Random Convincing Examples Of Mandela Effect On Songs (15 items)

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  (#1) I Love Rock 'n' Roll

  • Band/Musician

  Posted by Redditor /u/Chookster89:

  I saw this on YouTube. Then I searched the net and all versions have the same change, even the original video clip.

  I love this song and the lyrics I remember are: "I saw him standing there by the record machine..."

  Every version is now: "I saw him dancing there..."

  Absolutely no doubt in my mind the version I grew up with and listened to as recently as two years ago had standing instead of dancing. Lots of residue like covers have standing. But all Joan Jett versions are dancing.
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  (#2) Disappearing 'The' In Band Names

  Posted by Redditor /u/coblivion:

  I think this ME has an intergenerational conflict of timeline memories. For me, I clearly remember the album covers and any reference as far back as the early '70s to bands like Carpenters, Eagles, Ramones, Bee Gees as The Carpenters, The Eagles, The Ramones, and The Bee Gees that I clearly saw printed on the original album covers. Now if I go back to these covers, the "The" is gone and never existed in this timeline.

  Even stronger is the album Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd. Now go back to any old album and a "the" is added to a classic album and it always was The Dark Side of the Moon in this timeline. I know dozens of people in their 50s who are dumbstruck by the added "The" to the classic album Dark Side of the Moon.
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  (#3) 'Gangsta's Paradise' By Coolio

  Posted by Redditor /u/Soaring_Symphony:

  This ME is kind of a big one for me. You've heard the song "Gangsta's Paradise" right? [The chorus goes like this, right?]:

  We been spendin' most our lives livin' in a gangsta's paradise

  Well... actually, no. Look up the lyrics (on any website) and you'll find it actually says this:

  They been spendin' most their lives livin' in a gangsta's paradise

  That completely changes the meaning of the whole bloody song.
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  (#4) Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

  Posted by Redditor /u/stan0904:

  I always heard it as:

  Sweet dreams are made of these

  Who am I to disagree?

  I traveled the world and the seven seas.

  Now, it became:

  Sweet dreams are made of this

  It doesn't rhyme. It doesn't make sense.  
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  (#5) Ms. Jackson

  • Musical Recording

  Posted by Redditor /u/ddsilver:

  Let's start by talking about the song "Miss Jackson" by Outkast. As most people are aware, the song was released in late 2000, and topped the charts in early 2001. It actually won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance in 2002.

  Now, in 2001, I was stationed in Germany with the US Air Force. I was working mid-shift at a communications facility, and needed to take some paperwork to another office. When I walked in, the music video by Outkast was playing on the TV. I remarked that I was surprised that the song would be remade so soon, as it was popular when I was in college back in 1992-1994.

  One of the girls working there said she didn't think it was a remake, but who knows? I tried looking it up on the internet in my office, but I could only find the Outkast version online. My memories of the song were clear - my group of friends in college even had a joke about saying, "Forever, ever?" when someone mentioned the word "forever," and sometimes would sing the falsetto "I am for real..." when trying to convey sincerity.

  Later that year, I had the chance to go home on leave and visit with some of my old college buddies. I asked them about "Miss Jackson" and our little in-jokes. Instantly one of them sang, "I am for real..." and we all laughed. But, then, we (four of us) agreed that it was popular when we were all in college together, about 10 years prior to the actual release of the song.

  We talked about our memories of the song - the video being played on the TVs in the student union, the song being on the radio all the time, and things like that. Then, we discussed our reactions to hearing the song. We'd all assumed it was either a cover or a re-release.

  As far as any of us know, "Miss Jackson" was written by Andre 3000 about Erykah Badu's mother and was released in 2000.

  So, did we have some sort of futuristic radio and TV stations back in the '90s? Are all 4 of us experiencing some sort of collective deja vu that impacts our memories of the past?
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  (#6) How Deep Is Your Love

  • Musical Album

  Posted by Redditor /u/Sacroff:

  I just stumbled across [this ME] on YouTube. [In "How Deep Is Your Love" by Bee Gees, it appears] the words "I really need to know" [have been] replaced by "I really mean to learn."
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  (#7) Who Will Save Your Soul

  • Musical Album

  Posted by Redditor /u/BMT888:

  Jewel's song has changed, she now sings "souls" instead of "soul." I had iTunes on while I was cleaning and suddenly stopped and said out loud: "What is she singing?" Written title is still the same (right now) on my computer and on the official video. But we will see how long, right? I made a short film clip of each with a camera. I don't know if that will be of any use further on. Or if I will even feel the need to use it by then.

  I'm 100% sure she always sang "soul." I bought this CD when it came in the '90s, I've listened to it so many times and the lyrics was always directed towards a male person. "Who will save your soul when it comes to the flowers now; Huh, huh, who will save your soul after all the lies that you told, boy."

  So once again we have lyrics that don't really make sense.
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  (#8) California Dreamin'

  Posted by a former Redditor: 

  Okay, so I remember hearing/reading about how the lyrics of the song had changed from "I began to pray" to "I pretend to pray." I listened to the song as soon as I heard this (which was about a month ago.) And I had noticed right off the bat that it sounded like "began" but then I would hear it again and it was very clearly "pretend." It kind of reminded me of the photo that was circulating a while ago, I'm sure you guys remember... The blue and black dress that looked white and gold to other people? And I myself could change the color (I'm not even sure how). I kind of thought it to be similar in a way. And I read online that one of the singers sang "pretend" and the rest sang "began" or something like that. So I figured maybe that's why it sounds like both? But now when I listened to the song just now. It's 100% "pretend," no doubt about it. And I can't even hear "began" anymore if I try.
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  (#9) Part of Your World

  • Musical Recording

  Posted by Redditor /u/echap94:

  I was listening to the Disney Pandora station when the song "Part of Your World" started playing. I grew up watching The Little Mermaid, and I've seen it countless times. I also used to listen to the Disney Pandora station a lot. Anyway, right before the singing started, Ariel does her whole talking bit. "Maybe he's right. Maybe there is something ______ with me."

  What do you remember? It could just be a mistake on my part, but it just sounded so weird. I swear it was "wrong" but now it's "the matter." I've listened to this song so often, right after she said, "maybe he's right." my mind automatically filled in the rest with "Maybe there is something wrong with me." but then it was said differently and I automatically felt like it was off... 
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  (#10) Smooth Criminal

  • Musical Recording

  Posted by Redditor /u/DrAtlas113:

  I've asked a few diehard MJ fans out there, and none of them remember him repeating "hit by" they remember it always being hit and then struck.

  Also, pretty much every cover out there forgot to repeat HIT and instead they say STRUCK. The only cover I found that repeated HIT was Glee's cover.
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  (#11) It Was a Good Day

  Posted by Redditor /u/toss-it-afar:

  Ice Cube's song used to be titled "Today Was a Good Day" before, I listened to it quite a few times for a while. At some point though it changed because now it's titled "It Was a Good Day." It's not because of the lyrics in the song, I remember it staring with "Today" in the title. 
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  (#12) Boom Boom Pow

  • Canonical Version

  Posted by Redditor /u/MBD123:

  I distinctly remember the Black Eyed Peas song "Boom Boom Pow" being released in 2007. I know this because I saw the music video in a commercial, and I made note of the lyric "two thousand-late," thinking to myself, "Oh, it's actually going to be 2008 soon."

  "Boom Boom Pow" was recorded in 2009, according to Wikipedia. I was taken aback by this, even before knowing about the Mandela effect.
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  (#13) Pumped Up Kicks

  • Song

  Posted by Redditor /u/punnylass:

  This song came out [in] 2011... so why on earth do I remember it from my childhood? I was born in 1986 and remember it round about '95-'96!

  When it first came out I knew every word of it and went looking for the original. Turns out it is the original! Anyone else remember this?
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  (#14) Basket Case

  • Musical Recording

  Posted by Redditor /u/AetherEK4redd: 

  I clearly remember Billie singing, "I went to a wh*re. SHE said my life’s a bore, so quit my whining mess it’s bringing her down." But it’s actually "I went to a wh*re. HE said my life’s a bore." I know you would just think that because it makes more sense. But I clearly remember him saying "She" and now in the song you can hear him clearly say "He."
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  (#15) Wonderwall

  • Musical Album

  Posted by Redditor /u/ljwheels25:

  Who else remembers the line being: "Today is gonna be the day that it all comes back to you?"

  I listen to it again tonight and heard, "Today is gonna be the day that they’re gonna throw it back to you." 

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