Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1972
"Hold me closer, teenage dancer."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"Hold me closer, teenage dancer."
What's actually sung
"Hold me closer, tiny dancer." Tiny Dancer (variant) — Elton John (1972)
Why the ear defaults
The "Tony Danza" variant is more famous, but "teenage dancer" is the earlier mondegreen recorded in the UK press — before the US sitcom star existed.
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