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Donna Summer's, "Bad Girls"
The Misheard Lyrics:
That girl
The Real Lyrics:
Bad Girls
The Story: Could the (late) Queen of Disco have met Marlo Thomas? - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Donna Summer's, "Heaven Knows"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Eleanor
The Real Lyrics:
Heaven knows
The Story: I always wondered if the (late) queen of disco ever met a first lady. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Donna Summer's, "Hot Stuff"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I mean hot stuff
The Real Lyrics:
I need hot stuff
The Story: Because I thought Donna was actually saying "I mean hot stuff," I sang the lyrics as "I mean hot stuff," and I sang them like I meant business. When I stayed with my grandma and grandpa (both of whom are dead now) back in 1989 when they lived in Thonotosassa, Florida, I sang the lyrics as "I mean hot stuff" (it seemed worth it to me at the time). I even WROTE the lyrics "I mean hot stuff" on a piece of paper. My grandma had given me a special doodle pad in which the ink in the pens show up as different colors when you draw on the pages, and I wrote the lyrics as "I mean hot stuff." - Submitted by: Isac
Donna Summer's, "Hot Stuff"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm lookin' for some pasta baby tonight
I need some pasta baby this evenin'
I need some pasta baby this evenin'
The Real Lyrics:
Lookin' for some hot stuff baby tonight
I need some hot stuff baby this evenin'
I need some hot stuff baby this evenin'
The Story: We were driving up to North Carolina to go whitewater rafting when one of the guys put on a cd with a bunch of disco songs. This song came on, and I asked, 'The hell? Is she saying she wants 'pasta'?' They laughed for the next fifteen minutes or so. I didn't. I swear, she's saying 'pasta' in that song. - Submitted by: Michael Taylor
Donna Summer's, "Hot Stuff"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Lookin' for some hot sauce baby this evening
The Real Lyrics:
Lookin' for some hot stuff baby this evening
The Story: Was the (late) queen of disco really looking for Tabasco? - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Donna Summer's, "Hot Stuff"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Wanna share my love with a woman lover
Wanna bring a white man back home.
Wanna bring a white man back home.
The Real Lyrics:
Wanna share my love with a warm-blooded lover
Wanna bring a wild man back home.
Wanna bring a wild man back home.
The Story: I thought it was weird that she wanted both a woman lover and a white man. Possibly a Michael Jackson reference? - Submitted by: Lizzeh
Donna Summer's, "Hot Stuff"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Wanna share with my love with a wombat lover
Wanna bring a wombat back home.
Wanna bring a wombat back home.
The Real Lyrics:
Wanna share with my love with a warm-blooded lover
Wanna bring a wild man back home.
Wanna bring a wild man back home.
The Story: Well I was singing it to my iPod to my grandparents; and my dad in the car on the way to Scotland. And when I sang that wrong verise they were like: Whaaa? xD - Submitted by: Axel
Donna Summer's, "I Feel Love"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Aggadoo, aggadoo, aggadoo, aggadoo, aggadoo
The Real Lyrics:
I got you, I got you, I got you, I got you, I got you.
The Story: Funny enough, there is a song called 'Aggadoo', and ironically I miss hear that as something else. (No, not 'I got you' but something quite close!) - Submitted by: Mjn Seifer
Donna Summer's, "I Feel Love"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Nappy Rash, Nappy Rash
Wallet Thief Wallet Theif Wallet Theif
Wallet Thief Wallet Theif Wallet Theif
The Real Lyrics:
I feel love, I feel love, I feel love.
What it Be What it Be What it Be.
What it Be What it Be What it Be.
The Story: The last two or three I feel Loves before the End or Instro bit end in a SHHHH! sound giving Nappy Raaaaaaashhh! at about 3 mins into the song.
its only the first three What it Be`s the others are clearly heard. - Submitted by: MrSpock
its only the first three What it Be`s the others are clearly heard. - Submitted by: MrSpock
Donna Summer's, "I Feel Love"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Puppy love
The Real Lyrics:
I feel love
The Story: I heard this in the Target Christmas commercials. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Donna Summer's, "I Love You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
And the whiskers in his ear
The Real Lyrics:
And she whispered in his ear
The Story: Once again, why I misheard "whisper" as "whisker" - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Donna Summer's, "Love to Love You Baby"
The Misheard Lyrics:
When you're reading so close to me
The Real Lyrics:
When you lean so close to me
The Story: It sounded like someone would read to each other! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Donna Summer's, "On the Radio"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I never told a soldier
The Real Lyrics:
I never told a soul just...
The Story: I thought it sounded like soldier. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Donna Summer's, "She Works Hard For The Money"
The Misheard Lyrics:
She works hard for her mommy.
The Real Lyrics:
She works hard for the money.
The Story: My boss heard his three-year-old (at the time, in 1983) daughter singing this misheard lyric. - Submitted by: Daniel Norton
Donna Summer's, "She Works Hard For The Money"
The Misheard Lyrics:
She would hog all the money.
The Real Lyrics:
She works hard for the money.
The Story: My friend in elementary school was adamant that these were the words. Not funny, but true. - Submitted by: Austin Garilli
Donna Summer's, "The Wanderer"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Alice went too wobbly
The Real Lyrics:
Alice went to Wonderland
The Story: Didn't realize it was about a very important date! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Donna Summer's, "Try Me, I Know We Can Make It"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Tie me, tie me, tie me, tie me
Just for love
Just for love
The Real Lyrics:
Try me, try me, try me, try me
Just one time
Just one time
The Story: I thought Donna was singing about S&M, especially since this was the follow-up to "Love to Love You Baby". - Submitted by: Reggie Pillbox
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