Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1977
"Thunder only happens when it's raining."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"Thunder only happens when it's raining."
What's actually sung
"Thunder only happens when it's raining." Dreams — Fleetwood Mac (1977)
Why the ear defaults
Heard for decades as "Thunder only happens when its ring is," a nonsense line that still gets quoted. Nicks's breathy delivery softens every consonant in the second half.
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Play the misheard duel — pick the real lyric, round by round.