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Song names are sorted by first letter, excluding A and The. This is sorted by song title only, not by song title and performer. So if two different performers preformed the same song, you'll see misheard lyrics for both on the same page (provided the song title was spelt the same both times, and misheard lyrics have been submitted for both!).


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Bonnie Tyler's, "Against The Wind"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I kissed the wind
I'm flying I kissed the wind
I'm crying.
The Real Lyrics:
Oh, against the wind
I'm flying against the wind
I'm crying.
The Story: First time I've heard this song, I've begun an Internet search (using the wrong lyrics, of course) and couldn't come up with anything. Then I looked up the songs by Bonnie Tyler and found the correct lyrics. That was a good laugh. - Submitted by: Dogac Senol
Bonnie Tyler's, "Holding Out For A Hero"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Where's the straight white Hercules?
The Real Lyrics:
Where's the streetwise Hercules?
The Story: Well, around the same time, I was hearing 'What makes a man hate another man?' as 'What makes a man - it's another man?' (Depeche Mode, People Are People). So I guess I figured someone had to be straight... ;) - Submitted by: Tim
Bonnie Tyler's, "Holding Out for a Hero"
The Misheard Lyrics:
He's gotta pressed from my body
The Real Lyrics:
He's gotta fresh from the fight
The Story: When I was a teenager, my best friend and I had a HUGE argument one day, because she insisted the line actually was "pressed from my body" - and English wasn't even her first language! No matter what I said, she stubbornly refused to change her mind - I guess she thought it sounded romantic or something. - Submitted by: CBD
Bonnie Tyler's, "Holding Out for a Hero"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I need a Euro
The Real Lyrics:
I need a hero
The Story: Heard this in an Arby's commercial recently where the narrator dubs the words into this song. Sounded like "Euro"! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Bonnie Tyler's, "Total Eclipse Of The Heart"
The Misheard Lyrics:
We're livin' like a power cable givin' off sparks.
The Real Lyrics:
I'm livin' in a powder keg and givin' off sparks.
The Story: Carly Smithson sang this incorrectly on American Idol 3/25/08. - Submitted by: Shawn
Bonnie Tyler's, "Total Eclipse Of The Heart"
The Misheard Lyrics:
When living in a polygag and giving off sparks
The Real Lyrics:
I'm living in a powder keg and giving off sparks.
The Story: I used to really really like this song around the time Pokemon was first out in the U.S., and every time I heard her sing this line, I thought of the rotund little character that was either named polywag or polygag, I forget, and wondered, what the hell does a polygag have to do with sparks? I pictured the Pokemon spinning around and around so fast it gave off sparks, but it still didn't make sense. But neither, really, does powder keg. - Submitted by: Sarah
Bonnie Tyler's, "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Love is like a shadow on the oliver tide
The Real Lyrics:
Your love is like a shadow to me all of the time
The Story: As a young Bible-thumping wannabe, I was sure there was a path to magical spells in the lyrics of this song. Now I know it's just a sappy love song:). - Submitted by: Tim Bishop
Bonnie Tyler's, "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Once upon a time, this bitch's frozen and I
Can't get out of here in the dark
The Real Lyrics:
Once upon a time there was light in my life,
Now there's only love in the dark
The Story: I thought it made sense, the whole love in the dark thing = a blind guy. I realised I was wrong when I sang it in karaoke, only to sing the wrong words whilst looking at the right ones on screen - Submitted by: Timi Zhuo
Bonnie Tyler's, "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Turn around Friday!
The Real Lyrics:
Turn around Bright Eyes!
The Story: Thought those were the lyrics when I was a little kid - Submitted by: Jordan Martin
Bonnie Tyler's, "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Turn around white guys
The Real Lyrics:
Turn around bright eyes
The Story: First encounter with MTV - Submitted by: Bernard F Hronek
Bonnie Tyler's, "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
The Misheard Lyrics:
a solar eclipse of the heart
The Real Lyrics:
a total eclipse of the heart
The Story: I laughed at him publicly on his blog. - Submitted by: Timi Zhuo
Bonnie Tyler's, "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
The Misheard Lyrics:
livin' in a pony keg in care of Spot
The Real Lyrics:
I'm livin' in a powder keg and givin' off sparks
The Story: This song was in my college days.....for 25 years I was pretty convinced that these had to be the lyrics, until my husband set me straight!! - Submitted by: Linda Burton
Bonnie Tyler's, "You're Breaking My Heart Again"
The Misheard Lyrics:
It's Herzl, it's Herzl, it's Herzl...
The Real Lyrics:
It hurts so, it hurts so, it hurts so (good)
The Story: I worked with a woman whose husband's name was Herzl. When I heard a bluesy-jazz singer on the car radio singing, 'It's Herzl, it's Herzl...' I thought 'wow, I wonder if Debbie knows about this song...' - Submitted by: Wayne Nehwadowich
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