Pollyana

REM's The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite contains the song lyrics most frequently misheard by listeners, according to a survey. Four out of ten people admit confusing the words to the 1993 track, mistaking the line ''Call me when you try to wake her'' for ''Calling Jamaica''.
A spokesman for Cerumol Olive Oil Ear Drops, which carried out the survey, said: ''Some of the misheard lyrics in this poll are really quite amusing, but I'm sure the songs weren't intentionally written to confuse fans.
''Song lyrics and sounds in general can be interpreted in many ways and what one person hears can be different to the next.
''When you finally find out the true meaning of a song after singing it incorrectly for years it can be quite satisfying, although you may feel a bit foolish.''

Top 10 most common misheard lyrics:

1. REM - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite

Real lyric: ''Call me when you try to wake her
Misheard lyric: ''Calling Jamaica''

2. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

Real Lyric: ''Excuse me while I kiss the sky''
Misheard Lyric: ''Excuse me while I kiss this guy''

3. Aerosmith - Dude Looks Like A Lady

Real Lyric: ''Dude looks like a lady''
Misheard Lyric: ''Do just like a lady''

4. The Foundations - Buttercup

Real Lyric: ''Build me up buttercup''
Misheard Lyric: ''Fill me up buttercup''

5. Adele - Chasing Pavements

Real lyric: ''Should I give up, or should I just keep chasing pavements''
Misheard lyric: ''Should I give up, or should I just keep chasing penguins''

6. Bon Jovi - Living On A Prayer

Real Lyric: ''It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not''
Misheard Lyric: ''It doesn't make a difference if we're naked or not''

7. ABBA - Dancing Queen

Real Lyric ''Dancing queen, Feel the beat from the tambourine, oh yeah''
Misheard Lyrics: ''Dancing queen, Feel the beat from the tangerine, oh yeah''

8. John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - One That I Want

Real Lyric: ''You're the one that I want''
Misheard Lyric: ''You're the wobbly one''

9. Nirvana- Smells Like Teen Spirit

Real Lyric: ''Here we are now, entertain us''
Misheard Lyric: ''Here we are now, in containers''

10. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

Real lyric: ''Spare him his life from this monstrosity''
Misheard lyric: ''Spare him his life for this one cup of tea


Anyone got any more good ones?

Scubaemma

That Ricky Martin fella (think that's who it was?) who sang that 'She bangs' song...

Lyric - 'Cause she looks like a flower but she stings like a bee'
I thought - 'Cause she looks like a flower but she stinks like a pig'

(it really does sound like that )

Pollyana

i remember "So lonely"by The Police being commonly misheard as "Sue Lawley" (gawd, that dates me, I bet!)

cappuccino

Rose Royce's 'Love don't live here anymore' - the line that goes 'Just a vacancy' I always thought was 'Just down Baker Street'.

Scossie

Respiratory assistance definitely required in Steve Winwood's song, "Bring Me A Higher Love."

Have a listen, and tell me he's not singing, "Bring Me An Iron Lung!"

squeezzii

I always thought it was 'just look back and see..love dont live here anymore' oops

vickyandrob

One auntie used to sing instead of Bee Gees, "more than a woman"
"bald headed woman" - I'm not joking!

John Travolta, "I got chills they're multiplying"
"I got shoes they're multiplying" that was another mad auntie and my sister..
Dexys Midnight Runners "Oh Gino" ...... "hold your nose"!

Still PMSL

sarab40

Billy Jean..Michael Jackson...
"But the CHAIRS not my son"...........!!!!

vickyandrob

It does quite sound like that though!!!

spartacus

Paul Young:

"Every time you go away, you take a piece of me with you"

"Every time you go away, you take a piece of meat with you"

MartinLuther

Hot Chocolate used to believe in Milko.

kimilseung

B52's Rock Lobster

is : "Everybody had matching towels"
is not : "Everybody had magic trowels"

ditto
(I'm still not convinced it is Miracles)

sasbear

My gran singing as hanging out washing some years ago (very loudly)....

You set my tits on fire - you have the key to my heart......

vickyandrob

Brilliant, keep them coming, love threads like this

Sally Redux

When my daughter was little, she asked me what a 'haraleum' was, from the Nickelback song: This is how you remind me, of a haraleum. It does sound like that.