One Mama Apple Juice -song is a song where you hear words in another language (usually English) that unintentionally sound like Dutch words or phrases. It is a kind of auditory illusion, where, due to the similarity of sound, you think that a Dutch text is being sung, while the original text means something completely different.

The best-known example is from the song Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' by Michael Jackson, in which the chorus “Mama-se, mom-sa, mama coo-sa” is heard by many people as “Mama say mama sa, mom's apple juice” . As a result, Mama Apple Juice a collective name for these kinds of funny misinterpretations of song lyrics.

The Dutch radio station 3FM regularly made it a compilation show, where listeners were allowed to submit their Mama apple juice songs.
I always like to hear them.

Let me cheer you up on Sunday with this compilation from a few years ago.

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