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Rihanna's, "Cheers!"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Cheers to the freak and weak and I'll drink to that!
The Real Lyrics:
Cheers to the freakin' weekend, I'll drink to that!
The Story: I thought she was singing a toast to the outcasts... the freak(s) and the weak ... and suggesting they not let the bastards (the bullies) get them down. But as most outcasts experience bullying in their high school (and earlier) years, somehow it didn't occur to me that this interpretation might encourage teen drinking... - Submitted by: Dan H.
Rihanna's, "Cheers!"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Got my rear fans on and I'm feelin' hella cool tonight, yeah.
The Real Lyrics:
Got my Ray Bans on and I'm feelin' hella cool tonight, yeah.
The Story: I thought she mean like in a school bus they have the fans up above the windshield, maybe her bus had rear fans!! - Submitted by: Tom Iannucci
Rihanna's, "Diamonds"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You're a schuetzen star, I see
The Real Lyrics:
You're a shooting star I see
The Story: This song always reminds me of a fat German guy wearing one of those funny schuetzenfest hats, with shooting medals plastered all over his chest. - Submitted by: Fuzzbean
Rihanna's, "Disturbia"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Ain't used to watch you lie
The Real Lyrics:
Ain't used to what you like
The Story: Nope, just that it really sounds like lie to me, I don't hear the k-sound of like. - Submitted by: Josie
Rihanna's, "Disturbia"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Ain't used to wet July
The Real Lyrics:
Ain't used to what you like
The Story: My misinterpretation of the lyrics reminded me of the wet summer we had in the United Kingdom in 2007 and Rihanna's other song Umbrella was no. 1 for much of that time. - Submitted by: Stompgal
Rihanna's, "Disturbia"
The Misheard Lyrics:
And it's scaring you and I
The Real Lyrics:
Am I scaring you tonight
The Story: It makes more sense my way: "Disturbia, it's like the darkness is the light, Disturbia, and it's scaring you and I," - Submitted by: A nanny mouse
Rihanna's, "Don't Stop The Music"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Sizzle Sazzle Music!¬
The Real Lyrics:
Please don't stop the music
The Story: Basically my sister came up with it - Submitted by: t1
Rihanna's, "Don't Stop the Music"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a Sam, I'm a Sam by Microsoft
The Real Lyrics:
Mamasee, Mamasee, Mamaakuse
The Story: ...as in "Microsoft Sam", the famously broken text-to-speech translator from (mostly) '90s versions of Windows. - Submitted by: AdmiralMercurial
Rihanna's, "Don't Stop the Music"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm afraid I'm a fan of Microsoft
The Real Lyrics:
Ma ma se, ma ma sa, ma ma coo sa
The Story: My mother asked me if this was the lyrics... - Submitted by: you
Rihanna's, "Don't Stop the Music"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Listen to the music
The Real Lyrics:
Please don't stop the music
The Story: It was really that Rihanna had anything to do with the Doobie Brothers? - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Rihanna's, "Rude Boy"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a rude boy
The Real Lyrics:
Come here, rude boy
The Story: I did wonder for a long time why a female artist was calling herself a boy until I learned what the real lyrics were... - Submitted by: Nat
Rihanna's, "Stay"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Now let me show you how to feel violin
The Real Lyrics:
Not really sure how to feel about it
The Story: Misheard it when this song came out - Submitted by: AmIRightHead07
Rihanna's, "We Found Love"
The Misheard Lyrics:
We fell in love and I bought this place.
We fell in love and I'm on display.
We fell in love and I'm on display.
The Real Lyrics:
We found love in a hopeless place.
We found love in a hopeless place.
We found love in a hopeless place.
The Story: I thought it made sense. Rihanna could afford to buy any place where she fell in love. And, she is certainly "on display" any time she is in public. - Submitted by: Chris M
Rihanna's, "We Found Love"
The Misheard Lyrics:
We fell in love and I own this place.
We fell in love and I own this place.
We fell in love and I own this place.
The Real Lyrics:
We found love in a hopeless place.
We found love in a hopeless place.
We found love in a hopeless place.
The Story: Everyone hears "we fell in love" instead of "we found love" because of the way Rihanna sings it. My eight year old son was singing along to it in the car recently and he was also saying "we fell in love" which I wasn't surprised by. I was going to explain to him that it actually says "we found love" so I turned down the radio and very clearly heard him belt out "we fell in love and I own this place!" - Submitted by: Jen West
Rihanna's, "We Found Love"
The Misheard Lyrics:
We found love in a homeless place
The Real Lyrics:
We found love in a hopeless place
The Story: Welll, it started as me always thinking this is what they say but in cs188's pooping the charts, only then I realised I had misheard it. And I went searching for the real lyric. ;) - Submitted by: Lolwut!
Rihanna's, "We Found Love"
The Misheard Lyrics:
We found love in a hornet's nest
We found love in a hornet's nest
We found love in a hornet's nest
The Real Lyrics:
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
The Story: When I first heard it in the club, I thought the lyrics were "hornet's nest," so I sang along out loud. I don't know why everybody was laughing at me then...now I do. Still, I think "hornet's nest" could work...expresses a similar snafu to that hopeless place. - Submitted by: Burmy87
Rihanna's, "We Found Love"
The Misheard Lyrics:
What it takes to form a line
The Real Lyrics:
What it takes to come alive
The Story: I hear this is a common one, I was surprised to see that it wasn't listed. - Submitted by: RnzWithSizzors
Rihanna's, "Wild Thoughts"
The Misheard Lyrics:
When I'm with you all I get is wiped up
The Real Lyrics:
When I'm with you all I get is wild thoughts
The Story: It took me a few months before I got the name of the title of the song. I heard the song at parties and I didn't see the title anywhere until after a few months. - Submitted by: Tim Van C.
Rihanna's, "Work"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Work work work work work work Simmer do me dur dur dur dur dur dur Summer butter wah wah wah wah wah wah When you gonna ya ya ya ya ya ya Me naka maka tur tur tur tur tur tur
The Real Lyrics:
Work work work work work You see me I be work work work work work You see me do me dirt dirt dirt dirt dirt dirt There’s something ‘bout that work work work work work work When you gonna learn learn learn learn learn learn Me na care if me tire tire tire tire tired
The Story: You can always count on RiRi for good old-fashioned lyrical nonsense (mama say mama sa mamacusa) - Submitted by: A G
Rihanna's, "Work"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Work, work, work, work, work, work
Send me happy work, work, work, work, work, work
You see me do me der, der, der, der, der, der
So me put in work, work, work, work, work, work
Why you ah ga lyin’, lyin’, lyin’, lyin’, lyin’, lyin’?
In the car it for mer, ter, ter, ter, ter, ter
Send me happy work, work, work, work, work, work
You see me do me der, der, der, der, der, der
So me put in work, work, work, work, work, work
Why you ah ga lyin’, lyin’, lyin’, lyin’, lyin’, lyin’?
In the car it for mer, ter, ter, ter, ter, ter
The Real Lyrics:
Work, work, work, work, work, work
You see me, I be work, work, work, work, work, work
You see me do me dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt
There's something 'bout that work, work, work, work, work, work
When you are gon’ learn, learn, learn, learn, learn, learn?
Me no care if me tired, tired, tired, tired, tired, tired
You see me, I be work, work, work, work, work, work
You see me do me dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt
There's something 'bout that work, work, work, work, work, work
When you are gon’ learn, learn, learn, learn, learn, learn?
Me no care if me tired, tired, tired, tired, tired, tired
The Story: It is a misheard lyric I hear sometimes. - Submitted by: BrilliantJ8
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