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“I Guess It Rains Down In Africa”: 21 People Share Their Most Hilariously Misheard Lyrics
Article created by: Ieva Pečiulytė
Imagine, you go your whole life thinking that Elton John was singing 'Hold me closer, Tony Danza.' Your brain must go through the process of inventing some lore to explain why Sir Elton John has a whole ballad about some American actor until you learn that you have simply been wrong your entire life.
So one person wanted to know what other examples of misheard lyrics are out there and the internet delivered. So if you aren’t afraid of having a song reinvented when you figure out how it actually goes, get comfortable, scroll down, and be sure to upvote the more hilarious examples.
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#1
She was a fax machine
She kept her modem clean
[Original lyrics: She was a fast machine, she kept her motor clean
AC/DC - "You Shook Me All Night Long"]
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#2
I guess it rains down in Africa?
StoopidTumbleweeds replied:
I’m still somewhat embarrassed to say that I thought it was “god bless the maids down in Africa”. Thought it was some sort of weird political statement.
Is_What_They_Call_Me replied:
I felt some brains down in Africa up until a couple years ago..
milkpen replied:
I always heard it as "I miss the rains down in Africa" and thought that sounded so lovely and melancholic. I was so disappointed by the real lyric lmao
[Original lyrics: I bless the rains down in Africa
Toto - Africa]
#3
My favorite misheard lyric is 'Hold me closer, Tony Danza' instead of 'Hold me closer, tiny dancer' by Elton John.
#4
My sister thought the Beatles lyrics “the girl with kaleidoscope eyes” was “the girl with colitis goes by”.
#5
As a kid I thought it was "we'll rob a mexican monkey" and not "we're up all night to get lucky"
[Daft Punk - Get Lucky]
#6
“It's not fair, to deny me
Of the crosseyed bear that you gave to me
You, you, you oughta know”
-Alanis Morissette
How could you take her crosseyed bear Dave Coulier
[Original lyrics:
"It's not fair to deny me
Of the cross I bear that you gave to me
You, you, you oughta know"
Alanis Morissette -"You Oughta Know"]
#7
I want to know, have you ever seen Lorain?
PheonixKernow replied:
As a child I used to sing 'I can see clearly now Lorraine has gone' and always wondered what poor Lorraine did that was so bad.
[Original lyrics: I can see clearly now, the rain has gone
Johnny Nash - "I Can See Clearly Now"]
#8
Sweet dreams are made of cheese, who am i to disagree
[Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)]
#9
I see skies of blue
And clouds of white
The bright blessed day
The dogs say goodnight
[Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World]
#10
My three year old thinks "Like a G6" is "Like a cheese sticks"
[Far East Movement and The Cataracs - "Like a G6"]
#11
Jimi Hendix - "Purple Haze": 'scuse me while I kiss this guy.
corvid_booster replied:
Roommate back in the day, who would have been about 18 in 1970, told me that Hendrix was aware of the alternate interpretation, and he would gesture at Noel Redding and say "'scuse me while I kiss this guy."
#12
My 7th grade teacher had a real hatred for Gwen Stefani and when we finally asked him it was because he thought she was saying “I ain’t no Harlem black girl” in her hit song “holla back girl”
#13
When I was 14 my dad was driving me to my boyfriend's house. On the way over “Applause” by Lady Gaga came on & my dad sang “I live for the applesauce applesauce applesauce”. I busted out laughing and mocking him. Laughed so hard he turned the car around and took me home.
#16
Concrete jungle, wet dream, tomato.
[Original lyrics: "In New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made, oh... "
Jay Z and Alicia Keys – "Empire State of Mind"]
#17
CCR - bad mood rising
There's a bathroom on the right
Warm_Fox1937 replied:
Same
And then my siblings tried to convince me it said “there’s a Batman on the rise”.
#20
Get your free cone.
[Original lyrics: "Get your freak on", Missy Elliott's "Get Ur Freak On"]
#21
"Got along with Starbucks lovers" - Blank Space by Taylor Swift
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