# Name that tune Misheard Lyrics edition. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355 "2008-12-31T14:40:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/1 "2008-12-31T14:40:31Z")
Once I asked in my journal “What’s that song that sounds like: Wiki waki wiki Why Sam whorl?” and got more than one answer. I knew those weren’t the real words but it’s dang hard to google lyrics of a song you don’t know the title or the words to. I also asked someone in real life, “That song that sounds like he’s singing Wheeling in the cheese putting away the Tide.” [This here thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=499172) reminded me of that and I thought, hey let’s make a game of it. If you know what songs I’m talking about, answer then add your own. Aside to the mods-- if this should go into The Game Room instead of here, well, you know what to do. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/2 "2008-12-31T15:22:22Z")
[QUOTE=Biggirl] Wheeling in the cheese putting away the Tide." [/QUOTE] _Reeling in the Years_ by Steely Dan _“Gay people play in the middle of the night…”_ ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/3 "2008-12-31T15:31:53Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > _Reeling in the Years_ by Steely Dan > > _“Gay people play in the middle of the night…”_ Games People Play by The Spinners? Ya know, I’m thinking this might be kind of hard without some sort of hints. Perhaps we should include the artist in the hint. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/4 "2008-12-31T16:37:11Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > _Reeling in the Years_ by Steely Dan > > _“Gay people play in the middle of the night…”_ Games People Play, by the Alan Parsons Project. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/5 "2008-12-31T16:46:03Z")
_Snake to size Tellin’ mean ole lies_ ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/6 "2008-12-31T16:54:47Z")
“You Shook Me All Night Long” - AC/DC \*You don’t be a pin-head, just to play a round … \* ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/7 "2008-12-31T16:55:17Z")
“Just like the Wendigo sings a song sounds like she’s singin’ ooo, ooo, ooo!” ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/8 "2008-12-31T16:59:56Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > “Just like the Wendigo > sings a song sounds like she’s singin’ > ooo, ooo, ooo!” Edge of Seventeen, Stevie Nicks. Easy one: _'Scuse me while I kiss this guy._ ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/9 "2008-12-31T17:05:29Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > \*You don’t be a pin-head, just to play a round … \* GAH!! I KNOW this one! THINK, brain, THINK! ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/10 "2008-12-31T17:11:02Z")
> [@JustAnotherGeek](#): > > Edge of Seventeen, Stevie Nicks. > Easy one: > > _'Scuse me while I kiss this guy._ _Purple Haze_ by Jimmy Hendrix “Wrapped up like a douche, another rumor in the night” ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/11 "2008-12-31T17:11:51Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > _Purple Haze_ by Jimmy Hendrix > > “Wrapped up like a douche, another rumor in the night” Blinded by the Light, Manfred Mann ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/12 "2008-12-31T17:13:00Z")
“Big ol’ jet had a light on”-- Steve Miller Band ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/13 "2008-12-31T17:17:50Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > “You Shook Me All Night Long” - AC/DC > \*You don’t be a pin-head, just to play a round … \* GOT IT! CCR, “Down on the Corner” ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/14 "2008-12-31T17:18:05Z")
Big Old Jet Airliner – (I always heard it as “big ol’ _Jed_, had a light on.” How do the Clampetts enter into the picture?) \*If there’s a bus-load in your head-row … \* ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/15 "2008-12-31T17:21:07Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Big Old Jet Airliner – (I always heard it as “big ol’ _Jed_, had a light on.” How do the Clampetts enter into the picture?) > \*If there’s a bus-load in your head-row … \* _Stairway to Heaven_, Zed Zep ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/16 "2008-12-31T17:22:07Z")
“There are people who can’t move and they won’t have scars” Note: this misheard lyric was WAY off from what the actual lyric is. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/17 "2008-12-31T17:24:33Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > “Big ol’ jet had a light on”-- Steve Miller Band Hey that’s BINGO jet has a light on! Jet Airliner. _The last lone survivor stops to pray in the night._ ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/18 "2008-12-31T17:26:34Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Hey that’s BINGO jet has a light on! > > Jet Airliner. > > _The last lone survivor stops to pray in the night._ and he’s wahblahblahblahblahblah EYEEEEEEEEEEEE! of the ti-i-ger! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/19 "2008-12-31T17:45:47Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Games People Play, by the Alan Parsons Project. There’s another version of this song besides The Spinners? If I said that Wiki Waki Wiki Why Sam whorl was Elton John, would that help? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/20 "2008-12-31T17:58:34Z")
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