Wrong lyrics

[Star Attraction]

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Back in the 1990s I heard a song by The Sandpipers which at first I thought went like this:

One for the meadow.
There's only one for the meadow.
One for the meadow.
There's only one for the meadow.

When I heard it another time I realised that was wrong, in fact it was in a foreign language. The chorus actually went more like "One tolla-merra", but I wasn't sure what.

Last night I found out it's actually "Guantanamera" - The Sandpipers

[Trickyvee]

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A friend used to sing to the Ce Ce Peniston song "Finally it has happened to me, right in front of my face puffy lips can't describe it"

should be "my feelings"

[Agnetha352]

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In the Simon and Garfunkel hit 'Mrs Robinson' when they sang 'Heaven holds a place for those who pray', I thought they sang 'Kevin holds a place for those who pray!

[Marillion]

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Wednesday Week by the Undertones. It contains the line:

She's gone to school with her best friend.

I wondered how they managed to get past the BBC censor, because however carefully I listened to it, I was sure he was saying, 'She's gone to s***w her best friend.'

[n3llyo]

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I thought that, somewhat politically incorrectly, Madonna was singing "last night I dreamt of some dego " and then of a young girl with eyes like potatoes

theres also a bit in the song where it sounds like she is singing "chop me goolies island breeze" which always makes my eyes water at the thought of being castrated

[mazzer]

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and madonna in la isla bonita sang either "last night i dreamt of potatoes" or "last night i dreamt of lumbago"

I thought that, somewhat politically incorrectly, Madonna was singing "last night I dreamt of some dego " and then of a young girl with eyes like potatoes

[Techno]

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the happy talk lyric is " i`m a lucky cuss" (a word meaning an annoying person)

He did swear during one performance on Top of the Pops though. That's what I've heard anyway.

[n3llyo]

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the happy talk lyric is " i`m a lucky cuss" (a word meaning an annoying person)
i know that because when the captain sensible song was in the charts i was in school one day and gleefully sang it as (the for mentioned) " im a lucky **** " a teacher heard me told me the real lyrics then made me do a 2000 word essay on the word cuss as punishment for using profanities

[Richard1978]

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I was never sure if Madness were sing "Gone to f*** it" is Baggy Trousers, as my friend & I kept listening to it to try & puzzle out when they were singing.

[Austin Maxi]

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On this subject, Does Captain Sensible sing "Golly baby I'm a lucky c***" on the slow part near the end of 'Happy Talk'? Because it sounds like that, but it surely wouldn't have got as much airplay on the radio if that was the lyric. One or two lyrics websites list the line as 'lucky cus', but that doesn't seem to make sense.

[Roz]

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Always thought Kajagoogoo's Too Shy had the lyrics:
'Too shy shy hush hush I know why' when it's 'eye to eye'.

Also a few people thought the Bee Gees were singing 'Bald headed Woman' instead of 'More than a Woman' when it was first released

[BobL]

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I am suprised that nobody has mentioned The Beatles "Paperback Writer" where on at least one occasion "She's a big teaser" is sung as Shes a ***** Teaser

My wife used to sing "Amullsha Cup" as in" Im in love I'm all shook up"

[BobL]

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In Bohemian Rhapsody where they sing "Spare him his life from these monstrosities", I used to think they were saying "Spare him his life from these warm sausages"!

I had that as Spare him his life from his Mumu's cups of tea

[Brer Bunny]

Some people think "fried chicken" is a misquote from One Vision, but Freddy Mercury intentionally inserted that line.
Has anyone noticed how Michael Jackson refers to "jambon" a lot in his songs? We would shout out "ham!" at school.
I can't remember the singer's name, but I always used to hear "Corned Beef! Corned Beef! Baby, baby, corned beef now".

[Brer Bunny]

bohemian rhapsody to me sounded like he was asking someone "spare him his life for his one sausage tea" and then he went on to sing about a "miss miller " who wouldnt let him go

i convinced my self that in ` message in a bottle` sting was telling us "a year has passed since i broke my nose"

and madonna in la isla bonita sang either "last night i dreamt of potatoes" or "last night i dreamt of lumbago"

Best misheard lyric ever!