When I was a child and we drove around Chicago, I first heard the Hall & Oates' song "Maneater" on the car. I thought that Daryl Hall & John Oates said "Oh Michigan!" because I was thinking about Lake Michigan and so.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I thought Hall and Oates was Holland Oats.Anon
- As a child, I thought that Olivia Newton-John was Elton John's wife and Juice Newton's sister.— Connie
- As a child I used to think that Olivia Newton-John and Elton John were married.
Boy, I was way off.— Lisa - I used to believe that the duo Hall & Oats were farmers. Why else would they name themselves "Haulin' Oats"?— Pat
- I thought God drove a car like ours - a Honda. The song DID say "fill the heavens with sweet Accords..."— Dummy
- I thought that Olivia Newton John was a group, Olivia Newt and John. — Sam O.