‘I think as long as a song has beautiful lyrics, I’m so happy’ Julie Andrews
Over the Christmas period when the family were all together we all got talking about misheard song lyrics we believed to be true as children (or maybe even adults), so I’ve listed some of the most chucklesome ones that came up in conversation below, feel free to too your own in the comments box!
| Artist | Song | Actual Lyric | Misheard Lyric | Misheard By |
| Sound of Music OST | So Long, Farewell | Auf wiedersehen goodbye | Our feet are saying goodbye | Dad |
| Gwen Stefani | Hollaback Girl | I ain’t no hollerback girl | I ain’t no harlem black girl | Wishes to remain anonymous |
| Earth Wind & Fire | Boogie Wonderland | Dance! Boogie Wonderland | Dance! Boogie with your dad | Me |
| Adele | Chasing Pavements | Should I give up, or should I just keep chasing pavements | Should I give up or should I just keep chasing payments | Ali |
| Eternal | I Wanna Be The Only One | My Lord you do | Je mange tout | Emma |
| Rita Ora | Hot Right Now | Hot Right Now | Half price now | Tara |
| KD Lang | Constant Craving | Constant Craving | Can’t stand gravy | Faye |
| Eva Cassidy | Somewhere Over the Rainbow | Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high | Somewhere over the rainbow, weigh a pie | Louise |
| Oceanic | Insanity | Take me, into insanity, oh yeah. Dream trippin yeah. That’s where I wanna be. | Take me, into insanity, oh yeah. Green kippers yeah. That’s where I wanna be. | Alan |
| Toto | Africa | I bless the rains down in Africa | I left some brains down in Africa | Me |
| Eiffel 65 | Blue | I’m blue da ba de da ba die | I’m blue if I was green I would die | Aileen |
| Idina Menzel | Let It Go | Let it go, let it go, can’t hold it back any more | Let it go, let it go, can’t honey back any more | Darcy (aged 5) |
| Michael Jackson | Black or White | I’m not going to spend my life being a colour | I’m not going to spend my life being a brother | Angela |
| The Automatic | Monster | What’s that coming over the hill is it a monster | What’s that coming over the hill is it a rockstar | Angela |
| Fall Out Boy | This Ain’t a Scene | This aint a scene it’s a goddam arms race | This ain’t a scene it’s a goddam arse face | Garry |
| Madonna | La Isla Bonita | a young girl with eyes like the desert | A young girl with eyes like potatoes | Me |
Some further material if you want to see what other people have being mishearing all these years: http://www.kissthisguy.com/
