This led to Stephanie often being teased by her friends who would call her a “low budget singer” as she could not get the lyrics of songs right.Ī lover of the evergreen classics, Sumitrra Bala finds that the 1970s was a time when most songs offered meaningful lyrics. “My friends and I used to discuss our favourite songs as a pastime, which was when I realised that I had been singing the song wrong for years,” she quipped. “For me, the lyrics sounded like ‘Like a virgin, touched for the 31st time’, though the actual lyrics are ‘Like a virgin, touched for the very first time’. Madonna’s Like a Virgin topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for six weeks when it was released and is one of the hits that Stephanie is guilty of mishearing. Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin’ was released in 1984. Misheard lyrics: ‘Daddy dancing in the moonlight’Īctual lyrics: ‘Dirty dancing in the moonlight’ “I used to think that ‘Dirty dancing in the moonlight’ was ‘Daddy dancing in the moonlight’,” she said. “I enjoyed listening to this song during my secondary school days,” said industrial design student Stephanie Sebastian. “Jessie J is known for her vibrant singing. The song was nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Single at the 2013 BRIT Awards. It’s a song from her debut album Who You Are (2011). Misheard lyrics: ‘All the lonely Starbucks lovers’Īctual lyrics: ‘Got a long list of ex-lovers’Īnother commonly misheard lyrics belong to the song Domino by Jessie J. But when it came to Blank Space, I had to listen to it a couple of times and Google the lyrics as one of the lines sounded like ‘All the lonely Starbucks lovers’, when it was actually ‘Got a long list of ex-lovers’,” said Thavaneswary. “Swift’s lyrics are usually straight to the point. Thavaneswary, who enjoys listening to this song, recalls how it topped the billboard chart for many weeks.
ALONE WITH YOU DAUGHTER LYRICS SERIAL
Taylor Swift, one of the most popular American singers of today, has won over 12 Grammy awards so far.Īmong her hits is Blank Space and Swift had said that being named as a “psycho serial dater girl” by the media had led her to write the track. What’s ‘coffee lovers’ got to do with it? Song name: ‘Good for you’ by Selena GomezĢ. “I knew I was singing it wrongly and later Googled the lyrics to see what were the actual words being said “ she said. “I have been singing one of the lines of Selena Gomez’s Good For You song as ‘I’m farting carrots’ when it is actually ‘I’m 14 carats’. “In contemporary numbers nowadays, there tends to be more instrumental music that dominates, sometimes making it hard for listeners to catch the actual words,” said Thavaneswary. “Over the years, the elements of a song have been evolving. Updating her playlists is one of her hobbies and it keeps her entertained. “I always explore and listen to music from all genres as music is life,” she said. “I don’t restrict myself to a particular genre when it comes to music. Here are 10 songs that you may have been singing wrongly all this while.Ĭhild protection case worker Thavaneswary Raman has a keen interest in music. The words sung by background vocals in the refrain sound so much like pulang kampung (returning to hometown) to many that it is even fondly referred to as the “Pulang Kampung” song.īased on an informal survey carried out by StarMetro, we found that many people in Klang Valley have been mishearing some of the world’s best-known lyrics, replacing them with baffling alternatives.Ī song’s loud background beats, its background singers or words that simply sound similar to other words could be the reasons for this. Perhaps one of the most famously misheard lines among Malaysians is in Sophie B. Have you asked yourself “Am I hearing it right?” or “Does the songwriter really mean.?” (in the afternoon time) Late in the evenin’ He’ll be there.HAVE you ever listened to a song and wondered what the lyrics are all about?
When you call on Jesus, mountains are gonna fall (‘cause) He’ll move heaven and earth to come rescue you when you callĬall Him in the mornin’ (in the morning) in the afternoon time. I can mount on wings like eagles and soar. When you call on Jesus all things are possible. Weary (weary) brother, broken (broken) daughter, little widowed (widowed) mother, you’re (you’re) not alone (you’re not alone) If you’re tired and scared of the madness around you if you can’t find the strength to carry on……… When I call on Jesus, mountains are gonna fall (‘cause) He’ll move heaven and earth to come rescue me when I call Sometimes I’m hiding away from the madness around me, like a child who’s afraid of the dark………īut when I call on Jesus all things are possible.
(ohh) I (I…) have never walked (walked) on water and I (I…) have never calmed a storm.
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