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!).
Foreigner - Complete Greatest Hits album at Amazon.com
Hot burnin'
Hot blooded
The Story: Soap splashing argument in the shower this morning left me chagrined with a funny taste in my mouth. - Submitted by: ummm
In my life, there's been hotcakes and grain
or
In my life, there's been hot ice and pain
or
In my life, that's been all I can take.
In my life, there's been heartache and pain.
The Story: I used to hear it a lot when I was younger, and I'd have the radio on to help me to fall asleep. Usually when I heard it, I was falling asleep. So I didn't quite fully hear the lyrics right. - Submitted by: Larcen Tyler
Virgin, virgin
Urgent, urgent
The Story: I was riding in the car with my cousins and my dad. My cousin Kevin starts singing, 'Virgin, virgin!', at the top of his lungs. I nearly died laughing because it was so ridiculous. - Submitted by: Becca
Oertchen, auf's Oertchen
Urgent , so urgent
The Story: Unfortunality 'Urgent' sounds like 'Oertchen' in German, which means 'loo' or 'restroom'. So I was quite embarassed hearing the song later with a larger English vocabulary. - Submitted by: Gregory
Oogie, boogie
Urgent, urgent
The Story: I was listening to this song on my father's radio while he was driving. When this song came on, he started to sing 'Oogie, boogie'. When I tried to correct him, he replied, 'The Urgent Boogie?!!' - Submitted by: rocker
Turgent, Turgent, Turgent
Urgent, Urgent, Urgent
The Story: A 6-year old girl I was babysitting at the time kept insisting that we had a song about doing laundry. I told her I couldn't think of what she meant. Then she picked up the Tide box and said 'You know the song, 'Turgent, 'Turgent, 'Turgent. I'm actually glad that was the meaning she got out of the song at the age of 6. - Submitted by: Melanie Mitchelll
Virgin, emergency
Urgent, emergency
The Story: My girlfriend made us laugh so hard when she was singing along about the emergency of there being a virgin in the area! - Submitted by: Kathie
Happy wedding, for a girl like
You to come into my eyes.
I've been waiting, for a girl like you
To come into my life.
The Story: My little cousin told me, "Do you know what is my favourite song?. The Happy Wedding song! I was like, "What's that??" - Submitted by: Maria R
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