Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.
1960s | |
Desmond Dekker & The Aces', "It Mek"
Misheard Lyrics: You think I never see you when you poop over de wall
Original Lyrics: You think I never see you when you jump over de wall
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Marty Wilde's, "Abergavenny"
Misheard Lyrics: Taking a trip up to AstraZeneca
Original Lyrics: Taking a trip up to Abergavenny
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The Beatles', "Paper Back Writer"
Misheard Lyrics: Take the back right now.
Original Lyrics: Paper back writer
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The Kinks', "You Really Got Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You got me so I don't know why I'm gooey
Original Lyrics: You got me so I don't know what I'm doing
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The Lovin' Spoonful's, "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?"
Misheard Lyrics: Saviors to one and let the other one lie
Original Lyrics: Say yes to one and let the other one ride
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The Lovin' Spoonful's, "Summer in the City"
Misheard Lyrics: Till I'm wheezing like a bus stop.
Original Lyrics: Till I'm wheezing like a bus top.
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1970s | |
ABBA's, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: Feel the beat from the chandelier
Original Lyrics: Feel the beat from the tambourine
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Bobby Bland's, "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City"
Misheard Lyrics: Anal love
Original Lyrics: Ain't no love
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Dire Straits', "Sultans of Swing"
Misheard Lyrics: Aunt Harry doesn't mind
Original Lyrics: And Harry doesn't mind
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Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show's, "The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'"
Misheard Lyrics: But our minds won't really be grown
Original Lyrics: But our minds won't really be blown
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Marmalade's, "Reflections of My Life"
Misheard Lyrics: The preachings of people in trouble
Original Lyrics: The greetings of people in trouble.
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R. Dean Taylor's, "There's a Ghost in My House"
Misheard Lyrics: Lookin' down in my copy cat
Original Lyrics: Lookin' down in my coffee cup
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R. Dean Taylor's, "ThereGhost in My House"
Misheard Lyrics: Lookin' down in my copy cat
or Lookin' down in my coffee pot Original Lyrics: Lookin' down in my coffee cup
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1980s | |
Aerosmith's, "Love In An Elevator"
Misheard Lyrics: Lovin' an el-ah-vee-tah
Original Lyrics: Love in an elevator
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Bonnie Raitt's, "Thing Called Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Bonnie Raitt is for the things called love?
Original Lyrics: Are you ready for the thing called love?
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Bros', "I Owe You Nothing"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll watch your supper with no feelings, no feelings at all
And I'll see you depressed, yeah, you won't hear at all Original Lyrics: I'll watch you suffer with no feelings, no feelings at all
And I'll see you desperate, yeah, you won't hear my call |
Cyndi Lauper's, "All Through the Night"
Misheard Lyrics: And Russell Stover
Original Lyrics: And once we start
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David Bowie's, "China Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: It's in the way of my eyes
Original Lyrics: It's in the whites of my eyes
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Elvis Presley's, "Return to Sender"
Misheard Lyrics: Return to Simba,
Address rock-n-roll. Original Lyrics: Return to sender
Address unknown. |
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Human League's, "Mirror Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Here comes the mirror man
Says he's a Beatles fan. Original Lyrics: Here comes the mirror man
Says he's a people fan. |
Peter Gabriel's, "Games Without Frontiers"
Misheard Lyrics: Sh*t, so f**king gay
Original Lyrics: Jeux sans frontiers
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Rick James', "Super Freak"
Misheard Lyrics: She's a sugar freak
Original Lyrics: She's a super freak
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Sheena Easton's, "The Lover in Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I can help you if you glisten
Original Lyrics: I can help you if you listen
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Survivor's, "Eye of the Tiger"
Misheard Lyrics: It's the eye of vagina, it's the thrill of the tight.
Rise up to the challenge on arrival. Original Lyrics: It's the eye of the tiger, it's the thrill of the fight.
Rising up to the challenge of our rival. |
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The Bangles', "In Your Room"
Misheard Lyrics: Alone in your room at night
Original Lyrics: I love it in your room at night
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1990s | |
Alice in Chains', "Rooster"
Misheard Lyrics: Here come the booster
Original Lyrics: Here come the rooster
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Amber's, "One More Night"
Misheard Lyrics: But this day makes me set
Original Lyrics: But this day makes me sad
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Kylie Minogue's, "What Do I Have To Do?"
Misheard Lyrics: And it's you bringing life and passion in my soul
Original Lyrics: And it's you bringing out the passion in my soul
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MC Hammer's, "U Can't Touch This"
Misheard Lyrics: Stop! Appetite!
Original Lyrics: Stop! Hammer time!
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's, "Sailing On The Seven Seas"
Misheard Lyrics: The light above, it shines so bright that the empty eye won't sleep tonight
'Cause I'm so alone with you that I don't know what to do OR 'Cause I'm so in love with you that I don't know what to do (Later) Sex and lies can't bring me down 'cause you sold my soul all over town Original Lyrics: The light above, it shines so bright that the FBI won't sleep tonight
'Cause I'm so in awe of you that I don't know what to do (Later) Sex and lies can't bring me down 'cause I sold my soul all over town |
Phil Collins', "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: We had our day, but this is now
Original Lyrics: Well that was then, and this is now
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Rod Stewart's, "Rhythm of My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, the rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
With the words I love you rolling off my thumb Oh, never will I roam, for I know my place is home Where the ocean meets the sky I'll be standing 40 grams of kerosene OR Photographs of kerosene (Later) Shedding like the handle of a slight machine Let me still exist in another place I'm just yanking back the pillow, no expression on my face Original Lyrics: Oh, the rhythm of my heart is beating like a drum
With the words I love you rolling off my tongue Oh, never will I roam, for I know my place is home Where the ocean meets the sky I'll be sailing Photographs, kerosene (Later) Shifting like the handle of a slot machine Love may still exist in another place I'm just yanking back the handle, no expression on my face |
The KLF's, "3 A.M. Eternal"
Misheard Lyrics: KLF is gonna rock ya, of course you have to move to the flow of the TV blaster
Original Lyrics: KLF is gonna rock ya 'cause you have to move to the flow of the P.D. Blaster
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2000s | |
50 Cent's, "In the Club"
Misheard Lyrics: Go shorty it’s your birthday
Original Lyrics: Go shawty it’s your birthday
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Daft Punk's, "One More Time"
Misheard Lyrics: C'est le prix d'une danette aux fruits
Original Lyrics: Celebrate and dance so free
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Matchbox 20's, "Bent"
Misheard Lyrics: Can't you help me again?
Original Lyrics: Can't you help me? I'm bent
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Nickelback's, "Rockstar"
Misheard Lyrics: I want a brand new ass on an episode of crimson
A bathroom I can play baseball in Original Lyrics: I want a brand new house on an episode of Cribs
And a bathroom I can play baseball in |
Opeth's, "Deliverance"
Misheard Lyrics: Open your beers
And dump the cans on my brain Received no water Give nothing to the lifeguard Original Lyrics: Floating on mist
Crept up the caverns of my brain Received no warning From nothing to a life code |
Opeth's, "The Baying of the Hounds"
Misheard Lyrics: I hear them devouring the
Best made tacos of the Earth Diabolical beans, open the flowers Original Lyrics: I hear them devouring
Pest-ridden jackals of the Earth Diabolical beasts and roaming the forests |
Scooter's, "The Logical Song"
Misheard Lyrics: When I was young, it seemed that life was so under sea
And lyrical, almost beautiful, logical And all the birds in the trees, they would sing so heavily So joyfully, so faithfully, watching me (Later) We're getting tea! Original Lyrics: When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful
A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily So joyfully, oh playfully, watching me (Later) We're getting jiggy |
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2010s | |
Commercial's, "Bromley Mountain Resort"
Misheard Lyrics: Come back to broccoli.
Original Lyrics: Come back to Bromley.
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Khalid and Tate McRae's, "Working"
Misheard Lyrics: When I'm working
Original Lyrics: We're not working
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Twenty One Pilots', "Heathens"
Misheard Lyrics: All my friends are vegans, take it slow.
Original Lyrics: All my friends are heathens, take it slow.
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Dolly Parton's, "Here You Come Again"
Misheard Lyrics: Here we go again
Original Lyrics: Here you come again
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Lee Greenwood's, "God Bless the USA"
Misheard Lyrics: And if Ben Hur still today
Original Lyrics: And defend her still today
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