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Lyrics to l famously misunderstood songs, explained

The word mondegreen is defined as a misheard word or phrase that makes sense in your head, but is, in fact, wrong. The term was coined in a November 1954 Harper's Bazaar piece, where the author, Sylvia Wright, recalled a childhood mishearing. According to the author, when she was immature her mother would read to her from a book called "Reliques of Ancient Verse." Her favorite poem from the 1765 book went similar this: "Ye Highland and Ye Lowlands / Oh where have you been? / They have slain the Earl o'Moray / And laid him on the green." Wright, yet, heard the last line as "And Lady Mondegreen."

A mondegreen really takes place between auditory perception (the physical act of hearing) and meaning-making (when our brains imbibe the noises with significance). This is essentially what happens in the babyhood game of telephone. Every bit 1 friend whispers a word or phrase into some other's ear, it can go wildly distorted, and a totally different word or phrase tin come out the other side. The acoustic data that'southward received and the estimation a brain comes up with simply don't match upwardly. It's not exactly entirely clear why this happens, nosotros simply know that it does.

One case we see this happen a lot is in song lyrics. You can blame information technology on the overwhelming amount of auditory signals, like instruments and background singers, or the fact that some words and phrases just sound remarkably like others, but chances are you've had at least i instance in your life where you've misheard what the singer is saying. Today, we're here to help y'all out. Stacker rounded up fifty famously misheard songs, explaining what'due south really being said. From "concord me closer Tony Danza" to "there'southward a wino down the road," read on for lyrics to 50 famously misunderstood songs.

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'Tiny Dancer' by Elton John

- Misheard: "Hold me closer Tony Danza"
- Correct: "Hold me closer tiny dancer"

One of the most frequently misheard lyrics, this Elton John boner has spawned a life of its own. For instance, the single, which went three-times platinum in April 2018, spawned a joke on an episode of "Friends." When discussing the most romantic songs of all time, Phoebe says that, in her opinion, it'south "the one that Elton John wrote for that guy on 'Who's the Boss'."

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'We Built This City' by Starship

- Misheard: "We congenital this city on sausage rolls"
- Right: "We built this city on rock and ringlet"

This misheard lyric from Starship's first-e'er single is so common that it prompted a parody vocal. YouTuber LadBaby (aka Marking Hoyle) held the #one position on the U.1000. singles charts during the 2018 holiday flavour for his cover nigh pork-blimp pastries. Beating out artists like Ariana Grande and Mariah Carey for the honor, all proceeds from his track were donated to the Trussell Trust, a food banking company charity.

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'Drift Away' by Uncle Kracker

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'Bare Space' past Taylor Swift

- Misheard: "All the alone Starbucks lovers"
- Correct: "Got a long list of ex-lovers"

This lyric was misheard so frequently by Taylor Swift fans, that the vocalist really poked fun at her own song on Valentine'southward Twenty-four hour period in 2015. In a now-deleted tweet, she wrote: "Sending my love to all the alone Starbucks lovers out there this Valentine's Day… fifty-fifty though that is not the right lyric." To which the coffee chain playfully replied: "Wait, information technology'due south not?"

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'Bohemian Rhapsody' past Queen

- Misheard: "Saving his life from this warm sausage tea"
- Correct: "Spare him his life from this monstrosity"

Anything less than a piping hot cup of tea is an actual nightmare for most Brits, just information technology turns out that'due south not actually what i of their almost famous musicians was crooning about. The song'south popularity in the state has endured regardless. As of 2018, "Maverick Rhapsody" is the third-best-selling U.1000. unmarried of all time, and is often cited equally one of the greatest rock songs world-wide.

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'Infant Got Back' by Sir Mix-A-Lot

- Misheard: "I like big butts in a can of limes"
- Correct: "I like large butts and I can non lie"

When Sir Mix-A-Lot'due south famously irreverent song made its debut in 1992, its equally outrageous video was briefly banned by MTV due to its bootylicious nature. Rather than squashing the song'south popularity, the ban actually boosted information technology, and in the end, the rail spent five weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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'Message in a Canteen' by The Police

- Misheard: "A year has passed since I broke my olfactory organ"
- Correct: "A year has passed since I wrote my note"

The Police considered "Message in a Bottle" i of their well-nigh lyrically deep songs. In fact, when discussing the song in "1000 Britain Number Ones," Sting said, "I think the lyrics are subtle and well-crafted plenty to hit people on a dissimilar level from something you merely sing forth to."

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'Aquarius/Permit the Sunshine In' by Fifth Dimension

- Misheard: "This is the dawning of the Age of Asparagus"
- Correct: "This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius"

A true hippie canticle, "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" is actually a mashup of two songs written for the musical "Hair." It's also somewhat of a rarity in the music manufacture as it was recorded by the group in two different cities: Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Despite its nontraditional origins, the single was certified platinum past the RIAA in August 1991, 22 years after its original release.

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'Waterfalls' by TLC

- Misheard: "Don't go Jason Waterfalls"
- Right: "Don't go chasing waterfalls"

In 1995, TLC won the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Yr for this signature track, which spent vii weeks at #one on the Billboard Hot 100. However, that didn't keep fans from actually knowing all the lyrics to the now-archetype track. The "Jason Waterfalls" lyric even has its ain Urban Dictionary folio, setting fans straight on their mistakes once and for all.

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'Smells like Teen Spirit' by Nirvana

- Misheard: "Here we are now in containers"
- Right: "Hither we are now, entertain us"

Fable has it, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana's atomic number 82 vocaliser, used to use the correct line, "here we are, at present entertain united states" whenever he entered a party. Information technology was such a signature for him, that he found a way to work information technology into the vocal, only to have information technology misheard frequently by listeners. The confusion didn't terminate the culling rails from reaching #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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'We Volition Stone You' by Queen

- Misheard: "Kicking your cat all over the place"
- Correct: "Kicking your can all over the place"

In 2008, Queen's singles "We Are the Champions" and "We Will Rock You lot" were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. It was a well-deserved honor for the tracks (which, despite being ii divide songs, are almost e'er played together and often referred to equally a single entity). In 2017, the track went 4-times multi-platinum, with more than than 7 million certified units sold.

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'I Want to Hold Your Hand' by The Beatles

- Misheard: "I desire to agree your ham"
- Right: "I want to hold your hand"

Blame information technology on the British accents, but the first Beatles song to take hold of on in America besides has one of the group's nigh frequently misheard lyrics. According to industry lore, Bob Dylan also misunderstood a line in the song. He allegedly thought that "I can't hibernate" was "I get high." After finding out that the grouping was non, in fact, marijuana smokers, he introduced them to the recreational practice and cemented himself a spot in Beatle history.

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'I'1000 a Laic' past The Monkees

- Misheard: "And then I saw her face, at present I'm gonna leave her"
- Right: "Then I saw her face, now I'm a believer"

Popularized by the movie "Shrek," "I'yard a Laic" was actually released 35 years prior by The Monkees. The original version was an instantaneous hitting, going gilded within two days of its release and holding the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks.

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'Blinded by the Light' by Bruce Springsteen

- Misheard: "Wrapped up like a deuce, another rumor in the night"
- Correct: "Revved upward like a deuce, another runner in the night"

This famous Bruce Springsteen lyric gets misheard in all sorts of means. In 1993, a Canadian sketch-one-act show, "The Vacant Lot," included a "Blinded by the Low-cal" sketch on their testify that poked fun at the various wrong renditions out there.

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'Bad Moon Rising' by Creedence Clearwater Revival

- Misheard: "At that place's a bathroom on the right"
- Correct: "There's a bad moon on the rise"

Some musicians honey getting in on the joke of their misunderstood lyrics—John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival is one of them. During his 1998 "Premonition" concert taping, he actually sang the incorrect lyric on stage (shut listeners tin hear information technology quite plain afterward the final verse). It's also been reported that during other concerts he'd bespeak to the closest bath whenever he got to the line.

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'Like a Virgin' by Madonna

- Misheard: "Like a virgin, touched for the 31st time"
- Right: "Live a virgin, touched for the very first time"

"Similar a Virgin" was Madonna's beginning #1 hit in the U.S. The runway topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for vi weeks. Its racy lyrics reportedly made it harder to observe a recording studio and product team who would bring the song to life, only the finished product ultimately set Madonna autonomously from the horde of other 1980's pop singers.

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"It's Gonna Be Me' by NSYNC

- Misheard: "It's gonna be May!"
- Right: "It's gonna be me"

In recent years, this misheard lyric has spawned its ain meme that pops up each spring: a picture of a frosted-tip, curly-haired Justin Timberlake spouting the wrong lyrics. The song hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, only even some of the most diehard '90s boy band fans admit that this lyric is hard to understand.

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'Cups (When I'1000 Gone)' by Anna Kendrick/Pitch Perfect

- Misheard: "You lot're gonna miss me past my walk, y'all're gonna miss me past my taco"
- Correct: "You're gonna miss me past my walk, you're gonna miss me by my talk, oh"

This made-for-a-picture show song is a combination of a Carter Family song, "When I'm Gone" and the loving cup game, which was invented past the British band Lulu & the Lampshades and went viral on Reddit in 2009. It reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and inspired legions of covers that were posted on platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter. Several of the covers actually included this misheard lyric.

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'Work Information technology' by Missy Elliott

- Misheard: "Iss yurr fweminippi fwep yet"
- Correct: "Ti esrever dna ti plif nwod gniht ym tup I"

Missy Elliott's "Work Information technology" spent 10 weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. During that fourth dimension, most fans causeless this line was just gibberish. There was even speculation that it was a coded dirty bulletin. But it turns out the real lyric is "I put my matter down flip it and reverse it" just flipped and reversed.

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'Nosotros Didn't Start the Burn' past Billy Joel

- Misheard: "We didn't beginning the fire, it was always burning, said the worst attorney"
- Correct: "We didn't commencement the burn down, information technology was always burning, since the earth's been turning"

"We Didn't Offset the Fire" ranks low on the list of Billy Joel's favorite songs, just American listeners disagreed. The song reached #ane on the Billboard Hot 100 and received heavy airplay after its release in 1989. The runway is a stream-of-consciousness-style vocal that lists all the events Joel feels divers his generation. The list is and then lengthy that Joel has admitted having trouble remembering all the lyrics.

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'Forget You' by CeeLo Light-green

- Misheard: "I guess he's an expert, and I'g more an attorney"
- Right: "I guess he'southward an Xbox, and I'thou more Atari"

In the original, expletive-laden version of this song, CeeLo Green drops the F-flop 16 times in the span of iii.5 minutes. Fifty-fifty still, it reached #two on the Billboard Hot 100 and broke the ii million view mark on YouTube within one week of its release.

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'Desperado' by The Eagles

- Misheard: "Y'all've been outright offensive, for so long at present"
- Correct: "Y'all've been out riding fences, for so long now"

"Desperado" was the final song The Eagles e'er performed on tour. It closed their show out on July 29, 2015, and six months later their atomic number 82 singer, Glenn Frey, was dead. While the song is a fan favorite, it was never released every bit a single, which helped to boost album sales.

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'Blurred Lines' by Robin Thicke

- Misheard: "Mushrooms are nasty"
- Correct: "Must desire to get nasty"

Amongst all the controversy that surrounded the song's suggestive and possibly demeaning lyrics, Robin Thicke'south "Blurred Lines" was busy breaking records. It not only took the acme spot on the Billboard Hot 100, but information technology also held the #1 spot on Billboard'southward Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs for 16 weeks, the longest any song had held the position since the 1940s. A big part of that success was due to the media attention that surrounded the unrated cutting of the video, which featured topless women, being banned.

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'Big Yellow Taxi' by Joni Mitchell

- Misheard: "If it ain't paradise, and then put upward a parking lot"
- Correct: "They paved paradise to put upward a parking lot"

The Counting Crows and Vanessa Carlton cover of this song might be the most famous version, but Joni Mitchell's was the original. Mitchell told The Los Angeles Times that she wrote the song subsequently her first trip to Hawaii, where they had literally paved paradise to put up a parking lot.

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'Our Lips are Sealed' by The Go-Gos

- Misheard: "Even Dallas games, people play"
- Correct: "In the jealous games people play"

The Go-Gos originally started as a punk ring in the 1970s but shifted to pop with the release of their album "Beauty and the Beat" in 1981. "Our Lips are Sealed" was the breakout hit from the album, peaking at #20 on the Billboard charts.

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'Stairway to Heaven' by Led Zeppelin

- Misheard: "At that place'southward a wino downward the road"
- Correct: "And as nosotros current of air on down the road"

Although "Stairway to Heaven" has been called "the best rock song of all time," information technology actually never charted. The track was never released as a single; instead, radio stations received promotional singles that accept get collector's items.

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'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)' past The Eurythmics

- Misheard: "I travel the earth in generic jeans"
- Right: "I travel the world and the seven seas"

Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, the duo backside the Eurythmics, wrote "Sweet Dreams (Are Fabricated of This)" about the search for fulfillment and the desires that motivate us. Only not anybody hears it that way. The 2013 rom-com "I Give It A Twelvemonth" poked fun at listeners' most oftentimes misheard lyric with one character quipping, "Practise you think Annie Lennox is singing almost whether she happened to travel the world in Levi's or Wranglers?"

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'Dancing Queen' past ABBA

- Misheard: "Meet that girl, watch her scream, kicking the dancing queen"
- Correct: "Run across that girl, sentry that scene, dig in the dancing queen"

The just 1 of ABBA'due south string of hits to make it to #1 in the U.S., "Dancing Queen" also hit #1 in 13 other countries. It might also be their virtually misunderstood song. According to a poll conducted past Blinkbox in 2014, 22% of listeners reported hearing the famous lyrics this way.

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'Papa Don't Preach' by Madonna

- Misheard: "Poppadom preach"
- Right: "Papa don't preach"

When "Papa Don't Preach" was starting time released in 1986 there was a lot of controversy surrounding the song, as its lyrics dealt with teenage pregnancy and abortion. The media attention ended up helping heave the overall popularity of the song, which hit #1 in both the U.Southward. and the U.K. While we know Madonna as a very outspoken performer today, this was i of her first tracks to openly deal with a political issue.

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'Purple Haze' by Jimi Hendrix

- Misheard: "Excuse me while I kiss this guy"
- Correct: "Excuse me while I kiss the sky"

While information technology but ever hit #65 on the Billboard Hot 100, "Purple Haze" is often cited as one of Jimi Hendrix'due south best songs. There's a commonly misheard lyric buried within it, and, for his role, Hendrix did little to ever set the record straight. He fifty-fifty went and so far equally to occasionally sing the incorrect lyric in concert while nodding or pointing at a male member of his band up on the stage.

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'The Sidewinder Sleep Tonite' by R.Due east.M.

- Misheard: "Calling Jamaica"
- Correct: "Call me when you try to wake her up"

I of R.East.Chiliad.'south most overall confusing songs also holds one of their most commonly misheard lyrics. However, one affair that anyone who has ever heard the song can probably place is the track's start 4 notes, which mirror those from "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by The Tokens. Rather than stealing the sequence, R.E.K. paid The Tokens for the rights to utilize the riff and ended upwards roofing the other "The King of beasts Sleeps Tonight" equally a part of the final deal.

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'Like a G6' by Far East Movement

- Misheard: "Like a cheese stick"
- Correct: "Similar a G-half-dozen"

Far Eastward Movement was essentially a one-hit-wonder. Their only American hit, "Like a G6," reached #i on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2010, and two additional songs charted in the U.Thou. Fans misheard the lyrics to their sole hit, every bit K-6's aren't actually planes (just something the band made upwards that could feasibly get faster than a G-iv).

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'Two Tickets to Paradise' by Eddie Coin

- Misheard: "I've got ii chickens to paralyze"
- Right: "I've got two tickets to paradise"

Eddie Money didn't have a long or storied career, but his hit "Two Tickets to Paradise" has become a archetype rock staple. Later its release, the song simply ever striking #22 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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'Summertime Sadness' by Lana del Rey

- Misheard: "I'm feeling ill like Drake tonight"
- Correct: "I'thou feeling electric this night"

Blame it on the singer's sultry accent, or the unusual pacing of the song, merely few listeners get this lyric right on the first effort. "Summertime Sadness" was a single from Lana del Rey'south first major anthology "Born to Die." The rail, which has a sound that del Rey describes every bit "Hollywood sadcore," reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (In the Garden of Eden)' by Iron Butterfly

- Misheard: "In a glob of Velveeta, honey"
- Correct: "In-a-gadda-da-vida, honey"

Arguably the kickoff heavy metal song, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" peaked at #30 on the Billboard charts. The original song is over 17 minutes long but uses simply 30 different words. Information technology was this version (not the four-infinitesimal radio cut) that Iron Butterfly was prepare to perform at Woodstock earlier they got stuck in an airport and couldn't make it.

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'Addicted to Love' by Robert Palmer

- Misheard: "A digital love"
- Correct: "Fond to beloved"

Hit #ane on the charts, Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" is well-nigh memorable for its music video. The clip features a handful of models, all dressed and made-up identically, pretending to play instruments behind the vocaliser. It was parodied constantly throughout the '80s and '90s, including in a Pepsi commercial that featured boyfriend musician Britney Spears.

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'Have a Chance on Me' by ABBA

- Misheard: "If y'all change your listen, Jackie Chan, I'm the get-go in line, Jackie Chan"
- Correct: "If you lot change your heed, chance, I'm the outset in line, accept a run a risk"

While "Take a Chance on Me" simply reached #3 in the United States, information technology hit #i in the chart in the U.K., Republic of austria, Belgium, Republic of ireland, and Mexico. The unmarried was certified Gold a year afterward its release in 1978.

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'SexyBack' by Justin Timberlake

- Misheard: "Go hippie, go hippie, become"
- Right: "Become ahead, exist gone with information technology"

The starting time unmarried from Justin Timberlake's 2d solo anthology "FutureSex: LoveSounds," "SexyBack" topped the charts both in the U.G. and the U.S. It combines elements of electronic trip the light fantastic toe music and disco, creating a sound that's totally unique and was definitely alee of its time when the track was released. In June 2007, the single went three-times multi-platinum.

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'Vertigo' by U2

- Misheard: "Hello, hi! I'm in a place called Oregon"
- Correct: "Howdy, hello! I'm at a place chosen vertigo"

Despite only reaching #31 on the U.S. charts, "Vertigo" won iii Grammys at the 2004 awards: Best Rock Song, Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Song, and Best Brusk Form Music Video. It'south too among the songs the band played when they were inducted into the Stone and Coil Hall of Fame a year afterward.

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'Blowin' in the Current of air' past Bob Dylan

- Misheard: "The ants are my friends, they're blowing in the wind"
- Correct: "The reply my friends, is blowing in the wind"

It is thought that this is the virtually covered Bob Dylan song. In fact, Dylan'south version was never all that pop—it was the Peter, Paul and Mary cover that everyone knows best. In 1999, the runway, which Dylan claims to have written in 10 minutes, was introduced into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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'Piano Man' by Billy Joel

- Misheard: "Sing us a song for the yellowish homo"
- Correct: "Sing us a vocal, you're the piano man"

Arguably i of the most recognizable songs in the world, "Piano Man" was Billy Joel'due south breakthrough single after signing with Columbia Records. In October 2018, the single went iii-times multi-platinum. Fifty-fifty nonetheless, not anybody knows the words.

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'Paradise City' by Guns N' Roses

- Misheard: "Take me downwardly to a very nice city"
- Correct: "Take me downwards to the Paradise City"

Despite it literally being the title of the song, many fans mishear this lyric. According to the band, Paradise City is Los Angeles, while the very side by side line ("where the grass is greenish, and the girls are pretty") is well-nigh the town where Axl Rose's family would vacation, Bloomington, Indiana.

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'Shake Information technology Off' by Taylor Swift

- Misheard: "And the bakers gonna bake, bake, bake, bake, broil"
- Correct: "And the haters gonna hate, hate, detest, hate, hate"

The atomic number 82 single from Taylor Swift's first purely popular album "1989," "Shake It Off" debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 where it spent a total of four weeks. Different some of her other misheard lyrics, T-Swift has never addressed this misquote publicly.

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'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds' by The Beatles

- Misheard: "The girl with colitis goes past"
- Correct: "The girl with kaleidoscope eyes"

After the Beatles released this rails in 1967, the BBC banned "Lucy in the Heaven With Diamonds" for its excessive amount of drug references. While the band originally denied that the song had anything to do with drugs, Paul McCartney finally confessed, in a 2004 interview with Daily Mail, that it was "pretty obvious" what the vocal was really virtually.

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'Chasing Pavements' by Adele

- Misheard: "Or should I but keep chasing penguins"
- Correct: "Or should I just keep chasing pavements"

A much more lighthearted twist on this archetype heartbreak vocal, the mixup betwixt chasing penguins and chasing pavements has been reported past multiple listeners. While "Chasing Pavements" didn't perform as well on the charts, information technology is credited with giving Adele her American breakout. The crooner performed the vocal on "SNL" in 2008, which gave her a huge amount of exposure in the United States.

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'I Tin See Clearly Now' by Johnny Nash

- Misheard: "I can see clearly now, Lorraine is gone"
- Right: "I can see clearly now, the pelting is gone"

The start reggae song to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Johnny Nash's "I Can Run into Conspicuously Now" also has one of the most commonly misunderstood lyrics in music history. Nash wrote the lyrics to the hit himself, only his thick Texan accent can make it hard for some listeners to figure out exactly what those lyrics are.

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'Single Ladies' by Beyonce

- Misheard: "Got gloss on my lips, a man on my hips, agree me tighter than my very ain jeans"
- Correct: "Got gloss on my lips, a homo on my hips, concur me tighter than my Dereon jeans"

"Single Ladies" won three Grammy's at the 2010 awards: Song of the Twelvemonth, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and All-time R&B Song. In the middle of her multi-platinum track, Beyonce plugs her fix-to-wear clothing line, House of Dereon.

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'Little Talks' by Of Monsters and Men

- Misheard: "Crusade though the truth may vary, this sh** will carry our bodies prophylactic to shore"
- Correct: "Cause though the truth may vary, this ship will carry our bodies safe to shore"

"Little Talks" by Of Monsters and Men went multi-platinum. It turns out the lyrics of the ring's stand-out hit aren't quite equally profane as y'all may have thought, although they may sound like it. According to the group's atomic number 82 vocalist, Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, the song is actually nearly a wife talking to her recently deceased hubby.

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'La Isla Bonita' by Madonna

- Misheard: "Last night I dreamt of soft bagels"
- Right: "Last night I dreamt of San Pedro"

While it was never a hit on the same level as many of Madonna'due south other songs, at least in the U.Southward., "La Isla Bonita" still holds a special identify in the Queen of Popular's catalog every bit it was her first track to have Latin influences. And information technology's not terribly surprising that this lyric is often misheard, as San Pedro is not a real island.

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'Livin' on a Prayer' by Bon Jovi

- Misheard: "Information technology doesn't make a difference if we're naked or non"
- Correct: "It doesn't make a deviation if we make it or not"

Originally, Jon Bon Jovi didn't think that "Livin' on a Prayer" was upwardly to the same standard every bit the residuum of the band's work, and intended to leave the runway off of their tertiary album "Slippery When Wet." Thankfully, the group convinced him to include it in the end, and information technology became the group's signature song (as well as the unofficial canticle of New Jersey). In 2013, the track was certified by the RIAA equally three-times multi-platinum.

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