Context

This is a misquoted lyric in the song "Michelle," sung by the Beatles on their album Rubber Soul (1965).

Yeah, it's sort of hard to make out exactly what Paul McCartney is singing during the second stanza of The Beatles' 1965 song "Michelle." "Someday monkey won't play piano song," is a pretty good guess. Other folks hear, "Sunday monkey won't play piano song." These are all awesome lyrics, but sadly, all pretty darn wrong.

The actual words for the song are in French. When McCartney was writing the song he came up with the idea of rhyming the name Michelle with the line "these are words that go together well." Then, since he didn't speak French, he asked the wife of a friend to translate those lyrics into French and you get, "Sont des mots qui vont tres bien ensemble, tres bien ensemble," which literally means, "These are words that go together well, go together well."

Darn. We really thought Paul might have just had a thing for monkeys.

Where you've heard it

This is a classic misheard song lyrics, so you'll hear it popping up anytime people are debating what exactly a singer is saying. Those lonely Starbucks lovers don't need to be lonely anymore.

Additional Notable References:

When the Powerpuff Girls did an all-Beatles inspired episode, you know they had to throw this one in.

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

Making a mistake is never pretentious. Plus, quoting misheard lyrics is always fun at parties. Remember the time Abba sang about that dancing queen feeling the beat from her tangerine? We rest our case.