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Misheard song lyrics that still make you smile years later

114 replies

TheAverageJoanne · 05/08/2026 22:39

I saw this post elsewhere today.

I heard Simon Mayo playing Coming Up by Wings today. Not heard it for years, my dad used to think he was singing Tommy Yogurt

Other gems included ....

Macy Gray - I wear goggles when you are not here

DJ Luck & MC Neat - Ali with the mittens on, Ali with the mittens on (repeat several times)

The Wanted - She can't sing, she can't dance, but who cares, she walks like my nanna

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MPforTitipu · 06/08/2026 21:48

Bob Marley, Is this Love. 'we'll be together, with a roof rack over our heads'

And Abba, Chiquitita, 'now I see you've broken a finger,'

Edit, missed a bit

Catsansan · 06/08/2026 21:47

Starbucks lovers?

CeliaCanth · 06/08/2026 21:46

“Hera shera on deposit
mixing up some fruits for you!”

which of course is nothing to do with a she-wolf in the closet…

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cuckoolodger · 06/08/2026 21:36

When I was little I thought boy George was singing about a chameleon that kept escaping from his cage. Come on come on come on chameleon. You come and go, you come and go. I even bared my entire school disco dance routine around this premise and was mortally wounded when my top junior teacher burst my bubble .

PrescriptionOnlyMedicine · 06/08/2026 21:24

When my daughter was little she sang the lyrics to Jai Ho as

Jai Ho … you are the reason that I breathe
Jai Ho … you are the reason that I call you Steve

edit: it has and always will be a trombolese

BalloonSlayer · 06/08/2026 21:22

I know it can't be this but in Dead Ringer for Love, when he sings "You've got the kind of legs that do more than walk," I can never catch her reply but to me it sounds like "I don't have to listen to this wankerish talk."

Frankly I reckon that whatever the real lyric is, it probably isn't as good as mine.

Big fan of the later exchange:
"You've got the kind of lips that do more than drink"
"You've got the kind of mind that does less than think!"

JesseDavisGonnaHangOnInThereNSoul · 06/08/2026 21:09

TheDogsMother · 05/08/2026 22:57

“My love has got no money, he's got his trombolese”

I always thought it was "he's got a strong release"

BePoisedMoose · 06/08/2026 21:07

The first five times our fitness instructor played Pink Pony Club, I heard it as Pit Pony Club. I had visions of all the retired pit ponies having a lovely time, like the shire horses when they used to have two weeks' holiday from their work and gallop around in a field.

DoorOpening · 06/08/2026 21:06

Only you can set me free
Coz I’m guilty,
Guilty as a cocoa bean

Zoopet · 06/08/2026 21:04

He's dancing with the chicken's legs
( chick in slacks)
Rod Stewart

whatwasthatnoise · 06/08/2026 21:00

Duran Duran Girls on Film, all I hear is 'Go Home Bill'. Even now when I know it's not the lyrics, all I hear is them singing go home Bill!

AgentPidge · 06/08/2026 20:59

There's a bathroom on the right
(Credence Clearwater Revival)

maltravers · 06/08/2026 20:55

BeardySchnauzer · 05/08/2026 23:50

Is that not the lyric!!!

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I’m glad I’m not alone here…

TessTickle0 · 06/08/2026 20:51

Digerydont · 05/08/2026 22:45

Jojo was a man who thought he was a woman, but he knew it couldn't last"

But that is the song isnt it? 🫠

Pinkchickenwine · 06/08/2026 20:42

Kenny Rogers

With 400 children and a crop in the field

HermioneWeasley · 06/08/2026 20:32

Ansells · 05/08/2026 22:46

My love has got no morals, he got his trampoline…

Oh please. Everyone knows her lover’s got no money but he’s got his trombolese

Shinyhappyapple · 06/08/2026 20:26

Digerydont · 05/08/2026 22:45

Jojo was a man who thought he was a woman, but he knew it couldn't last"

Must admit I thought this too.

Blushingm · 06/08/2026 20:19

CosiFannyTutte · 06/08/2026 09:16

Knights in white satin.
Reverend Blue Jeans.

This year, to semi-frontiers, you gave it to someone special. ('Last Christmas').

Also: He's got his trombolese.

Edited

We used to sing ‘he’s got his tumbleweeds’

Blushingm · 06/08/2026 20:16

MrDobbs · 06/08/2026 19:57

I read this and thought "but those ARE the words". It's only thanks to your post that I now realise they aren't.

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Me too!!!!

Blushingm · 06/08/2026 20:15

Start ship nothings gonna stop us now ‘and we can build this world together, Stanley’s gone forever’

newrubylane · 06/08/2026 20:12

CluelessAboutBiology · 05/08/2026 23:03

La Isla Bonita “Young girls with eyes like potatoes” and “chocolate covered island dreams”

I always thought it was "a young girl with eyes like a feather". Not sure how that would work.

When we were kids my brother thought Alanis Morissette was singing 'the cross-eyed bear that you gave to me'.

MrDobbs · 06/08/2026 19:57

Digerydont · 05/08/2026 22:45

Jojo was a man who thought he was a woman, but he knew it couldn't last"

I read this and thought "but those ARE the words". It's only thanks to your post that I now realise they aren't.

Legomum789 · 06/08/2026 19:52

Listening to Simon and Garfunkel many years ago (The Boxer) my DD (7) asked why he went to see the horse on Seventh Avenue
Quick thinking me …maybe he really likes horses

maxandru · 06/08/2026 19:52

Sugarnspicenallthingsnaice · 05/08/2026 22:44

A 4yo singing Beyonce:

"All the singlets! All the singlets."

And she did the dance too, it was hilarious and her version has been my version ever since.

Caught my 5 year old singing “I’m a cigarette, I’m a cigarette” yesterday.

Also enjoyed her rendition (age 3) of “Away in a manger, no crisps in the bed”

ShesRunningOutTheDoor · 06/08/2026 19:47

You know I’m bad I’m bad you know it I’m bad and the whole world’s got an enterprise ship can you tell me once again who’s bad