NINETIES music fans have been left stunned after they finally realised that they’ve been singing the lyrics wrong to a hit banger.
Last week, KISS FM treated listeners to a live performance from hitmaker Blu James, who sang her Kisstory anthem Red Alert.
The garage track was released back in 1999 and has stood the test of time for over the past three decades.
But now fans have only just clocked that they’ve been singing the lyrics wrong for all this time.
Some fans had no idea that Blu was singing “red alert, red alert, it’s a catastrophe” in the track’s chorus.
KISS shared a clip of Blu performing from the studio which prompted fans to react with their own versions of what they thought the lyrics were.
One fan insisted that they thought the lyrics were “gotta run gotta run its a catastrophe”.
Someone else said: “Wait the lyrics are red alert, red alert??? what have I been singing for years?”
A third commented: “I don’t know what has been leaving my mouth now.”
“Just remember what I sang was waddabout waddabout,” a fourth fan shared.
This person posted: “There’s me singing “’well I’m not gonna lie it’s a catastrophe.”
While another added: “I always thought ‘gotta run gotta run its a catastrophe.”
Blu teamed up with Basement Jaxx for the iconic dance anthem.
The song reached number five on the UK Singles Chart.
Some of Blu’s other well known tracks include Say Now, Walk On, Stare Into The Truth.
Blu has continue to perform and record in the UK house/garage scene.
She has performed at various events, including a headline spot at the Skybound Christian Music Festival and at the Back to 95 24th Birthday Party in April 2025.
This isn’t the first time that music fans have got the lyrics wrong.
Indie band The Kooks was a big name in the 90s – producing track after tracks of hit songs.
Their popular song Naive has lost none of its catchy charm all these years later – though its lyrics are still the cause of great contention.
In 2024, frontman Luke Pritchard settled a long-running debate over what it is he’s actually singing in the song’s chorus.
The band received this message from a fan on TikTok: “In high school my friends and I thought you said ‘I know she knows I’m not fond of Oscar‘ and we always wanted to know what he did.”
Sitting in the back of a taxi, Luke says: “I get this a lot so I’m happy to clear up the lyrics. It could be Oscar, but it’s not. It’s fond of asking.”
The full chorus goes: “And I know she knows that I’m not fond of asking/True or false, it may be../She’s still out to get me.”
The confirmation hit many followers hard and they duly shared the alternative lyrics they had been using.
One commented: “Ahahaha I’m a fan, big fan! I used to sing “I know,she knows,I’m not from Nebraska.”
Another said: “I thought it was ‘not from New Oscott’ which is a neighbourhood in Birmingham.”
