I used to think that in the popular 80s song by Til Tuesday they were saying "Hush, hush, keep it down down, this is scary". Until I started working in radio and learned the song was called "Voices Carry" and it all made sense!
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I thought the Til Tuesday song said "Books are scary!", rather than "Voices Carry"Anon
- My dad told me "Hush Puppie" shoes were made from Basset Hound ears.— William
- Until about age 11 i thought that "Hush Puppies" the shoes were made from real puppies!— Laura
- I used to believe that when a song came on the car radio, the band was sitting on top of our van.Anon
- I used to think that when a song finished on the radio it would play again on the next station— Maria
- When I first heard Bruce Springsteen's song, "Born in the USA," I thought that the song was "Porn in the USA"Anon