We’ve all done it, misheard the words of a song, sang along (sometimes for years), in blissful ignorance, until the day that someone overhears your horribly botched lyrics.
You’re not alone! It may make you feel better to have a laugh at what other people have (mis)heard!
Madonna – Like A Virgin
What you may have heard – “Like a Virgin, touched for the thirty-first time…”
Actual lyrics – “Like a Virgin, touched for the very first time…”
Bon Jovi – Livin’ on a Prayer
What you may have heard – “It doesn’t make a difference if we’re naked or not…”
Actual lyrics – “It doesn’t make a difference if we make it or not…”
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising
What you may have heard – “There’s a bathroom on the right…”
Actual lyrics – “There’s a bad moon on the rise…”
Toto – Africa
What you may have heard – “I left my brains down in Africa…”
Actual lyrics – “I bless the rains down in Africa…”
Scorpions – Rock You Like a Hurricane
What you may have heard – “Here I am, raunch you like a hurricane…”
Actual lyrics – “Here I am, rock you like a hurricane…”
David Bowie – Suffragette City
What you may have heard – “The smell of fat chicks just put a smile on my face…”
Actual lyrics – “this mellow-thighed chick just put my spine out of place…”
Jimi-Hendrix – Purple Haze
What you may have heard – “Excuse me while I kiss this guy…”
Actual lyrics – “Excuse me while I kiss the sky…”
Starship – We Built This City
What you may have heard – “My pony plays the mamba…”
Actual lyrics – “Marconi plays the mamba…”
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
What you may have heard – “Here we are now, in containers…”
Actual lyrics – “Here we are now, entertain us…”
REM – Losing My Religion
What you may have heard – “Let’s pee in the corner, let’s pee in the spotlight…”
Actual lyrics – “That’s me in the corner, that’s me in the spotlight…”
Foo Fighters – My Hero
What you may have heard – “There goes my hero, he’s old and moldy…”
Actual lyrics – “There goes my hero, he’s ordinary…”
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Blinded by the Light
What you may have heard – “Wrapped up like a douche…”
Actual lyrics – “Revved up like a deuce…”
Kiss – I Wanna Rock and Roll All Night
What you may have heard – “I wanna rock and roll all night, and part of every day..”
Actual lyrics – “I wanna rock and roll all night, and party everyday…”
Heart – Crazy on You
What you may have heard – “Gonna pour gravy on you…”
Actual lyrics – “Gonna go crazy on you…”
Elton John – Tiny Dancer
What you may have heard – “Hold me closer, Tony Danza…”
Actual lyrics – “Hold me closer, tiny dancer…”
David Bowie – Fame
What you may have heard – “Do it for you, do it for me, gotta get a rental car… Fame…”
Actual lyrics – “Bully for you, chilly for me, gotta get a rain-check on… pain…”
Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear the Reaper
What you may have heard – “Jesus don’t fear the reaper…
Actual lyrics – “Seasons don’t fear the reaper…”
Alanis Morisette – You Oughta Know
What you may have heard – “It’s not fair, to deny me, of the cross-eyed bear that you gave me…”
Actual lyrics – “It’s not fair, to deny me, of the cross I bear that you deny me…”
AC/DC – Dirty Deeds
What you may have heard – “Dirt deeds and the thunder chief…”
Actual lyrics – “Dirty deeds and their done dirt cheap…”
Beatles – Ticket to Ride
What you may have heard – “She’s got a chicken to ride…”
Actual lyrics – “She’s got a ticket to ride…”