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Misheard Lyrics
This section is for misheard song lyrics (also called mondegreens). Misheard lyrics occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody.
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| Cast of 'Bjorn Again Live''s, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: Dancing queen
Feel the beat from the tangerine, oh yeah You can dance You can jive Having the time of your life. Original Lyrics: Dancing queen
Feel the beat from the tambourine, oh yeah You can dance You can jive Having the time of your life. |
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The Story.... My sister and I took our mother for her birthday to see "Bjorn Again" last month. She had always loved ABBA and was the music that made her the happiest. So we had a great time singing and dancing during the show. But when we heard our mom sing 'tangerine' in the lyric, I just couldn't believe it. But the lyrics didn't matter as much as the feeling and the music, proven after seeing my mother smiling so big while she's singing about a fruit making a beat. Probably my biggest laugh all year. Story about this misheard lyric by: mattLA
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1960s | |
King Crimson's, "The Court of the Crimson King"
Misheard Lyrics: On Sunday mornings widows cry
Original Lyrics: On soft grey mornings widows cry
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1970s | |
Donna Summer's, "Hot Stuff"
Misheard Lyrics: Lookin for some horse love, baby, this evenin'
Original Lyrics: Lookin' for some hot stuff, baby, this evenin'
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Kiss', "Rock And Roll All Nite"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna rock and roll all night And potty every day
Original Lyrics: I wanna rock and roll all night And party every day.
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Ringo Starr's, "A Dose of Rock 'N' Roll"
Misheard Lyrics: You do know that you can
Original Lyrics: You do know that you care
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Ringo Starr's, "No No Song"
Misheard Lyrics: It only makes me freeze
Original Lyrics: It only makes me sneeze
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Ringo Starr's, "You're Sixteen"
Misheard Lyrics: You're sincere, you're beautiful with your wife
Original Lyrics: You're sixteen, you're beautiful and you're mine
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Three Dog Night's, "An Old Fashioned Love Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Just an old passionate love song
Original Lyrics: Just an old fashioned love song
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Three Dog Night's, "Joy to the World"
Misheard Lyrics: Boy to the girl
Original Lyrics: Joy to the world
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Village People's, "Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics: It's for the state of the Y.M.C.A.
Original Lyrics: It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
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1980s | |
Culture Club's, "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Do you really want a turkey?
Original Lyrics: Do you really want to hurt me?
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Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine's, "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You"
Misheard Lyrics: Look who's gonna get you
Original Lyrics: The rhythm is gonna get you
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INXS's, "Shine Like It Does"
Misheard Lyrics: Scream of the innocence ... Shine like a dove
Original Lyrics: Sleep of the innocent ... Shine like it does
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Joe Jackson's, "Breaking Us in Two"
Misheard Lyrics: Always something drinking us into
Original Lyrics: Always something breaking us in two
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Madonna's, "Angel"
Misheard Lyrics: Every time you are here
Original Lyrics: Every time you are near
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Madonna's, "The Look of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: From the eyes of crime
Original Lyrics: From the eyes of pride
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The Cure's, "Lovesong"
Misheard Lyrics: You make me feel like I can breathe again
Original Lyrics: You make me feel like I am free again
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U2's, "In God's Country"
Misheard Lyrics: Sleep comes like a drop in God's country
Original Lyrics: Sleep comes like a drug in God's country
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1990s | |
Cast of Rent's, "Goodbye Love"
Misheard Lyrics: It's true you sold your baton
Original Lyrics: It's true you sold your guitar
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Cast of Rent's, "Rent"
Misheard Lyrics: Like friction each day
Original Lyrics: Like fiction each day
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Cast of Rent's, "Santa Fe"
Misheard Lyrics: We'll open up a restaurant on Saturday
Original Lyrics: We'll open up a restaurant in Santa Fe
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Melissa Etheridge's, "Come To My Window"
Misheard Lyrics: Keeping my eyes open, I can learn to fall asleep
Original Lyrics: Keeping my eyes open, I cannot afford to sleep
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The Cure's, "Friday I'm in Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Friday never ends today
Original Lyrics: Friday never hesitates
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2000s | |
As Cities Burn's, "Thus From My Lips, By Yours, My Sin Is Purged"
Misheard Lyrics: Stabbing it out with a shovel
Original Lyrics: Stepping in and out of the shadow
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Green Day's, "Holiday"
Misheard Lyrics: Polarize the Eiffel Tower
Original Lyrics: Pulverize the Eiffel towers
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Justice's, "DVNO"
Misheard Lyrics: No need to ask Elaine
or No need to ask Lorraine Original Lyrics: No need to ask my name
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Justin Timberlake featuring T.I.'s, "My Love"
Misheard Lyrics: If I wrote you sympathy
Original Lyrics: If I wrote you a symphony
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Linkin Park's, "Numb"
Misheard Lyrics: (Cod in the Undertow)
Original Lyrics: (Caught in the undertow)
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Madonna's, "American Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Will it make me fart?
Original Lyrics: Will it get me far?
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Madonna's, "Give It 2 Me"
Misheard Lyrics: If you can handle it, address me
Original Lyrics: If you can handle it, undress me
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Madonna's, "Miles Away"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll never be in shame
Original Lyrics: I'll never be the same
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Madonna's, "Sorry"
Misheard Lyrics: Please don't say "Forget it"
Original Lyrics: Please don't say "Forgive me"
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Mastodon's, "Hunters of the Sky"
Misheard Lyrics: Force-fed by Shia LaBeouf
Original Lyrics: Force-fed glass giant moth
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Mastodon's, "Siberian Divide"
Misheard Lyrics: Smoke weed, hypothermia
Original Lyrics: Snow Queen, hypothermia
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Slipknot's, "Psychosocial"
Misheard Lyrics: Packachu's a virgin
Original Lyrics: Packaging subversion.
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The Hold Steady's, "Massive Nights"
Misheard Lyrics: We had those all-ages hardcore magnetic shows
Original Lyrics: We had those all-ages hardcore matinee shows
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2010s | |
Mastodon's, "Jaguar God"
Misheard Lyrics: The throne of mayonnaise
Original Lyrics: The throne of maladies
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Keith Urban's, "Somebody Like You"
Misheard Lyrics: Love somebody's I.Q.
Original Lyrics: Love somebody like you
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misc | |
xmas | |
Paul McCartney's, "Wonderful Christmastime"
Misheard Lyrics: The freedom's here
Original Lyrics: The feeling's here
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Thurl Ravenscroft's, "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
Misheard Lyrics: With awesomeous sauce
Original Lyrics: With arsenic sauce
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