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!).
I'll never loose a rat poem.
Another loser anthem
The Story: I was listening to my sister's cd without her knowing it. The only way she found out was that when she came home I was singing it really loud. By the time I explained that it was a song, she had figured out that it was her cd. She was laughing so hard, she fell on the floor and rolled around for about 3 minutes. - Submitted by: Lizzy Gunn
I'm just in my agressive state of mind.
I'm just a minor threat so pay no mind.
The Story: Good Charlotte is my favorite band, and I would always sing this song and stuff. I never realized that I was hearing it wrong until I was practicing the song (and using a lyrics sheet) when I performed it in a talent show a few years ago. - Submitted by: Kristin
Never use a restroom.
Another loser anthem
The Story: In the video which I first heard the song, I thought Benji was really singing 'never use a restroom' 'cause in the scene which Benji sings that, he looks like he has to go. - Submitted by: Rhiannon
This is the Anthem, blow all their heads off.
This is the Anthem, throw all your hands up.
The Story: My dad made this lyric mistake. He didn't want me to listen to it anymore, until I made the correction for him. - Submitted by: No & Ko
Girls don't like boys
Girls like cars and bunnies.
Girls don't like boys
Girls like cars and money.
The Story: I sung it that way many times until I decided to reverse the genders to mix it up, and decided money sounded better. - Submitted by: Kelsey
Girls don't like boys
Girls like scars that are bloody.
Girls don't like boys
Girls like cars and money.
The Story: I was listening to it one day. I just replied, "What??? Ewww!!!" - Submitted by: Christelle
Sugar bear
To the beat
The Story: - Submitted by: Purvi
Girls don't like boys, girls like Cousin Murray.
Girls don't like boys, girls like cars and money.
The Story: My family aide's boyfriend actually misheard them. We were discussing misheard lyrics and she told me about him listening to Girls and Boys. He was singing, 'Girls don't like boys, girls like Cousin Murray', and she was looking at him like, 'What are you on about?' - Submitted by: April Slocombe
And these girls like these boys and these boys like these boys
While girls wipe there bodies the boys do Karate.
And these girls like the boys and the boys like the girls
But girls like their bodies while boys like Farraris.
The Story: When I told my friends this, they thought it was gross. But then they told me the real lyrics the next day. - Submitted by: Rebecca Gale
Hold on if you feel like vertigo
Hold on if you feel like letting go
The Story: I kept thinking this had to do with U2's song "Vertigo" which came out after this one. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Little Fags, Little Fags
Little things
The Story: Remember this song in "Dude, Where's my car?" The part when Jesse and Chester were making out? Well i thought the lyrics were "little fags" to refer to Jesse and Chester. - Submitted by: Nick
Mona Baby
Motivate me.
The Story: We were sitting in the car. I had the cd in the car and it was playing this song. My mom was singing along, repeating 'Mona baby' instead of 'Motivate me'. If you think about it, it really does sound like it. - Submitted by: Jessica
It's like no one understands
And I'm left with fifty hands.
It's like no one understands
And I'm left with empty hands.
The Story: I am from Germany and heard this song first when I was on students exchange in the USA. When I heard the song, I asked my exchange partner and some of her friends: "For what the h*** does this guy need fifty hands?" I still remember how they laughed at me. - Submitted by: Seagull
Layin' in the summer grass
You told me not to touch your breasts
As I told you how I feel.
Layin' in the summer grass
You told me not to talk so fast
As I told you how I feel.
The Story: My best friend was laying down one night half asleep. I had this song on, and as soon as that verse was over, she sat up real fast and goes 'what did he just say?!' - Submitted by: Erica
I never lose a rat bone.
Another loser anthem
The Story: This was another time I misunderstood something my daughter listens to. We were driving in the car and I heard this. She laughed at me when I asked her what rat bones were and why they didn't lose them. - Submitted by: m kiefer
I never lose the rat dog.
Another loser anthem
The Story: I wasn't the one who misheard this, it was my dad. He's always trying to be 'cool', so when we were listening to this song, he started singing. At the end, they keep repeating 'another loser anthem', so my dad figured he had heard it enough times to know the words. (Yeah, you can guess the rest. That's our inside joke though.) Every time he hears this song, he sings 'I never lose the rat dog' at the end. - Submitted by: lil vicious
Look at me pussy cat doll
Another loser anthem
The Story: Well I was singing in the car on a long family trip and I had my head phones on. My sis asked my what I was listening to while laughing and when I told her Good Charlotte, she laughed even harder and preceded to correct me. - Submitted by: Timi Zhuo
This is the anthem
Blow all your heads off.
[Later]
I never use the restroom.
This is the anthem
Throw all your hands up.
[Later]
Another loser anthem
The Story: I was listening to this song with my friend at night. And all of a sudden I asked someone, "Dude? Why does he want us to blow our heads off? I don't get it." The restroom one was actually something my other friend heard. - Submitted by: Stinky Marshmellow
Joel's big b***s
I'm letting go.
Darkness falls
I'm letting go.
The Story: When I found out the correct lyrics, I told my little sister the misheard lyrics. Then she kept singing it around the house. - Submitted by: amanda dickson
Fans are lazy, endless crazy.
Spend your lazy endless crazy days.
The Story: I told my friend that was what it says, then she started singing it in front of all of these other Good Charlotte fans. Needless to say, they made fun of her. - Submitted by: Jessica
Bath time in the river for my bones.
Baptized in the river on my own.
The Story: I was listening to the song with a friend she was singing the Avenged Sevenfold part I was doing Good Charlotte part. I thought it said "bath time in the river for my bones". I thought that line didn't make sense with the rest of the song. My friend showed me. I felt so stupid. - Submitted by: Tuesona
I've done a lot of things wrong but I swear I'm a Belieber
I've done a lot of things wrong but I swear I'm a believer
The Story: I first heard this song when Justin Bieber was popular for the first time. His fans are called Belieber. I was like "what the f***ing hell! Good Charlotte, a rock band, likes Justin Bieber!" and when I saw the lyric I was a little bit embarrassed. - Submitted by: Matt Howard
Ritalin, Ritalin, Ritalin, Ritalin, Ritalin
In myself.
We believe, we believe, we believe, we believe, we believe
In this love.
The Story: I seriously thought it said 'Ritalin', because the commercial I heard it from that was the only part they played. That was what it sounded like. - Submitted by: Nermal
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