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!).
8 Days of Christmas album at Amazon.com
On the sixth day of Christmas, my baby gave me
Three different STDs.
On the 6th day of christmas my baby gave to me
A Prada jacket with some dirty denim jeans.
The Story: My boyfriend's litle brother was singing it one day. He was eight years old at the time and thought he knew the words. And he just busted out and said that. - Submitted by: Kesha
If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
Don't be mad if you think I spilled beer on it.
If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that *he* want it
The Story: Hate this damn song and it would play at least 3 times an hour where I USED to work. I couldn't take it anymore. It sounds like she says something about getting beer on something. It just does. - Submitted by: A-man
Can you pay my automobiles?
Can you pay my automo-bills?
The Story: Confusion? You bet. It's actually saying a pun. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Are you really ready for this journey?
I don't think you're ready for this jelly.
The Story: I thought this was the real lyric at first. - Submitted by: Logan
I don't think you're ready 'coz you're jealous.
I don't think you're ready for this jelly.
The Story: My mate Gemma was singing this, and I'm sure it didn't sound right. So asked her to sing it again, and she really did think these were right. Bless her! - Submitted by: Zoe
I don't think you're ready for 6:30
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
The Story: My dad and I were watching tv when the Destiny's Child song for Target commercial came on and about halfway through the ad my dad looked over at me and went 'are they singing 'I don't think you're ready for 6:30'?!' I laughed so hard and then laughed even harder when I realized he was serious.... - Submitted by: Kayla
I don't think you're ready for fish jelly.
I don't think you're ready for this jelly.
The Story: It kind of made sense to me, I thought that 'fish jelly' meant caviar. So I thought they were saying that the person wasn't ready for the upper class sort of life and upper class girls like themselves. Sure, it was a little gross. But when I learned what the lyrics really were, I thought that was grosser. - Submitted by: Karls
I don't think you're ready for pasketti.
I don't think you're ready for this jelly.
The Story: I was in class, playing silent ball when I heard this song. Pasketti is how little kids pronounce spaghetti and I laughed so hard I couldn't throw the ball straight! - Submitted by: walrus
I don't think you're ready for spaghetti
I don't think you're ready pump this jelly
The Story: My Dad tries to be cool and keep up with all the new songs so when he hauls all my friends around he'll know the words. Unfortunatly, he was wrong on the lyrics of this song. Imagine my surprise (and embarrassment) when he thought Destiny's Child were ready for dinner. - Submitted by: Danielle
I don't think you're ready for this Jeddy
I don't think you're ready for this jelly.
The Story: I was wondering "Who's Jeddy?" "Is that an ex boyfriend?" It took me 10 years to figure out what she was saying. In fact I just found out it was jelly five minutes ago. - Submitted by: AliDee
I don't think you're ready for this challenge
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
The Story: I thought it was challenge right, and i started singing that, and my friend goes, what are you singing, so we go to our school dance and i start singing real loud and was really into the song, until I finally realized the music had been turned off, and I was left singing the part with the challenge. everyone and I mean everyone laughed soooo hard and to this day they still wont let me live it down!!! - Submitted by: *hottie*
I don't think you're ready to f*** this jelly,
I don't think you're ready to f*** this jelly,
I don't think you're ready to f*** this,
'Cuz Bobbie's too bootylicious, Boya babe
I don't think you're ready for this jelly,
I don't think you're ready for this jelly,
I don't think you're ready for this,
'Cuz my body's too bootylicious for ya, babe
The Story: My mom thought it said the same thing. She broke my cd in half and threw it away so that my little sister wouldn't hear that 'trash-talking garbage'. When she found out that those weren't the song lyrics, she had to buy both me and my little sister 3 cd's each to make up for it. My mom is sooooo strange. I'm lucky to have a weird mother like her. What about you? - Submitted by: TayTay
I don't think you're ready to pump this jelly.
I don't think you're ready for this jelly.
The Story: In a car, I heard a story from my girlfriend on how this song fit her and her boyfriend. He didn't know what he was doing in bed. Funny, I thought. - Submitted by: Sarah Moore
I don't think you're ready, don't talk to spaghetti.
I don't think you're ready for this jelly.
The Story: I was talking on the phone with my friend. d I forget why, but we were talking about 'Bootylicious'. I started singing the chorus, and he said, "That's what they're saying? Some girl at school told me they said 'I don't think you're ready, don't talk to spaghetti!'" And I started laughing. - Submitted by: Erin
My toast just popped i think its ready
I don't think you're ready for this jelly
The Story: Making toast lisning to this tune - Submitted by: Davboi
Rip my blouse
Carefully
If you like what you see
Read my lips
Carefully
If you like what you see
The Story: I understood it like that whenever I heard it and was all 'Wow are they racy!' - Submitted by: Marco
All the women who independent
Throw your hands up, Batman!!
All the women who are independent
Throw your hands up at me.
The Story: I was singing it in karaoke. I looked at the words and said, "What the fuh? That's what is says?" And then noticed I was singing karoake in front of people and had to keep singing. - Submitted by: Kriz-tay
The shoes on my feet, I farted
The shoes on my feet, I bought it
The Story: I was listening to the radio on the bus and the dj said when he first heard the song he thought that it was I farted. Then he played it back for us and when we heard it everyone on the bus burst out laughing (okay so maybe they didn't burst out laughing, but they did laugh). Take the time to listen to it again and you'll laugh also. - Submitted by: Mandy
Full of friends and family
Throw your hands up at me
The Story: It sounded like that when I remembered hearing it. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
The club is full of farmers and their crops are all grown
The club is full of ballers and their pockets full grown
The Story: My sisters boyfriend was singing the song on day when it was on the radio and when it got to "The club is full of ballers and their pockets full grown" he sang "The club is full of farmers and their crops are all grown." - Submitted by: Emma Lynn
The club's full of Barneys and their pockets are full of coal
The club's full of ballers and they pockets full grown
The Story: It sounded like this to me on the radio. I had this image of a room full of little purple dinosaurs hopping around. I was disappointed when I learned the real lyrics. - Submitted by: sherri
Ladies leave your men at home
The club is full of baller's and their c*** is full grown.
Ladies leave your men at home
The club is full of baller's and their pocket's full grown.
The Story: When I first heard the song, I was thinking, 'Hmm, these girls really know how to pick out a good man!' LOL - Submitted by: Jenn
The club is full of Pakis
And their n****s f*** one.
The club is full of ballas
And they pockets full grown.
The Story: In a car, I thought I heard my mother sing it. - Submitted by: Punjab Mc
The club is full of ballers and they cock is full grown
The club is full of ballers and they pockets full grown
The Story: Me and my best friend both heard this in the lyrics and just about died laughing. We knew it wasn't possible that they were actually singing about that, but as hard as we tried we couldn't hear anything else.... I finally heard the song on clearer speakers and realized the real lyrics. - Submitted by: Kerianne
Stick it up ma butt.
Make me lose my breath.
The Story: These staccato lyrics made me scratch my head in puzzlement during an edition of 'Top of the Pops'. Surely not on the BBC... - Submitted by: Richie15
Kill me
Feel me
The Story: It wasn't me who misheard this lyric, it was my sister who's 8 years old. I was listening to some songs I had downloaded from the internet, and 'My Heart Still Beats' by Destiny's Child was playing. Suddenly my sister exclaimed, shocked, 'Did she just say kill me? And I laughed my head off. - Submitted by: Katrina Anne
Yell, yell, yell, yell, yell
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
The Story: It makes sense hearing "yeah" as "yell". - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Cinnamon, cinnamon!
Say my name, say my name!
The Story: My dad thought they were singing this when this song came out. - Submitted by: redsimba
He acting gay
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
The Story: Just watched the OG video. My daughter and I agree, Beyonce goes from "yeah yeah yeah yeah" to "he ack-in gay." - Submitted by: Kathy
How would you like it if I came over with mike Vick 🤣🤣
How would you like it if I came over with my clique
The Story: My daughter always thought that was what it said 🤣🤣 - Submitted by: Julie
Hussam's going down; it's the way it seems
Shouldn't be the reason why you're actin' strange
'Cause I know how you lose the blues.
Something's goin' down, that's the way it seems
Shouldn't be no reason why you're actin' strange
'Cause I know how you usually do
The Story: Hussam (pronounced Hoo Sahm) was a kid I went to school with and the song was popular around the time and I thought it may have revolved around someone with the same name. - Submitted by: Ryan
If you ain't running gay
If you ain't running game
The Story: Beyoncé can't be a pervert! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
You're acting gay
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yea
The Story: Beyonce is homophobic - Submitted by: Matt
I will survive her.
I'm a survivor.
The Story: Induced by the histrionic production in the background and coupled with the unfortunate tinniness the speakers of a mini-radio possess, I first heard this in a chemist and just thought Destiny's Child were trying to be literary and archaic with their expressions. - Submitted by: Devil Jones
I'm a survivor
I'm not gon' give her
I'm not gon' slap her, I'm gon' report her
I'm a survivor
I'm not gon' give up
I'm not gon' stop (what)
I'm gon' work harder.
The Story: I really wanted to slap someone whenever this song came on. - Submitted by: Alonzo
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