misheard lyrics

In the song, "What a Wonderful World", there is a line that goes, "The bright, blessed day, The dark sacred night". I thought Satchmo was saying, "The bright, blessed day, The dogs say Goodnight"! It wasn't until my family asked why I always said "Woof-woof" at that point that I discovered my mistake!

Sylvia

I used to think that Boney M were really cool, being a geek I was inspired by space travel, physics and so on. Nightflight to Venus appealed for obvious reasons, although I thought the button on your backside was a bit naughty (it's "left side"). I can't remember the other song I really liked but until only a few days ago (I'm 35) I thought they were singing "When we hit those atoms there's going to be a big hello." I didn't know what a big hello was but I figured it was artistic licence for the wacky effects you get in nuclear physics. It's "islands," not "atoms." I'm still gutted....

Dave

In the song 'The Justified Ancients of Mumu' by KLF, I used to think the blokes were singing 'Pensions and groove'. I only found out when someone pointed out the real words were 'Ancients of Mumu'. I think mine was better!

Jimbeeer

an ex boyfriend used to believe that the lyrics to Nirvana's All Apologies went "choking on the ashes of an orangutang" instead of "choking on the ashes of her enemy". every time i hear that song i wonder what was going through his head at the time. bless him.

Anon

The song "Movin' on Up" by M People contains the line: "Movin' on up, you're movin' on out." Unfortunately, I thought it was: "Boobies, no bum, yeah boobies no bum."

Rachel

After first hearing Missy Elliots "Get your freak on". My dad would walk around the house singing..."GET YOUR FREE GOLD!" Obviosly my poor old dad has never got his freak on... but he would like some free gold if Missy's giving it away!

Sam Baws

I thought the song lyric "Till death to his part" was actually "To get to his pond." My sisters never stopped bothering me about that.

Anon

When I was a teen a friend of mine was a singer in a band. The line in Trooper's "raise a little hell" was changed by her to "praise that little owl". She never figured out why we laughed at her.

RandiHBD

Mates wife: Constant craving by KD Lang - she thought it was Can't Stand Gravy...(sorry Sarah)

Ex g/friend: Jet by Wings was actually called - Chair!

Me (although I realised it HAD to be wrong) - Meatloaf, Bat Out of Hell "on a silver black phantom bike - was "I'm a Cilla Black fan on bike.."

Dan

When the song "Smack my Bitch Up" by Prodigy came out, I--and many other people at this particular club in Turin--thought it was "Snap my picture"--and made litte papparazzi gestures during the chorus

Mike

My friend Hal was firmly under the impression that the UNKLE song 'Drums of Death' featured Mike D from the Beestie Boys hollering 'Yeah, Jonathon Depp, y'all, take him to the top y'all' in the chorus for many, many years. But to the top of what Hal, to the top of what?

Nick

My whole family is pretty bad with songs!
My little sister, who still gets songs wrong, once sang TLC's No Scrubs as, "Hanging out the passengers side of my best french frie". Real lyrics "...best friends ride"

Another sister, also liking TLC, thought that "Don't go chasing waterfalls" was "Go go Jason Waterfalls"

My mom still to this day swears that the true lyrics to independent women by Destiny's Child is "I farted" instead of "I bought it"

Yet another sister, at the age of 19, just realized that the lyrics of Henery the VIII is not "..wouldn't have a Willy or a cent" She never knew why they were talking about money.

To yet another sister. She love Britney Spears' Oops I did it again. The line "I'm washing away", she sang "I'm watching the game.....I'm not that elosent"

My dad, not knowing much about music, bragged to a friend at work that he was going to a Matchbox 40 concert to hear "One Headlight". His friend replied "I've never heard of Matchbox 40, but I've heard of Matchbox 20".

Now to me. After going through this long list of misunderstood lyrics, I realized I have been singing a song wrong for many years myself. At the the age of 21 I realized that that song that goes "I got my mind set on you" is not total nonsense. I thought it was "I got my my san on you". I still think I'm right! I always wonder what a san was.

T.J.

my friend emma used to think the jam's 'a town called malice' was, 'it's time for the baddies, ooooh yeah'

michelle

In the song, "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds", I thought the line went : ". . . the girl with colitis goes by." instead of the correct " . . .the girl with collidoscope eyes". I had heard of people having some kind of condition called colitis; but hadn't the slightest idea what it was. I held this belief until I was well into my teens.

tim

Anon

I have a friend who thought for years that the Bee Gees were singiing about a 'four legged woman' rather than 'more than a woman'

and my sister would always sing along to a paul young song, singing 'everytime you go away, you take a piece of meat with you' in stead of 'piece of me with you'.....

Shadrock

My friend's little sister though that the line from Ace of Base's song, "All that she wants is another baby, she's going tomorrow" was "All get your watch, it's another baby. She's going to borrow it"

Anon

Instead of singing "One step closer to the edge" (Linkin Park) I sang along like this:

"Cause I watched that brother to the edge, and I´m about to brake!"

What kind of english is that!? Even the songs title is "Ont step closer"

Kim

I hope I m not the only one thinking that Jimi Hendrix actually did sing:
"Excuse me while I kiss this guy"
(Purple Haze)

Kim

My parents used to be thoroughly amused by my somewhat postmodern rendition of popular nursery rhyme "Baa Baa Black Sheep" when I was 3. It went a little something like this...

"Baa baa sheep,
A - wool,
Essir, essir,
Full.
A master,
A dame,
Lane."

Teeny Lynz bows, cue rapturous applause.

Lynz (21-UK)