Meaning

'Scuse me while I kiss this guy

Categorised in: 435 Phrases 'Born in the USA' ·What are Mondegreens? ·A list of phrases about music ·Quotations

What's the meaning of the phrase ''Scuse me while I kiss this guy'?

A misheard lyric.

What football is all about
What football is all about - caption

What’s the origin of the phrase ”Scuse me while I kiss this guy’?

The correct lyric from Jimi Hendrix’s Purple Haze is ‘scuse me while I kiss the sky’. Actually, even after knowing the authorised version of the lyric, it still sounds to me that Hendrix is singing ‘kiss this guy’. It is possible that he phrased it ambiguously. He certainly played around with the lyric in later live performances, once the misheard version became well known.

Historical trend

“while I kiss this guy” in printed material over time

Source: Google Books Ngrams (1980–2020).

198020002020
  • while I kiss this guy