REM song is most misheard - Telegraph

[Victor Steinbok]

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> Four out of ten people admit confusing the words to the 1993 track,
> mistaking the line ''Call me when you try to wake her'' for ''Calling
> Jamaica''.
>
> Purple Haze, by Jimi Hendrix was second in the poll, thanks to the
> line ''Excuse me while I kiss the sky''.
>
> Instead, many Britons sing ''Excuse me while I kiss this guy''.
>
> Aerosmith's ''Dude looks like a lady'' gets confused with ''Do just
> like a lady", while the Foundations ''Build me up buttercup'' gets
> mistaken for ''Fill me up buttercup.''
>
> Adele's 2008 hit ''Chasing Pavements'' is wrongly sung as ''Chasing
> Penguins''.

Ironically, I recognize all of these EXCEPT for the first one... Perhaps
I just haven't heard it enough (or ever).

     VS-)

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