Emily Nussbaum is a TV critic for The New Yorker. She recently asked folks on Twitter to share their favorite misheard song lyrics.
To say the least, they're hilarious!
Check them out:
1. Four Tops – "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)"
Real lyric: "Ain't no woman like the one I've got."
2. Manfred Mann's Earth Band – "Blinded by the Light"
Real lyric: "Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night."
3. OutKast – "Hey Ya!"
Not mine, but: my best friend spent weeks insisting that the "Hey Ya" lyric was "shake it like a corduroy pizza" instead of "shake it like a Polaroid picture"
— Kellie Herson (@kellieherson) July 16, 2019
Real lyrics: "Shake it like a Polaroid picture."
4. Gene Autry – "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Olive the other Reindeer
— Melinda Byerley (@MJB_SF) July 16, 2019
Real lyrics: "All of the other reindeer."
5. Toto – "Africa"
Real lyrics: "I bless the rains down in Africa."
6. TLC – "Waterfalls"
Real lyric: "Don't go chasing waterfalls."
7. The Fresh Prince & DJ Jazzy Jeff – "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
Real lyric: "In West Philadelphia, born and raised..."
8. Dusty Springfield – "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"
Real lyric: "You don't have to say you love me, just be close at hand."
9. PSY – "Gangnam Style"
My mom thought it was "Open Condom, Smile."
— JOEL EXOTIC (@joelcash1) July 16, 2019
Real lyric: "Oppa is Gangnam style."
10. KISS – "I Wanna Rock N Roll All Night"
"I wanna rock and roll all night/And part of every day." Because...everything in moderation?
— Amanda Barrett (@amandabarrett) July 16, 2019
Real lyric: "I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day."
11. Peggy Lee – "Fever"
You give me beavers
— Jessica Ellis (@baddestmamajama) July 16, 2019
When you kiss me
Beavers when you hold me tight.
BEAVERS!
Real lyric: "You give me fever (you give me fever) when you kiss me. Fever when you hold me tight (you give me fever)."
12. Faith Hill – "This Kiss"
Real lyric: "This kiss, this kiss."
13. Marvin Gaye – "Sexual Healing"
In "Sexual Healing," when Marvin Gaye sings "I can't wait for you to operate," I thought he said, "I can't wait for you to ovulate."
— Laurie Crosswell (@lauriecrosswell) July 16, 2019
Real lyric: "Darling, you're so great, I can't wait for you to operate."
14. TLC – "No Scrubs"
Real lyric: "A scrub is a guy that thinks he's fly, and is also known as a busta."
15. Tina Turner – "What's Love Got to Do with It?"
Real lyric: "What's love got to do, got to do with it?"
16. Rick James – "Super Freak"
Superfreak by Rick James: always thought it was "The kind of girl you read about in Newsweek magazine." Turns out its "new wave magazines."
— Glen M. (@GlenMcKee1) July 16, 2019
Real lyric: "The girl's a super freak. The kind of girl you read about in the new wave magazines."
17. Uncle Kraker – "Drift Away"
Real lyric: "Oh, give me the beat, boys, and free my soul. I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away."
18. ABBA – "Dancing Queen"
Real lyric: "Dancing queen, feel the beat from the tambourine, oh yeah."
Source: BuzzFeed
