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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:
Boodahh · 05/08/2026 23:33

'... like a canary in a coma' by the Police.

Thought 'White Lies' by Grandmaster Flash was a cautionary tale about fibbing.

MrsAvocet · 05/08/2026 23:18

There's a line in the Guns N' Roses song "You Could Be Mine" that for a long time I was convinced was "you can take the pretty sofa". It's a song about a clearly very bitter break up and the next line is something like "Don't forget to call my lawyer with ridiculous demands" so I assumed it was about distribution of assets after the split...seemed reasonable to me. The words are actually "You can take the pity so far". I think my version is better!

CluelessAboutBiology · 05/08/2026 23:03

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

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Echointhedarkness · 05/08/2026 23:00

’When you’re six feet four’, instead of 64

NamelessNancy · 05/08/2026 22:57

Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton - "Ireland's Industry"

TheDogsMother · 05/08/2026 22:57

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

Buzzlightfear · 05/08/2026 22:53

Oh and 'im on a speedboat somebody's watching me' apparently that's not quite right. But there's a good chance someone would be so I'm sticking with it

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

MrsMoastyToasty · 05/08/2026 22:49

I'm your biggest fan
I'll follow you until you love me
Robert Robert Runcie

Paparazzi by Lady Gaga.

(I did wonder why she had a thing for a former Archbishop of Canterbury).

Digerydont · 05/08/2026 22:47

Abba, "Take your teeth out you and I know"

Ansells · 05/08/2026 22:46

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

Drivingselfmad · 05/08/2026 22:46

‘Go go Jason Waterfalls’

Digerydont · 05/08/2026 22:45

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

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.