Correct: "Then I saw her face, now I'm a believer" Misheard: "Then I saw her face, now I'm gonna leave her" Michael Ochs Archives // Getty Images 'I'm a Believer' by The Monkees However, only the correct lyrics sneakily use the letters LSD, a cleverly hidden Easter egg sprinkled throughout the song, as the Beatles intended. Correct: "Lucy in the sky with diamonds"īoth the correct version and the misheard "blue seal in the sky with diamonds" version conjure trippy, imaginative visuals. Misheard: "Blue seal in the sky with diamonds" John Downing // Getty Images 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' by The Beatles Scott Gries // Getty Images 'The Zephyr Song' by The Red Hot Chili PeppersĪnother example where the title provides listeners with a context clue, and if you know the lyrics ahead of time you'll hear Red Hot Chili Peppers lead singer Anthony Kiedis emphasize the "Z" of "zephyr." But for a band known for some whimsical lyrics, flying away on a sofa is not so wild of a lyrical guess. The speed of his singing allows listeners' ears to wander and interpret, and it becomes a not-so-far-fetched idea that the mighty titan might indeed have a stupid horse. In Queen's recording of this operatic rock song, Freddie Mercury sings the word "troubadours" very quickly. Correct: "I challenge the mighty titan and his troubadours" Misheard: "I challenge the mighty titan and his stupid horse" Said out loud, with the words blended and overlapping, it's easy to understand how the line could be mistaken for "kiss this guy." Michael Putland // Getty Images 'Seven Seas of Rhye' by Queen Jimi Hendrix says "kiss the sky" in this song, but this often misheard lyric is a classic example of mondegreen. Correct: "'Scuse me, while I kiss the sky" Misheard: "'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy" Michael Ochs Archives // Getty Images 'Purple Haze' by Jimi Hendrix But the great force of a hundred men, as described in Toto's song, is not coming from Mars. The connotation of the correct lyrics and the misheard lyrics are similar enough-the subject cannot be stopped, even by a great force. Correct: "There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do" Misheard: "There's nothing that a hundred men on Mars could ever do" Correct: "It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not"Īt the height of his career, Bon Jovi was the ultimate rock heartthrob of the 1980s, which makes it all the more understandable for fans to mistake the lyrics to the hit song "Livin' on a Prayer" "make it or not" for "naked or not." Michael Ochs Archives // Getty Images 'Africa' by Toto Misheard: "It doesn't make a difference if we're naked or not" Paul Natkin // Getty Images 'Livin' on a Prayer' by Bon Jovi However, the real lyrics in "Simply the Best" are far less bitter about love. If Tina Turner sang "I stomp on your heart" with her characteristic gruff rock wail, listeners wouldn't bat an eye. Michael Ochs Archives // Getty Images 'Tiny Dancer' by Elton JohnĮlton John's hit song may be titled "Tiny Dancer," but that hasn't stopped people from mistaking the titular lyric for an ode to the star of the 1980s sitcom "Who's the Boss?" This misheard lyric was such a popular trope that it managed to forge its place in pop culture history when it landed as a joke on the show "Friends." Bernd Muller // Getty Images 'Simply the Best' by Tina Turner
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