Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1966
"Secret Asian man."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"Secret Asian man."
What's actually sung
"Secret agent man." Secret Agent Man — Johnny Rivers (1966)
Why the ear defaults
The consonant cluster "agent m-" compresses to "asian m-" in casual listening. One of the oldest mondegreens to survive from TV-theme-song era.
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