Sometime you can be completely butchering a song lyric and not know it until you sing it in front of a friend and they shame you. Other times when you hear a lyric sang the wrong way, it can ruin a once special song. Hopefully these don’t ruin any songs for you. Here are 10 popularly misheard song lyrics.
Beck – “Loser”
Wrong: “Soooooooooorrrre from head to toe”
Right: “Soy un perdedor” which translates to “I’m a loser”
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – “Blinded By the Light”
Wrong: “Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a douche, another rumour in the night”
Right: “Blinded by the light, revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night”
Weezer – “Buddy Holly”
Wrong: “I don’t care what they say about a cigarette”
Right: “I don’t care what they say about us anyway”
Elton John – “Tiny Dancer”
Wrong: “Hold me closer Tony Danza”
Right: “Hold me closer Tiny Dancer”
Ramones – “Blitzkrieg Bop”
Wrong: “Let’s drink pop”
Right: “Blitzkrieg Bop”
The Stone Roses – “I Wanna Be Adored”
Wrong: “I wanna be a door”
Right: “I wanna be adored”
Jimi Hendrix – “Purple Haze”
Wrong: “Excuse me while I kiss this guy”
Right: “Excuse me while I kiss the sky”
Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Wrong: “Here we are now, in containers”
Right: “Here we are now, entertain us”
The Beatles – “I Want to Hold Your Hand”
Wrong: “I get high, I get high, I get high”
Right: “I can’t hide, I can’t hide, I can’t hide”
The Rolling Stones – “Beast of Burden”
Wrong: “I’ll never leave your pizza burning”
Right: “I’ll never be your beast of burden”