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Topics: Music, Lady Gaga, Entertainment, Celebrity
Jen Thomas
Topics: Music, Lady Gaga, Entertainment, Celebrity
Misheard lyrics are always endlessly entertaining, especially if you innocently sing them in front of someone who knows the correct words. Sometimes it's funnier to stick with your version.
Who can forget Peter Kay's sketch about misheard lyrics - nobody will ever sing anything other than 'staple the vicar' or 'wash your back' or 'begging you for birdseed' at karaoke.
It turns out we've all been singing the wrong words to a Lady Gaga classic for a very long time.
Since 2008, when 'Just Dance' became a cultural phenomenon, too many of us thought she was singing about her favourite tipple at the start of the song.
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Go and listen to it now.... it really does sound like she sings the phrase 'red wine' (not the UB40 classic) before her name at the beginning.
Except many have been shocked to find out she's not singing about a nice merlot; instead, it's a shoutout to RedOne, the music producer, who has worked on a few of Gaga's biggest albums, including 'The Fame', on which 'Just Dance' featured, and 2009's 'The Fame Monster'.
The actual lyrics are 'RedOne, Konvict, Gaga', listing the names of the people involved in the tune, in the same way Pitbull and DJ Khaled like to yell their own names.
Meanwhile, Konvict refers to Akon's Konvict Music.
One creator shared on Instagram: "The fact it's taken me almost 20 years to realise Lady Gaga isn't saying 'red wine' at the beginning of 'Just Dance' has me questioning my entire existence".
It seems she's not alone, judging by the comments, as one person demanded: "What do you mean it’s not red wine??!"
"I hear 'red wine' followed by 'coffee!' And you can't convince me of anything else!" insisted another.
"The period in music history where artists sang their names to self promotion… Jason Derulo!" joked one fan.
Many social media commenters insisted they weren't about to change their ways and will still be crooning 'red wine' at the start.
Meanwhile, others argued: "Whaaaat? Nooo it’s 'red wine' because you drink your red wine and then you just dance," while another asked why 'she follows it up with 'I've had a little bit too much' Too much red wine'.
Another wildcard was thrown into the mix: "I always thought it said 'rewind' nooo."
This isn't the first time we've been singing the wrong lyrics to a Lady Gaga song, either, as 'Poker Face' also contains quite x-rated lyrics.
In fact, only one radio station, KIIS FM, caught wind of it and asked the House of Gucci star to censor the lyric, leading her to call them 'the smartest radio station in the whole world'.
What else have we been singing wrong?