Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1989
"Birth control, Ho Chi Minh."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"Birth control, Ho Chi Minh."
What's actually sung
"Brigitte Bardot, Ho Chi Minh." We Didn't Start the Fire — Billy Joel (1989)
Why the ear defaults
The French name gets hammered into a near-homophone. The scansion is identical and both phrases are era-appropriate, which is why this one survives despite every lyric site correcting it.
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