Meet the Other Phone. Only the apps you allow.

Meet the Other Phone.
Only the apps you allow.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Songs ruined by misheard lyrics?

254 replies

TillyMint81 · 02/11/2017 20:05

My husband is a bugger for changing lyrics to songs.
Most recently it was the Rag n Bone Mans 'Human' that he ruined for me.
He changed to words to 'I'm in a human casserole' instead of 'I'm only human, after all'
Before that it was the song that goes 'ciao, adios, I'm done' which became 'shower de horse, I'm done'
Now when I hear them I can't hear the originals!
What songs have been ruined for you?

OP posts:
notsohippychick · 02/11/2017 22:47

ToEarlyForDecorations

Me too!!!!!

Woody67 · 02/11/2017 22:47

Primal scream - Rocks.

They sing “get your rocks off, get them off downtown” but my friend thought they sang “ get your rocks off get a muff down town”! Grin

ChevalierTialys · 02/11/2017 22:47

"Is this the real life? Is this just Battersea?"

Bohemian Rhapsody.

FairNotFair · 02/11/2017 22:47

Beyoncé: “I’m a single lettuce. I’m a single lettuce.”

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 02/11/2017 22:50

"It was Eddie he was concerned about. Grin"

Rockpool20 · 02/11/2017 22:51

Haha!! I love this

Mine was Madonna Like a Prayer - "oh god I think I'm horny" -.-

Can never listen to that song anymore.

Grin
Jackreacherswife · 02/11/2017 22:52

Andy Williams
You're just to good to be true, can't take my eyes off of you
You'd feel like heaven to touch, I want to fondle your crotch

puddleduckmummy · 02/11/2017 22:52

My dad insists that Celine Dion says ‘the hotdogs go on’. He’s not wrong!! 😂

kungfupannda · 02/11/2017 22:58

Should have mentioned that Abba were 'sick and tired of being thin' when they called from Tescos.

DS1 and 2 have also come up with a few of their own.

30 Seconds to Mars - From Yesterday has been reinvented as 'From Wednesday.'

We Built this City on Rock and Roll - 'Tell us you need us, 'cos we're just chips and fools.'

DustyOwl · 02/11/2017 23:04

Air- All I need.....

"Have waaaaaaaaaaaaaaank, have a waaaaaaaaaaaank."

You will know the song from the early 00's, ruined by my DP (now DH)
Can NEVER hear the song again.

kungfupannda · 02/11/2017 23:08

Anyone remember this Buzzcocks episode?

FrankiesKnuckle · 02/11/2017 23:16

No idea why but everytime I hear Justin Timberlakes cry me a river I sing ‘smoke me a kipper’

ShotsFired · 02/11/2017 23:18

2 recent ones:

Some Ed Sheeran number where he talks about how "his bedsheets smell like you". The sniggery child in me can't stop changing it to poo!

Katy Perry(?) and someone's song about "Feels"? Was stumped for ages as all I could hear was "Fish" in the chorus!

chinam · 02/11/2017 23:19

Daft punk get lucky. My friend insists they are singing "rub a Mexican"

flimflaminurjams · 02/11/2017 23:21

Shots YES! that Katie Perry Feels one. Three of us the car couldn't work out the lyrics for ages so it just became "da dip da fliba dib da"

Also DD misheard the Carpenters classic "Calling occupants" as "Falling Octopus" Grin

Fekko · 02/11/2017 23:23

Jason deleruda/deruda(?)

'I've got the shits on the floor' yup, we've all been there.

MrsMoastyToasty · 02/11/2017 23:24

Celine Dion is keen to have a bbq. In "My heart will go on" it sounds like she is singing "one s'more".

lotsoffreckles · 02/11/2017 23:24

On our first date my now husband was quietly singing along to Micheal Jackson’s Man in the Mirror when he came out with.....

“No moustache could offend any clipper”

Instead of no message could of been any clearer... apparently in his head that made perfect sense as the man was looking in a mirror... oh how I still laugh 😂

Tanith · 02/11/2017 23:32

Another Message In a Bottle one:
“A year has passed since I broke my nose”

What Sting actually did a year ago was ‘wrote his note’.

LittleLights · 02/11/2017 23:34

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

keepingbees · 02/11/2017 23:40

Jar of hearts = Jar of farts.

Song ruined by my DH. Peter Kay’s sketch on song lyrics ruined a fair few too Grin

Reflexella · 02/11/2017 23:45

Getup in the morning.....

‘My ears are alight’

naughtymutha · 02/11/2017 23:51

Dress you up in nylon- Madonna (dress you up in my love) Blush

Menarefrommarsitwouldseem · 02/11/2017 23:51

Pink- just like fire

I was horrified that the radio stations kept playing it as I was totally convinced she was singing " fucking up the world after just one day"

When she actually says " if I can light the world up for just one day"

DaenerysismyQueen · 02/11/2017 23:53

I'm awful for this! Whenever I hear Blur's Song 2, instead of 'pleased to meet you', all I can heat is 'tiny child'. Honestly I had to look up the lyrics as I still had no idea whatsoever!

Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

This thread is closed and is no longer accepting replies. Click here to start a new thread.

Swipe left for the next trending thread