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Lyrics to 50 famously misunderstood songs, explained

The give-and-take mondegreen is defined equally 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'due south Bazaar piece, where the writer, Sylvia Wright, recalled a childhood mishearing. Co-ordinate to the author, when she was immature her mother would read to her from a volume called "Reliques of Ancient Verse." Her favorite verse form from the 1765 book went like this: "Ye Highland and Ye Lowlands / Oh where have y'all been? / They have slain the Earl o'Moray / And laid him on the green." Wright, however, heard the last line as "And Lady Mondegreen."

A mondegreen actually takes identify between auditory perception (the concrete act of hearing) and meaning-making (when our brains imbibe the noises with significance). This is essentially what happens in the childhood game of telephone. As ane friend whispers a discussion or phrase into some other'south ear, it can become wildly distorted, and a totally different word or phrase tin come out the other side. The acoustic information that'due south received and the interpretation a encephalon comes up with simply don't match up. It's not exactly entirely articulate why this happens, we just know that information technology does.

One instance we encounter this happen a lot is in song lyrics. Yous tin blame it 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, merely chances are you lot've had at least 1 instance in your life where you lot've misheard what the vocalist is saying. Today, nosotros're here to help yous out. Stacker rounded up fifty famously misheard songs, explaining what's actually beingness said. From "concord me closer Tony Danza" to "in that location'southward a wino down the route," read on for lyrics to 50 famously misunderstood songs.

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'Tiny Dancer' by Elton John

- Misheard: "Hold me closer Tony Danza"
- Right: "Concur me closer tiny dancer"

One of the most frequently misheard lyrics, this Elton John blooper has spawned a life of its ain. For example, 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, information technology's "the i that Elton John wrote for that guy on 'Who'due south the Boss'."

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'We Built This City' by Starship

- Misheard: "We built this metropolis on sausage rolls"
- Correct: "We congenital this metropolis on rock and coil"

This misheard lyric from Starship'south first-ever single is so common that it prompted a parody song. YouTuber LadBaby (aka Marking Hoyle) held the #one position on the U.K. singles charts during the 2018 holiday season for his cover near pork-stuffed pastries. Beating out artists like Ariana Grande and Mariah Carey for the laurels, all gain from his track were donated to the Trussell Trust, a food bank clemency.

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'Drift Away' by Uncle Kracker

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'Blank Space' by Taylor Swift

- Misheard: "All the lonely Starbucks lovers"
- Right: "Got a long list of ex-lovers"

This lyric was misheard and then ofttimes past Taylor Swift fans, that the singer actually poked fun at her own song on Valentine's Day in 2015. In a now-deleted tweet, she wrote: "Sending my honey to all the solitary Starbucks lovers out there this Valentine's Day… even though that is not the correct lyric." To which the java chain playfully replied: "Look, it's 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 pipe hot cup of tea is an actual nightmare for most Brits, but it turns out that'south non really what one of their most famous musicians was crooning about. The song'southward popularity in the country has endured regardless. As of 2018, "Bohemian Rhapsody" is the 3rd-acknowledged U.K. single of all time, and is often cited equally one of the greatest stone 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"
- Right: "I like large butts and I can non lie"

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

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'Bulletin in a Bottle' by The Police

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

The Police considered "Message in a Bottle" one of their most lyrically deep songs. In fact, when discussing the song in "1000 U.k. Number Ones," Sting said, "I remember the lyrics are subtle and well-crafted plenty to hitting people on a different level from something you simply sing along to."

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'Aquarius/Allow the Sunshine In' past 5th Dimension

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

A truthful hippie anthem, "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" is really a mashup of ii songs written for the musical "Hair." It'southward also somewhat of a rarity in the music industry every bit it was recorded past the group in ii different cities: Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Despite its nontraditional origins, the unmarried was certified platinum past the RIAA in August 1991, 22 years afterwards its original release.

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'Waterfalls' past TLC

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

In 1995, TLC won the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year for this signature track, which spent seven weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Still, that didn't continue fans from actually knowing all the lyrics to the now-classic track. The "Jason Waterfalls" lyric even has its ain Urban Dictionary page, 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"
- Correct: "Here we are now, entertain u.s.a."

Fable has it, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana'south atomic number 82 singer, used to use the right line, "hither we are, at present entertain us" whenever he entered a party. It was such a signature for him, that he found a mode to piece of work it into the song, just to have it misheard oft by listeners. The defoliation didn't end the alternative track from reaching #vi on the Billboard Hot 100.

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'We Will Rock You' by Queen

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

In 2008, Queen'southward singles "Nosotros Are the Champions" and "We Will Rock Y'all" were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. It was a well-deserved honor for the tracks (which, despite being ii separate songs, are well-nigh ever played together and oftentimes referred to as a unmarried entity). In 2017, the rails went four-times multi-platinum, with more than 7 million certified units sold.

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'I Desire to Hold Your Hand' past The Beatles

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

Blame information technology on the British accents, but the first Beatles song to catch on in America as well has one of the group'southward most frequently misheard lyrics. Co-ordinate to manufacture 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 group was non, in fact, marijuana smokers, he introduced them to the recreational do and cemented himself a spot in Beatle history.

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'I'm a Believer' by The Monkees

- Misheard: "And then I saw her face, at present I'chiliad gonna leave her"
- Correct: "So I saw her face, now I'k a laic"

Popularized past the movie "Shrek," "I'thousand a Believer" was really released 35 years prior by The Monkees. The original version was an instantaneous hit, going gold inside two days of its release and belongings the #ane 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, some other rumor in the night"
- Correct: "Revved up like a deuce, some other runner in the dark"

This famous Bruce Springsteen lyric gets misheard in all sorts of ways. In 1993, a Canadian sketch-one-act show, "The Vacant Lot," included a "Blinded by the Lite" sketch on their show that poked fun at the diverse incorrect renditions out there.

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'Bad Moon Rising' by Creedence Clearwater Revival

- Misheard: "There's a bathroom on the right"
- Correct: "There's a bad moon on the ascension"

Some musicians love getting in on the joke of their misunderstood lyrics—John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival is i of them. During his 1998 "Premonition" concert taping, he really sang the incorrect lyric on stage (close listeners tin hear it quite plainly after the final verse). It's as well been reported that during other concerts he'd point to the closest bathroom whenever he got to the line.

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'Similar a Virgin' past Madonna

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

"Like a Virgin" was Madonna'due south first #1 striking in the U.S. The rail topped the Billboard Hot 100 nautical chart for half-dozen weeks. Its racy lyrics reportedly made it harder to detect a recording studio and production team who would bring the song to life, but the finished product ultimately set Madonna apart from the horde of other 1980'south pop singers.

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"It's Gonna Be Me' past NSYNC

- Misheard: "Information technology's gonna be May!"
- Correct: "It'southward gonna be me"

In recent years, this misheard lyric has spawned its ain meme that pops upward each bound: a flick of a frosted-tip, curly-haired Justin Timberlake spouting the incorrect lyrics. The vocal hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, but even some of the most diehard '90s boy band fans admit that this lyric is hard to empathize.

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

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

This made-for-a-movie song is a combination of a Carter Family unit song, "When I'm Gone" and the cup game, which was invented by 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 It' by Missy Elliott

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

Missy Elliott'due south "Piece of work It" spent 10 weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. During that time, most fans assumed this line was but gibberish. At that place was even speculation that information technology was a coded muddied message. But information technology turns out the real lyric is "I put my thing down flip it and contrary it" just flipped and reversed.

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

- Misheard: "We didn't start the burn, it was always burning, said the worst attorney"
- Right: "Nosotros didn't start the burn down, it was always called-for, since the globe's been turning"

"Nosotros Didn't Beginning the Burn down" ranks low on the list of Baton Joel'due south favorite songs, but American listeners disagreed. The song reached #one on the Billboard Hot 100 and received heavy airplay afterward its release in 1989. The track is a stream-of-consciousness-style song that lists all the events Joel feels divers his generation. The list is so lengthy that Joel has admitted having problem remembering all the lyrics.

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'Forget Y'all' past CeeLo Green

- Misheard: "I guess he's an expert, and I'm more than an attorney"
- Correct: "I estimate he'south an Xbox, and I'm more Atari"

In the original, expletive-laden version of this song, CeeLo Green drops the F-bomb 16 times in the bridge of 3.v minutes. Even still, it reached #ii on the Billboard Hot 100 and broke the ii million view marker on YouTube within one calendar week of its release.

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'Desperado' past The Eagles

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

"Desperado" was the last song The Eagles e'er performed on bout. It closed their bear witness out on July 29, 2015, and six months later their lead vocaliser, Glenn Frey, was dead. While the song is a fan favorite, it was never released equally a single, which helped to boost anthology sales.

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'Blurred Lines' by Robin Thicke

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

Amid all the controversy that surrounded the song's suggestive and possibly demeaning lyrics, Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" was busy breaking records. It not only took the summit spot on the Billboard Hot 100, but it as well held the #one spot on Billboard'due south Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs for 16 weeks, the longest any vocal had held the position since the 1940s. A large office of that success was due to the media attention that surrounded the unrated cut of the video, which featured topless women, being banned.

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'Large Yellow Taxi' past Joni Mitchell

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

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

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'Our Lips are Sealed' by The Go-Gos

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

The Go-Gos originally started every bit a punk band in the 1970s but shifted to popular with the release of their anthology "Dazzler and the Vanquish" in 1981. "Our Lips are Sealed" was the breakout hit from the anthology, peaking at #xx on the Billboard charts.

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'Stairway to Heaven' by Led Zeppelin

- Misheard: "There's a wino downwardly the route"
- Correct: "And every bit we air current on down the route"

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

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

- Misheard: "I travel the globe 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 Made of This)" about the search for fulfillment and the desires that motivate u.s.. But not everyone hears it that way. The 2013 rom-com "I Give It A Year" poked fun at listeners' most frequently misheard lyric with ane graphic symbol quipping, "Do you think Annie Lennox is singing about whether she happened to travel the world in Levi's or Wranglers?"

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'Dancing Queen' by ABBA

- Misheard: "Run across that daughter, watch her scream, kicking the dancing queen"
- Right: "Run across that girl, watch that scene, dig in the dancing queen"

The only one of ABBA's string of hits to make information technology to #i in the U.S., "Dancing Queen" likewise hit #one in 13 other countries. It might too be their about misunderstood vocal. According to a poll conducted by 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"
- Correct: "Papa don't preach"

When "Papa Don't Preach" was showtime 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 boost the overall popularity of the song, which hitting #1 in both the U.South. and the U.K. While nosotros know Madonna as a very outspoken performer today, this was one of her beginning tracks to openly deal with a political result.

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'Purple Haze' by Jimi Hendrix

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

While it only ever striking #65 on the Billboard Hot 100, "Purple Haze" is frequently cited as one of Jimi Hendrix'southward all-time songs. In that location's a unremarkably misheard lyric buried within it, and, for his role, Hendrix did little to ever gear up the record straight. He even went then far as to occasionally sing the wrong lyric in concert while nodding or pointing at a male fellow member of his band up on the stage.

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'The Sidewinder Sleep Tonite' by R.E.K.

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

One of R.E.M.'s most overall confusing songs also holds one of their nigh unremarkably misheard lyrics. However, one affair that anyone who has ever heard the song can probably place is the track's commencement four notes, which mirror those from "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by The Tokens. Rather than stealing the sequence, R.E.Yard. paid The Tokens for the rights to use the riff and ended up roofing the other "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" as a function of the concluding bargain.

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'Like a G6' by Far East Movement

- Misheard: "Like a cheese stick"
- Correct: "Like a K-six"

Far East Movement was substantially a ane-hit-wonder. Their only American hit, "Like a G6," reached #1 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 ring made upwards that could conceivably become faster than a G-iv).

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'Two Tickets to Paradise' by Eddie Money

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

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

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'Summertime Sadness' past Lana del Rey

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

Arraign information technology on the vocalist'due south sultry emphasis, or the unusual pacing of the song, only few listeners get this lyric correct on the first endeavour. "Summertime Sadness" was a single from Lana del Rey'south showtime major anthology "Born to Die." The track, which has a audio that del Rey describes equally "Hollywood sadcore," reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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

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

Arguably the beginning heavy metallic vocal, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" peaked at #30 on the Billboard charts. The original song is over 17 minutes long only uses just thirty unlike words. It was this version (not the four-minute radio cut) that Iron Butterfly was set up to perform at Woodstock before they got stuck in an airport and couldn't make it.

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'Addicted to Love' by Robert Palmer

- Misheard: "A digital honey"
- Correct: "Fond to dear"

Hit #1 on the charts, Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" is most memorable for its music video. The prune features a handful of models, all dressed and fabricated-up identically, pretending to play instruments behind the singer. It was parodied constantly throughout the '80s and '90s, including in a Pepsi commercial that featured fellow musician Britney Spears.

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'Take a Adventure on Me' by ABBA

- Misheard: "If you change your heed, Jackie Chan, I'm the first in line, Jackie Chan"
- Right: "If you change your mind, accept a take a chance, I'1000 the start in line, take a chance"

While "Take a Chance on Me" simply reached #3 in the United States, it hit #1 in the chart in the U.K., Republic of austria, Belgium, Ireland, and Mexico. The unmarried was certified Gold a yr afterward its release in 1978.

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'SexyBack' by Justin Timberlake

- Misheard: "Get hippie, go hippie, go"
- Correct: "Get alee, be gone with it"

The first single from Justin Timberlake'south second solo album "FutureSex: LoveSounds," "SexyBack" topped the charts both in the U.G. and the U.S. It combines elements of electronic dance 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 unmarried went three-times multi-platinum.

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'Vertigo' by U2

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

Despite just reaching #31 on the U.S. charts, "Vertigo" won three Grammys at the 2004 awards: All-time Stone Song, Best Rock Performance past a Duo or Group with Vocal, and Best Brusk Form Music Video. It'due south as well amongst the songs the band played when they were inducted into the Rock and Gyre Hall of Fame a year subsequently.

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'Blowin' in the Air current' by Bob Dylan

- Misheard: "The ants are my friends, they're blowing in the wind"
- Correct: "The answer my friends, is blowing in the current of air"

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

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'Piano Human being' past Billy Joel

- Misheard: "Sing us a song for the yellow man"
- Right: "Sing us a vocal, you lot're the piano man"

Arguably ane of the well-nigh recognizable songs in the world, "Piano Human being" was Billy Joel's quantum single after signing with Columbia Records. In October 2018, the unmarried went 3-times multi-platinum. Even yet, non everyone knows the words.

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'Paradise City' by Guns Northward' Roses

- Misheard: "Take me down to a very dainty city"
- Correct: "Take me downwardly to the Paradise City"

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

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'Shake It Off' past Taylor Swift

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

The lead single from Taylor Swift's first purely pop anthology "1989," "Shake Information technology Off" debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 where information technology spent a full of four weeks. Unlike 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 by"
- Right: "The girl with kaleidoscope eyes"

Later on the Beatles released this track in 1967, the BBC banned "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" for its excessive amount of drug references. While the ring 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 song was really about.

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'Chasing Pavements' past Adele

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

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

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'I Can See Clearly At present' by Johnny Nash

- Misheard: "I can see clearly now, Lorraine is gone"
- Correct: "I tin can see clearly at present, the rain is gone"

The first reggae song to hitting #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now" also has one of the most commonly misunderstood lyrics in music history. Nash wrote the lyrics to the striking himself, but his thick Texan accent tin get in 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, hold me tighter than my very own jeans"
- Correct: "Got gloss on my lips, a homo on my hips, hold me tighter than my Dereon jeans"

"Single Ladies" won three Grammy's at the 2010 awards: Song of the Year, All-time Female person R&B Vocal Operation, and Best R&B Song. In the middle of her multi-platinum track, Beyonce plugs her set up-to-clothing 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** volition carry our bodies safe to shore"
- Correct: "Cause though the truth may vary, this ship volition carry our bodies safe to shore"

"Piffling Talks" by Of Monsters and Men went multi-platinum. It turns out the lyrics of the ring's stand up-out hit aren't quite as profane as you may have thought, although they may sound like information technology. According to the group'due south atomic number 82 vocaliser, Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, the song is actually about a wife talking to her recently deceased husband.

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'La Isla Bonita' by Madonna

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

While it was never a striking on the same level as many of Madonna'southward other songs, at least in the U.S., "La Isla Bonita" nevertheless holds a special place in the Queen of Pop's catalog as it was her first track to take Latin influences. And information technology'southward not terribly surprising that this lyric is often misheard, equally San Pedro is not a real island.

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'Livin' on a Prayer' past Bon Jovi

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

Originally, Jon Bon Jovi didn't recollect that "Livin' on a Prayer" was up to the same standard as the rest of the band'south work, and intended to leave the track off of their third album "Slippery When Wet." Thankfully, the group convinced him to include it in the terminate, and it became the group's signature song (as well as the unofficial canticle of New Jersey). In 2013, the track was certified by the RIAA as three-times multi-platinum.

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