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The Four Seasons', "C'mon Marianne"
The Misheard Lyrics:
My Mary Ellis
The Real Lyrics:
My Marianne
The Story: In memory of Tommy DeVito (1928-2020) - Submitted by: Cody Finke
The Four Seasons', "Carol of the Bells"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Dillying
The Real Lyrics:
Gaily they ring
The Story: I swear this was about dillying. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
The Four Seasons', "December 1963 (Oh What a Night)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
As I recall I cleaned out my Deuce Coupe
The Real Lyrics:
As I recall it ended much too soon
The Story: In '75 when this song was released, the '50s nostalgia wave was huge. The popular movie "American Graffiti" inspired the lyric. My friends at the time also misheard the same thing, it wasn't just me. - Submitted by: Glenn
The Four Seasons', "December, 1963 (Oh What a Night)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hysterics calls, it ended my pursuit
The Real Lyrics:
As I recall it ended much too soon
The Story: Hysterical song! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
The Four Seasons', "December, 1963 (Oh What a Night)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Oh I got a funny feeling when she roamed
In the room late at night
As I recall it ended my curfew
In the room late at night
As I recall it ended my curfew
The Real Lyrics:
Oh I got a funny feeling when she walked
In the room and my
As I recall it ended much too soon
In the room and my
As I recall it ended much too soon
The Story: I used to think that's what they were saying. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
The Four Seasons', "December, 1963"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Oh what a fright
Late November back in '63
Late November back in '63
The Real Lyrics:
Oh what a night
Late December back in '63
Late December back in '63
The Story: My dad heard these as the lyrics and thought it was a song about the Kennedy assassination. - Submitted by: Gregory Koch
The Four Seasons', "Let's Hang On"
The Misheard Lyrics:
That little chimp was dining on your hand
The Real Lyrics:
That little chip of diamond on your hand.
The Story: I was only 12 at the time but today before I saw your correct lyric I assumed it to be "that little simple diamond on your hand" - Submitted by: James
The Four Seasons', "Sherry"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Why don't you come out to my swing soiree?
The Real Lyrics:
Why don't you come out to my twist party?
The Story: New York deejay Murray The K [on the Swingin Soiree] used to play the heck out of this song. Murray also used to push the heck out of his show, with jingles, contests, stunts,etc. [Soiree is pronounced s waar ray] - Submitted by: Bob Alinkofsky
The Four Seasons', "Silence Is Golden"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Silence my colon.
The Real Lyrics:
Silence is golden.
The Story: I was with my parents in the car, riding to a restaurant, when that song was being played. I asked why the song was about a guy with intestinal problems. - Submitted by: Your Worst Nightmare
The Four Seasons', "Stay"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Stay-ay just a little bit longer
Please please please please please
Tell Johnny Abati you're gonna
Please please please please please
Tell Johnny Abati you're gonna
The Real Lyrics:
Stay-ay just a little bit longer
Please please please please please
Tell me that-a you're gonna
Please please please please please
Tell me that-a you're gonna
The Story: I was a kid in the late 90s when I first heard this. Johnny Abati is a character off the kids' TV show Angela Anaconda. My brother and I both thought it said this, and I rationalised it by saying that maybe the TV character is named after someone famous (whom the song is also singing about). - Submitted by: Cameron
The Four Seasons', "Working My Way Back to You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I let it slip away
Today and every day.
Today and every day.
The Real Lyrics:
I let it slip away.
Been payin' every day.
Been payin' every day.
The Story: I liked this "Oldie but goodie" (for its tune at least) for a long time and assumed I was hearing these two lines right. Then I saw a friend do it as a karaoke song, and was surprised by the words on the monitor to the second line above. Like I said, it is a nice song for its tune at least. My friend, in singing it, decided he didn't like some of the words and that he won't sing the song again. I agreed that at least there are some much better Four Seasons songs, including Ronnie, Let's Hang On, Save It For Me, and Opus 17. Interestingly. all those songs took much longer to be released on karaoke than this song did. - Submitted by: Karen Smith
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