
‘Iran’- A Flock of Seagulls
‘I Wish It Would Ukraine’ – The Temptations
‘Korea Opportunities’ – The Clash
‘Let’s France’ – David Bowie
‘Hungary Like the Wolf’ – Duran Duran
‘Seven Nation Armenia’ – The White Stripes
‘Shake Your Djibouti’ – KC & the Sunshine Band
‘Chile Jean’ – Michael Jackson
‘I Am Oman of Constant Sorry’ – The Soggy Bottom Boys
‘A Russia and a Push and the Land Is Ours’ – The Smiths
‘Gimme Samoa’ – Busta Rhymes
‘Feel the Spain’ – Dinosaur Jr.
‘Hey, That’s Norway to Say Goodbye’ – Leonard Cohen
‘Beast of Burma’ – The Rolling Stones
‘Anyone Can Play Qatar’ – Radiohead












I’m pretty sure everyone’s made this mistake… “Blinded by the light. Wrapped up like a douche…” Am I right?
Then there’s Love Potion #9, I was forever confused on the lyrics. I thought instead of “gold-capped tooth” it was either “gold cat too” or “gold tattoo”…
Awesome taste in music. It must be genetic?
I know someone who thought Robert Palmer’s hit was “You might as well face it I’m a d**khead to love.” As if the title didn’t give it away …
My sister, for YEARS, thought that Rusted Root was saying “Simian the Whale” instead of “Send me on my way”. She has some other awesome ones. My husband sings “Hold me closer Tony Danza” instead of “Hold me closer Tiny Dancer”, but that’s just because he loves Tony Danza so much.
I grew up thinking the lyrics to Tiny Dancer went “lay me down in sheets of leather.” I knew Elton was obviously a rock star, but I couldn’t figure out why anyone would find leather sheets practical or comfortable.
A friend of mine and I went through a period of reinventing song lyrics. We came up with some absolute gems, the only one of which still sticks in my head was a rip-off of Heart’s “these dreams go on when I close my eyes” … which came out as “these jeans go on when I close my thighs” under our none-too-tender mercies
A Russia and a Push and the Land is Ours is now stuck in my head forever. I will never hear it correctly.
I once thought that (I’m Gonna Be) 500 Miles by the Proclaimers was “To be the man who walks 1000 miles for an action toy.” It makes sense- sorta.