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Shakira's, "Hips Don't Lie"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Abuelita es la casa (Translation: 'Grandma is a house')
or
Abuelita es la caballa (Translation: 'Grandma is a horse' which is an extremely rude insult.)
or
Bonita, la Casa (Translation: 'Pretty, a house.')
or
Abuelita es la caballa (Translation: 'Grandma is a horse' which is an extremely rude insult.)
or
Bonita, la Casa (Translation: 'Pretty, a house.')
The Real Lyrics:
Bonita, mi Casa (Translation: 'Pretty, my house.')
The Story: I sang this 'really obscure and possibly age-ist song' to all of my friends, confusing the pure Anglophones (translation for the vocabulary challenged: people who only speak English) and causing a lot of laughter in the bilinguals. - Submitted by: K
Shakira's, "Hips Don't Lie"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm on tonight
My hips don't lie
I'm starting to feel the fright.
My hips don't lie
I'm starting to feel the fright.
The Real Lyrics:
I'm on tonight
My hips don't lie
I'm starting to feel it's right.
My hips don't lie
I'm starting to feel it's right.
The Story: Misheard by a friend of mine who also thinks Kelly Clarkson does not sing "Miss Independent". This girl thinks she knows music. HA! - Submitted by: Mr. Sally
Shakira's, "Hips Don't Lie"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Keep on kneading the sides of my body.
The Real Lyrics:
Keep on reading the signs of my body.
The Story: Luckily I didn't embarrass myself with this one. But it was quite a mental picture! - Submitted by: Chaz
Shakira's, "Hips Don't Lie"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You make a man want to see spandex.
The Real Lyrics:
You make a man want to speak Spanish.
The Story: This actually came from a friend, who admitted he thought the line was a tribute to Shakira's rich rump. - Submitted by: Michael Procton
Shakira's, "La La La"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Leg bop!
The Real Lyrics:
Leggo!
The Story: Fair note that I heard this while actually doing a leg bop as part of Zumba so maybe that's my issue here 😂 - Submitted by: Macy
Shakira's, "La La La"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Lego!
The Real Lyrics:
Leggo!
The Story: Funny story is the word "Leggo" misheard as "Lego" - Submitted by: Tagir
Shakira's, "Mon Amour"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Leave the bitch right at the airport
The Real Lyrics:
Read the big sign at the airport
The Story: I was driving in my car, listening to the She Wolf album for the very first time and was kind of stunned when I heard this line. But altogether, I think my version also sound right, regarding what the song is about ;-) - Submitted by: Sunja
Shakira's, "Objection (Tango)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Next to her cheeks of let cone, I lack many more.
The Real Lyrics:
Next to her cheap silicon, I look minimal.
The Story: I always thought that Shakira was signing in another language, which is entirely possible for her. For a long time I thought it was French. Whenever I sang it, I always sort of mumbled what I thought it was (next to her cheeks of let cone, I lack many more). - Submitted by: Mariana
Shakira's, "She Wolf"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Dezza Sheo in de gosseh
The Real Lyrics:
There's a she wolf in the closet
The Story: I thought it was nonsense. - Submitted by: Sweet Anne
Shakira's, "Underneath Your Clothes"
The Misheard Lyrics:
And all the things I deserve
For being such a burger horny.
For being such a burger horny.
The Real Lyrics:
And all the things I deserve
For being such a good girl honey.
For being such a good girl honey.
The Story: A friend and I use to sing this song using a bad pronunciation. Even in the concerts, we sang at loud 'a burger horny'. - Submitted by: Darianna
Shakira's, "Underneath Your Clothes"
The Misheard Lyrics:
There's a man with story.
The Real Lyrics:
There's an endless story.
The Story: I was thinking "What an idiot! She doesn't even say, There's a man with a story'. My brother pointed out that I sung it wrong. I'm going to hear this the rest of my life!! - Submitted by: not telling you
Shakira's, "Underneath Your Clothes"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Underneath my clothes
There's the end of my body
There's the toe I chose
That's not your territory.
There's the end of my body
There's the toe I chose
That's not your territory.
The Real Lyrics:
Underneath your clothes
There's an endlesss story
There's the man I chose
That's my territory.
There's an endlesss story
There's the man I chose
That's my territory.
The Story: I'm from Guatemala (a small country under Mexico that no American knows about). We speak Spanish here, so we mock about songs in Spanish. But a friend came with a cd of Shakira and she thought it was in English but it was Spanish. So I let her burn a cd out of mine, and she didn't have the lyrics. So we got a big laugh out of her singing. - Submitted by: Ana Lucia
Shakira's, "Underneath Your Clothes"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Underneath your b***s, there's an endless story.
The Real Lyrics:
Underneath your clothes, there's an endless story.
The Story: I immediately realized I had misunderstood the lyrics. But still every time I hear the song, I hear it intentionally wrong. The idea of Shakira singing about her oral fixation is that funny. - Submitted by: Johnny Boy
Shakira's, "Underneath Your Clothes"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Underneath your clothes there's an endless story, there's a manager, there's my territory
The Real Lyrics:
Underneath your clothes
There's an endless story
There's the man I chose
There's my territory
There's an endless story
There's the man I chose
There's my territory
The Story: At that time I heard or read somewhere that Shakira was in a relationship with her manager. So I thought it was a love song for him. - Submitted by: badalice04
Shakira's, "Underneath Your Clothes"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Underneath your clothes, there's a man that's horny.
The Real Lyrics:
Underneath your clothes, there's an endless story.
The Story: My daughter and I were driving to the shops (she's 19) and this song came on the radio and that is what she started singing. I laughed so hard I nearly crashed the car. Everytime I thought about it after that I just cracked up laughing. She still doesn't believe that that is what the real line is. - Submitted by: Chris
Shakira's, "Underneath Your Clothes"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Underneath your groans
There's an endless story.
There's an endless story.
The Real Lyrics:
Underneath your clothes
There's an endless story.
There's an endless story.
The Story: My friend's mother was in the kitchen. She didn't think anyone was around. So she was singing out loud and apparantly didn't know the correct lyrics. - Submitted by: MegMeirick
Shakira's, "Underneath Your Clothes"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Underneath your shadows.
The Real Lyrics:
Underneath your clothes.
The Story: My elderly grandmother was trying her hardest to be 'cool' and singing along to my favorite songs. When she tried to sing from memory, she let out this gem!!! - Submitted by: Peapod
Shakira's, "Whenever Wherever"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Lucky that my breasts are small and humble
So you don't confuse them with muffins.
So you don't confuse them with muffins.
The Real Lyrics:
Lucky that my breasts are small and humble
So you don't confuse them with mountains.
So you don't confuse them with mountains.
The Story: It was actually my brother. When he first listened to it, he asked, 'Why on earth would someone confuse Shakira's breasts... with muffins???' - Submitted by: Paradise
Shakira's, "Whenever, Wherever"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The day of evil, cry a river.
The Real Lyrics:
The day you leave, I'll cry a river.
The Story: A friend and I were making up a dance. When it came to that part of the song, I kept saying the wrong lyric, so we made that day (April 22nd) the 'day of evil', in memory of my mistake. - Submitted by: Aidan Smeaton
Shakira's, "Whenever, Wherever"
The Misheard Lyrics:
We could both make from a distance
The Real Lyrics:
We could both make fun of distance
The Story: I thought Shakira briefly stinted on Bette Midler... - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Shakira's, "Whenever, Wherever"
The Misheard Lyrics:
We could both make from a distance
The Real Lyrics:
We could both make fun of distance
The Story: It sounded like she was singing a Bette Midler reference. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
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