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Janet Jackson's, "All For You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Got a nice pack of Durex
The Real Lyrics:
Got a nice package alright
The Story: I simply thought it was Janet Jackson getting a bit randy as usual. And it just kind of figured, especially as the next line went 'Guess I'm gonna have to ride it tonight.' - Submitted by: Lynne
Janet Jackson's, "All for You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Got an ice pack, shorty
The Real Lyrics:
Got a nice package, all right
The Story: It sure sounded like it! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Janet Jackson's, "Because of Love"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The colour of love
The Real Lyrics:
Because of love
The Story: I kept thinking it had to do with Celine Dion’s album she released at the time, The Colour of My Love. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Janet Jackson's, "Black Cat"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Black belt
The Real Lyrics:
Black cat
The Story: I thought it had to do with karate, so it made sense to hear black belt in this song. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Janet Jackson's, "Doesn't Really Matter"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Doesn't really matter if the eye is pink
The Real Lyrics:
Doesn't really matter what the eye is seeing
The Story: Sounded like it had to do with pinkeye - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Janet Jackson's, "Doesn't Really Matter"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm in love with a human bean pole
The Real Lyrics:
I'm in love with a human being
The Story: I thought it might make sense. Ya know, the movie's about a really fat girl marrying a really skinny girl. Maybe she trying to express how she doesn't care what he weighs. I don't know... I'm trying to sound not so stupid. - Submitted by: Lel
Janet Jackson's, "Escapade"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Let me take you for some Special K
The Real Lyrics:
Let me take you on an escapade
The Story: Sounded like Janet got into cereal - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Janet Jackson's, "Escapade"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Let me take you to the Ice Capades
Let's go
Ice-Ca-pades.
Let's go
Ice-Ca-pades.
The Real Lyrics:
Let me take you on an escapade
Let's go!
Es-ca-pade
Let's go!
Es-ca-pade
The Story: I told my friend I knew all the lyrics to this song. She was quick to point out that it was not "Ice Capades but "escapade". I exclaimed, "Now that makes a lot more sense!" - Submitted by: Tracy Jeffrey
Janet Jackson's, "Every Time"
The Misheard Lyrics:
It seems to ever last
The Real Lyrics:
It seems to never last
The Story: I think I prefer my version - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Janet Jackson's, "If"
The Misheard Lyrics:
If I was your girl
All the things I'd do to you
I'd make you throw up and shit
My a**hole lips belong to you
All the things I'd do to you
I'd make you throw up and shit
My a**hole lips belong to you
The Real Lyrics:
If I was your girl
All the things I'd do to you
I'd make you call out my name
I'd ask who it belongs to, you.
All the things I'd do to you
I'd make you call out my name
I'd ask who it belongs to, you.
The Story: omg it was exam week at Cornell and I was *very* punchy, when I first heard this song. I like to study with music on, and 'If' came on the radio as I sat in front of my notes. My jaw dropped because, given the risque lyrical content of the verse (all about getting 'freaky' and frisky with her man in every which way... sample verse lyric: 'your 'smooth and shiny' feels so good against my lips, sugar' -- yikes), I actually thought that this was the chorus. My best friend then heard the song and was like omg, I can't believe they're playing this on the radio. We were so punchy from exam stress that we even choreographed a ridiculous dance to go with the misheard lyrics (just *imagining* Janet. doing this dance is enough to make us pee our pants). fun further aside: we had some friends convinced that these were the lyrics and the disbelief about airplay of such scandalous fare spread like wildfire..... - Submitted by: Chrandy
Janet Jackson's, "If"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Make you call my name or not it's cool, it belongs to you
The Real Lyrics:
Make you call out my name and ask you what belongs to you
The Story: My friend & I were reminiscing about the 90s & Janet Jackson song when she started singing the "correct" lyrics and I sang the wrong one. - Submitted by: Nadia
Janet Jackson's, "If"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Shittin' over here
The Real Lyrics:
Sittin' over here
The Story: Sounded like Janet really rushed to the bathroom... - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Janet Jackson's, "Love Will Never Do (Without You)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Our friends think we're not the same
The Real Lyrics:
Our friends think we're opposites
The Story: It's the same meaning whether it's the misheard lyric or the actual one, but what I misheard was what I thought. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Janet Jackson's, "Miss You Much"
The Misheard Lyrics:
And it makes my body hop
The Real Lyrics:
And it makes my body hot
The Story: I thought she would be a bunny. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Janet Jackson's, "Miss You Much"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Send an email letter
Dial you on the phone
Dial you on the phone
The Real Lyrics:
Send it in a letter
Tell you on the phone
Tell you on the phone
The Story: I was thinking of my version of a example of an old 90s computer commercial while listening to this song (example windows 98 launch video) - Submitted by: Fena the Vintage Geek Otaku Kitsune
Janet Jackson's, "Nasty"
The Misheard Lyrics:
All you Nestea boys
The Real Lyrics:
All you nasty boys
The Story: I was always confused between "nasty" and "Nestea". - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Janet Jackson's, "Rhythm Nation"
The Misheard Lyrics:
We are part of a river nation
The Real Lyrics:
We are part of a rhythm nation
The Story: My youngest son saw a biography on Janet and when 'Rhythm Nation' was on he thought she sang River Nation'..... I immediately thought of Lord of the Dance! - Submitted by: Christine Bostic
Janet Jackson's, "Runaway"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Raleigh with my love
The Real Lyrics:
Runaway with my love
The Story: Raleigh is the capital of North Carolina. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Janet Jackson's, "Someone To Call My Lover"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Maybe we'll pee in a bar.
The Real Lyrics:
Maybe we'll meet in a bar.
The Story: I heard this on the radio when I was quite small and was horrified and tramatized. I wondered if that was what grownups did in bars. - Submitted by: Rex
Janet Jackson's, "The Pleasure Principle"
The Misheard Lyrics:
It’s the plagiarism
The Real Lyrics:
It’s the pleasure principle
The Story: It kind of sounded like Janet had plagiarized songs, which she did for her album All for You. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Janet Jackson's, "This Time"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Old boy take a look into the sunrise
The Real Lyrics:
Oh boy take a look at who's sorry now
The Story: At the time, I assumed the "sunrise" in my misheard lyric was supposed to be a metaphor for starting anew. - Submitted by: redsimba
Janet Jackson's, "Together Again"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Macaroni food
The Real Lyrics:
Together again, ooh
The Story: It’s hard to understand these parts of the song when you hear them. They sound so faint and you don’t realize they are saying the title. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Janet Jackson's, "Unbreakable"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Ever since we got molested
The Real Lyrics:
Ever sacred, ever lasting
The Story: They play this at my workplace! Janet’s voice sounds a bit like Michael’s (I initially thought it was him). That makes this mondegreen extra creepy considering the unproven allegations against the latter. - Submitted by: Hu’s On First
Janet Jackson's, "What Have You Done For Me Lately?"
The Misheard Lyrics:
So Barbara says, you've got one life to live
The Real Lyrics:
Soap opera says, you've got one life to live
The Story: I kept wondering who the Barbara was she was referring to - Submitted by: Barbara
Janet Jackson's, "What Have You Done for Me Lately"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Look what you've done to Jamaica
The Real Lyrics:
What have you done for me lately?
The Story: Sounded like someone did something about Jamaica - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Janet Jackson's, "When I Think of You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
(Self-employed)
The Real Lyrics:
(So in love)
The Story: Sounded like she would be self-employed - Submitted by: Cody Finke
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