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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

OP posts:
neilyoungismyhero · 06/08/2026 01:11

Digerydont · 05/08/2026 22:45

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

Isn't it that?

UhOhRatPoo · 06/08/2026 01:02

There’s a song that goes

“I’ll take my whisky neat, my coffee black and my bed at three”. Used to be on the radio a lot at school run time.

My DS aged 8 sang it as “I’ll take my whisk and leave”

I love the image of a temperamental chef flouncing out of the kitchen!

madameimadam · 06/08/2026 00:56

He’s got a fast car,
Is it fast enough so we can fly away?
We gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die this way

So I remember when we were driving, driving in your car
Speed so fast it felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us

And your arms and legs wrapped round my shoulders..

I always wondered how someone could drive with someone’s arms and legs wrapped round their shoulders like a weird pencil hugging toy..

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Boreded · 06/08/2026 00:51

My lover’s got no mornings, he’s got his trombalines

and

A scabby bitch (it’s gotta be me)

MeAndMyGhost · 06/08/2026 00:44

"It only takes a miracle" - Only takes a minute by Take That.

ruethewhirl · 06/08/2026 00:44

FFSItsTooHot · 06/08/2026 00:40

You Sexy Thing by Hot Chocolate. Bearing in mind I was only about 10 or 11 at the time,I thought he was singing 'I believe in Malcolm',not 'I believe in miracles'.

I can never seem to stop myself from singing it as 'Miracoils' these days, the Silentnight hippo has a lot to answer for! 😅

FFSItsTooHot · 06/08/2026 00:40

You Sexy Thing by Hot Chocolate. Bearing in mind I was only about 10 or 11 at the time,I thought he was singing 'I believe in Malcolm',not 'I believe in miracles'.

FFSItsTooHot · 06/08/2026 00:37

Digerydont · 05/08/2026 22:45

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

I used to think he was singing that too!

ruethewhirl · 06/08/2026 00:27

Blodyneighbour · 06/08/2026 00:10

My mate laughed at me when I used to say " I dont go home when the party ends" it actually said " i dont know anybody else" by black box many years ago. Another one from a man I was talking to online. He put a status on FB saying "you've got to have a day on me, if you wanna be with me" i actually corrected him in the comment telling him it was wrong and it actually says " you've got to have J,O,B if you wanna be with me" felt like such a bitch but he was so pervy.

In that song I always thought the singer was 'blind' because I misheard the word 'fly' in the line 'a fly girl like me'.

And when I was little I used to think Barry White was singing 'I'm just a black man who's lost his way' (and the offending word in this case actually was 'blind'!)

ruethewhirl · 06/08/2026 00:16

Coldnorthwind · 06/08/2026 00:10

In You're so vain - 'you're with some underworld spy or the wife of a postman' (should be wife of a close friend)

Because I didn't know as a child that they pronounce apricot differently in the US, I always used to think the guy's scarf in that song was 'African'.

Blodyneighbour · 06/08/2026 00:10

My mate laughed at me when I used to say " I dont go home when the party ends" it actually said " i dont know anybody else" by black box many years ago. Another one from a man I was talking to online. He put a status on FB saying "you've got to have a day on me, if you wanna be with me" i actually corrected him in the comment telling him it was wrong and it actually says " you've got to have J,O,B if you wanna be with me" felt like such a bitch but he was so pervy.

Coldnorthwind · 06/08/2026 00:10

In You're so vain - 'you're with some underworld spy or the wife of a postman' (should be wife of a close friend)

Wac90 · 06/08/2026 00:07

”I’m a genie in a bottle, come on and meow…”

~ Christina Aguilera

ruethewhirl · 06/08/2026 00:05

Stan Ridgeway’s ‘Camouflage’ contains the line ‘But before he went, he said Semper Fi’… I wasn’t familiar with the phrase at the time and used to hear it as ‘send for pie’.

And for ages I thought the line ‘Hide the scars to fade away the shakeup’ in System of a Down’s ‘Chop Suey’ was ‘Have yourself a bagel with a shakeup’ (although in my defence, the character is getting up in the morning, so it sort of fits… 😆)

PinkPanda99 · 06/08/2026 00:01

Nino Evaltine’s a w**r 😳(Need a little time to wake up) What’s the Story Morning Glory by Oasis

Londog · 05/08/2026 23:57

TheDogsMother · 05/08/2026 22:57

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

Always thought it was this and still sing it !!

BlackCatBea · 05/08/2026 23:56

Strange things are blue 🎶 (dreams can come true- Gabrielle)

BeardySchnauzer · 05/08/2026 23:55

I remember a song came out many years ago that had the line in the chorus ‘gonna get my shit together’ or similar. Convinced my kids it was ‘get my ship together’ because he’s a pirate (yes they were young)

DD heard it recently and the look on her face..

JuliettaCaeser · 05/08/2026 23:53

I was corrected singing along to Chappell Roan I thought it was “I don’t care that you’re a soldier” but dd informed it was “stoner” which is probably right.

Also a Taylor Swift song on TPD I sang it as “you like trucks more” but again dd1 informed me it’s not trucks it’s actually “drugs”. Think I am too naive for these songs!

BeardySchnauzer · 05/08/2026 23:50

Digerydont · 05/08/2026 22:45

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

Is that not the lyric!!!

BeardySchnauzer · 05/08/2026 23:49

Definitely Trombolese

and the joys of the pre internet era as we were all debating what a trombolese was and couldn’t just google it. I think the strongest theory was an instrument but could only be rude of she was so happy he had it

CocoBean22 · 05/08/2026 23:48

TheDogsMother · 05/08/2026 22:57

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

Came here for this comment 🤣🤣 So true 🤣

Imanexcellentdrivercharliebabbit · 05/08/2026 23:47

Buzzlightfear · 05/08/2026 22:51

Making love in a femidom. Apparently it's were giving live in a family dose. I'm not convinced.

And 'my lovers got no money, he's got his trombloese'

I don't know what a trombloese is but I will never be convinced it's some nonsense about strong beliefs

I’m with you -it’s Trombolese all
the way

See also:

‘Smooth of the Red Eye-ah’ by Sade

Crushed23 · 05/08/2026 23:40

Sir Mix-a-lot - Baby Got Back

”and rams it in your face”

Chersfrozenface · 05/08/2026 23:40

The late lamented Bonnie Tyler "It's a hard egg".