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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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Dead Or Alive's, "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You spin me light brown, baby, light brown
Like a record baby, bright brown, brown, brown.
The Real Lyrics:
You spin me right 'round, baby right 'round
Like a record baby, right 'round, 'round, 'round.
The Story: I heard it on the radio and I thought it said "brown". - Submitted by: Joaquin Noff
Dead Or Alive's, "You Spin Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You bring me white clown, baby white clown
Like a circus baby, white clown brown clown.
The Real Lyrics:
You spin me right 'round, baby right 'round
Like a record baby, right 'round, 'round, 'round.
The Story: I've been singing it aloud for many many years now. I just found out the original lyrics, and I'm laughing hyterically. - Submitted by: Avni
Dead or Alive's, "You Spin Me Right Round"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You give me white rum, baby, white rum,
like wretched baby, white rum rum rum.
The Real Lyrics:
You spin me right round, baby, right round,
like a record playing.
The Story: I heard this on the radio when was 9 or 10 yrs old. At the time, I thought I was so intelligent for even knowing the word "wretched". I tried to show off for my Dad and his buddies by walking into the living room and singing this lyric. "Dad, " I said, "listen to this song." After I sang it, he said to his friends "See that? My kid is SMART". I was so proud and I just sashayed out of the room with my head held high. I did not realize I'd been singing it wrong until I was 19 years old, driving cross country with a friend. This song came on, we're both singing, and she just looks at me and says "What are you singing?!" I could not believe that I didn't hear the correct lyrics! Even now, when I hear the song, I still hear "You give me white rum". My family sings it that way too just to make fun of me. - Submitted by: Allison Cole
Dead or Alive's, "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You stand with lights on, baby lights out
The Real Lyrics:
You spin me right round, baby right round
The Story: The Wedding Singer brought me back and I wondered what it was. - Submitted by: Cody Finke

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