In the Philippines, my cousin once told me that the chorus for "Too Legit to Quit" was actually "Bulate sa Puwet," which in Filipino translated to "Worm in the Butt." For years I thought that was what MC Hammer said.

Ray T.

The real lyrics...
*Dont go chasing waterfalls. Please stick the rivers and the lakes that your used to*
What I heard...
* Dont go chasing waterfalls. Lipstick to the rivers and the lakes that your used to* My mom would crack up when I sang and I had no clue why.

Madame Missy

My younger sister couldn't understand why Kelly Clarkson was so upset about her bakery goods in the song 'Miss Independent':

"What happened to my cinnamon buns?"

I told her that the lyrics are really "what happened to Miss Independent?" - but I don't know why I bothered, because now all I can hear is those bloody cinnamon buns!

Gargy

i used to think that the chorus to eminem's without me went: "so this looks like on top of me, so everybody just follow me, cos we need a lil contoprosy(???), cos it feels so guilty without me" when in fact it went"well this looks like a job for me, so everybody just follow me cos we need a lil controvercy, and it feels so empty without me" and cos i'm like a mega eminem fan my friend asked me to remind her of the tune, i started singin the chorus to her....

embarassed dumbass

AC/DC dirty deeds...well i thought it was "Dirty knees....un-der-neath! Dirty knees and dere underneath..."
(it's really "Dirty deeds...done dirt cheap"..)

is that a smiting offence?

I thought No Doubts song Just a girl the line when it says:Your rule of thumb I thought it was boo la bum hehe.

Ally

I used to think the John Lennon - Merry Christmas (War Is Over) song said 'Let's hope its a good one, with plenty of beer' instead of 'without any fear' as my dad always sang it like that...

Mel

my nan used to think that Elton John's song which goes "Cold cold hearts..." went "Coco hearts.." and she thought that "coco" was some Native American lover of his!!

hoover

In the song Baby one more time by Britney Spears, theres this line:
Tell me baby cuz I need to know now, what be cause.
Well my younger sister was convinced those weren't the words and would sing at the top of her lungs:
Tell me baby cuz I need to know now,
WHOOPIE CUSHION!

Amy W.

i used to think that the song "hungry eyes" said "whole green eyes". I couldn't understand what it meant. It made me think of grapes!!

Also, in Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal, i thought the chorus said "You've been hit by, you've been struck by a SPOON". I didn't get that either.

Helena

I used to think the words to Chumbawumbas "tubthumping' were "i hate no doubt/ but i get over it/ but im never gonna like no doubt/" seeing as I loved no doubt (still do) I hated that song!!!

No Doubt FOREVER!

Many of my friends in high school used to believe that the 'eifel 65' song "Blue" chorus was "I'm blue I'm in need of a guy". Which makes much more sence than the real lyrics of "ba da dee da do die". THats not even english.

kat

When I was 9 or 10 I heard Nena's "99 Red Balloons (or Luft Balloons)" for the first time. I thought on one part it said "99 decision trees" instead of "99 decision street." I also had a lot of other beliefs about the lyrics in this song. When she said, "You and I in a little toy shop" I thought she said "You and I and a little toshou" thinking that toshou was some foreign word for child or dog. My last one is when it says "panic bells, it's red alert" I thought she said, "panic birds, it's red alert." Until I looked the lyrics up, I had always wondered what a decision tree was, what language "toshou" was, and what birds had to do with the 3rd world war. :)

A Confused Toshou

I recently got a CD with 12 80's new wave songs on them. (I'm 11 and an 80's freak!) Well I had heard the chorus of Devo's "Whip It" before but didn't know any of the rest of the song. So when they did the, "Now whip it. Into shape. Shape it up.." I didn't know it. When they said "Try to detect it" I thought they said, "tatooed detective." I was like, "What does a tatooed detective have to do with this song?"

Whip it Good

I thought that in Donna Summer's "On The Radio", she said "On the radiator"!! My grandma and sister were always laughing at me and they told me I was wrong. I found out the right lyrics when I was like 8. Whenever that song comes on the radio, they still make fun of me...

Vannessa

my uncle and dad have argued this for years...in the song Henery the Eighth my uncle swears the line goes "She's been married several times before" when obviously it is "seven times before" if this Henery bloke is number 8 on her list...jeez

aly

Def Leppard (I think it was Def Leppard, forgive me should I be wrong) sang "Panama".
Are you positive it wasn't "Enema"?

Caitlin from Canada

At university, we over heard a friend of mine singing along to Boy George's "Karma Chameleon" - except she was singing "Come-a, come-a, come-a, come-a, come-a to me, Leon". Which, when you consider that that phrase is the title of the song, is pretty bad. Earlier that term she had cut herself with a spoon. Enough said.

Anon

I used to have this obsession with the play Cats and used to sing the Jellicle Song all the time. My friend could'nt understand why I was singing a song about 'Jellycones' She thought I was singing about dancing cups of jelly.
And also she though "saying skimble where is skimble has he gone to hunt the thimble" was "saying skimble where is skimble he's up a tree". weird!

lederhosen

I cant sleep at night for tossing and turning would sound better if it was I cant sleep at night for tossing my gherkin

Stevie P