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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!).


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Thompson Twins', "Doctor! Doctor!"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Chips at night, it's such delight.
The Real Lyrics:
Ships at night give such delight.
The Story: I thought that chips was a part of his illness, that's why he's sing Doctor Doctor. (He maybe at too much of them?) - Submitted by: Floresha
Thompson Twins', "Doctor! Doctor!"
The Misheard Lyrics:
S*** at night
The Real Lyrics:
Ships at night
The Story: I thought it was about #2 accidents! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Thompson Twins', "Get That Love"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm no food
The Real Lyrics:
I'm no fool
The Story: Another in which we hear "food" instead of "fool". - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Thompson Twins', "Get That Love"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Yeah playin' with food
The Real Lyrics:
Yeah playin' it cool
The Story: Sounded like they love to play with food. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Thompson Twins', "Hold Me Now"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Let Irving starve.
The Real Lyrics:
Let loving start.
The Story: I never realized how ridiculous this 'mishearing' of mine was until my friend Lisa caught me singing it out loud in the car while the radio was on. 'Let Irving starve?!' she said. - Submitted by: Josh
Thompson Twins', "Hold Me Now"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Let love Windstar, let love Windstar
The Real Lyrics:
Let loving start, let loving start
The Story: First hearing this on the radio, thanks to the up and coming Ford Windstar minivan (circa 1997), I thought they said "Windstar" as a result of this. But being the Thompson Twins, that wasn't right. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Thompson Twins', "Hold Me Now"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, my poor Italian car!
The Real Lyrics:
Warm my cold and tired heart.
The Story: I had bought a used Fiat X1/9 sports car that looked great but rarely ran. A friends Dad had heard the Thompson Twins song and thought it was 'right up my alley' - and whenever Mr.Struble saw me arrive on foot he would sing 'Oh my poor Italian car'. Mr.Struble himself had been the victim of Fiat technology in younger days. - Submitted by: Dan Lyon
Thompson Twins', "In The Name Of Love"
The Misheard Lyrics:
It's the Nutty Bowl.
The Real Lyrics:
In the name of
The Story: One day back in the early '80s, I went to pick up my friend, Jenny Glass. She got in my car and asked if I would play that 'Nutty Bowl' song. It took a while but after she sang it, I figured out what it was she wanted to hear. - Submitted by: K. Boury
Thompson Twins', "King for a Day"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Dinosaur
The Real Lyrics:
Love is all
The Story: I thought at first it was dinosaur. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Thompson Twins', "Lay Your Hands on Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
(Lay your eggs)
or
(Lay your hens)
The Real Lyrics:
(Lay your hands)
The Story: I thought it had to do with laying eggs! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Thompson Twins', "Lies"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Rice, rice, rice, yeah!
The Real Lyrics:
Lies, lies, lies, yeah!
The Story: I thought this was a song about rice! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Thompson Twins', "We are Detective"
The Misheard Lyrics:
We are celebs
The Real Lyrics:
We are select
The Story: It sounded like they WERE celebrities (celebs). - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Thompson Twins', "You Take Me Up"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I want to survive
The Real Lyrics:
I work to survive
The Story: Sounded like the singer wanted to survive, but it was actually something more advanced in order to survive. - Submitted by: Cody Finke

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