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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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DMX's, "Party On"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Ya'll gonna make me lose my mind,
Pumpkin Head, Pumpkin Head
The Real Lyrics:
Ya'll gonna make me lose my mind,
Up in here, up in here
The Story: The song really does sound like he's saying 'Pumpkin Head' in the chorus! They started playing this song in one of their mixes at the Palace Night Club in Hollywood. I was really excited to hear it so I started singing along to it as I danced, however, I was singing my version. Little known to me, my incoherence of the song lead to alot of glances from the other partiers. - Submitted by: Terry Shea
DMX's, "Party Up (Up In Here)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Cabo make me lose my mind
Up in here, up in here.
The Real Lyrics:
Y'all gonna make me lose my mind
Up in here, up in here.
The Story: The entire dance floor a El Squid Roe dance club in Cabo San Lucas, Baja, Mexico was singing the misheard lyric as loud as they could. - Submitted by: Lexi
DMX's, "Party Up (Up In Here)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Garbo makes me lose my mind, up in here, up in here
The Real Lyrics:
Y'all gon' make me lose my mind, up in here, up in here
The Story: I heard this and thought they must love old movies, especially ones with Greta Garbo. I imagined a bunch of tough rappers sitting around sobbing watching Camille, but then my sister told me the real lyrics and laughed at me. It's called the Garbo Song now. - Submitted by: sherri
DMX's, "Party Up (Up In Here)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Khairul make me lose my mind, up in here, up in here!
AND
Khairul make me act a fool, up in here, up in here!
The Real Lyrics:
Y'all gonna make me lose my mind
Up in here, up in here.
AND
Y'all gon' make me go all out
Up in here, up in here
The Story: I work with the most awesome guy named Khairul, he doesn't make me lose my mind but it goes well with this song. - Submitted by: SOSMan
DMX's, "Party Up (Up in Here)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Garbo make me lose my mind Up in here, up in here Garbo make me go all out Up in here, up in here
The Real Lyrics:
Y'all gon' make me lose my mind Up in here, up in here Y'all gon' make me go all out Up in here, up in here
The Story: This illustrates exactly why subtitles (closed captions) are needed all the time on all channels. I'm autistic, and as a result, genuinely thought DMX was saying something about Greta Garbo in an advert for McDonald's until a friend showed me the lyrics on her smartphone. - Submitted by: Naughty Autie
DMX's, "Party Up"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Pumpkin head, pumpkin head
The Real Lyrics:
Up in here, up in here
The Story: A barback in the bar I work in was walking around singing 'Pumpkin Head, Pumpkin Head' and he convinced another employee that those were the actual lyrics. Big joke now - Submitted by: Allen Dickenson
DMX's, "Party Up"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Y'all gon' make me lose my mind
Pump it here; pump it there.
The Real Lyrics:
Y'all gon' make me lose my mind
Up in here, up in here.
The Story: I actually couldn't understand many of the lyrics to this song and thought it was about weight lifting, hence the 'pump.' - Submitted by: Emily
DMX's, "Party Up"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Yabbo make me lose my mind
The Real Lyrics:
Y'all gonna make me lose my mind
The Story: When I was at work, this song was playing on the radio. I had just told a male co-worker that 'yabbo' was slang for a woman's breast. In fact, I had ask a female co-worker if she knew who sang the song 'Yabbo'. She said she didn't know, because she apparently was not a big rap fan. Only later when I listened more carefully that I realized my error. - Submitted by: soul ii
DMX's, "Party Up"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Yago make me lose my mind
Up in here, up in here
Yago make me act a fool
Up in here, up in here.
The Real Lyrics:
Y'all gonna make me lose my mind
Up in here, up in here
Y'all gonna make me act the fool
Up in here, up in here.
The Story: I heard this song as I was driving down the road...only because the teenagers in the car with me wanted to listen to their music. I thought that somebody had found a way to make Shakespeare current for this generation. I was just about to tell these young people all about Othello, but something inside of me told me to keep my mouth shut. This was one time when that inner voice was right...and I decided to listen to it. - Submitted by: Johnny WhiteBoy
DMX's, "Where Da Hood At?"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Had a n**** in da club with a woody. [wood-ay]
The Real Lyrics:
Have that n**** in the cut, where the wood at?
The Story: this sound clip is used a lot in troll flash submissions. - Submitted by: Tired Of Trolls
DMX's, "X Gonna Give It to Ya"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I've been doing this for nineteen years
Wanna fight me? Fight these kids.
The Real Lyrics:
I've been doing this for nineteen years
Wanna fight me? Fight these tears.
The Story: I was talking to my spouse about these lyrics saying what an impactful line it was and what I thought it meant, and he was like "huh?" I looked the lyrics up and now we're here. - Submitted by: Kei

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