Remember the old Tubes song "White Punks on Dope". Thought they were singing "White Folks are Dumb"

WailerMan

My sister in law once said to me that she thought that the Barry Manilow song 'Copacabana' was about a dog, because she misheard the lyrics 'and when she'd finished he called her rover' which are actually 'And when she finished, he called her over' well it does sound the same if you say it fast I suppose.

Maz

In Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' the bit that goes 'Billie Jean, is not my lover etc etc, I used to believe he was actually singing 'Billie Jean is not my mother, she's just a girl who says I'm the one, ooh ooh, the girl with the big fat bum'

Maz

I could never understand why Billy Ocean felt he had to warn everyone about religious sex (not sects!) with his lyrics to "Love really hurts without you"
To this day I still hear "Baby, Love really hurts with a Jew!".

Dr J C

I always used to think that in the song "you sexy thing" by Hot Chocolate, the opening words were 'I believe in Michael' instead of the real words which are 'I believe in miracles' crazy I know.

Body Worshipper

Although the lyrics to B*witched's C'e Lai Ve (or whatever it is) are "Say you will, say you won't, say you'll do anything, C'e Lai Ve!" I still am obsessed with the words being "Say you will, say you won't, say you'll do anyhting, celery!". Well, mine are better :) lol

Anon

I used to hear in Warrant's song "Bed of Roses"; where it goes"on the bed of roses, not beneath some motel light..." - "on the bed of roses, nothing seems to multiply..." LOL, I have no idea, WHAT should multiply there...:)

I also misheard ABBA's Dancing Queen... where it goes "dig in the dancing queen", I heard "chicken, the dancing queen.." the fun thing is, My sister said me that, laughing at me (I was a huge ABBA fan back then), like"what stupid kind of song you listen to, it's about a chicken!" I was very angry at her, but I was kinda ashamed for my favorite band, 'cause I thought my sister was right.... Well, it still sounds like "chicken", what can I do:D

Anna

That the line in Desitny's Child 's Bootylischous, " I don't think you're ready for this jelly" was infact
" I don't think you're ready for FISH jelly"

As far as I was concerned no one was ready for that. EEEWWW

Teresia

My sister used to think thewords to the song were "later on, we'll perspire". I suppose that makes sense if you're by the fire.

Christine

When I sang the American national anthem as a child, I thought that the line, "...by the dawn's early light" was actually "...by the 'dawnserly' light", and 'dawnserly' was a word that meant something aking to 'beautiful'. My parents thought it was cute, when I used 'dawnserly' in a sentence as a substitute for beautiful, and laughingly corrected me. I was a touch ashamed, though, and disappointed that such a word didn't actually exist.

Ali

When I was young my Mom thought she would be cool and listen to some of my music. She used to beleive (and sing) that the Eurythmics song, "You Dropped a Bomb on Me"...was "You Dropped a Farm on Me".

Nancy

When I was in an infant church school I used to think that the hymn that goes' I am the lord of the dance said he' was ' I am the lord of the dance settee.' The fact that it was completely illogical never crossed my mind.

Caroline

When i was in elementary school we always had to sing O Canada in the beginning of the day.the last line is 'we stand on guard for thee'. for some strange reason i thought it was 'we stand on one foot eeeee' so at the end i would always stand on on foot.

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I used to believe that the lyrics to Savage Gardens Animal Song was "I wanna live like cannibal" I always wondered why they wanted to eat other people, was it better than eating animals??

Bronagh Lee

When "In Da Club" by 50 Cent first came out I was in like 6th grade. And by now we all know, he really doesn't enunciate much. You know how, in the beginning, he goes "Go shawty, it's your birthday" and stuff like that? For like 3 months I sang "Go shawty, it's shiver, k?" Until finally at this dance this one kid came up to me and was like "What are you singing?" I was so embarrassed. And also mad that everyone just let me go around singing that.

Kat

I was convinced for years that the ohio express record 'yummee' went 'yummee yummee yummee, i've got bugs in my tummy'. It wasn't until I was about 35 that I realised my error.

Anon

I have two:
I thought "I'll write a symphony just for you and me" in Elton John's 'Are You Ready For Love' was "I'll ride a cell phone in, just for you and me".

Also, I thought "Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me" in 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' by Green Day was "Sometimes I wish someone will pillow fight me"!

Catherine

I used to believe that the song saying the line "Jehoviah Jira, my provider, your grace is suffecient for me" that it was "Ching Chong McGiver, my provider, you grace is a fishy for me"

Tim

Until quite recently I thought that Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Running down a Dream" was called "Running Down the Drain" For years while hearing it I've been picturing a little man trying to resist getting sucked down a drain in the kitchen sink!

Glowworm

On the song Psycho Killer by Talking Heads he says "Psycho killer, Qu'est-ce que c'est" (French for "what is it?") I thought at first he was saying "Psycho killer, kiss Casey" and I wondered who Casey was and why the psycho killer would kill him/her

Dietrich Corby