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!).
Got me thinking 'bout when you were nine
Got me thinking 'bout when you were mine
The Story: This song became popular when I was 10 and I thought this lyric was about childhood or something. Nowadays I know the actual lyrics and my “misheard lyrics” sound really creepy. - Submitted by: RIGuy
Party into it, party until we're in love
What are you doin' to me? What are you doin', huh?
The Story: I never hear this song anywhere but my car radio, and my bass is turned up pretty high, so I don't really hear lyrics all that well. - Submitted by: Jay Mac
Running round slap that turtle on my knee
Running around put that dirt all over my name
The Story: My dad gave me this idea - Submitted by: A.J.S
Throwing that turtle on my knee
Throwing that dirt all on my name
The Story: Eh. - Submitted by: scott
You just want detention
You just want attention
The Story: I thought this was about a school detention. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
You've been goin' 'round, goin' round, goin' 'round, never went potty in that lake.
You've been goin' 'round, goin' 'round, goin' 'round every party in L A.
The Story: I was like What? First of all, why are they singing about not having pooped in a lake, and second of all why do they still use "go potty" like they're not even using a potty, and they are way more grown up than like 2. - Submitted by: Cadence Pond
You've been runnin' round, runnin' round, runnin' round throwin' that turtle at my knee
You've been runnin' round, runnin' round, runnin' round throwin' that dirt all on my name
The Story: My friends and I call anything ugly a "turtle" so I had a double take when I first heard this song. - Submitted by: Madison
She gon’ act like a looney
She gon’ act like she don’t know me
The Story: Sounded like that at first. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
New entries in this section are currently reviewed by Brian Kelly. Previous editors (if any) are listed on the editors page.
