30 Hilarious Misheard Lyrics

Everyone’s got a favourite misheard lyric. We asked NME writers and readers to suggest the funniest and here’s a selection of the best starting with “We built this city on sausage rolls” by Jefferson Starship. Correct lyric: “We built this city on rock ‘n’ roll”.

“I remove umbilicals”
Correct lyric from Hot Chocolate’s ‘You Sexy Thing’: “I believe in miracles”

“Fly away on my sofa”
Correct lyric from Red Hot Chili Peppers ‘Zephyr Song’: “Fly away on my Zephyr”

“This donkey’s gone to Devon “
Correct lyric from Pixies’ ‘Monkey Gone To Heaven’: “This monkey’s gone to heaven “

“Like the legend of the penis”
Correct lyric from Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’: “Like the legend of the Phoenix”

“Ohh, dyslexics on fire”
Correct lyric from Kings of Leon’s ‘Sex on Fire’: “Ohh, this sex is on fire”

“These ants are my friends, they’re blowin’ in the wind”
Correct lyric from Bob Dylan’s ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’: “The answer my friend is blowin’ in the wind”

“I’ve got two chickens to paralise”
Correct lyric from Eddie Money’s ‘Two Tickets To Paradise”: “I’ve got two tickets to paradise”

“Kick a chicken with it”
Correct lyric from Will Smith’s ‘Gettin’ jiggy with it’: “Gettin’ jiggy with it”

“We don’t need no sex vacation”
Correct lyric from Pink Floyd’s ‘Another Brick in the Wall, Part II’: “We don’t need no education”

“I got my first real sex dream”
Correct lyric from Bryan Adams’ ‘Summer of 69’: “I got my first real six-string”

“A year has passed since I broke my nose”
Correct lyric from The Police’s ‘Message In A Bottle’: “A year has passed since I wrote my note”

“It doesn’t make a difference if we’re naked or not”
Correct lyric from Bon Jovi’s ‘Livin’ On A Prayer’: “It doesn’t make a difference if we make it or not”

“The girl with colitis goes by”
The correct lyric from The Beatles’ ‘Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds’: “The girl with kaleidoscope eyes”

“What a nice surprise when your rabbi dies”
Correct lyric from The Eagles’ ‘Hotel California’: “What a nice surprise bring your alibis”

“His penis has a boil”
Correct lyric from Björk’s ‘Venus As A Boy’: “It’s Venus as a boy”

“I think I’m in love with a girl who goes down”
Correct lyric from Mystery Jets’ ‘Two Doors Down’: “I think I’m in love with a girl two doors down”

“Scuse me while I kiss this guy”
Correct lyric from Jimi Hendrix ‘Purple Haze’: “Scuse me while I kiss the sky”

“I’ve got piles!”
Correct lyric from Kasabian’s ‘Fire’: “I’m on fire!”

“Do you miss hoes?”
Correct lyric from The Maccabees’ ‘First Love’: “Do you miss home?”

“Like a t-t-titty pole pole”
Correct lyric from Django Django’s ‘Default’: “Like a d-d-default-fault”

“Everybody’s dead now”
Correct lyrics from C7C Music Factory’s ‘Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)’: “Everybody dance now”

“I’m a skittle! I’m a beatle!”
Correct lyric from Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’: “A mosquito, my libido”

“Wanna make love to your baby”
Correct lyric from Spice Girls’ ‘2 Become 1’: “Wanna make love to ya baby”

“Your lemonade stand is on a big plane”
Correct lyric from Marilyn Manson’s ‘The Beautiful People’: “If you live with apes man, it’s hard to be clean”

“Everybody run, Barbie’s got a gun”
Correct lyric from Stone Temple Pilots’ ‘Creep’: “Everybody run, Bobby’s got a gun”

“Dreams of war, dreams of lies, dreams of dragon’s fire and of baked apple pie”
Correct lyric from Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’: ” Dreams of war, Dreams of lies, Dreams of dragons fire, And of things that will bite”

“Tummy why? Ain’t nothing but a fart hey, ain’t nothing but a meat steak”
Correct lyric from Backstreet Boys’ ‘I Want It That Way’:“Ain’t nothing but a heart ache, ain’t nothing but a mistake”

“Might as well face it, you’re a dick with a glove”
Correct lyric from Robert Palmer’s ‘Addicted To Love’: “Might as well face it, you’re addicted to love”