“Blue seal in the sky with diamonds”. “Every Time You Go Away, You Take a Piece of Meat With You” "See That Girl, Watch Her Scream, Kicking the Dancing Queen” "Gotta Love the Starbucks Lovers, They'll Tell You I'm Insane" "It Doesn't Make a Difference if We're Naked or Not" "She’s Got Electric Boobs, a Mohair Suit, You Know I Read It in a Magazine, Oh." To be honest, the real lyric for Queen's "We Will Rock You" doesn't make much more sense, but it's definitely less threatening to the feline population. When Pearl Jam released their single, "Even Flow," no one really had much of a clue what lead singer Eddie Vedder was saying... but we still loved how he said it. Those words to "Before He Cheats" are dark! What were The Rolling Stones actually saying here? “See that girl, watch her scream, kicking the dancing queen”. Anything but the beets! We're positive that this is not what Paul had in mind when he wrote this tune. Correct lyric: “Here we are now, entertain us” from Nirvana’s ‘Smells like teen spirit’.24. Creedence Clearwater Revival is known for a lot of things, and this misheard lyric is one of them. Correct lyric: “More than a woman… more than a woman to me” from the Bee Gees’ ‘More than a woman’.27. Elton John wrote a song about a "Tiny Dancer," not the guy from "Who's the Boss?"

1. “Poppadom Peach”. Correct lyric: “I’m every woman” from Chaka Khan’s ‘I’m Every Woman’.30.

“I want to hold your ham”. It’s only a song. Correct lyric: “It doesn’t make a difference if we make it or not” from Bon Jovi’s ‘Livin’ On A Prayer’.17. Correct lyric: “Papa don’t preach” from Madonna’s ‘Papa don’t preach’.25.

Correct lyric: “Ohh, this sex is on fire” from Kings of Leon’s ‘Sex on Fire’.23. Correct lyric: “Hold me closer, tiny dancer” from Elton John’s ‘Tiny Dancer’.37. Call this one a misheard lyric for the digital age. “We built this city on sausage rolls”. No, not the beets! Actual lyrics: “Excuse me while I kiss the sky."

Correct lyric: “Money for nothin’ and your chicks for free” from Dire Straits’ ‘Money For Nothing’.2. 13 Commonly Misheard Song Lyrics That Are Way Funnier Than The Real Ones By Andy McDonald We all have that friend: You're in a bar, a song starts playing, and they inevitably start belting out lyrics.

“Hold me closer, Tony Danza”. Correct lyric: “Just let me state for the record” from Sister Sledge’s ‘We Are Family’.31. “Money for nothin’ and chips for free”. Correct lyric: “Dancing queen, feel the beat from the tambourine” from ABBA’s ‘Dancing Queen’.9. Everybody loves singing along with their favorite songs, but sometimes it's hard to figure out what those singers are actually saying. When Nirvana hit the scene in the 1990s, nobody had ever heard a sound quite like theirs.

Correct lyric: “I just died in your arms tonight, It must have been something you said” from Cutting Crew’s ‘I just died in your arms tonight’.The world's defining voice in music and pop culture since 1952. “Gimme Gimme Gimme a man after midnight, take me to the doctors at the break of the day”. Correct lyric: “You’re the one that I want” from John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John’s ‘One that I want’.33. Read them and possibly weep. “Excuse me while I kiss this guy”. Beverly Jenkins is a humor and pop culture writer. Correct lyric: “Don’t go chasing waterfalls” from TLC’s ‘Waterfalls’.34. Calm down, guys. Again.A recent poll proved that such a mishap is far from uncommon. Check out the funniest misheard song lyrics ever uttered. Advertisement. “Dancing queen, feel the beat from the tangerine”.

Correct lyric: “I believe in miracles” from Hot Chocolate’s ‘You Sexy Thing’.28. The Eurythmics definitely weren't thinking about cheddar when they wrote "Sweet Dreams." This is another one that everyone seems to mishear. Yep, you’ve only gone and got the words wrong. Correct lyric: “Or should I just keep chasing pavements” from Adele’s ‘Chasing Pavements’.12. Correct lyric: “Spare him his life from this monstrosity” from Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’.6.

We had no idea she was such a Tony Soprano-type of gal. “Don’t go Jason Waterfalls”. Correct lyric: “I can see clearly now, the rain is gone” from Johnny Nash’s ‘I can see clearly now’.14. Her "Learn To Love Again" lyrics are actually not about fruit at all. The Top 40 misheard lyrics are below. Nah, not really. “Sweet dreams are made of cheese”. “We’re caught in a trout”. “This is the dawning of the Age of Asparagus” Correct lyric: “This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius” from Fifth Dimension’s ‘Aquarius’.32. Correct lyric: “Chiquitita, tell me what’s wrong” from Abba’s ‘Chiquitita’.38. “Ohh, dyslexics on fire”. “A year has passed since I broke my nose”. “Saving his life from this warm sausage tea”.

Correct lyric: “That’s me in the corner, that’s me in the spotlight” from R.E.M.’s ‘Losing my religion’.26. Dang, Carrie Underwood! Correct lyric: “So lonely” from The Police’s ‘So Lonely’.4. She has published three web humor books and six calendars, including You Had One Job!

“I just died in your barn tonight, mustard no mayonnaise instead”. 02. 2000 Brits were polled by Starkey Hearing Technologies in order to see what the most common misheard song lyrics were, and, well – it turns out your brains work in some seriously strange ways. “Bald-headed woman… bald-headed woman to me”.

“I can see clearly now, Lorraine is gone”. “I remove umbilicals”. The iconic rock anthem "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix is well-known for its commonly misheard words. Correct lyric: “Lucy in the sky with diamonds” from The Beatles’ ‘Lucy in the sky with diamonds’.22. Correct lyric: “We built this city on rock ‘n’ roll” from Starship’s ‘We Built This City’.5. Now Correct lyric: “I like big butts and I cannot lie” from Sir Mix-A-Lot’s ‘Baby Got Back’.39. Correct lyric: “Every time you go away take a piece of me with you” from Paul Young’s ‘Every Time You Go Away’.3. The iconic rock anthem "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix is well-known for its commonly misheard words. © 2020 NME is a member of the media division of The good news is that most of the time, the lyrics we think we hear are way funnier than the actual lyrics. Correct lyric: “Got a long list of ex-lovers” from Taylor Swift’s ‘Blank Space’.13. Ed Sheeran's love letter to one night stands, "The Shape of You," is rife with possible misheard lyrics. “Kick a chicken with it”. Correct lyric: “Papa don’t preach” from Madonna’s ‘Papa don’t preach’.16.