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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Demonstration in the gardens
Devastation in the gardens
The Story: It made me confused between "demonstration" and "devastation" when the latter was correct. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
I have always fell
I have always felt
The Story: It sounded it could have been about needing Life Alert! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
No one can take away your right to violence
No one can take away your right to fight and
The Story: I always thought he was advocating violence!! - Submitted by: Marc D
'Cause you got it made with the guy in shades of noir.
'Cause you got it made with the guy in shades, oh no
The Story: As Corey Hart is French-Canadian my lyrics made sense as noir is black in French. - Submitted by: Loraine Macdonald
Don't be afraid of the giant shades of love
Don't be afraid of the guy in shades, oh no
The Story: We replayed this over and over while driving home, pretty sure that we got it right. Of course it made no sense, so we just laughed and laughed, We'd randomly sing this to each other over the next several days. It was hilarious. - Submitted by: Jason
Don't be afraid of the guy in shade of blue
Don't be afraid of the guy in shades, oh no.
The Story: My life changed when I found out I had misheard the song all my life - Submitted by: Hye
Don't burn some fat on the guy in shades, oh no
Don't mess around with the guy in shades, oh no
The Story: I was 4 years old when I misheard this; I was eating with my family at a Taco Bell when this song was playing (hence the mishearing), and I kept singing along to the song this way; my mother told me it was inappropriate for me to be singing about burning fat at such a young age. - Submitted by: MO
Don't masturbate with the giant s***
Don't masquerade with the guy in shades
The Story: Why do we hear "masturbate" instead of "masquerade", especially in songs? - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Don't mess around with the guy who shaves the lawn
'Cause you've got it made with a guy in shades, oh no
The Story: I don't know. I still sing the lyrics incorrectly knowing it's incorrect. - Submitted by: jake
Don't push the plaid on a guy in shades
Don't switch the blade on a guy in shades
The Story: These lyrics would be funny, since a guy in shades and wearing plaid would be sort of a human oxymoron, if you will! - Submitted by: Chris
I cry to you.
I wear my sunrise at night.
I wear my sunrise at night.
I cry to you.
I wear my sunglasses at night.
I wear my sunglasses at night.
The Story: Finally, a song about sunglasses I posting here. About this song: It was "Sunglasses at Night", a song written about how he wear his sunglasses at night. This song later became the first greatest hit for Hart with reaching #24 on his native country, Canada, and faring better on Billboard's Pop Chart with reaching #7. This song featured on his debut studio album, 1984's, "First Offense". - Submitted by: Wisnu Aji
New entries in this section are currently reviewed by Brian Kelly. Previous editors (if any) are listed on the editors page.
