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

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

Cybela

In the song "Smooth Operator" by Sade, as a kid I heard....

"No need to ahhsk he's a smooth carburetor.."

I guess the word carburetor was probably heard from my dad who often talked about cars, fixing engines, etc. So I must've plugged the word into the song. I was probably 8 or 9 so what the hell would a smooth operator be? I learned the correct lyrics when I was older.

Mel V.

Her name in Rio and she dances in the sand were the actual lyrics to the Duran Duran song that I used to sing along with. But...I sang slightly different words.... her name is Rio and she doesn't understand. Poor confused Rio!

phishphan

A little while ago I went on vacation to Las Vegas. My parents could only find out how to turn the rental car's radio to one station, and it was the crappy 80s and 90s station.
We were driving around the strip looking for some restaurant, and I was bored out of my skull when suddenly a song came on that I thought went,
'EEEEMO WOMAN!'
So I started laughing hysterically, picturing the typical "emo kid" sterotype and the band ELO singing about it. My parents were like, "What are you laughing about?"
So I told them, expecting them to be like "Oh yeah! Isn't this song funny?"
They actually just corrected me. Turns out it was actually "EEEEVIL WOMAN!"
They have NEVER let me forget this.

Kat

when my mom was young she thought that "our lips our sealed" was sang "eyes of cecile". her latest misheard lyric is the new song by the pussycat dolls, "when i grow up" the part that says "i wanna have groupies" , she swears it says " i wanna have boobies" lol but that has been mistaken by more than just her

allie