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Misheard song lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody. This page contains all the misheard lyrics for Irene Cara that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.

There are 87 misheard song lyrics for Irene Cara on amIright currently.

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"Breakdance"
Misheard Lyrics:
Great dancing, break down
Original Lyrics:
Breakdancing, break out
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
Baby, I'm untouched
Too much is not enough
I'll ride your heart to new breaks
Ooo I've got what it takes
Original Lyrics:
Baby, I'll be tough
Too much is not enough
I'll grab your heart 'til it breaks
Ooo I've got what it takes
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
Banana, banana, banana…
Original Lyrics:
Remember, remember, remember…
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
Breaker-ba
Original Lyrics:
Remember
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bring them up
Original Lyrics:
Remember
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
December, December, December
Original Lyrics:
Remember, remember, remember
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
Defend her, defend her, defend her...
Original Lyrics:
Remember, remember, remember...
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
Eat it up, eat it up, eat it up...
Original Lyrics:
Remember, remember, remember...
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fame, I'm gonna live forever.
Faintly remember my name
Original Lyrics:
Fame, I'm gonna live forever.
Baby remember my name
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can catch the moon in my head
Original Lyrics:
I can catch the moon in my hand
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can catch the moon in my pants
Original Lyrics:
I can catch the moon in my hand
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can catch the movie in my head
Original Lyrics:
I can catch the moon in my hand
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm going naked to Heaven.
Original Lyrics:
I'm gonna make it to Heaven.
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got a whore in me, and you can set it free.
Original Lyrics:
I've got more in me, and you can set it free.
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got more than you and you can set it free.
Original Lyrics:
I've got more in me and you can set it free.
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
Is enough, is enough, is enough, is enough
Original Lyrics:
Remember, remember, remember, remember
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
Light up the sky like a prayer
Original Lyrics:
Light up the sky like a flame
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
People will see me and die
Original Lyrics:
People will see me and cry
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
Raise them up, raise them up, raise them up, raise them up.
Original Lyrics:
Remember, remember, remember, remember!
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
Raymond Burr, Raymond Burr
Original Lyrics:
Remember, remember
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
Read my book, read my book, read my book...
Original Lyrics:
Remember, remember, remember...
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sue Ellen, Sue Ellen, Sue Ellen...
Original Lyrics:
Remember, remember, remember...
Sue Ellen is a character in the Arthur book and (starting in 1996) television series.
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
Three's enough, three's enough
Original Lyrics:
Remember, remember
This is sung in the background after the chorus
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
We gave up! We gave up! We gave up! We gave up!
Original Lyrics:
Remember, remember, remember, remember
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
We give up!! We give up!! We give up!! We give up!!
Original Lyrics:
Remember!, Remember!, Remember!, Remember!
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
We love you, we love you, we love you...
Original Lyrics:
Remember, remember, remember...
"Fame"
Misheard Lyrics:
We never, we never, we never...
Original Lyrics:
Remember, remember, remember...
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
All alone I have cried
silent tears made of cries
Original Lyrics:
All alone I have cried
silent tears made of pride
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
First, when there's nothing but a slow moving train
Original Lyrics:
First, when there's nothing but a slow flowing dream
I always thought this song could have been about a girl freebasing cocaine (flash) at a disco (dance) while shooting a Toyota commercial (What a feeling), but then what do I know??
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
First, when there's nothing, but a slow-blowing dream
Original Lyrics:
First, when there's nothing, but a slow glowing dream
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
How I'm feeling
Pleased to meet them.
Original Lyrics:
What a feeling
Being's believing.
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can ham it up
now I'm dancing for my life
Original Lyrics:
I can have it all
now I'm dancing for my life
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can really ham it up
Original Lyrics:
I can really have it all
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can really have it all, pictures come alive when I fall
Fall, fall, fall, fall, what a feeling
Original Lyrics:
I can really have it all, pictures come alive when I call
Call, call, call, call, what a feeling
Background vocals near the end of the song
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can really have it off
Original Lyrics:
I can really have it all
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't have it off, so I'm dancing for my life
Original Lyrics:
I can have it all, now I'm dancing for my life
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
I wanna feel it
Please believe it.
Original Lyrics:
What a feeling
Being's believing.
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
In a flash, s**t takes hold of my heart
Original Lyrics:
In a flash, it takes hold of my heart
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the flash sh**ty hole of my heart
Original Lyrics:
In a flash it takes hold of my heart
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Keep on dancing
And make it happen.
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion
And make it happen.
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Like it's really happening
Original Lyrics:
I can really have it all
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Please believe me.
Original Lyrics:
Being's believing.
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Second hold of my heart
Original Lyrics:
Takin' hold of my heart
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your pants down
And make it happen.
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion
And make it happen.
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your pants down and make them have fun
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion, and make it happen
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your pants down, and make it happen
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion, and make it happen
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your pants down, make it happen.
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion and make it happen.
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your pants down. Oh, take your pants down.
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion and make it happen.
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your pants down
Then make it have fun.
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion
And make it happen.
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your pants down
And make it happen
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion
And make it happen.
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your pants down
And make it happen.
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion
And make it happen.
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your pants off and make it happen!
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion and make it happen!
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your pants off and make it happen.
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion and make it happen.
I thought the lyric made sense. The song was called Flashdance...
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your pants off and make it happen.
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion and make it happen.
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your pants off, then make it happen
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion and make it happen
The word "Flashdance" doesn't actually appear anywhere in the song, but Irene Cara came up with the song by thinking about the feeling of dancing, how a dancer is in total control or their body when dancing.
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your pants off
And make it happen.
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion
And make it happen.
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your pants off
And, baby, hands off!
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion
And make it happen.
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your pants out and make it happen
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion and make it happen
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your pension,
And make it happen.
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion
And make it happen.
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your pleasure, make it happen
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion and make it happen
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
That you feel seems to hide deep inside your mind
Original Lyrics:
That your fear seems to hide deep inside your mind
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
What I'm feeling
Please believe it
Original Lyrics:
What a feeling
Being's believing.
She pronounces the word "being" as a single syllable.
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
What a feeling (I am Lucifer)
Keep believing (I am risen now)
Original Lyrics:
What a feeling (I am music now)
Being's believing (I am rhythm now)
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
What a feeling (I am physical)
Is believing (I am criminal)
Original Lyrics:
What a feeling (I am music now)
Being's believin' (I am rhythm now)
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
What a feeling, please believe me
I can have it all, now I'm dancing for my life
Take your pants down and make it happen
Pictures come alive, you can dance right through your life
Original Lyrics:
What a feeling, being's believing
I can have it all, now I'm dancing for my life
Take your passion and make it happen
Pictures come alive, you can dance right through your life
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
What a feeling
Please believe in
I can't have it all, now I'm dancing for my life
Original Lyrics:
What a feeling
Being's believing
I can have it all, now I'm dancing for my life
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
What a feeling
Please believe me!
Original Lyrics:
What a feeling
Being's believing.
"Flashdance (What A Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
What a feeling
Thanks for leaving
Original Lyrics:
What a feeling
Being's believing
"Flashdance (What a Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your pants down and make it happen.
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion and make it happen.
"Flashdance (What a Feeling)"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your pants off
And make it happen
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion
And make it happen.
"Flashdance... What A Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics:
What a feeling, I am losing ground
Original Lyrics:
What a feeling, I am music now
"Flashdance...What a Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics:
(I am cruisin' now)
Original Lyrics:
(I am music now)
"Flashdance...What a Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can really have a ball
Original Lyrics:
I can really have it all
"Flashdance...What a Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics:
I can't have it off
So I'm dancing for my life.
Original Lyrics:
I can have it all
Now I'm dancing for my life
"Flashdance...What a Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm in Riverdale
Original Lyrics:
I am rhythm now
"Flashdance...What a Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics:
In a wall made of steel, made of stone
Original Lyrics:
In a world made of steel, made of stone
"Flashdance...What a Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics:
In a whirl made of steer
Made of storm
Original Lyrics:
In a world made of steel
Made of stone
"Flashdance...What a Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your pants off, and baby have some
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion and make it happen
"Flashdance...What a Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics:
Take your traction
Original Lyrics:
Take your passion
"Flashdance…What a Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics:
I am Eleanor
or
I am Elinor
Original Lyrics:
I can have it all
"Out Here On My Own"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sometimes I wander, where I bid
Original Lyrics:
Sometimes I wonder where I've been
"The Dream"
Misheard Lyrics:
Been driven through a rainbow of cheers
Original Lyrics:
Been driven through a rainbow of tears
"The Dream"
Misheard Lyrics:
Been looking through a rainbow of cheer
Original Lyrics:
Been looking through a rainbow of tears
"The Dream"
Misheard Lyrics:
D.C. sign
Original Lyrics:
Deep inside
It makes sense to hear it that way as it’s from the movie D.C. Cab.
"The Dream"
Misheard Lyrics:
If we can all be 3
We hold the pee
Original Lyrics:
If we can all be free
We hold the key
"The Dream"
Misheard Lyrics:
If we could see what we wanna see
or
If we could see wannabes
Original Lyrics:
If we could see what we wanna be
"Why Me"
Misheard Lyrics:
I loved you selfishly
Original Lyrics:
I loved you helplessly

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