Well I believed that the song 'Constant Craving' (by KD Lang, I think) was actually can't stand gravy!! And sang these words right up until my husband pointed the correct words out to me about 3 years ago!!

Blondee

The first Madonna song I ever heard was "Material Girl" when I was 5. I thought she was singing "Cheerio Girl". I thought she was soo cool, because I was a girl and loved Cheerio's too.

Charlene Bosiak

In the song 'Back to Life' by Soul to Soul I thought it was "I dont wanna be a woman, I wanna be an earwig" When in fact the lyrics where "However do you want me, however do you need me" I was only about 7!

Jem

I always thought the lyrics to the Aerosmith song were "You look like a lady" until about 5 minutes ago when I saw other people getting the lyrics wrong.


I am 21 years old, clearly I should have found out about this earlier!

Bex

My parents used to watch a lot of All in the Family reruns when I was around 6-10 years old. This is how I heard the lyrics:

By the way glad miller played
Songs that made the hit parade,
Guys like us we had it made,
Those were the days.

And you knew where you were then,
Gals were girls and men were men.
Here's to we could use a man like Herbert Hoov'r for our den.

Didn't need no world's best date.
Everybody pulled his weight.
G.R.O. la sal-man grate.
Those were the days.

I was willing enough to belive that Herbert Hoover had been a great conversationalist, and therefore someone you'd want around your den; and it seemed reasonable that an old fart like Archie might find the modern dating scene not to his liking.
But what was a "sal-man grate"? After much thought, I came to the uneasy conclusion that it was something you put over the ducts in your house to keep out the salamanders. Later, I toyed with the idea that "Salmangrade" was some small, obscure Eastern European state, but that wasn't quite satisfying either.

Later I found out the real lyrics:

By the way Glen Miller played
Songs that made the Hit Parade,
Guys like us we had it made,
Those were the days.

And you knew who you were then,
Girls were girls and men were men.
Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.

Didn't need no welfare state.
Everybody pulled his weight.
Gee our old LaSalle ran great.
Those were the days.

JEC

I thought until yesterday that the lyrics of the teenage mutant ninja turtles' s theme tune was-
Whan the Evil-Shredder-Of-Tax,
(rather than the evil shredder attacks)
I always thought it had some obscure political message.

Jude

I used to think that Robert Palmer was singing "you might as well face it, you're a dickhead in love." instead of the real lyrics which are "...you might as well face it, you're addicted to love."

Milly

My fabulously gorgeous 4 year old sings ....
'Old McDonald had a fart,ee-i-ee-i-oh'
He also reckons theres a 'Little boy who lives down the drain''
But my 8 year old takes the biscuit....He reckons that....
'Poppadom Pete,I'm in't rubble deep,Poppadom Pete,I've been oozing sleet but I've made up my mind,I'm keeping my boobies,I'm gonna eat ma baby'
Scary huh?A mad buxom Northern Big-Crisp-Munching-Baby-Eating woman has been in some kind of construction site disaster.

Justine,Stirling,Scotland,

My cousin who is now 50 still sings I am in Woolworths. (I am a Walrus) by the Beatles

and

My mum used to sing Hold my hand I'm a strange looking parasite. (Hold my hand I'm a stranger in Paradise) Tony Bennett.

Jan

in the jimi hendricks song purple haze i thought that when they say "scuse me while i kiss the sky" i thout they said "scuse me while i kiss this guy"

i thought jimi hendrics was gay

Anon

Blackadder does not ride a 'Pitch Black Steed' but in fact rides a 'Black Jetski'
I dunno, I was a child. I was probably too busy shoving lego up my nose to listen to the lyrics correctly.

Anon

One day I was in the car with my niece and I was flipping through the stations when the song "How Low Can You Go" came on and my niece goes "OH I LOVE THAT SONG! HEL-LO STINKY TOE!" I laughed so hard as she sung along.

Anon

When I was five, thought paul McCartney was singing "stand on the rug" instead of "Band and the Run". I also though the girl "walked and talked like an ape now" (instead of ACE) on the Beach Boys song "Fun Fun Fun".

Holly

The Pink Meat Song - a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. A very small French vocabulary let me hear "le viand rose" instead of "La Vie en Rose"!

Anon

When I was eight, I loved Madonna's "Papadompe Beach." Didn't get why she was in trouble, though....

tncatboy

For years I thought that ABC's 'when smokey sings said 'When Smokey Sings, I hear violence', thinking that smokey drove people to fighting. My brother pointed out that it's 'I hear violins'. I reckon either makes sense though. No?

minky tent

My husband turned me on to classic ACDC, and up until he heard me singing along, I thought the lyrics were:

Dirty Deeds and the Thunder Chief

It's one of his favorite "cocktail party stories."

Niki

"what a wonderful world" by Louis Armstrong still is my favourite song but I used to believe he sings "the dog says goodnight" instead of "the dark sacred night" I only discovered that last week and I am fifty years old....well never too old to learn...

cobus

When my son was 5, we were on a trip and the song A Horse With No Name by America was playing on the radio. My son was in the back seat singing "Ive been through the desert on a horse with no legs" instead of, "I've been through the desert on horse with no name"

jonnyd

This isn't mine, but my dad used to think that the lyrics to the Beach Boys song "Fun, Fun, Fun" were "We'll have fun, fun, fun 'til your daddy takes the teapot away." instead of "We'll have fun, fun, fun 'til your daddy takes the T-bird away."

Liz