Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1988
"Any way you want it."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"Any way you want it."
What's actually sung
"Annie, are you okay?" Smooth Criminal — Michael Jackson (1988)
Why the ear defaults
Jackson's rapid-fire "Annie are you okay" compresses into three syllables on the beat. Listeners who've never seen the title read it as a Journey chorus fragment.
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