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Misheard lyrics....

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Littletinytarzanswingingfromanosehair · 04/03/2023 09:04

Well I was born in the late 80's and I've only just realised the song lyric isnt;

"She's got better days aside"
Its she's got "Bette Davies eyes"

FFS.

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IglesiasPiggl · 19/04/2023 16:45

I only realised that it's "We're going to Ibiza" and not "We're going to eat pizza".

REP22 · 19/04/2023 17:02

Blinded by the light
Revved up like a douche
Another runner in the night

Trez1510 · 19/04/2023 17:20

My 60yo last week was happily singing along with Coi Leray.

Happily singing 'Girls as big as toast! Girls as big as toast!' that is. 😂

I'd never heard the song before but even I knew it was wrong!

For anyone who hasn't heard the song, the correct lyric is 'Girls are players too!'

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Trez1510 · 19/04/2023 17:20

60yo partner!

Sandysandwich · 19/04/2023 17:40

Valerie
I misheard 'I missed you ginger hair' as 'I missed your chin 'n' hair' and assumed Valerie had a hairy chin

JustDanceAddict · 19/04/2023 17:42

Redemption Song - Bob Marley

I thought it was
‘Oh pirates yes they rabbi’
it’s
‘old pirates yes they rob I’
😁

SonnySideDown · 19/04/2023 17:42

My Dsis as a kid thought red red wine was wig wig wam Grin

EmilyGilmoresSass · 19/04/2023 18:10

petalblossom · 19/04/2023 16:17

'Summer heat boiling your meat' -Summer Nights from Grease

Just choked on my dinner 😂😂😂😂

RenoDakota · 19/04/2023 18:15

REP22 · 19/04/2023 17:02

Blinded by the light
Revved up like a douche
Another runner in the night

This is my main one! But with slightly different words:
"Wrapped up like a dusion of a roller in the night"
Don't know what the hell I even thought dusion meant. But still sing it now.

And of course:
"Ona Ona Onomatopoeia" in Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy by Kid Creole and the Coconuts:
Not even sure what the real words are.

mac1974 · 19/04/2023 18:20

He's got his trombolese is actually he's got his strong beliefs. My 90s clubbing days were shattered when I found out.

HuggingtheHRT · 19/04/2023 18:26

One from my (then) 7 year old who used to request the 'orange spider song' in the car: 'I've got my spider, got my orange crush'

Instead of the real lyric : 'I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush.'

(REM)

Medenagan · 19/04/2023 19:15

For a long time, thinking that Shania Twain was singing ‘cum in my hair, do it again’, (how does that make you feel like woman?) rather than ‘colour my hair, do it again’.

Bananalanacake · 19/04/2023 19:19

'I wanted an enema, I want you to remember'
Who sings about enemas? I thought, then I heard this song in a film called 'Men in Black'.

dreamcatchmee · 19/04/2023 19:29

Craig David 7 days
Monday, took her for a drink on Tuesday, I even made her laugh on Wednesday... and on Thursday and Friday and Saturday, we chilled on Sunday..

I love that I thought he was making her laugh!

sociallubricant · 19/04/2023 19:47

TallulahBetty · 19/04/2023 16:24

Midnight at the oasis, sing your camel to bed...

What are the actual words, as this is what I sing to this song!!

2chocolateoranges · 19/04/2023 19:51

My dd used to think that Lady Gaga’s song Paparazzi, where it goes “Pa Pa Pa Pa Pa Pa razi” was “baa baa baa baa black sheep” she was only 5 or 6 at the time! 😂😂

CurlsandCurves · 19/04/2023 20:07

Madonna La Isla Bonita ‘Last night, I dreamt of some bagels’

This is a genuine one of mine. Rihanna Don’t stop the music. I didn’t know the title, kept hearing on the radio and to me it said ‘Hazels got the music’ . Who on Earth Hazel was and why she was being sung about by Rihanna was confusing to me!

Cathy257 · 19/04/2023 20:20

Queen- Bohemian Rhapsody

Spare him his life and his pork sausages

(spare him his life from this monstrosity)

Tammy47 · 19/04/2023 20:25

My version of craig mclachlan ‘Mona’
”Heeeeey mona
ooooooooh mona
tell you mona what I wanna do
build a house on top of you “

alianangel · 19/04/2023 20:32

Public Image Limited - This Is Not A Love Song.

my mum thought John Lydon was singing “you can lick my arsehole”

mathanxiety · 19/04/2023 20:33

I'm free, free falling = 'free flooring'.

Sleigh bells ring, are you listening/
In the lane, no one's listening = 'snow is glistening'...

fuglyfrump · 19/04/2023 20:33

Madonna- Like a prayer

I always thought she was singing "level crossing" it's "let the choir sing" 🤣🤦‍♀️

OhBeAFineGuyKissMe · 19/04/2023 20:39

I have 2.

Taylor Swift suggesting to get dressed up as a hamster - apparently it is hipster but I still hear hamsters.

Not3s I thought he was saying my llama but my lover makes much more sense.

mangosaregreat · 19/04/2023 20:45

mac1974 · 19/04/2023 18:20

He's got his trombolese is actually he's got his strong beliefs. My 90s clubbing days were shattered when I found out.

I totally thought the same. I don't even no what a trombolese is

mangosaregreat · 19/04/2023 20:47

Here comes the hot stepper, I thought they were saying here come the hot stepper, turn her up. I didn't realise they actually say here comes the hot stepper, murdered until the song was on an advert and I had the subtitles on and saw what the words actually were