When I was in the first grade, a little boy I knew told me one day what his parts were called. The next day I heard the song "Venus in Blue Jeans" on the radio. I thought they were referring to the same word. I was shocked that such a dirty song would be allowed on the radio and would get terribly embarrassed whenever I was in the car with my family and it started playing.

K.

Back when that song "How Bizarre" used to be popular, I used to think it was "Parmesan." I found out this wasn't the case when my mom and I were in the mall and it started to play, and I said, "not 'Parmesan' again!" Once my mom stopped laughing she corrected me. In my defense, I was 8 or 9 at the time :p

Anon

My friend Karen used to think Britney Spears' song "Baby One More Time" started off "Oh, biben, biben, how was a supposed to know..."

Also she always sang "Turn the beat around, love to feel the cushion" . Never let her live down this one.

Jahna

dirty deeds done dirt cheap beacame slighty twisted and more confusing...as a child I sang along to the song... Dirty d's and the dung-dirt chief. I'm laughing right now just thinking about that! But the worst part is..even though I know the REAL lyrics I still hear the wrong ones!!

phishphan

I used to think the lyrics in Madonna's 'Material Girl' was 'Cos everybody's livin in a material world, and i am mom material girl' I just thought it meant she was the leader or 'mother' in this material world of hers :D

Jay

When I was little we grew up in the countryside,and every New Year I thought they were singing about "Old Egg Signs" instead of "Auld Lang Syne", which to me was quite odd and I was always to afraid to admit not knowing the connection between New Years and Eggs, so I never asked.Im 41 now and still sing it "old Egg Signs"

UK Child

In the 70's KC and the Sunshine band had a hit called something like "Get down tonight." or at least that was one of the lyrics. I had a lot of hearing problems as a kid ( infections, etc.) that affected my hearing. So I always thought that KC was singing "get calgonite" which I thought was some kinda brand name dish washing soap, and was always mystified why he was doing a song that was kinda a commercial and so into dish washing soap.

Drew

Come a, Come a, Come a, to me Leon. You come and go. You come and go.
I believed Boy George sang this for at least twenty years, instead of Chama Chama Chameleon, Red Green and Gold, Red Green and Gold!
Thought it was about a gay relationship not a lizard.

Marion

A friend of mine told me he once used to think 'Cotton-Eyed Joe' went "Where did you come from, where did you go, where did you come from, GOT NINE TOES". Somehow the reality of it, "Cotton-Eyed Joe" doesn't really make any more sense.

Natalya

I thought outkast were singing "never meant to make your doggy cry, dry your eyes will be alright!"
in is actually "never meant to make your daughter cry, i apologise a million times."
i got a lot of stick after belting that one out in the local!

cringe

when I was little my folks loved Bruce Spreengsteen, my mom would play his music when we cleaned the house and we'd both dance around and sing and clean. We were washing the windows one day, when she turned the stereo down and told me to sing the verse again. She then busted out laughing and had me sing for all friends and family for weeks. I was much older when I discovered The Boss' hit was called "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" and not "Dead Devil in a Flea's Ass"

mel

You know that old 60s song, "Secret Agent Man"? When I first heard that song as a little kid, I thought he was saying "Secret Asian Man". It still sort of sounds like that to me.

Lamont G. Sanford

A little while ago there was a song it goes "Funk show brother right about now funk show brother!" Or something like that. I asked my sister why they have a song about f***ing your brother on the raido and she laughed for quite awhile.

Confused

When I was really young my baby sitter loved TLC and Instead of Don't go chasing waterfalls (which i just learned were the lyrics a month ago and i am 11)I used to sing Dont go Jason Butterball

AHJ

Until I saw this site, I thought the Blind Melon verse "You know I like to keep my cheeks dry today" was "You know I like to keep my cheating strategy, so stick with me and I'll have it made."

When my sister was really little in the 1960s, she thought that the superhero Hercules was called "Hurt your knees."

Maybe there was something in the water?

Texas Rocky

cause i'm just a paper bag rider....
or it might have been paperback writer by the beatles....

Anon

I attended a French-immersion school, so at the beginning of the day we sang the French version of O Canada. I understood most of it, but I didn't get a few parts.

I thought "car ton bras sait porter l'épée" (your arm can bear the sword) was "...sait porter la paix" (can bear peace), which is much nicer, after all.

In the line "ton histoire est une épopée des plus brillants exploits" (your history is an epic of the most brilliant exploits) I thought an "épopée" had something to do with poppies. This went nicely with the "fleurons glorieux" a few lines previous, and had the side benefit of going nicely with the poppies we wore on Remembrance Day (to remember our brillants exploits, naturally).

Finally, I thought "et ta valeur de foi trempée" (and your valour, steeped in faith) was "deux fois trompée" (twice fooled). I figured dear old Calixa Lavallée must have had very definite opinions about the First and Second World War!

Matt

When Madonna first came out, she had a song called "La Isla Bonita". A section of the lyrics says, "... A young girl with eyes like the desert....". Well, at first, I thought she was saying "with eyes like potatoes" (no...THAT couldn't have been right! How rude was that for Madonna to compare a girl's eyes to potatoes?!) So I listened and listened. Then I thought she was saying "with eyes like two pesos" (THAT made a bit more sense but what do pesos really look like? And do they look good as eyes??) THEN I finally listened and figured out what the proper lyrics were!! Boy, was I a LOSER!! hee hee!

Lorena

I'm absolutely stunned someone else thought, like I, that London Bridge Is Falling Down was London Britches Falling Down! I sang it that way until i was 18!

I don't know about this one but I until now just realized that the Bee Gees song "You Should Be Dancing" I thought the line was always "What you doing on your back?" :/

Jennifer

I used to think the lyrics to the Abba song 'Super-trooper' were
"When I called you last night from Tesco"
instead of
"When I called you last night from Glasgow"

Anon