comedy bear witness, "The Vacant Lot," included a "Blinded by the Lite" sketch on their testify that poked fun at the diverse incorrect renditions out there.

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'Bad Moon Rising' by Creedence Clearwater Revival

- Misheard: "There'southward a bathroom on the right"
- Correct: "At that place's a bad moon on the rise"

Some musicians honey getting in on the joke of their misunderstood lyrics—John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival is one of them. During his 1998 "Premonition" concert taping, he really sang the incorrect lyric on stage (close listeners can hear it quite plainly afterward the last verse). Information technology's too been reported that during other concerts he'd betoken to the closest bathroom whenever he got to the line.

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'Similar a Virgin' by Madonna

- Misheard: "Like a virgin, touched for the 31st time"
- Right: "Alive a virgin, touched for the very beginning time"

"Like a Virgin" was Madonna's first #ane hit in the U.S. The rail topped the Billboard Hot 100 nautical chart for six weeks. Its racy lyrics reportedly fabricated it harder to find a recording studio and production team who would bring the vocal to life, but the finished product ultimately set Madonna apart from the horde of other 1980's pop singers.

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"Information technology'due south Gonna Exist Me' by NSYNC

- Misheard: "It's gonna exist May!"
- Correct: "It's gonna be me"

In contempo years, this misheard lyric has spawned its own meme that pops upwardly each leap: a motion picture of a frosted-tip, curly-haired Justin Timberlake spouting the wrong lyrics. The song hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, only even some of the nigh diehard '90s boy band fans admit that this lyric is difficult to understand.

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'Cups (When I'm Gone)' by Anna Kendrick/Pitch Perfect

- Misheard: "You lot're gonna miss me by my walk, you're gonna miss me past my taco"
- Correct: "You're gonna miss me by my walk, yous're gonna miss me by my talk, oh"

This made-for-a-film song is a combination of a Carter Family song, "When I'chiliad Gone" and the cup game, which was invented by the British band Lulu & the Lampshades and went viral on Reddit in 2009. Information technology reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and inspired legions of covers that were posted on platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter. Several of the covers actually included this misheard lyric.

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'Piece of work Information technology' by Missy Elliott

- Misheard: "Iss yurr fweminippi fwep yet"
- Correct: "Ti esrever dna ti plif nwod gniht ym tup I"

Missy Elliott'south "Work It" spent 10 weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. During that time, most fans assumed this line was just gibberish. There was even speculation that information technology was a coded dirty bulletin. But it turns out the existent lyric is "I put my affair downwards flip it and contrary information technology" just flipped and reversed.

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'We Didn't Showtime the Burn down' by Billy Joel

- Misheard: "Nosotros didn't get-go the fire, it was always burning, said the worst chaser"
- Right: "We didn't offset the fire, it was always burning, since the globe'south been turning"

"We Didn't Starting time the Fire" ranks low on the listing of Billy Joel'due south favorite songs, but American listeners disagreed. The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and received heavy airplay after its release in 1989. The track is a stream-of-consciousness-way song that lists all the events Joel feels defined his generation. The listing is so lengthy that Joel has admitted having trouble remembering all the lyrics.

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'Forget You' by CeeLo Green

- Misheard: "I estimate he'south an skillful, and I'm more an attorney"
- Correct: "I approximate he's an Xbox, and I'm more than Atari"

In the original, curse-laden version of this song, CeeLo Green drops the F-flop 16 times in the span of iii.5 minutes. Even yet, it reached #two on the Billboard Hot 100 and broke the 2 meg view mark on YouTube inside i week of its release.

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'Desperado' past The Eagles

- Misheard: "You've been outright offensive, for then long at present"
- Correct: "You've been out riding fences, for so long now"

"Desperado" was the concluding vocal The Eagles ever performed on bout. It closed their show out on July 29, 2015, and vi months afterwards their lead singer, Glenn Frey, was dead. While the vocal is a fan favorite, information technology was never released as a unmarried, which helped to boost album sales.

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'Blurred Lines' by Robin Thicke

- Misheard: "Mushrooms are nasty"
- Correct: "Must want to get nasty"

Amidst all the controversy that surrounded the song'due south suggestive and possibly demeaning lyrics, Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" was decorated breaking records. It not only took the tiptop spot on the Billboard Hot 100, but it besides held the #one spot on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs for xvi weeks, the longest whatever vocal had held the position since the 1940s. A large part of that success was due to the media attention that surrounded the unrated cutting of the video, which featured topless women, existence banned.

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'Big Yellowish Taxi' by Joni Mitchell

- Misheard: "If information technology ain't paradise, then put upwards a parking lot"
- Correct: "They paved paradise to put upwards a parking lot"

The Counting Crows and Vanessa Carlton cover of this song might be the well-nigh famous version, only Joni Mitchell's was the original. Mitchell told The Los Angeles Times that she wrote the song after her first trip to Hawaii, where they had literally paved paradise to put upward a parking lot.

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'Our Lips are Sealed' by The Go-Gos

- Misheard: "Fifty-fifty Dallas games, people play"
- Correct: "In the jealous games people play"

The Go-Gos originally started as a punk ring in the 1970s but shifted to pop with the release of their anthology "Dazzler and the Beat" in 1981. "Our Lips are Sealed" was the breakout hit from the album, peaking at #twenty on the Billboard charts.

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'Stairway to Heaven' by Led Zeppelin

- Misheard: "At that place'south a wino downwardly the road"
- Right: "And as we wind on down the route"

Although "Stairway to Sky" has been called "the all-time rock vocal of all time," it actually never charted. The rail was never released as a single; instead, radio stations received promotional singles that accept get collector's items.

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'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)' by The Eurythmics

- Misheard: "I travel the globe in generic jeans"
- Correct: "I travel the globe and the vii seas"

Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, the duo behind the Eurythmics, wrote "Sugariness Dreams (Are Made of This)" most the search for fulfillment and the desires that motivate u.s.a.. But not anybody hears it that way. The 2013 rom-com "I Give It A Year" poked fun at listeners' most oft misheard lyric with i graphic symbol quipping, "Do y'all retrieve Annie Lennox is singing almost whether she happened to travel the world in Levi's or Wranglers?"

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'Dancing Queen' by ABBA

- Misheard: "Run across that girl, watch her scream, kicking the dancing queen"
- Right: "See that girl, lookout that scene, dig in the dancing queen"

The merely ane of ABBA's cord of hits to make information technology to #i in the U.Due south., "Dancing Queen" also striking #1 in 13 other countries. It might also be their about misunderstood song. According to a poll conducted past Blinkbox in 2014, 22% of listeners reported hearing the famous lyrics this manner.

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'Papa Don't Preach' by Madonna

- Misheard: "Poppadom preach"
- Correct: "Papa don't preach"

When "Papa Don't Preach" was first released in 1986 in that location was a lot of controversy surrounding the vocal, equally its lyrics dealt with teenage pregnancy and ballgame. The media attention ended up helping heave the overall popularity of the song, which hit #ane in both the U.S. and the U.Thousand. While we know Madonna as a very outspoken performer today, this was one of her beginning tracks to openly deal with a political event.

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'Purple Haze' past Jimi Hendrix

- Misheard: "Excuse me while I kiss this guy"
- Correct: "Excuse me while I kiss the sky"

While information technology only ever hit #65 on the Billboard Hot 100, "Royal Haze" is often cited as i of Jimi Hendrix's best songs. In that location'southward a commonly misheard lyric buried within it, and, for his part, Hendrix did little to ever set up the record direct. He even went so far equally to occasionally sing the incorrect lyric in concert while nodding or pointing at a male fellow member of his ring up on the stage.

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'The Sidewinder Sleep Tonite' by R.E.Thou.

- Misheard: "Calling Jamaica"
- Correct: "Call me when you endeavor to wake her upward"

1 of R.E.M.'s most overall confusing songs as well holds one of their most commonly misheard lyrics. However, one thing that anyone who has ever heard the vocal can probably identify is the track's kickoff 4 notes, which mirror those from "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" past The Tokens. Rather than stealing the sequence, R.E.M. paid The Tokens for the rights to use the riff and ended up covering the other "The King of beasts Sleeps Tonight" as a part of the final deal.

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'Like a G6' past Far East Movement

- Misheard: "Like a cheese stick"
- Correct: "Like a Thousand-six"

Far East Movement was essentially a one-hitting-wonder. Their only American hit, "Similar a G6," reached #ane on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2010, and two additional songs charted in the U.K. Fans misheard the lyrics to their sole hit, as G-half dozen's aren't actually planes (but something the band made upwardly that could conceivably go faster than a Yard-4).

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'Two Tickets to Paradise' by Eddie Money

- Misheard: "I've got two chickens to paralyze"
- Correct: "I've got two tickets to paradise"

Eddie Money didn't take a long or storied career, but his striking "2 Tickets to Paradise" has go a classic rock staple. After its release, the song only e'er striking #22 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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'Summertime Sadness' past Lana del Rey

- Misheard: "I'm feeling sick like Drake this evening"
- Correct: "I'thou feeling electric tonight"

Blame it on the singer's sultry accent, or the unusual pacing of the song, but few listeners get this lyric right on the commencement endeavor. "Summertime Sadness" was a single from Lana del Rey'south first major album "Born to Die." The track, which has a sound that del Rey describes as "Hollywood sadcore," reached #half dozen on the Billboard Hot 100.

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'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (In the Garden of Eden)' past Atomic number 26 Butterfly

- Misheard: "In a glob of Velveeta, love"
- Right: "In-a-gadda-da-vida, honey"

Arguably the first heavy metal song, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" peaked at #30 on the Billboard charts. The original song is over 17 minutes long simply uses but 30 dissimilar words. It was this version (not the four-minute radio cut) that Iron Butterfly was ready to perform at Woodstock earlier they got stuck in an airport and couldn't make information technology.

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'Addicted to Love' by Robert Palmer

- Misheard: "A digital dear"
- Right: "Addicted to dear"

Hit #1 on the charts, Robert Palmer'southward "Fond to Dear" is virtually memorable for its music video. The clip features a handful of models, all dressed and made-up identically, pretending to play instruments backside the singer. It was parodied constantly throughout the '80s and '90s, including in a Pepsi commercial that featured fellow musician Britney Spears.

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'Take a Chance on Me' by ABBA

- Misheard: "If you change your listen, Jackie Chan, I'm the first in line, Jackie Chan"
- Correct: "If you alter your heed, have a chance, I'chiliad the first in line, take a chance"

While "Take a Take chances on Me" merely reached #3 in the United States, it hit #ane in the nautical chart in the U.K., Austria, Belgium, Ireland, and Mexico. The single was certified Gold a year after its release in 1978.

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'SexyBack' past Justin Timberlake

- Misheard: "Go hippie, go hippie, go"
- Correct: "Get ahead, exist gone with information technology"

The commencement single from Justin Timberlake's second solo album "FutureSex: LoveSounds," "SexyBack" topped the charts both in the U.K. and the U.Southward. It combines elements of electronic dance music and disco, creating a sound that's totally unique and was definitely ahead of its fourth dimension when the track was released. In June 2007, the unmarried went three-times multi-platinum.

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'Vertigo' by U2

- Misheard: "Hello, hello! I'g in a place called Oregon"
- Correct: "Hi, how-do-you-do! I'yard at a identify called vertigo"

Despite just reaching #31 on the U.S. charts, "Vertigo" won 3 Grammys at the 2004 awards: All-time Rock Song, All-time Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and Best Short Form Music Video. It's too among the songs the band played when they were inducted into the Stone and Roll Hall of Fame a year after.

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'Blowin' in the Current of air' by Bob Dylan

- Misheard: "The ants are my friends, they're blowing in the wind"
- Correct: "The answer my friends, is blowing in the wind"

It is thought that this is the near covered Bob Dylan song. In fact, Dylan'south version was never all that popular—it was the Peter, Paul and Mary cover that everyone knows best. In 1999, the rail, which Dylan claims to have written in 10 minutes, was introduced into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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'Piano Homo' past Baton Joel

- Misheard: "Sing usa a song for the yellowish man"
- Correct: "Sing us a vocal, you're the piano homo"

Arguably one of the near recognizable songs in the globe, "Piano Man" was Billy Joel's breakthrough single after signing with Columbia Records. In October 2018, the single went three-times multi-platinum. Even however, not everyone knows the words.

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'Paradise City' past Guns N' Roses

- Misheard: "Take me down to a very squeamish city"
- Correct: "Take me downwards to the Paradise City"

Despite information technology literally existence the title of the song, many fans mishear this lyric. Co-ordinate to the band, Paradise City is Los Angeles, while the very adjacent line ("where the grass is green, and the girls are pretty") is about the town where Axl Rose's family unit would vacation, Bloomington, Indiana.

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'Shake It Off' by Taylor Swift

- Misheard: "And the bakers gonna broil, bake, broil, bake, bake"
- Correct: "And the haters gonna hate, hate, detest, hate, hate"

The atomic number 82 single from Taylor Swift'south start purely pop album "1989," "Milk shake It Off" debuted at #one on the Billboard Hot 100 where information technology spent a total of four weeks. Unlike some of her other misheard lyrics, T-Swift has never addressed this misquote publicly.

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'Lucy in the Heaven With Diamonds' by The Beatles

- Misheard: "The girl with colitis goes by"
- Correct: "The girl with kaleidoscope eyes"

After the Beatles released this track in 1967, the BBC banned "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" for its excessive amount of drug references. While the band originally denied that the song had annihilation to exercise with drugs, Paul McCartney finally confessed, in a 2004 interview with Daily Mail, that it was "pretty obvious" what the song was really about.

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'Chasing Pavements' past Adele

- Misheard: "Or should I only go along chasing penguins"
- Correct: "Or should I but keep chasing pavements"

A much more lighthearted twist on this classic heartbreak song, the mixup between chasing penguins and chasing pavements has been reported past multiple listeners. While "Chasing Pavements" didn't perform as well on the charts, it is credited with giving Adele her American breakout. The crooner performed the vocal on "SNL" in 2008, which gave her a huge amount of exposure in the Usa.

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'I Can See Clearly Now' by Johnny Nash

- Misheard: "I can run across clearly now, Lorraine is gone"
- Correct: "I can see clearly at present, the rain is gone"

The first reggae song to hit #i on the Billboard Hot 100, Johnny Nash's "I Can See Conspicuously Now" also has ane of the most commonly misunderstood lyrics in music history. Nash wrote the lyrics to the hit himself, but his thick Texan emphasis can make it difficult for some listeners to figure out exactly what those lyrics are.

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'Single Ladies' by Beyonce

- Misheard: "Got gloss on my lips, a man on my hips, hold me tighter than my very own jeans"
- Correct: "Got gloss on my lips, a man on my hips, hold me tighter than my Dereon jeans"

"Single Ladies" won three Grammy's at the 2010 awards: Vocal of the Yr, All-time Female person R&B Vocal Performance, and Best R&B Song. In the centre of her multi-platinum runway, Beyonce plugs her fix-to-wear clothing line, Firm of Dereon.

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'Little Talks' past Of Monsters and Men

- Misheard: "Cause though the truth may vary, this sh** will carry our bodies safe to shore"
- Correct: "Cause though the truth may vary, this ship will behave our bodies safe to shore"

"Little Talks" by Of Monsters and Men went multi-platinum. It turns out the lyrics of the band's stand-out hit aren't quite equally profane as you may have thought, although they may sound similar information technology. Co-ordinate to the grouping's atomic number 82 singer, Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, the song is actually most a wife talking to her recently deceased husband.

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'La Isla Bonita' by Madonna

- Misheard: "Last night I dreamt of soft bagels"
- Correct: "Last night I dreamt of San Pedro"

While information technology was never a hit on the same level as many of Madonna'south other songs, at to the lowest degree in the U.S., "La Isla Bonita" nevertheless holds a special identify in the Queen of Popular'due south itemize as it was her first rail to accept Latin influences. And information technology's not terribly surprising that this lyric is often misheard, equally San Pedro is non a real isle.

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'Livin' on a Prayer' by Bon Jovi

- Misheard: "It doesn't make a divergence if we're naked or not"
- Correct: "Information technology doesn't brand a difference if we make it or non"

Originally, Jon Bon Jovi didn't think that "Livin' on a Prayer" was upwardly to the same standard as the balance of the band'southward work, and intended to leave the track off of their tertiary album "Slippery When Wet." Thankfully, the group convinced him to include information technology in the end, and information technology became the group's signature song (too as the unofficial anthem of New Jersey). In 2013, the track was certified past the RIAA as three-times multi-platinum.

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