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Robbie Williams', "Angels"
The Misheard Lyrics:
'Cos I have been told masturbation lets their wings unfold.
The Real Lyrics:
'Cos I have been told that salvation lets their wings unfold.
The Story: This song misheard by a friend of mine who is the musical director of a holiday park in Devon, so he started deliberately singing it wrong in shows to get laughs. He later started adding other rude lyrics to the song, such as in the first chorus, instead of 'I know that life won't break me', he sang 'I know my wife will take me', and then in the second chorus, instead of 'And through it all she offers me protection, a lot of love and affection', he sang 'And through it all she makes me wear protection and gives me an erection'. - Submitted by: Beth Charlesworth
Robbie Williams', "Angels"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm loving ninjas instead
The Real Lyrics:
I'm loving angels instead
The Story: This isn't actually misheard, Robbie CHANGED the title of the song and replaced the word angels with the word ninjas especially for a recording for the BBC Radio 2 show in December 2009. I was lucky enough to be in the audience of 200 people and what a laugh it was.. - Submitted by: Mark Pearce
Robbie Williams', "Better Man"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Cecil wants to love me.
The Real Lyrics:
Send someone to love me.
The Story: A local radio station was running a phone survey in on your best misheard lyrics, and this was a good one! - Submitted by: Melissa
Robbie Williams', "Eternity"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Picked a star before we lost the moo
The Real Lyrics:
Picked a star before we lost the moon
The Story: I kept thinking they lost something about a cow. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Robbie Williams', "Feel"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Running through my bangs
The Real Lyrics:
Running through my veins
The Story: It sounded as though he was saying "bangs" - as in someone cutting his hair! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Robbie Williams', "Millennium"
The Misheard Lyrics:
We got stars that acting fake
The Real Lyrics:
We've got stars directing our fate.
The Story: not grammatically correct, but that's what I heard till today - Submitted by: Radu
Robbie Williams', "Old Before I Die"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I hope I'm home before I'm dry
The Real Lyrics:
I hope I'm old before I die
The Story: This is the version sung by my 10-year-old daughter and I don't want to shatter the illusion by correcting her. Her version is much more cheerful. - Submitted by: Dave Williams
Robbie Williams', "Radio"
The Misheard Lyrics:
He put an knee in my ****hole
And c*** in my throat.
And c*** in my throat.
The Real Lyrics:
He put an 'e' in the arsenal
A comb in my 'fro.
A comb in my 'fro.
The Story: We were watching the video on T.V. and wondering if the snake bit was really suitable for early afternoon. One of us (can't remember who) started singing those lyrics to the chorus - try it, it is very similar the way he sings it! - Submitted by: craig macpherson
Robbie Williams', "Radio"
The Misheard Lyrics:
He puts a knee in my a***hole
C*** in my throat.
C*** in my throat.
The Real Lyrics:
He puts an 'e' in my arsenal
Aa comb in my 'fro.
Aa comb in my 'fro.
The Story: Sorry - keep hearing that set of lyrics every time I hear the song. It was really funny to hear it being piped over the sound system of the hotel I stayed in on holiday, though! - Submitted by: craig mac
Robbie Williams', "Rock DJ"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I don't wanna rot, D.J.
The Real Lyrics:
I don't wanna rock, D.J.
The Story: The first time I heard this song, it was in the middle of the video, when he's already started pulling off his skin. I still think it was a logical association! - Submitted by: Lisa
Robbie Williams', "Rock DJ"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I got! (f***!)
You got! (s***!)
You got! (s***!)
The Real Lyrics:
I got! (funk!)
You got! (soul!)
You got! (soul!)
The Story: The parts in brackets are sung by really quiet backing singers, and I though they had been made quiet because they were swearing! I guess I didn't think about why the lyrics would be these. - Submitted by: I am going to be mysterious and withold my name...
Robbie Williams', "Rock DJ"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I've got the d!ck, gonna stick it in the girl
The Real Lyrics:
I've got the gift, gonna stick it in the goal
The Story: Imagine my horror when I heard my daughter, then 11, blithely carolling this version while Robbie was on the radio ... - Submitted by: Ricky
Robbie Williams', "Rudebox"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Fruit box
or
Root box
or
Root box
The Real Lyrics:
Rude box
The Story: Years ago with the radio on at school, hearing this for the first time my friend thought it was fruit box and I thought it was root box. A Fruit Box is a brand of fruit drink from Australia thats sold in a small carton. - Submitted by: her
Robbie Williams', "She's the One"
The Misheard Lyrics:
When you get to where you wanna go
And you know the things you wanna know
Yom
smiling
And you know the things you wanna know
Yom
smiling
The Real Lyrics:
When you get to where you wanna go
And you know the things you wanna know
You're smiling
And you know the things you wanna know
You're smiling
The Story: Every instance of "you're" and "on" sounded like "yom" in that song. - Submitted by: Joe Abuyuan
Robbie Williams', "Strong"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Early morning when I wake up
I look like Casper without my make-up.
I look like Casper without my make-up.
The Real Lyrics:
Early morning when I wake up
I look like KISS, but without the make-up.
I look like KISS, but without the make-up.
The Story: I was singing along to this full of confidence. When my friends finally stopped laughing, they put me right. I thought my version was pretty good though. - Submitted by: Helen
Robbie Williams', "Strong"
The Misheard Lyrics:
My breath smells of a thousand flags
The Real Lyrics:
My breath smells of a thousand fags
The Story: The misheard lyrics is more appropriate than the real one. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
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