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!).
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Gloria Gaynor album at Amazon.com
I deal my own d*ck
Sometimes it's ace, sometimes abusive
I deal my own deck
Sometimes the aces sometimes the deuces
The Story: Well, she IS a gay icon after all. - Submitted by: S
And so you’re back, from modesty
And so you're back, from outer space.
The Story: I have always thought that was what Gloria was singing until my husband and I were watching downtown abbey, and every time someone said “so you’re back”, my husband would chime in with “from outer space” and I didn’t know why he would sing that. Then he told me and then I realized that I had been hearing wrong this whole time - Submitted by: Pauline
But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong
And I grew strong
and I learned how to get it on
But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong
And I grew strong
and I learned how to get along
The Story: I have a friend who's a preacher's daughter, and she likes to dance to this song. One day, I started singing it for her - and when she heard me say the line as I thought it was, she gasped and said, 'Molly, what are you saying?' That's when I learned I was wrong... - Submitted by: Molly
Did you think I’m a trombone?
or
Did you think I’m in trouble?
Did you think I’d crumble?
The Story: I wondered if she’d be a trombone, in trouble, or crumble, when the latter was correct - Submitted by: Cody Finke
It took all the s*** I had not to fall apart.
It took all the strength I had not to fall apart.
The Story: I was always wondering why she said that and what it meant, and I thought that was pretty dirty language for a disco singer in the 70's. Then one day I asked about it, and I was embarassingly corrected. - Submitted by: Josh
Just thinking I could never give
Without the poo at my side.
Just thinking i could never live
Without you by my side.
The Story: Once, my cousin and I were singing that part when we were at the mall. It was so embarassing when all the people there turned to look at us so surprised. - Submitted by: Andre
Weren't you the one who tried to rape me with his eyes?
Weren't you the one who tried to break me....
The Story: That's just what I heard Gloria sing. - Submitted by: Tarzana
It's that same old Disney hang-up
It's that same old dizzy hang up
The Story: If Gloria Gaynor had use a Mickey Mouse phone, then yes. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
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