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.
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This page contains a list of the songs that have stories about their misheard lyrics submitted.
Song names are sorted by first letter, excluding A and The. This is sorted by song title only, not
by song title and performer. So if two different performers preformed the same song, you'll see
misheard lyrics for both on the same page (provided the song title was spelt the same both times, and
misheard lyrics have been submitted for both!).
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A pocket full of bud
A bottle full of Bud
The Story: Just that I sang it that way since the song came out..maybe people didn't laugh at me bc they thought I purposely changed that lyric and included weed. Idk - Submitted by: Deemac
Go Charlotte, it's your birthday.
Go Shorty, it's your birthday.
The Story: I thought I was the only one who misheard it. I heard it off and on, always thought it was 'Go, Charlotte', until I was working at Applebee's. The song came on. I thought I'd be cool and sing it. That is, until everyone laughed at me. - Submitted by: Misty
Go Charlotte, it's your birthday.
Go Shorty, it's your birthday.
The Story: My whole school misheard these lyrics. This song came out when I was in middle school, and it was really popular. There was this girl in a lot of my classes named Charlotte, and everyone would sing this part of the song to her. Luckily she didn't mind, she was a popular kid so people didn't do it in a mean way. Anyway, when I was in high school the next year, my friend introduced me to her friend who was also named Charlotte. Like an idiot, I sang that part of the song and laughed trying to make a friendly joke thing. The girl looked at me like wtf is wrong with you and said those weren't the words. So I went home and googled it, and found out it's Shorty. Somehow my whole middle school including me heard Charlotte. Oh well LOL. - Submitted by: Emily
Go Charlotte, it's your birthday
We gonna party like it's your birthday.
Go Shawty, it's your birthday
We gonna party like it's your birthday.
The Story: I was in clas singing 'Go Charlotte, It's ya birthday', and this girl in my class started laughing. Then she told me what he was really saying. Now, every time that song comes on she sings it the way I did: 'Go Charlotte'! :( - Submitted by: Michael
We gon' sit retarded like it's yo birthday.
We gon' sip Bacardi like it's yo birthday.
The Story: When I heard this as I teenager, I thought to myself "Why the hell would you sit on a chair the wrong way on a special occasion?" - Submitted by: Ciaran
We gon' sit retarded like it's yo birthday
We gon' sip Bacardi like it's yo birthday.
The Story: I remember hearing this on the radio and thought to myself "does that mean they're sitting on the seats the wrong way?" - Submitted by: Ciaran
You can find me in da tub.
You can find me in da club.
The Story: I actually requested, by accident 'That song about bein' in the tub!'. The radio announcer promptly laughed at me and corrected me. - Submitted by: Eric Thomas
I want you to love me like you love the pie.
I want you to love me like you love 2Pac.
The Story: I don't normally listen to this kind of music, but it was just on the radio. I was probably daydreaming of better music (no offense to people who like this music its just not my kinda thing =P). When I heard the dude say that he wanted me to love him like pie, I couldn't stop laughing. Then I came on-line to find out what it really was. I was disapointed when it wasn't 'pie'. It would have been better if it was =). - Submitted by: nadia_aidan
I'm gonna have a sex change
Then make me some love so come give me a hug.
I'm into the sex thing
I ain't into makin' love some come give me a hug.
The Story: I was driving one night (me and my friend were headed to Taco Bell). I sang the song the way I thought it was, and she looked at me kind of funny. She just busted up laughing. She didn't know the right lyrics but she was pretty sure mine weren't them! - Submitted by: Amber Nich
Go shorty it’s your birthday
Go shawty it’s your birthday
The Story: I thought rappers liked short people. - Submitted by: Meg
Shorty shake that D*** like a grown man, she back it up on me I’m like oh man
shorty shake that thing like a pro man She back it up on me I'm like oh man
The Story: I could have sworn these were the correct lyrics! - Submitted by: Minga
Sit low from your left
Dog, sit low from your right
Dog sit low, N***a
I set sit low.
Set it off from your left
Dog, set it off from your right
Dog set it off, N***a
I said set it off.
The Story: Yeah, my brother and I were arguing about it. We all said it sounds like "sit low". He just looked at us and said 'Alright, then what does sit low mean?' Then, we'd shut up. - Submitted by: Myriam
I got the b**** by the b***s.
I got the b**** by the bar.
The Story: My friend and I were listening to the song in the bus. Then when I heard this sentence, I asked my friend to play that part again. Funny thing is, he also heard 'b***s' instead of 'bar'. My friend and I just laughed our pants off, oblivious to all the people on that bus. - Submitted by: extremenetsurfer
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