Is it really Friday already? We all know what Friday means! It’s time for mondegreens! Today’s selection of misheard song lyrics is brought to you by Hit Me with Your Pet Shark: Misheard Lyrics of the 1980s, by Charles Grosvenor Jr.
| Song Title | Artist/Group | Mondegreen | Actual Lyrics |
| A Little More Love | Olivia Newton-John | It gets me nowhere, With an Italian nose |
It gets me nowhere,
To tell you no |
| Your Love | The Outfield | Josie has a PlayStation far away | Josie’s on a vacation far away |
| Crazy Train | Ozzy Osbourne | I’m going out with Ray and his crazy friends | I’m going off the rails on a crazy train |
| Hit Me with Your Best Shot | Pat Benatar | Hit me with your pet shark | Hit me with your best shot |
| Love Is a Battlefield | Pat Benatar | Octopus glowing Love is a battlefield |
Both of us knowing
Love is a battlefield |
| Shadows of the Night | Pat Benatar | We’re riding with our saddles on tonight | We’re running with the shadows of the night |
| Domino Dancing | Pet Shop Boys | Olé, olé
Watch the world fall down |
All day, all day
Watch them all fall down |
| Shock the Monkey | Peter Gabriel | Choco-monkey | Shock the monkey |
| Sledgehammer | Peter Gabriel | I’ve kicked the rabbit
Shaved my skin |
I’ve kicked the habit Shed my skin |
| Against All Odds | Phil Collins | You’re the Obi-Wan, who really knew me at all | You’re the only one, who really knew me at all |
| Another Brick in the Wall, Part II | Pink Floyd | No “Dukes of Hazzard” in the classroom | No dark sarcasm in the classroom |
| Comfortably Numb | Pink Floyd | I have a cold
Comfort me, Mum |
I have become
Comfortably numb |
Kara Church
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