Current:Home > ContactFunniest misheard Beyoncé lyrics, from 'Singing lettuce' to 'No bottom knee' -Horizon Finance School
Funniest misheard Beyoncé lyrics, from 'Singing lettuce' to 'No bottom knee'
View
Date:2025-04-14 05:36:28
If there is one criticism – a teeny, tiny, does-it-really-matter? type – that can be lobbed at Beyoncé, it’s that sometimes her enunciation can cause, well, some confusion.
Is it “Singing lettuce” or “single ladies” (“Single Ladies [Put a Ring on It]”)? Is she interested in a “Drew Barry dynasty” or looking for someone to “fulfill my fantasies” (“Baby Boy”)? Is it that “the rest of the world has changed” or “the rest of the world is strange” (“Plastic Off the Sofa”)?
In case you couldn’t deduce, it’s the latter in all.
But there are many, many more twisted Beyoncé-isms. A stroll through the internet and a dive into Reddit unearths a mountain of mondegreens – the official term for misheard lyrics – from fans able to laugh at their goofy misinterpretations.
The Beyoncé lyrical conundrums filter back to her Destiny’s Child era, with the repetitive hook of “Bootylicious” – “I don’t think you’re ready for this jelly” – frequently sung with abandon as, “I don’t think you’re ready for fish jelly.”
Hey, lots of lyrics don’t make sense. Fish jelly – as opposed to a jelly fish – could be a thing, and we’re sure no one would ever be ready for it.
Even her last album, “Renaissance,” caused some listeners to mumble along incoherently and we’re laying a bet that some new tunes on “Cowboy Carter,” out Friday, will prompt some bewildered head tilts.
But until we can add to the list, here are a few of the greatest misheard Beyoncé hits.
More:All of Beyoncé's No. 1 songs ranked, including 'Texas Hold ‘Em' and 'Single Ladies'
'America Has a Problem' ('Renaissance')
Misheard lyric: “Your eggs still are dope, but they ain’t crack enough”
Actual lyric: “Your ex-dealer dope, but it ain’t crack enough”
'Baby Boy' ('Dangerously in Love')
Misheard lyric: “You’s a drop top girl” or “You’s a Top Shop girl”
Actual lyric: “You no stop shop girl”
'Crazy in Love' ('Dangerously in Love')
Misheard lyric: “Techster is the best bird in the world”
Actual lyric: “My texture is the best fur, chinchilla”
'Drunk in Love' ('Beyoncé')
Misheard lyric: “Eat the cake, anime”
Actual lyric: “Eat the cake, Anna Mae” (in tribute to Tina Turner, who was born Anna Mae Bullock)
More:Sheryl Crow talks Stevie Nicks, Olivia Rodrigo and why AI in music 'terrified' her
'Irreplaceable' ('B'Day')
Misheard lyric: “So don’t you ever for a saggy Mitsubishi”
Actual lyric: “So don’t you ever for a second get to thinkin’”
Misheard lyric: “You must have no bottom knee” and “you must have Novocain”
Actual lyric: “You must not know ‘bout me”
'Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)' ('I Am … Sasha Fierce')
Misheard lyric: “All the cigarettes”
Actual lyric: “All the single ladies”
Misheard lyric: “Put your hair up, up in a puff”
Actual lyric: “Put your hands up, up in the club”
veryGood! (5326)
Related
- 'Vanderpump Rules' star DJ James Kennedy arrested on domestic violence charges
- Cruise ship sails into New York City port with 44-foot dead whale across its bow
- Advocates ask Supreme Court to back Louisiana’s new mostly Black House district
- Feds crack down on labor exploitation amid national worry over fair treatment
- Elon Musk's skyrocketing net worth: He's the first person with over $400 billion
- Former U.S. soldier convicted in cold case murder of pregnant 19-year-old soldier on Army base in Germany
- Twenty-Five Years After Maryland Deregulated Its Retail Energy Market, a Huge Win Looms For Energy Justice Advocates.
- World Food Prize goes to 2 who helped protect vital seeds in an Arctic Circle vault
- Rams vs. 49ers highlights: LA wins rainy defensive struggle in key divisional game
- Ohio attorney general warns student protesters in masks could face felony charges under anti-KKK law
Ranking
- Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
- Dear E!, How Do I Dress Like a Minimalist? Here’s Your Guide to a Simple, Chic & Refined Wardrobe
- Kai Cenat’s riot charges dropped after he apologizes and pays for Union Square mayhem
- Marjorie Taylor Greene backs away from imminent threat to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson
- Jamie Foxx gets stitches after a glass is thrown at him during dinner in Beverly Hills
- RFK Jr. says he suffered from a parasitic brain worm and mercury poisoning
- ASU scholar put on leave after video of him confronting woman wearing hijab goes viral
- At least 3 killed as storms slam southeast after tornadoes bring devastation to Midwest
Recommendation
IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
Man indicted in killing of Laken Riley, a Georgia case at the center of national immigration debate
How Shadowy Corporations, Secret Deals and False Promises Keep Retired Coal Plants From Being Redeveloped
Hyundai's finance unit illegally seized service members' vehicles, feds allege
A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
How Katherine Schwarzenegger Shaded the Met Gala
North West joins cast of Disney's 'The Lion King' live concert
The Rev. Al Sharpton to give eulogy for Ohio man who died last month while in police custody