Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1983
"Comma, comma, comma, comma, comma chameleon."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"Comma, comma, comma, comma, comma chameleon."
What's actually sung
"Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma chameleon." Karma Chameleon — Culture Club (1983)
Why the ear defaults
The K in "karma" is soft enough that many listeners — especially outside the UK — hear "comma." The rhyme schema doesn't depend on the difference, which lets the error survive.
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