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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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Tina Turner's, "Be Tender With Me Baby"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Three cheers for Whitley Bay.
The Real Lyrics:
Be tender with me, baby.
The Story: When non-league football team Whitley Bay reached the third round of the facup, I genuinely thought that Tina Turner had especially recorded a song for a local radio station. - Submitted by: Marc Barnsley
Tina Turner's, "Beyond Thunderdone"
The Misheard Lyrics:
All we want is Arthur Young in Thunderdome
The Real Lyrics:
All we want is life beyond the Thunderdome
The Story: Was actually misheard by my husband (a lawyer) who couldn't understand why Mad Max needed an accountant until I set him right! He still insists it sounds like 'Arthur Young' in the song. - Submitted by: Susan Dyer
Tina Turner's, "Disco Inferno"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Fern, baby, fern
This song is vernal.
or
Burn, baby, burn
Disco infernal.
The Real Lyrics:
Burn, baby, burn
Disco inferno
The Story: When we were in primary school, one of my friends nominated this song as a supposed ideal 'nature' tune when we were doing a spot of science, calling it 'That Fern Song' by Tina Turner. Our teacher was slightly bemused by this choice, not to mention so was I, so asked her what it sounded like and she sang the misheard lines. I laughed so hard I actually fell off my chair. I still laugh at it up to this day. - Submitted by: Frau
Tina Turner's, "I Don't Wanna Fight"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I don't really wanna fry no more or or, oh yea hump asana.
or
I don't really wanna cry no more
The Real Lyrics:
I don't really want to fight no more (too much talking babe)
The Story: I used to sing it man, in the car. - Submitted by: Beavis Cleavis
Tina Turner's, "I Don't Wanna Fight"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I don't wanna really fart no more
The Real Lyrics:
I don't wanna really fight no more
The Story: My young ears as a kid thought it was a song about farting... - Submitted by: Dan
Tina Turner's, "I Don't Wanna Fight"
The Misheard Lyrics:
It's the devil in disguise
The Real Lyrics:
There's a pale moon in the sky
The Story: Once again, why we often confuse "the sky" with "disguise", and vice versa. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Tina Turner's, "Nutbush City Limits"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Salt pork and a lantern, are all you get in jail.
The Real Lyrics:
Salt pork and molasses, are all you get in jail.
The Story: I thought, at least the prisoners in jail are not left in the dark. - Submitted by: Thomas Madden
Tina Turner's, "Private Dancer"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I’m your childish dancer
The Real Lyrics:
I’m your private dancer
The Story: Sounded like she was someone’s childish dancer. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Tina Turner's, "Private Dancer"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Stretch marks for dollars
The Real Lyrics:
Deutsch marks or dollars
The Story: As kids, we didn't know the lyrics, as we didn't know what Deutsch marks were. Someone suggested this, and even though we could never figure out what it meant, it stuck. - Submitted by: Roland
Tina Turner's, "Show Some Respect"
The Misheard Lyrics:
A little mistake
The Real Lyrics:
A little respect
The Story: R.I.P. Tina Turner (1939-2023) - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Tina Turner's, "Simply the Best"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I stomp on your heart
I hate on every word you say
The Real Lyrics:
I'm stuck on your heart
I wait on every word you say
The Story: While "I stomped on your heart" is already in, the next line, as I heard it, seemed to raise the stakes. I couldn't work out what either line was meant to be, but I knew what I heard was wrong. I briefly wondered if it was an ironic diss track aimed at Ike Turner, who deserves it, but then I remembered diss tracks were yet to be invented when the song was released. Thank goodness for Google Lyrics. - Submitted by: Andrew Schultz
Tina Turner's, "The Best"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Better than almond milk
The Real Lyrics:
Better than all the rest
The Story: Just heard this in a T-Mobile commercial, so I am submitting this here. Just when did she even think about almond milk??? - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Tina Turner's, "Typical Male"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm deep in trouble with the law.
Something about authority seems to bring out the man in me
The Real Lyrics:
I'm deep in trouble with the law.
Something about authority seems to bring out the bad in me
The Story: When I saw the video on MTV and heard the words it all made sence until I misheard "man" instead of "bad". It was a case of "Huh? Did she really say that?". - Submitted by: Get 86ed!
Tina Turner's, "We Don’t Need Another Hero"
The Misheard Lyrics:
We don’t need another whale
The Real Lyrics:
We don’t need another way home
The Story: When you hear it, it sounds like she’s singing “wha-le” and I wondered why we don’t need one, because whales shouldn’t be pets! They live in the oceans, so who would want one as a pet? - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Tina Turner's, "What's Love Got To Do With It?"
The Misheard Lyrics:
If a tend to look dazed
I've read it someplace
I've got costopy.
The Real Lyrics:
If a tend to look dazed
I've read it someplace
I've got cause to be.
The Story: I thought she was saying that she had some disease called 'costopy' that was causing her to look dazed. - Submitted by: Ronald
Tina Turner's, "What's Love Got To Do With It?"
The Misheard Lyrics:
On the zenzatrack
The Real Lyrics:
Opposites attract.
The Story: I call the local radio station, after they played this song, to ask them what a 'zenzatrack' was. They hung up on me!! - Submitted by: Gene
Tina Turner's, "What's Love Got To Do With It?"
The Misheard Lyrics:
What's love, but a sexy damn emotion?
The Real Lyrics:
What's love, but a second-hand emotion?
The Story: I overheard another customer singing along to Musak at a Walgreens in Chicago. - Submitted by: Jimmy
Tina Turner's, "What's Love Got To Do With It"
The Misheard Lyrics:
What's love, but just swimmin' in the ocean?
The Real Lyrics:
What's love, but a second hand emotion
The Story: I was at work, where we have piped in music. This song was playing and a little six year old boy started belting out these lyrics. I started giggling, and his father laughed and said, 'he gets it from his mother' - Submitted by: CT
Tina Turner's, "What's Love Got to Do With It"
The Misheard Lyrics:
What's love but a second hand in motion?
The Real Lyrics:
What's love but a second hand emotion?
The Story: Found out the real lyrics while watching some one else sing it during a Karoke session. I went around for 7 years before I knew the real lyrics and the song didn't sound quite so racey after then. - Submitted by: Kevin Funk
Tina Turner's, "What's Love Got to Do with It?"
The Misheard Lyrics:
One slob Scotch-a-do Scotch-a-do baby.
One slob, with a sack in the hand in motion.
One slob Scotch-a-do Scotch-a-do-baby.
Who needs a part when a heart can't be broken?
The Real Lyrics:
What's love got to do, got to do with it?
What's love but a second hand emotion?
What's love got to do, got to do with it?
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?
The Story: Thought it was about a slob and all the slob ever did was drink Scotch. - Submitted by: Steve K
Tina Turner's, "What's Love Got to Do with It?"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Vaclav got to, got to do with it
The Real Lyrics:
What's love got to do, got to do with it?
The Story: Vaclav (pronounced “Vots-lav “) is a rather popular male name in the former Czechoslovakia and has caught on in Eastern Europe. My grasp on English was tenuous at the time that I first heard the song, hence how I interpreted that lyric. - Submitted by: A G
Tina Turner's, "What's Love Got to Do with It"
The Misheard Lyrics:
What's love? I second that emotion
The Real Lyrics:
What's love but a secondhand emotion?
The Story: I thought this was inspired by the song "I Second That Emotion" by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Tina Turner's, "What's Love Got to do With It?"
The Misheard Lyrics:
What's love Cockadoo, cockadoodle it?
The Real Lyrics:
What's love got to do, got to do with it?
The Story: I was singing this song loudly when it came on at a dance at my junior high, when everyone started looking at me. Luckily, they thought I had messed the lyrics up on purpose! - Submitted by: Shana
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