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Lyrics to fifty famously misunderstood songs, explained

The discussion mondegreen is defined as a misheard word or phrase that makes sense in your head, merely is, in fact, incorrect. The term was coined in a November 1954 Harper's Bazaar piece, where the writer, Sylvia Wright, recalled a childhood mishearing. According to the author, when she was immature her female parent would read to her from a book chosen "Reliques of Aboriginal Verse." Her favorite poem from the 1765 volume went like this: "Ye Highland and Ye Lowlands / Oh where have you been? / They take slain the Earl o'Moray / And laid him on the green." Wright, still, heard the last line as "And Lady Mondegreen."

A mondegreen actually takes place between auditory perception (the concrete act of hearing) and significant-making (when our brains imbibe the noises with significance). This is essentially what happens in the childhood game of telephone. As one friend whispers a give-and-take or phrase into another'due south ear, it tin can get wildly distorted, and a totally different word or phrase can come up out the other side. The acoustic information that's received and the interpretation a brain comes up with simply don't lucifer upwards. It's non exactly entirely clear why this happens, nosotros just know that information technology does.

One instance we see this happen a lot is in song lyrics. You can arraign it on the overwhelming corporeality of auditory signals, like instruments and background singers, or the fact that some words and phrases just sound remarkably like others, but chances are y'all've had at least ane case in your life where you've misheard what the vocaliser is proverb. Today, we're here to help you out. Stacker rounded up l famously misheard songs, explaining what's really being said. From "hold me closer Tony Danza" to "there's a wino down the road," read on for lyrics to l famously misunderstood songs.

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'Tiny Dancer' past Elton John

- Misheard: "Concur me closer Tony Danza"
- Correct: "Concur me closer tiny dancer"

One of the most frequently misheard lyrics, this Elton John blooper has spawned a life of its own. For example, the unmarried, which went three-times platinum in April 2018, spawned a joke on an episode of "Friends." When discussing the near romantic songs of all time, Phoebe says that, in her opinion, it'southward "the one that Elton John wrote for that guy on 'Who'southward the Dominate'."

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'Nosotros Built This City' by Starship

- Misheard: "We built this city on sausage rolls"
- Correct: "We built this city on stone and ringlet"

This misheard lyric from Starship's first-e'er unmarried is so common that information technology prompted a parody vocal. YouTuber LadBaby (aka Mark Hoyle) held the #1 position on the U.One thousand. singles charts during the 2018 holiday season for his cover about pork-stuffed pastries. Beating out artists like Ariana Grande and Mariah Carey for the honour, all gain from his runway were donated to the Trussell Trust, a food bank clemency.

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'Drift Abroad' by Uncle Kracker

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'Bare Infinite' by Taylor Swift

- Misheard: "All the lonely Starbucks lovers"
- Right: "Got a long list of ex-lovers"

This lyric was misheard then often by Taylor Swift fans, that the vocalist actually poked fun at her own song on Valentine'southward Day in 2015. In a now-deleted tweet, she wrote: "Sending my dear to all the lonely Starbucks lovers out there this Valentine'due south Day… even though that is non the correct lyric." To which the java chain playfully replied: "Wait, it's not?"

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'Maverick Rhapsody' past Queen

- Misheard: "Saving his life from this warm sausage tea"
- Right: "Spare him his life from this monstrosity"

Anything less than a piping hot cup of tea is an actual nightmare for most Brits, but information technology turns out that'southward not actually what one of their most famous musicians was crooning about. The vocal's popularity in the country has endured regardless. As of 2018, "Bohemian Rhapsody" is the third-acknowledged U.K. unmarried of all fourth dimension, and is frequently cited equally ane of the greatest rock songs world-wide.

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'Baby Got Back' by Sir Mix-A-Lot

- Misheard: "I like big butts in a can of limes"
- Correct: "I like big butts and I can not lie"

When Sir Mix-A-Lot's famously irreverent song made its debut in 1992, its every bit outrageous video was briefly banned by MTV due to its bootylicious nature. Rather than squashing the song'south popularity, the ban actually additional it, and in the end, the track spent five weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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'Message in a Canteen' by The Police

- Misheard: "A twelvemonth has passed since I broke my olfactory organ"
- Correct: "A year has passed since I wrote my note"

The Police considered "Bulletin in a Bottle" one of their most lyrically deep songs. In fact, when discussing the song in "1000 UK Number Ones," Sting said, "I recall the lyrics are subtle and well-crafted enough to hit people on a different level from something yous just sing along to."

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'Aquarius/Permit the Sunshine In' by Fifth Dimension

- Misheard: "This is the dawning of the Age of Asparagus"
- Correct: "This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius"

A true hippie anthem, "Aquarius/Permit the Sunshine In" is actually a mashup of two songs written for the musical "Hair." It'due south also somewhat of a rarity in the music industry as it was recorded past the grouping in two different cities: Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Despite its nontraditional origins, the unmarried was certified platinum by the RIAA in August 1991, 22 years after its original release.

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'Waterfalls' by TLC

- Misheard: "Don't go Jason Waterfalls"
- Correct: "Don't go chasing waterfalls"

In 1995, TLC won the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Twelvemonth for this signature rails, which spent seven weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. However, that didn't keep fans from actually knowing all the lyrics to the now-classic track. The "Jason Waterfalls" lyric even has its ain Urban Dictionary folio, setting fans straight on their mistakes once and for all.

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'Smells like Teen Spirit' by Nirvana

- Misheard: "Here we are now in containers"
- Correct: "Here we are now, entertain us"

Legend has it, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana's lead singer, used to utilize the correct line, "hither we are, at present entertain the states" whenever he entered a party. It was such a signature for him, that he constitute a way to work it into the song, only to have it misheard oftentimes past listeners. The confusion didn't end the alternative track from reaching #vi on the Billboard Hot 100.

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'We Will Rock You' past Queen

- Misheard: "Kick your cat all over the place"
- Correct: "Kick your can all over the place"

In 2008, Queen's singles "We Are the Champions" and "We Will Rock You" were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Information technology was a well-deserved award for the tracks (which, despite being two dissever songs, are nearly always played together and frequently referred to as a single entity). In 2017, the rails went iv-times multi-platinum, with more than 7 million certified units sold.

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'I Desire to Hold Your Hand' by The Beatles

- Misheard: "I want to hold your ham"
- Correct: "I want to hold your hand"

Blame information technology on the British accents, but the first Beatles song to catch on in America also has ane of the group's most frequently misheard lyrics. According to industry lore, Bob Dylan also misunderstood a line in the song. He allegedly idea that "I can't hide" was "I go loftier." After finding out that the grouping was not, in fact, marijuana smokers, he introduced them to the recreational do and cemented himself a spot in Beatle history.

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'I'thousand a Believer' by The Monkees

- Misheard: "And then I saw her face, now I'one thousand gonna leave her"
- Correct: "Then I saw her face, now I'k a believer"

Popularized by the movie "Shrek," "I'm a Believer" was actually released 35 years prior by The Monkees. The original version was an instantaneous hit, going gold within two days of its release and holding the #one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for vii weeks.

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'Blinded by the Light' by Bruce Springsteen

- Misheard: "Wrapped upwards similar a deuce, another rumor in the night"
- Correct: "Revved up similar a deuce, another runner in the nighttime"

This famous Bruce Springsteen lyric gets misheard in all sorts of ways. In 1993, a Canadian sketch-one-act show, "The Vacant Lot," included a "Blinded by the Lite" sketch on their show that poked fun at the various incorrect renditions out there.

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'Bad Moon Rising' past Creedence Clearwater Revival

- Misheard: "In that location'due south a bathroom on the right"
- Right: "In that location's a bad moon on the ascent"

Some musicians love getting in on the joke of their misunderstood lyrics—John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival is i of them. During his 1998 "Premonition" concert taping, he actually sang the wrong lyric on stage (close listeners can hear it quite plainly after the final verse). It's also been reported that during other concerts he'd betoken to the closest bathroom whenever he got to the line.

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'Similar a Virgin' by Madonna

- Misheard: "Like a virgin, touched for the 31st fourth dimension"
- Correct: "Live a virgin, touched for the very commencement time"

"Like a Virgin" was Madonna's first #1 hit in the U.South. The track topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for six weeks. Its racy lyrics reportedly fabricated it harder to find a recording studio and production team who would bring the song to life, just the finished product ultimately set Madonna apart from the horde of other 1980's popular singers.

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"It's Gonna Exist Me' by NSYNC

- Misheard: "Information technology's gonna be May!"
- Correct: "It'south gonna be me"

In contempo years, this misheard lyric has spawned its ain meme that pops up each jump: a picture of a frosted-tip, curly-haired Justin Timberlake spouting the wrong lyrics. The song hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, but even some of the most diehard '90s boy band fans admit that this lyric is hard to sympathize.

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'Cups (When I'm Gone)' past Anna Kendrick/Pitch Perfect

- Misheard: "You're gonna miss me by my walk, you're gonna miss me by my taco"
- Right: "You're gonna miss me by my walk, you're gonna miss me by my talk, oh"

This made-for-a-motion-picture show song is a combination of a Carter Family unit song, "When I'thousand Gone" and the cup game, which was invented by the British band Lulu & the Lampshades and went viral on Reddit in 2009. It reached #half dozen on the Billboard Hot 100, and inspired legions of covers that were posted on platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter. Several of the covers really included this misheard lyric.

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'Work It' by Missy Elliott

- Misheard: "Iss yurr fweminippi fwep however"
- Correct: "Ti esrever dna ti plif nwod gniht ym tup I"

Missy Elliott'south "Work Information technology" spent ten weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. During that time, most fans assumed this line was just gibberish. There was fifty-fifty speculation that it was a coded dirty message. Simply it turns out the real lyric is "I put my thing down flip it and reverse it" but flipped and reversed.

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'Nosotros Didn't Start the Burn' by Baton Joel

- Misheard: "We didn't first the burn down, it was always burning, said the worst attorney"
- Correct: "We didn't start the fire, it was always called-for, since the world'south been turning"

"We Didn't Commencement the Fire" ranks low on the listing of Baton Joel's favorite songs, simply American listeners disagreed. The song reached #ane on the Billboard Hot 100 and received heavy airplay after its release in 1989. The track is a stream-of-consciousness-style song that lists all the events Joel feels defined his generation. The list is so lengthy that Joel has admitted having problem remembering all the lyrics.

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'Forget Y'all' by CeeLo Green

- Misheard: "I gauge he's an practiced, and I'1000 more than an attorney"
- Correct: "I guess he's an Xbox, and I'1000 more Atari"

In the original, expletive-laden version of this song, CeeLo Light-green drops the F-flop 16 times in the span of 3.5 minutes. Even still, it reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and bankrupt the two million view mark on YouTube within one week of its release.

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'Desperado' by The Eagles

- Misheard: "Yous've been outright offensive, for so long now"
- Right: "You've been out riding fences, for and then long at present"

"Desperado" was the last song The Eagles always performed on bout. Information technology closed their show out on July 29, 2015, and six months afterwards their atomic number 82 vocalizer, Glenn Frey, was dead. While the vocal is a fan favorite, it was never released as a unmarried, which helped to boost album sales.

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'Blurred Lines' by Robin Thicke

- Misheard: "Mushrooms are nasty"
- Correct: "Must want to get nasty"

Amidst all the controversy that surrounded the song'southward suggestive and perhaps demeaning lyrics, Robin Thicke'southward "Blurred Lines" was busy breaking records. It not only took the meridian spot on the Billboard Hot 100, but information technology also held the #i spot on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs for 16 weeks, the longest any song had held the position since the 1940s. A large part of that success was due to the media attention that surrounded the unrated cut of the video, which featured topless women, being banned.

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'Big Yellowish Taxi' by Joni Mitchell

- Misheard: "If information technology ain't paradise, then put up a parking lot"
- Correct: "They paved paradise to put up a parking lot"

The Counting Crows and Vanessa Carlton cover of this song might be the virtually famous version, but Joni Mitchell's was the original. Mitchell told The Los Angeles Times that she wrote the song afterwards her first trip to Hawaii, where they had literally paved paradise to put up a parking lot.

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'Our Lips are Sealed' by The Go-Gos

- Misheard: "Even Dallas games, people play"
- Correct: "In the jealous games people play"

The Go-Gos originally started equally a punk band in the 1970s but shifted to pop with the release of their album "Dazzler and the Beat" in 1981. "Our Lips are Sealed" was the breakout hit from the anthology, peaking at #twenty on the Billboard charts.

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'Stairway to Sky' by Led Zeppelin

- Misheard: "There'south a wino down the route"
- Correct: "And as we wind on down the road"

Although "Stairway to Sky" has been called "the best rock song of all fourth dimension," it actually never charted. The track was never released as a single; instead, radio stations received promotional singles that take become collector's items.

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'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)' by The Eurythmics

- Misheard: "I travel the earth in generic jeans"
- Correct: "I travel the world and the 7 seas"

Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, the duo behind the Eurythmics, wrote "Sweet Dreams (Are Fabricated of This)" virtually the search for fulfillment and the desires that motivate united states. But not everyone hears it that manner. The 2013 rom-com "I Give It A Year" poked fun at listeners' most frequently misheard lyric with ane character quipping, "Do yous think Annie Lennox is singing about whether she happened to travel the earth in Levi's or Wranglers?"

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'Dancing Queen' by ABBA

- Misheard: "Run into that girl, sentinel her scream, boot the dancing queen"
- Correct: "Run across that girl, lookout man that scene, dig in the dancing queen"

The only one of ABBA's cord of hits to make it to #1 in the U.Southward., "Dancing Queen" also striking #1 in 13 other countries. It might as well be their virtually misunderstood vocal. According to a poll conducted by Blinkbox in 2014, 22% of listeners reported hearing the famous lyrics this way.

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'Papa Don't Preach' by Madonna

- Misheard: "Poppadom preach"
- Correct: "Papa don't preach"

When "Papa Don't Preach" was showtime released in 1986 there was a lot of controversy surrounding the song, as its lyrics dealt with teenage pregnancy and abortion. The media attending ended upwards helping boost the overall popularity of the vocal, which hit #1 in both the U.S. and the U.G. While we know Madonna every bit a very outspoken performer today, this was one of her first tracks to openly deal with a political issue.

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'Purple Brume' by Jimi Hendrix

- Misheard: "Excuse me while I buss this guy"
- Correct: "Excuse me while I kiss the sky"

While it but ever hitting #65 on the Billboard Hot 100, "Imperial Brume" is often cited as ane of Jimi Hendrix'southward best songs. There's a commonly misheard lyric buried within it, and, for his part, Hendrix did footling to ever set the record straight. He even went then far as to occasionally sing the wrong lyric in concert while nodding or pointing at a male fellow member of his band upward on the stage.

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'The Sidewinder Sleep Tonite' by R.Due east.K.

- Misheard: "Calling Jamaica"
- Correct: "Call me when you effort to wake her up"

I of R.E.Chiliad.'southward most overall disruptive songs too holds one of their most usually misheard lyrics. However, ane thing that anyone who has always heard the song can probably identify is the rail'due south first 4 notes, which mirror those from "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by The Tokens. Rather than stealing the sequence, R.E.One thousand. paid The Tokens for the rights to apply the riff and ended up roofing the other "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" as a part of the final deal.

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'Like a G6' by Far Due east Movement

- Misheard: "Similar a cheese stick"
- Correct: "Similar a G-6"

Far Eastward Motion was essentially a ane-striking-wonder. Their only American striking, "Similar a G6," reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2010, and two boosted songs charted in the U.K. Fans misheard the lyrics to their sole hit, equally Yard-6's aren't actually planes (just something the ring made up that could feasibly get faster than a Yard-4).

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'Two Tickets to Paradise' by Eddie Coin

- Misheard: "I've got two chickens to paralyze"
- Correct: "I've got two tickets to paradise"

Eddie Money didn't take a long or storied career, but his hit "Ii Tickets to Paradise" has get a classic rock staple. After its release, the song only ever striking #22 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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'Summertime Sadness' by Lana del Rey

- Misheard: "I'thou feeling sick like Drake this night"
- Correct: "I'thou feeling electric tonight"

Blame it on the singer'south sultry emphasis, or the unusual pacing of the song, but few listeners get this lyric right on the commencement endeavor. "Summer Sadness" was a unmarried from Lana del Rey'due south first major album "Born to Die." The track, which has a sound that del Rey describes every bit "Hollywood sadcore," reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (In the Garden of Eden)' by Iron Butterfly

- Misheard: "In a glob of Velveeta, honey"
- Correct: "In-a-gadda-da-vida, honey"

Arguably the starting time heavy metal song, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" peaked at #30 on the Billboard charts. The original song is over 17 minutes long but uses but thirty different words. It was this version (not the iv-minute radio cutting) that Iron Butterfly was set to perform at Woodstock before they got stuck in an airport and couldn't make it.

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'Addicted to Love' by Robert Palmer

- Misheard: "A digital honey"
- Correct: "Addicted to honey"

Hitting #1 on the charts, Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" is most memorable for its music video. The prune features a scattering of models, all dressed and made-upwards identically, pretending to play instruments behind the singer. It was parodied constantly throughout the '80s and '90s, including in a Pepsi commercial that featured fellow musician Britney Spears.

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'Accept a Gamble on Me' by ABBA

- Misheard: "If yous alter your heed, Jackie Chan, I'm the kickoff in line, Jackie Chan"
- Right: "If you lot change your heed, take a risk, I'thou the showtime in line, take a adventure"

While "Take a Risk on Me" only reached #three in the Usa, it hit #ane in the chart in the U.Yard., Austria, Kingdom of belgium, Ireland, and Mexico. The single was certified Gilded a year after its release in 1978.

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'SexyBack' by Justin Timberlake

- Misheard: "Become hippie, get hippie, get"
- Right: "Go alee, be gone with information technology"

The outset single from Justin Timberlake'due south 2nd solo album "FutureSex: LoveSounds," "SexyBack" topped the charts both in the U.M. and the U.S. It combines elements of electronic dance music and disco, creating a sound that'south totally unique and was definitely alee of its time when the rail was released. In June 2007, the unmarried went three-times multi-platinum.

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'Vertigo' by U2

- Misheard: "Hello, hello! I'm in a place chosen Oregon"
- Correct: "Howdy, hi! I'm at a place called vertigo"

Despite merely reaching #31 on the U.S. charts, "Vertigo" won 3 Grammys at the 2004 awards: Best Rock Vocal, Best Rock Performance past a Duo or Grouping with Song, and All-time Short Form Music Video. It'southward too among the songs the band played when they were inducted into the Stone and Roll Hall of Fame a twelvemonth later.

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'Blowin' in the Wind' past Bob Dylan

- Misheard: "The ants are my friends, they're blowing in the wind"
- Correct: "The respond my friends, is blowing in the air current"

It is thought that this is the most covered Bob Dylan song. In fact, Dylan'south version was never all that popular—it was the Peter, Paul and Mary comprehend that anybody knows all-time. In 1999, the track, which Dylan claims to take written in ten minutes, was introduced into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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'Piano Homo' by Baton Joel

- Misheard: "Sing us a song for the yellow man"
- Correct: "Sing us a vocal, you lot're the pianoforte man"

Arguably i of the about recognizable songs in the world, "Pianoforte Man" was Billy Joel's breakthrough unmarried subsequently signing with Columbia Records. In Oct 2018, the unmarried went iii-times multi-platinum. Even yet, not everyone knows the words.

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'Paradise City' by Guns N' Roses

- Misheard: "Take me down to a very nice city"
- Right: "Have me down to the Paradise City"

Despite information technology literally being the title of the song, many fans mishear this lyric. According to the band, Paradise City is Los Angeles, while the very side by side line ("where the grass is green, and the girls are pretty") is most the boondocks where Axl Rose's family would vacation, Bloomington, Indiana.

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'Shake It Off' by Taylor Swift

- Misheard: "And the bakers gonna broil, bake, broil, bake, bake"
- Right: "And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, detest"

The lead single from Taylor Swift's beginning purely popular album "1989," "Shake Information technology Off" debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 where it spent a total of four weeks. Dissimilar some of her other misheard lyrics, T-Swift has never addressed this misquote publicly.

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'Lucy in the Heaven With Diamonds' by The Beatles

- Misheard: "The girl with colitis goes by"
- Correct: "The girl with kaleidoscope eyes"

After the Beatles released this track in 1967, the BBC banned "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" for its excessive corporeality of drug references. While the band originally denied that the vocal had anything to do with drugs, Paul McCartney finally confessed, in a 2004 interview with Daily Mail, that it was "pretty obvious" what the song was really virtually.

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'Chasing Pavements' by Adele

- Misheard: "Or should I just keep chasing penguins"
- Correct: "Or should I just keep chasing pavements"

A much more lighthearted twist on this archetype heartbreak song, the mixup between chasing penguins and chasing pavements has been reported by multiple listeners. While "Chasing Pavements" didn't perform also on the charts, it is credited with giving Adele her American breakout. The crooner performed the song on "SNL" in 2008, which gave her a huge amount of exposure in the United states.

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'I Can Come across Clearly Now' past Johnny Nash

- Misheard: "I can see clearly now, Lorraine is gone"
- Right: "I tin meet conspicuously now, the rain is gone"

The get-go reggae vocal to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Johnny Nash'southward "I Can Encounter Conspicuously Now" also has i of the about ordinarily misunderstood lyrics in music history. Nash wrote the lyrics to the hit himself, merely his thick Texan accent tin brand it hard for some listeners to figure out exactly what those lyrics are.

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'Single Ladies' past Beyonce

- Misheard: "Got gloss on my lips, a man on my hips, concur me tighter than my very own jeans"
- Correct: "Got gloss on my lips, a human being on my hips, hold me tighter than my Dereon jeans"

"Unmarried Ladies" won 3 Grammy's at the 2010 awards: Song of the Year, Best Female person R&B Vocal Performance, and Best R&B Song. In the centre of her multi-platinum track, Beyonce plugs her set up-to-clothing wearable line, House of Dereon.

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'Trivial Talks' by Of Monsters and Men

- Misheard: "Cause though the truth may vary, this sh** will conduct our bodies safe to shore"
- Correct: "Crusade though the truth may vary, this ship will carry our bodies safe to shore"

"Little Talks" by Of Monsters and Men went multi-platinum. It turns out the lyrics of the band's stand up-out hit aren't quite as profane as you lot may have thought, although they may sound like it. According to the group's pb singer, Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, the song is actually about a wife talking to her recently deceased hubby.

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'La Isla Bonita' by Madonna

- Misheard: "Last night I dreamt of soft bagels"
- Correct: "Last night I dreamt of San Pedro"

While it was never a hit on the aforementioned level as many of Madonna's other songs, at least in the U.South., "La Isla Bonita" all the same holds a special place in the Queen of Popular's itemize as it was her outset track to accept Latin influences. And it's non terribly surprising that this lyric is often misheard, equally San Pedro is not a existent isle.

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'Livin' on a Prayer' by Bon Jovi

- Misheard: "It doesn't brand a divergence if we're naked or not"
- Correct: "It doesn't make a divergence if we go far or non"

Originally, Jon Bon Jovi didn't think that "Livin' on a Prayer" was up to the aforementioned standard every bit the rest of the band's work, and intended to leave the track off of their third album "Slippery When Moisture." Thankfully, the group convinced him to include it in the end, and information technology became the grouping'south signature song (every bit well every bit the unofficial anthem of New Jersey). In 2013, the track was certified past the RIAA as three-times multi-platinum.

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