Hold Me Closer, Tony Danza and Other Misheard Song Lyrics

Ever sung along to your favourite song, only to realise years later you’ve been getting the words hilariously wrong? You’re not alone — misheard lyrics have been tripping up music lovers for decades. In this episode, we share the funniest lyrical blunders, from rock classics to pop anthems, and discover why our brains love to make up their own versions of the hits.

Transcript

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If you're old enough to remember when phones had cords and the only thing that went viral was a cold, then you're in the right place. Welcome to the Big Six-O with Kaylee Harris and Guy Rowlison. Because who better to discuss life's second act than two people who still think mature is a type of cheese.

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Hello everybody and welcome to the Big Sixo podcast. Thank you so much for listening. It's great to have you with us. I'm Kayleigh Harris and sitting beside me, Guy Rolison and we are putting together this fantastic podcast for you. Okay, now it's for us. It's for us.  How much fun do we have though? We have so much fun. And this particular episode,  we've had a few people on  our Facebook family who have requested this. so we've dived into it and it's all about

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misheard lyrics.  this is coming from a girl who probably thought your rhythmics were talking about sweet dreams are made of cheese. Yes, there you go. That's great.  I love it. There are so many misheard lyrics and some people you might some of these you'll know because there's some classic misheard lyrics, but there's also some other ones which you may not have thought of.  But as soon as we play it for you, you'll never be able to unhear.

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You think they were done on purpose to get people to listen and listen and listen? I don't think so. I don't think so. I think there's misheard lyrics in just about everything James Ryan has sung. Yeah, there are. are. James, if you're listening, please. Oh gosh, probably. Sorry, James. Probably the most, the biggest misheard lyrics song has come out of 1976 and it's by

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Let's just dive straight into it. It's by Man From Man.  Wrapped up like a douche.  I'm sure they were though. I'm sure they were wrapped up like a douche. And  I thought it was another rumour in the night. I thought it was another runner in the

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Yeah, well, you got that right then, because it is, it is runner in the night. is runner in the night. Yeah. Wrapped up. Should I leave now? Cause I've actually got the, do I get full marks? Do I get to pick from the fame game board and... showing off. Stop showing off.  Now this next one, this comes from  Madonna.  And once you hear these lyrics, you, I mean, it just gives the whole, it gives the song a whole new meaning, right? So the song is like a virgin,  but...

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It sounds like she's singing Touched for the 31st Time. Let's have a listen.

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Can hear it? 31st time? 31st. It's not exactly a virgin issue. It's not exactly, you know, ooh, yeah, okay. Let it slide, let it slide. Now listen, there's one that just sings to me, figuratively as well, from Bon Jovi. Now, I don't know whether you get naked or not when you hear it, but let's take a listen.

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We have got each other but I don't know whether we'd go to the extent of getting naked or not. Oh I certainly would if John Bon Jovi's in the room. Am I sharing enough? much again? Yeah think I am.  Look this one is a very much more recent song. This has come from  Taylor Swift and the song is called Blank Space and it sounds like she is singing  Got a Lonely Starbucks Lovers.

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And I swear you can hear it. Have a listen to blank space.

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Starbucks lovers

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What is it?  It's actually got a long list of ex lovers  she's singing. No, it's Starbucks. I know. It's a commercial agreement they've got, it? Absolutely it is. Oh my gosh. Let's let's let's wind the clock back to something that I'm a little bit more familiar with. This is this is my favorite. I think out of all the misheard lyrics. Now this one came out in the disco era. Yeah, Sister Sledge. Sister Sledge. Now the song is We Are Family and I swear to God they are singing.

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Just let me staple the vicar.  my gosh.  Hear it? That's it. They're the lyrics. Just let me staple the know. I swear that's what they're singing. Staple the vicar. I know. That's classic.  That's classic. my gosh. Listen, I'm going to let you walk me through this one or everyone. And it's from Titanic, isn't it? Oh yeah. It's a chick film.

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So this one's Celine Dion,  she sings The Heart Will Go On, a massive hit around the world for her.  But I think she's actually singing about hot dogs going on.

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Isn't that great? I love it. Are you talking to me? Are you standing at the bow there with your arms sort of? Absolutely. Oh my gosh. I'm flying, Jack. My ears are bleeding. Look, another one that's probably, like that wasn't inappropriate, but this one probably is. Going back to the 60s, people our age will certainly know this song. It's from Bobby Gentry, I'll Never Fall In Love Again. Now I think she's singing,

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What happens when you kiss a guy? You get enough germs to catch pneumonia. That's the actual wording. Then after that, after you do, he'll never bone ya.

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Oh, you've led me down just a bad, bad path, Harris.  Oh my gosh. I'll never listen to that song again and not hear that. I know. That's the thing. Once you hear it, you can't. It's like staple the vicar. I sing that now whenever I hear the song on the radio. It's like that's car karaoke 101, isn't it? Exactly. And we've got some great suggestions too, from our Facebook family.  Let's kick off with David Halligan.

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who  kicked off things mentioning ACDC and it's a long way to the shop if you wanted sausage roll, which we all know, we all love.  But another Aussie classic is Cold Chisels cheap wine. And a three day growth. And a three day growth. in this it sounds like we've all been singing for years, cheap wine and a three legged goat.

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Three-legged goats.  Mmm. Okay.  And David also gave us another one. He did. And  I sung this when I heard it years ago. I thought, I can't help but sing it now instead of the real lyrics to Elton John's, hold me closer, Tony Danza.

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you

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Oh Tony Danza, he must have got royalties. That revived his career didn't it? I'm sure it did.  Another one that we all sing along to and have fun singing along to, this was a suggestion by  both  John Cole and Jeff Moxham from our Facebook family who came up with the Bee Gees classic Bald-Headed Woman.

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you

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Everything else aside and the trivia, which is a former episode we had about Saturday Night Fever and that the film was never to be, you know, seen again. It was only just a precursor to Grease.  But there must have been bald headed women out there that just loved it.  men who love bald headed women. Nothing wrong with that at all.  Dave Brissard, hello to David too.  Obviously been playing on his mind for quite a few years when he decided the billiard was

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putting on high rotation,  the going gets tough or is that the going gets stuffed?

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Oh goodness.  Love it. Love it.  Now Yvette Busby, she's messaged us as well and now they're going to say this, I've been singing  this exactly the same way as Yvette for all these years. It's of course fantastic 80s band The Clash and the song is called Rock the Casbah and I'm just going to say it. I think they're singing  Casbah.

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You can hear it, can't you? can hear it. Probably sung it once or twice too, I'm guessing. I think so. At the Disco Arms Up.  Yeah, Disco Arms Up. Yep, I'm with you on that one. Listen, can I mention Dave Rogerson? He obviously a big Go-Go's fan. And who didn't really appreciate the fact that Alex the Seal made it into a hit song?

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Oh, love it. That was great. Dave's had a couple of good suggestions, hasn't he? Yeah, he did. He threw in a bunch of perlers. Yeah. What about Elton John, Benny and the Jets write a classic Elton John song. Dave's picked up on him singing Benny's in the Jets.

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in the gym.

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I think that whole Elton John and  Torbman sort of  collaboration wasn't banking on that whatsoever. But another one that I think that David threw into the mix  is one from  CCR. But it's also about toilets. Well, yes. I mean, who doesn't love a bit of toilet humor every now and again, you know?  But John Fogarty,  he tells a story of a fan asking  why they think there's a bathroom on the right in Bad Moon Rising.

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Let's all the fans know where the loo is at a concert. Yeah, look, is that a thing for sort of more senior citizens? I so. Senior citizens. Can we use that term now? can't say that. What do we say? Oh, yeah, let's just go with that. Let's go with that. Let's just be 60 pluses. That's it. Thank you very much.  Thank you to everyone for all those fantastic suggestions. I hope you've enjoyed Miss Heard Lyrics as much as we have  and we'll be back again next week. Have a good weekend, weekday.  What is it? Whatever it is.  Enjoy it. See you.

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Ah,  and before we go,  let's give credit where credit is due.  Kaylee Harris and I came up with all the genius content for this week's episode.  Our producer,  Nick Abood,  well he keeps the lights on and makes sure we don't accidentally upload a cat video instead of a podcast. thanks for keeping us on track, Nick.  Nick?  Nick?