Misheard Song Lyrics -> Stories -> Bryan Adams

The Story: I used to think he said snot. - Submitted by: Cody Finke

The Story: Sounded like this is what made All-4-One famous with their version of “I Swear” (originally by John Michael Montgomery) a huge hit months after this one. - Submitted by: Cody Finke

The Story: It sounded like he couldn’t stop being in America’s Dairyland - Submitted by: Cody Finke

The Story: Sounded like they waited all this long the same year I was born - 1992. - Submitted by: Cody Finke

The Story: Lol that part really sounded mumbly, especially for us whose 1st language is not English. Also, there is a Croatian version/cover of this song and it mentions some fruit, so I assumed this one mentions fruit too :'))) - Submitted by: Matilda

The Story: I was a dumb kid. I misheard a lot of lyrics 🤪 - Submitted by: Mike Watchous

The Story: I played the song when I was younger and my brother sang it wrong and when he sang it my mom blamed me for teaching him the words even though I didn't teach him that.....he actually thought that was the words of the song. - Submitted by: John MacPherson

The Story: Felt how I was having to do with wanting their mother! - Submitted by: Cody Finke

The Story: I'm 38 and to my recollection I've believed these were the actual lyrics since I first heard it, and I probably watched these movies before I was a teenager. I watched them a ton too. Rocky all of this I loved them all. - Submitted by: Jonathan Swaringen

The Story: Sounded like it would last for days. - Submitted by: Cody Finke

The Story: The first time ever I hear this song was more than four years ago. At that time, a radio station put this song into oldies playlist. But, it's not being oldies anymore. Because, this song was released on 9 April 1985. About this song: "Heaven" is track #4 on his fourth studio album, "Reckless", released on 5 November 1984. It was written by Bryan himself and Jim Vallance. It reaching #11 on his native country, #38 on the UK Singles Chart, topping Billboard's Pop Chart, and also entering the Top 40 internationally. DJ Sammy once again covered a song but with "Heaven". In this version, it featuring vocals by Do. Fortunately, DJ Sammy version was reaching #8 on Billboard's Pop Chart. Making it DJ Sammy's only major hit on Billboard's Pop Chart. It also making Bryan's first number-one hit single on that chart and entering Bryan himself, DJ Sammy, and Do, into one-hit wonder with this song. DJ Sammy version of "Heaven" was also reaching the Top 50 internationally and topping the UK Singles Chart while Bryan version was previously appeared on the soundtrack album, "A Night in Heaven". - Submitted by: Wisnu Aji

The Story: Hebron is a city in either Israel or Palestine (depending on who you ask) which has seen a lot of fighting and is anything BUT heavenly. - Submitted by: Kate Quinn

The Story: We all knew what the lyrics really were but this guy I went to high school with always insisted on singing it 'his way'. High school guys and boobs (mammory glands), go figure. - Submitted by: Tootbloom

The Story: Pants in England mean underwear not trousers. - Submitted by: Teresa Hughes

The Story: Been singing that all my life. - Submitted by: Tabby

The Story: It made me wonder about the words "forgive" and "forget". - Submitted by: Cody Finke

The Story: Sounded like Santa Claus is really turning into pornography. - Submitted by: Cody Finke

The Story: This came out when I was about 8 years old. And, not knowing what 'runter' could mean, I took a stab in the dark and assumed it to be a grown-up term for having sex. Thank goodness I worked out the real lyrics before I started having relationships. It could have been extremely embarrassing! - Submitted by: V Sandison

The Story: Kind of sounded like that when he could have referenced the Godfather. - Submitted by: Cody Finke

The Story: I was in grade school when I first heard "Run To You", and that's what I thought Bryan sang. I had always imagined that this person was crushed by several thousand dollars worth of loose change that fell out of a window, after she had learned some terrible news. - Submitted by: Al

The Story: I swear I thought he was looking for summer! - Submitted by: Cody Finke

The Story: I was 7 and thought the song was about motorcycles. - Submitted by: Yorgie

The Story: My sister used to sing the misheard lyrics out loud, until one day, in the German 'Comeback Show' she listened to this song performed by Smokie's former singer and raged about him, 'Hey, look at that dork! He's singing it all wrong! F*** this damn censorship!'. - Submitted by: Archae

The Story: I'm pretty sure my lyrics are right and that Bryan's handlers are wrong. I've listened to the lyrics at all different speeds and volumes. Anthony Crispino and I are "pretty sure" I'm right! - Submitted by: Nick Cee

The Story: When I heard the song on the radio for the first time I wondered why they didn't sensor that part, the year of the song made me think that the songs lyrics were that for a long time. - Submitted by: Vivek Phil

The Story: I was belting my version of the 1st verse in a car with friends on the way to the beach in '89. I was 16. Everyone started cracking up. I think it works my way too! I had this entire scenario concocted in my head - Submitted by: Beka Economopoulos

The Story: It kinda hung together thematically in an oversexed teen fantasy kind of way.

Summer of '69 was that year he first had a sex dream - a dream about mutual oral seeds (69) and then proceeded to oversees over it and "replay it", pulling it time after time, until his fingers bled. - Submitted by: Wilf

The Story: Didn't even get suspicious in the third line (played it till my fingers bled), lol - Submitted by: Vera

The Story: Oh my ‘ I wish this little “controversy” would just go away. First of all, when Bryan and I were writing the song, it was originally called “Best Days Of My Life.” The words “summer of ’69” only appeared once, right after “played it ’til my fingers bled.” That was it! The song really was about the summer of 1969! It took us a week or two to fine-tune the lyric. At some point we realized that “Summer Of ’69” was a better title, so we literally “shoe-horned” that phrase into a few more places in the song. At no time do I recall discussing sexual innuendo with Bryan except for one little thing. When we recorded the demo in my basement, towards the end of the song Bryan sang a little naughty bit: “me and my baby in a ’69.” We had a laugh about it at the time, and Bryan decided to keep it when he did the final recording a month or two later. Nobody seemed to notice, and that was the end of it until a few years ago when Bryan started introducing the song in concert by saying, “This song has nothing to do with the year 1969.” The audience reaction was predictable. Let me qualify this by saying I don’t pretend to speak for Bryan. Two of us wrote the song. Maybe he was thinking about something completely different…but I was thinking about that amazing summer when I turned 17. There were brand new vinyl albums released by The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Kinks, Janis Joplin, The Band. It was awesome and I’ll never forget it. Bryan Adams is a great writer, a great singer, and a great friend. He’s entitled to his recollections as to what inspired the song “Summer of ’69.” My recollections just happen to be different than his. - Jim Vallance on Song Facts message board. - Submitted by: Morgan