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 | |
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Looking Out My Back Door"
Misheard Lyrics: Follow me tomorrow
Original Lyrics: Bother me tomorrow
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Santana's, "Evil Ways"
Misheard Lyrics: With Tina Jones and a who knows who.
Original Lyrics: Jean and Joan and a who knows who
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The Doors', "Hello, I Love You"
Misheard Lyrics: Do you hope to pluck this dusky tune?
Original Lyrics: Do you hope to pluck this dusky jewel?
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1970s | |
Barry Manilow's, "Copacabana (At the Copa)"
Misheard Lyrics: Hannah Montana
Original Lyrics: Have a banana
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Boney M's, "Daddy Cool"
Misheard Lyrics: What about it, Johnny B. Goode?
Original Lyrics: What about it, Daddy Cool?
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Boney M's, "Rasputin"
Misheard Lyrics: Lover of the mushroom queen
Original Lyrics: Lover of the Russian queen
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Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's, "Our House"
Misheard Lyrics: Our house is a very, very, very high house
Original Lyrics: Our house is a very, very, very fine house
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Eddie Money's, "Baby Hold On"
Misheard Lyrics: The future is haunting me
Original Lyrics: The future is ours to see
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Elton John's, "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"
Misheard Lyrics: Sunday seems to be the College Bowl
Original Lyrics: Sorry seems to be the hardest word
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Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams', "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"
Misheard Lyrics: Do lunch, do little Kool-Aid
Original Lyrics: Too much, too little, too late
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1980s | |
ABC's, "All of My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: No happily ever after
Original Lyrics: No happy ever after
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ABC's, "Tears are Not Enough"
Misheard Lyrics: Searching for circuits
Original Lyrics: Searching for certainty
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Bananarama's, "I Heard a Rumour"
Misheard Lyrics: I heard a rooster
Original Lyrics: I heard a rumour
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Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb's, "Guilty"
Misheard Lyrics: It oughta be a libro
Original Lyrics: It oughta be illegal
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Billy Ocean's, "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"
Misheard Lyrics: Get outta my dreams, get into my heart
Original Lyrics: Get outta my dreams, get into my car
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Depeche Mode's, "Just Can't Get Enough"
Misheard Lyrics: I just get camouflage
Original Lyrics: I just can't get enough
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Fine Young Cannibals', "Good Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: Houston, where have you gone?
Original Lyrics: Good thing, where have you gone?
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Fleetwood Mac's, "Seven Wonders"
Misheard Lyrics: Solitaire, solid time
Original Lyrics: Certain place, certain time
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Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams', "Without Us (Family Ties theme)"
Misheard Lyrics: Broccoli juice, baby, with our lunch
Original Lyrics: What would we do, baby, without us?
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Pretenders', "Mystery Achievement"
Misheard Lyrics: Mystery Jesus
Original Lyrics: Mystery achievement
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Pretty Poison's, "Catch Me (I'm Falling)"
Misheard Lyrics: Ask me, my boyfriend
Original Lyrics: Catch me, I'm falling
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Rockwell's, "Obscene Phone Calller"
Misheard Lyrics: I must have my hunger pains
Original Lyrics: I must have my number changed
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USA for Africa's, "We Are the World"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a choice of vaping
Original Lyrics: There's a choice we're making
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1990s | |
B*Witched's, "Sabrina (She'll Bewitch Ya)"
Misheard Lyrics: She'll be bitchy
Original Lyrics: She'll bewitch ya
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Barenaked Ladies', "If I Had $1000000"
Misheard Lyrics: I'd buy your lungs
Original Lyrics: I'd buy your love
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Roxette's, "It Must Have Been Love"
Misheard Lyrics: It must have been love, but it's so for now.
Original Lyrics: It must have been love, but it's over now.
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Sting's, "Brand New Day"
Misheard Lyrics: Monday you could be cooking
Original Lyrics: One day you could be looking
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Sting's, "Englishman in New York"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't eat cookies
Original Lyrics: I don't drink coffee
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Sting's, "Seven Days"
Misheard Lyrics: To challenge me, whoa, it's me
Original Lyrics: To challenge me, woe is me
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2000s | |
Avenged Sevenfold's, "Bat Country"
Misheard Lyrics: Can't you help me as I'm starting to burn
Too many doses, and I'm starting to get an erection Original Lyrics: Can't you help me as I'm starting to burn
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Celine Dion's, "A New Day Has Come"
Misheard Lyrics: A movie Oscar
Original Lyrics: A new day has come
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Incubus', "Nice To Know You"
Misheard Lyrics: It's so long, it's hard for me to specify.
Original Lyrics: In so long, it's hard for me to specify.
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The Black Eyed Peas', "My Humps"
Misheard Lyrics: She's gotta be silly
Original Lyrics: She's got me spending
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Vanessa Carlton's, "White Houses"
Misheard Lyrics: But I hold on to the sea breeze in white houses
Original Lyrics: But I hold on to the secrets in white houses
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2010s | |
Adele's, "Rumour Has It"
Misheard Lyrics: Hoover vacuum
or Roomba vacuum Original Lyrics: Rumour has it
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BoB's, "Airplanes"
Misheard Lyrics: And back then I was rappin' for the elephant
Original Lyrics: And back then I was rappin' for the hell of it
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Justin Timberlake's, "Can't Stop the Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics: Got that good song in my feet
Original Lyrics: Got that good soul in my feet
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Korn And Kill The Noise And Skrillex's, "Narcissistic Cannibal"
Misheard Lyrics: Narcissistic animal
Original Lyrics: Narcissistic cannibal
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Twenty One Pilots', "Holding On to You"
Misheard Lyrics: How to turn my face
Original Lyrics: Entertain my faith
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country | |
Faith Hill's, "Cry"
Misheard Lyrics: So cry just a river for me
Original Lyrics: So cry just a little for me
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