Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1999
"Livin' la vida loca, she'll be livin' la vida loca."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"Livin' la vida loca, she'll be livin' la vida loca."
What's actually sung
"Livin' la vida loca, she'll be livin' la vida loca." Livin' La Vida Loca — Ricky Martin (1999)
Why the ear defaults
A Spanish-phrase chorus that English ears widely misparse. "Livin' la vida loca" has produced a catalogue of recorded mondegreens across radio-show anthologies.
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