Making fun of music, one song at a time. Since the year 2000.
Check out the two amIright misheard lyrics books including one book devoted to misheard lyrics of the 1980s.
Misheard Song Lyrics -> Stories -> Olivia Newton-John
Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.
This page contains a list of the songs that have stories about their misheard lyrics submitted.
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!).
Gold album at Amazon.com
Olivia Newton-John's, "A Little More Love"
The Misheard Lyrics:
And it gets me going
The Real Lyrics:
And it gets me nowhere
The Story: I wondered if she said that it gets her going or if it gets her nowhere. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Olivia Newton-John's, "Hopelessly Devoted To You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Guess mine is not the first arm broken.
The Real Lyrics:
Guess mine is not the first heart broken.
The Story: My son wanted to know what that song was that he heard about the broken arm. From what he was saying, I knew it was this song he was talking about. - Submitted by: Megan Wallis
Olivia Newton-John's, "Hopelessly Devoted To You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I nodded my head.
The Real Lyrics:
I'm out of my head.
The Story: I loved this song as a child, with the Grease soundtrack on a double-record set at age 6 (having since worn down all the grooves). I was well into adulthood before I realized she wasn't saying 'I nodded my head'. Source of much amusement for my friends at the Grease 20th anniversary rerelease a few years back! - Submitted by: Chrandy
Olivia Newton-John's, "Hopelessly Devoted to You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hold the seedy vo-tech to you
The Real Lyrics:
Hopelessly devoted to you
The Story: My dad worked at the vo-tech college in our town. He was pretty amused by my version, because he did think his workplace was kind of seedy. - Submitted by: Sarah
Olivia Newton-John's, "Hoplessly Devoted To You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hope the City voted for you
The Real Lyrics:
Hopelessly Devoted to You
The Story: stupid friend lol - Submitted by: lucy
Olivia Newton-John's, "I Honestly Love You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I want you
The Real Lyrics:
I love you
The Story: I was confused between "want" and "love". - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Olivia Newton-John's, "Magic"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Come take my aunt
The Real Lyrics:
Come take my hand
The Story: It kind of sounded like it back in the day. Swear she would have an aunt! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Olivia Newton-John's, "Physical"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I took you to an Indian restaurant, then to a suggest a bluey
The Real Lyrics:
I took you to an intimate restaurant
Then to a suggestive movie
Then to a suggestive movie
The Story: I actually thought they were going to an Indian restaurant and she wanted to watch a 'bluey' which was slang for an adult movie in the UK in the 70s to 90s. - Submitted by: Neil
Olivia Newton-John's, "Physical"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Lenny has a party car, a party car.
The Real Lyrics:
Let me hear your body talk, body talk.
The Story: I thought it was about one guy in the clip who called Lenny, and had a party car. - Submitted by: Doremi
Olivia Newton-John's, "Physical"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Let's get Busytown
The Real Lyrics:
Let's get physical
The Story: Busytown is a fictitious, unidentified setting featured in the Richard Scarry stories. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Olivia Newton-John's, "Physical"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Let's get a physical!
The Real Lyrics:
Let's get physical!
The Story: When my daughter was 4 a health physical was required for her to get ready to go to school the following year. She mistook Olivia Newton-John's song as a rally to get ready for school. - Submitted by: Mary Lucas
Olivia Newton-John's, "Physical"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Mistletoe, mistletoe
The Real Lyrics:
Physical, physical
The Story: I first heard this song at Noodles & Co. and thought it was weird they were playing Christmas songs in the summer. - Submitted by: Hu's On First
Olivia Newton-John's, "Please Mr. Please"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Meet Mr. Cheese
The Real Lyrics:
Please Mr. Please
The Story: Sounded like she would introduce someone to Mr. Cheese - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Olivia Newton-John's, "Please, Mr. Please"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Please Mister, please
Don't play "Be Seventeen"
Don't play "Be Seventeen"
The Real Lyrics:
Please Mister, please
Don't play B-17.
Don't play B-17.
The Story: Point is, I thought at first it was a song title she was referring to rather than the jukebox number. - Submitted by: Randall
Olivia Newton-John's, "Summer Nights"
The Misheard Lyrics:
He ran by me. God bless a damn.
The Real Lyrics:
He ran by me. Got my suit damp.
The Story: I don't know. I listened to "Grease" a bit when I was a little kid. - Submitted by: Lydia
Olivia Newton-John's, "Twist Of Fate"
The Misheard Lyrics:
It's gotta be a strange twisted scar face.
The Real Lyrics:
It's gotta be a strange twist of fate.
The Story: I was listening to this song with a friend when we were in our early teens. I kept seeing her sing along, but her mouth wasn't moving exactly to the lyrics. I asked her what she was singing. She said the misheard lyric mentioned. I asked her what the song was called. She said, 'Twist of Fate'. Not the brightest girl. - Submitted by: Grant
| Indexes: | [#] | [A] | [B] | [C] | [D] | [E] | [F] | [G] | [H] | [I] | [J] | [K] | [L] | [M] | [N] | [O] | [P] | [Q] | [R] | [S] | [T] | [U] | [V] | [W] | [Y] | [Z] |
New entries in this section are currently reviewed by Brian Kelly. Previous editors (if any) are listed on the editors page.
Submissions!
Would you like to Submit some Misheard Lyrics for a song We're always looking for more entries.
Disclaimer
Disclaimer: amIright.com makes no claims to the accuracy of the correct lyrics. All correct lyrics are copyrighted, amIright.com does not claim ownership of the original lyrics.