Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1986
"It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not."
What's actually sung
"It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not." Livin' on a Prayer — Bon Jovi (1986)
Why the ear defaults
Commonly sung as "It doesn't matter if we make it a lot." The two readings differ by a single glottal stop; crowd singalong destroys that distinction.
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