Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1979
"Chicken tikka."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"Chicken tikka."
What's actually sung
"Chiquitita." Chiquitita — ABBA (1979)
Why the ear defaults
British-Asian listeners reported this one to pollsters for decades. The four-syllable stress pattern matches the Indian takeaway staple almost exactly.
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