I used to believe that the line from take my breath away was take my breasts away, so i thought the song was about breast reduction!

the girl who is weird

On the song "Groovin' on a Sunday Afternoon", I mistook "that would be ecstasy. you and me endlessly" as "you and me and Leslie"- I had sophisticated visions of a man who was finally glad to take a ride in his covertible was his 2 best friends.

thax

Actually this was my daughter's belief as a 10 year old. We moved to Saudi Arabia while the Iran-Iraq war was going on. We listened to oldies quite a bit. She thought when the Beach Boys sang "Ba-ba-ba, ba-Barbara Ann" they were singing "Bomb-bomb-bomb, bomb Iran". I think she believed it up until a few years ago.

Jim Hughes

There is a song by Hootie and the blowfish that goes something like: "let her cry, let her walk right out on me, let her see," then went on to say "let her go,and if the sun comes up tomorrow let her be." I thought that this was just a different version of the alphabet, and that it really went: "letter I, letter walked out on me, letter C,... letter O, and and if the bun is filled with sorrow, letter B" Made perfect sense to a six year old child!

A. Thill

My friend told me that for a long time she thought that the Rolling Stones song "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" was really "I Can't Get No Bitch in Action". Her version of it is actually better than the real one, it sounds more rock and roll.

Sailor Nightcrawler

I thought for about 15 years that the Tina Turner song "What's Love Got to Do With It?" said:
"What's love but a second hand in motion?
and then "What's love but a second handy notion?"

erica

I listened to the Beatles all the time when I was younger, and before I learned any English. I have a lot of misunderstandings that I have realized later.... It's quite interesting to listen to the lyrics again, now that I understand what they're talking about.

One "mishearing" however I hadn't realized until recently. The song is "I'm a loser" and he sings: "What have I done to deserve such a fate" but I always thought that he said: "What have I done to deserve such a face"
- I was picturing a very ugly man singing and I felt so sorry for him....haha

Denmark

I used to believe the lyrics to Seven Nation Army by - The White Stripes was "The Salvation Army couldn't hold me back"

Michael

When my sister was little she used to think BTO's song, Takin' Care of Business, was called Takin Care of Pidgeons. We had them play it at her wedding and everytime they came to the chorus the DJ turned down the sound and we all shouted at her "Takin Care of Pidgeons"

Chris

I thought the song "Little Deuce Coupe" was "Little Loose Tooth".

Anon

I thought that it was a song about Michael Jackson when I first heard it and I asked a friend if he had heard this song. He had me recite the lyrics. which I thought were

'Might as well face it, you're a dick with a glove.

but the real words are....

Might as well face it, you're addicted to love.


He laughed at me for days.

Anon

When I first got The Beatles' Abbey Road album, I heard the line "Sleeps in a hole in the road" in Mean Mr. Mustard as "Sheeps in a Hollywood toad"

Anna

I always thought that the lyrics of the Beatles song were ‘Ticket to Rye’ when I was young (Rye being a small town in England near where I live), up until when I was about 9 or 10 then I was told it was ‘Ride’, but I recently found out that it seems they were singing Rye after all.. I’m confused now lol

confuzzled

I used to believe that the lyrics "my son John" really were "mice on John" in the nursery rhyme, "Diddle, diddle dumpling, my son John, went to bed with his stockings on..." I found this to be a disturbing way to sleep. And I still have trouble remembering the real words. "Mice on John" just flows off the tongue... :)

Amy

I used to believe that one of Lady Gaga´s songs goes "bedroom ants" instead of "bad romance"

Anon the III.

I was completely convinced that there was a line in the reggae song 'Now That We've Found Love' that goes 'make nasty soup soup soup, all over the place'. Now that I'm older, I hear the song on the radio sometimes and STILL can't hear exactly what the guy's singing. If I ever find out I'm afraid it won't be as good as mine.

Lee W.

I used to think that the chorus from R.E.M.'s 'Stand' said, "Think about your ERECTION, wonder why you have it".
Should have been "Think about your direction...".

That's teenage boys for you.

Andrew

i was positive the lyrics went
'another one bites the doctor'
instead of
another one bites the dust
i fought with my mom about this one

frankengirl

Me & my mates always used to call "I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight" by The Cutting Crew, "The Cheese Song", because they sang "I died in your arms tonight, it must have been some kind of cheese".

They do sing that! They do!

pokiebloke

My husband for the longest thought that that part of Ozzy's song, "Crazy Train", went like..'crazy, but that's how it goes, millions of people, living assholes'.

steelmag