I used to sing along to a song on the radio (in England) that went "something's burning ... something's burning ... something's burning ... and I think it's love." Only I thought it ended "and I think it's lunch"

Anon

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.

When I was little, i used to believe that the popular childrens tv theme "pink and the brain" went "pinky and the brain, pinky and the brain, one's in the juniors, the others in spain" rathet than the correct "one is a genius, the others insane!"

Chris

I used to believe that in David Bowie's Song "Changes", instead of "strange fascination", I thought it was "strange vaccinations"!!!

oops

When I was young I used to think the line 'She wrote upon it.' in Elvis's 'Return To Sender' was actually 'She rode a pony.' I still sing the wrong line to this day (although only with happy irony) because it sounds so much like it!!

Nick England

I used to believe that in the song 'under pressure' by david bowie and queen, it went 'sat on her face, but it don't work' instead of 'sat on the fence, but it don't work' How my parents laughed when it came on the radio....

James

I misheard "To all your friends, you're delirious" in Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful". I thought she said "Do I have friends? You're delirious". I guessed she must have felt kinda lonely, misunderstood and everything. But hey, it made sense to me.

Angevil

When I was a kid, my "cool" older cousins always used to listen to AC/DC and there's a song on Back In Black
(Givin' The Dog A Bone) that I used to believe had something to do with the smurfs. When they sang the chorus, I thought they were singing "Give it to Gargamo! Yeah! Give it to Gargamo!" I thought Gargamo must have been Gargamel's brother or something and that whatever "it" was, it would surely spell doom for the smurf way of life.

carmania

Remember the song "Star Trekin, accross the universe", well my daughter Hayley (when she was young)thought it was "Star Chicken", it floored me when I realised, better lyrics though, don't you think?

Malcolm

For years during my childhood (I'd have been between 8-12 ish) I thought the chorus line in J Geils Band's 'Centrefold' was 'My girlfriend is the centre forward'. Have a listen, it's not impossible to get wrong!

Mark Whitworth

There was a popular song when I was little that had the line "Don't it make my brown eyes blue?" The singer had wonderful long hair and pretty blue eyes.

I had brown eyes and wanted bule eyes so bad. I thought the lyrics were "Donuts make my brown eyes blue." She was giving out beauty tips!! I ate lots and lots of donuts, as my waistline could confirm, but I still have brown eyes.

Anacita

WHen I was little I heard the song GOing to the Chapel gonna get married, I really dont know the title but that is the main line in the song and I thought they were singing "going to the Jackolantern gonna get married" I fiannly asked my mom why someone would get marriend in pumpkin!

Anon

My friends and I would sing "Kokomo" by the Beach Boys all the time in school.

I used to think the line "that monserrat mystique" actually was "I wants a rotten steak!"

Corinne

I remember that I believed that, in the Annie song "Hard-Knock Life" from the musical, it was "hard (not) life" which means that they enjoyed the whole orphan labour thing.

I wonder if I ever sang it in public?

Jfasoga

There is a part of the Canadian anthem that goes, "God keep our land/Glorious and free". For the longest time I thought that "Gloria Sanfree" was a great Canadian heroine, and I often wondered why we never learned about her in school.

Cathy

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

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

"She's got the Jack" by ACDC was "She's got the Clap".

Cybela

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 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