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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!).


Billy Ocean - Greatest Hits album at Amazon.com
Billy Ocean's, "African Queen"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Apple crumb cake
The Real Lyrics:
African Queen
The Story: And the same could have happened in the African version of "Caribbean Queen", in which they could have heard "Apple crumb cake". - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Billy Ocean's, "Calypso Crazy"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Come on out to potty
The Real Lyrics:
Come on out to party
The Story: Once again, why we mishear "party" as "potty". - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
"carry me in"
The Real Lyrics:
Caribbean Queen
The Story: Always thought the song was called "love on the run", and never occurred to me it was a about Queens, Caribbean or otherwise. "carry me in" never seemed quite right but was the only thing it seemed it could possibly be. - Submitted by: Leroy Symons
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Caribou queen
Now with Sherry Neusantrie.
The Real Lyrics:
Caribbean queen
Now we're sharing the same dream.
The Story: I thought that he was singing about someone named Sherry Neusantrie. Someone asked me, 'Who the h*** is that?' It was then I realized I was wrong. - Submitted by: Zack Norton
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Caribou quit it
The Real Lyrics:
Caribbean Queen now
The Story: Thanks to your site, I finally know that others also hear the word 'Caribou', very distinctly in my opinion, after 37 years. I'd like to hear his take on this humorous matter. As a singer/songwriter myself, I try to render my lyrics as intelligible as possible, since I toiled so long to write them. Tell me if I'm successful: josephguidera.com 'Celebrate' is the new album. - Submitted by: Joseph G.
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Carrie, you quick!
The Real Lyrics:
Caribbean Queen
The Story: I was genuinely surprised when I heard the real title of this song years after it was popular (didn't pay attention when it was on the radio). - Submitted by: Frank
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Carry your switch.
The Real Lyrics:
Caribbean Queen!
The Story: I thought he was saying to carry a switchblade, as protection. - Submitted by: derreck
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Harold, you queer
Now were sharing the same dream.
The Real Lyrics:
Caribbean queen
Now we're sharing the same dream.
The Story: I always thought that is what it said and just figured it out at the gym the other day while working out. - Submitted by: Nicky Dickson
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Now we're sharing Mr. T
The Real Lyrics:
Now we're sharing the same dream
The Story: As a kid, I thought the idea of a dude sharing Mr. T was pretty weird... - Submitted by: Eric
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Parachute Twist
Now we're sharing the same crib
The Real Lyrics:
Caribbean Queen
Now we're sharing the same dream.
The Story: Parachute pants were really popular around this time. I thought that "Parachute Twist" was a dance done in parachute pants, lol. I was singing this at our 7th grade dance and twisting thing, (basically just doing the twist)and nobody corrected me, they just laughed!! - Submitted by: The Doyenne
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Perrybue Twisted
The Real Lyrics:
Caribbean Queen
The Story: When this song first came out, I swear it sounded like he was saying "Perrybue Twisted." And I had no idea what that meant. - Submitted by: Allen
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
She touched my meat and blamed it on genes
The Real Lyrics:
She brushed by me in painted on jeans.
The Story: The song opens pretty strongly with this and I had a COMPLETELY different idea of what exactly this woman did to Billy Ocean on the dance floor that had him so taken. - Submitted by: Nick B
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
She's touched by me, and she blamed it on jeans.
The Real Lyrics:
She dashed by me in painted on jeans.
The Story: This is what I've always thought the lyrics said until I looked them up for this entry for amiright. I always figured that the girl liked him in his jeans. - Submitted by: Allen
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Carry me, Quinn
The Real Lyrics:
Caribbean Queen
The Story: I just found out today what the lyrics actually were, and I've been hearing this song since I was a kid. - Submitted by: Archaeopteryx
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Gary DuPree
The Real Lyrics:
Caribbean Queen
The Story: My college roommate thought this was the lyric when I was playing the song, much to my amusement - Submitted by: Evan
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Now we're sharing the sangria.
The Real Lyrics:
Now we're sharing the same dream
The Story: Didn't realize what the actual lyrics were until I was almost 40 years old and my two young kids cracked up laughing when they heard me singing my version! - Submitted by: Jaime N
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
She touched my meat with painted on jeans
The Real Lyrics:
She dashed by me, in painted on jeans
The Story: Every time this song comes on at work it takes me by suprise! Lol - Submitted by: Ry
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Billie do the Twist.
The Real Lyrics:
Caribbean Queen
The Story: My dad thought he was hot back in the day grooving to this song and bellowing out 'Billie do the Twist,' as he was doing the Twist. - Submitted by: Jim
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Caribou Twist
The Real Lyrics:
Caribbean Queen
The Story: Every time I hear this song I always thought how does a caribou twist. - Submitted by: Harris
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I rebuke thee.
The Real Lyrics:
Caribbean Queen
The Story: My mom teaches high school English, and when this song was out, mentioned to the class how impressed she was that they actually used the word 'rebuke' in a song. Her students had no idea what she was talking about until she sang the line for them. She never lived it down. - Submitted by: Kira
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Power bu twist
The Real Lyrics:
Caribbean Queen
The Story: When I was dating my husband, this song came on in the car one night, and he started singing it...kind of. He was singing, 'Power Bu Twist, now we're sharing the same dream' I died laughing. He was so embarrassed. I tease him about it every time we hear it to this day! - Submitted by: Jeannine Baurle
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen"
The Misheard Lyrics:
She danced by me, then fainted on James!
The Real Lyrics:
She danced by me, in painted on jeans.
The Story: I thought it rather strange that Billy would sing about a woman dancing next to him, then suddenly fainting on some guy named James! To this day, I still hear it that way, at least the line in the beginning. The ending line I can hear clearly, even as it fades out is, "She danced by me in painted jeans.". - Submitted by: Annabelle
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen"
The Misheard Lyrics:
She touched my m*** in painted on jeans.
The Real Lyrics:
She danced by me in painted on jeans
The Story: I told my fiance-to-be at the time that the song was X-rated.I cited the line, 'She touched my m*** in painted on jeans'. His friend the DJ filled me in on the correct, clean version. Boy was my face red! - Submitted by: Karen
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen"
The Misheard Lyrics:
She touched my meat in painted on jeans
The Real Lyrics:
She dashed by me in painted on jeans
The Story: Just always thought it sounded like "touched my meat". - Submitted by: Mike Lyons
Billy Ocean's, "Caribean Queen"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Carry me quick
The Real Lyrics:
Caribean Queen
The Story: Boyfriend at the time thought these were the lyrics. Carry me quick really? - Submitted by: Sally Hathaway
Billy Ocean's, "Carribean Queen (No More Love On The Run)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Prairie View Queen
The Real Lyrics:
Carribean Queen
The Story: I always wondered if Billy Ocean had attended Prairie View University and had a thing for some chick there that he called "Prairie View Queen". - Submitted by: Brenda
Billy Ocean's, "Carribean Queen"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Caribou Queen
The Real Lyrics:
Carribean Queen
The Story: This song was on the radio a lot, and I would sing along silently in the back of my head, never really thinking how silly the words seemed to be. Didn't have the correct lyric until seeing it on a television ad. - Submitted by: Buddy McCue
Billy Ocean's, "Carribean Queen"
The Misheard Lyrics:
She brushed by me and blamed it on Gene.
The Real Lyrics:
She brushed by me in painted on jeans.
The Story: Just the usual I'm sure you always hear. When this song first came out, I loved it and sang that line with loud confidence over and over. That is until my sister quietly informed me one day what the real lyrics were! - Submitted by: Susan Kocian
Billy Ocean's, "Carribean Queen"
The Misheard Lyrics:
She brushed by me in faded old jeans.
The Real Lyrics:
she brushed by me in painted on jeans.
The Story: I went about singing that in public for months before my pal stopped me one day to make sure she had heard me right. Then I was informed of the proper lyrics - Submitted by: anne
Billy Ocean's, "Carribean Queen"
The Misheard Lyrics:
She dashed by me and blamed it on James.
The Real Lyrics:
She dashed by me in painted-on jeans.
The Story: This was actually something that was heard by my wife (I tell her she has lyric dislexia) because she never can make out words in songs. - Submitted by: Manny Zales
Billy Ocean's, "European Queen"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Therapeutic Queen
The Real Lyrics:
European Queen
The Story: I was having to do with therapeutics, and this was no exception. Europeans could hear the song with an alternate title ("Caribbean Queen" internationally), and "therapeutic" made sense. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Billy Ocean's, "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Get outta my dreams.
Get into Betsy, baby.
Get into my car.
The Real Lyrics:
Get outta my dreams
Get in the back seat baby
Get in to my car.
The Story: I babysat a couple of brothers, one being in junior high, and this song came on the radio. He sang it this way, like Betsy was the name of the singer's car! Looking back, I shouldn't have corrected him, but when I told him what the lyrics were, he said, "Why would he tell her to get in the back seat?" - Submitted by: Joy B
Billy Ocean's, "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You're out of ice cream
The Real Lyrics:
Get outta my dreams
The Story: I gave on the "ice cream" lyric, based on the old saying "I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream". - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Billy Ocean's, "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Your non stop miracle, underwear!
The Real Lyrics:
Your non-stop miracle, I'm your man!!
The Story: I heard it as underwear, and knew it wasn't right, but wasn't sure what the actual words were, so I stuck with mine. - Submitted by: Will
Billy Ocean's, "Love on Delivery"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Ain't got a car
The Real Lyrics:
Ain't got a heart
The Story: I thought he would say car, because even he later had a hit with "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car". - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Billy Ocean's, "Suddenly"
The Misheard Lyrics:
70s
The Real Lyrics:
Suddenly
The Story: Could have sworn he was back to his first hit, “Love Really Hurts Without You”. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Billy Ocean's, "Suddenly"
The Misheard Lyrics:
There's pity up above
The Real Lyrics:
There's beauty up above
The Story: Why do we hear "pity" instead of "beauty"? - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Billy Ocean's, "When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going"
The Misheard Lyrics:
When the goin' gets tough, the tough get ready!
The Real Lyrics:
When the goin' gets tough, the tough get rough, yeah!
The Story: This isn't mine, but it's what I keep finding on lyrics sites that claim the line is, "the tough get ready". However, when I listen carefully, I can clearly hear them say, "the tough get rough!". Listen for yourselves and you'll see what I mean! - Submitted by: Annabelle
Billy Ocean's, "When The Going Gets Tough"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Go and get stuffed
The Real Lyrics:
When the going gets tough
The Story: My wife is French and she came to live in England in the early 80's. One day I heard her singing this song, which she liked very much, but to the chorus she was singing 'go and get stuffed' believing that they were the real words. I haven't let her forget it to this day. - Submitted by: Tony Baeza
Billy Ocean's, "When The Going Gets Tough"
The Misheard Lyrics:
When you go and get stuffed
The Real Lyrics:
When the going gets tough
The Story: Heard by my stepfather, who was not into any music. - Submitted by: Mike
Billy Ocean's, "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going"
The Misheard Lyrics:
When the growing gets tough
The Real Lyrics:
When the going gets tough
The Story: One man in a commercial for Avodart had someone saying that he had a going problem, but his doctor told him it was a growing problem, BPH, or an enlarged prostate. Hence, we thought of that. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
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