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!).
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Oh oh, here she comes
She's a mad beaver.
Oh oh, here she comes
She's a maneater.
The Story: This is my friend's misheard lyric. For years growing up, she thought these were the words. She thought it made sense that a beaver would chew someone up and spit them out. - Submitted by: Chelsy
She's not mine either.
She's a maneater.
The Story: My mom said when the song came out (I was early school age), I used to sit in the back seat and sing loudly: "Oh, oh here she comes...she's not mine either." Hey, she sounded like a bad person in the song, I figured he didn't want to claim her. My mother keeps a copy of the song so she can listen to it and laugh thinking of my interpretation. - Submitted by: Liz L
The woman is wild
And she got tamed by the perfect jaguar.
The woman is wild
A she-cat tamed by the purr of a Jaguar.
The Story: That's how I heard it for years. I didn't learn the real words until I bought 'Dangerous Dances': The Authorized Biography. I'm surprised that so many other people got it wrong, too. - Submitted by: Azuree
Everything they told me of, I get on TV.
M-E-T-H-O-D-O-F-L-O-V-E
The Story: I was a mindless teenager. (Huh?) This was one of those summertime songs on the radio at the pool. I figured Darryl and John were singing about how young people can learn about modern love from watching TV. Then I saw the video. Duh. - Submitted by: Eric Liming
You can ride on a big fat bunny.
You can rely on the old man's money.
The Story: My neice (in college now) used to sing it this way at the top of her lungs. I like it better! - Submitted by: Buddyboy
Every teenage monkey O-F L-O-V-E
M-E-T-H-O-D-O-F-L-O-V-E
The Story: My college roommate fell to the ground laughing when I told her that this is what this lyric always sounded like to me. She still reminds me of it, 20 years later, even though I assured her I didn't really THINK that's what it was. That's just what it SOUNDED like, to me. I had no idea that they were spelling out letters! - Submitted by: Amy Brandt
Rabbit eyes
Private eyes
The Story: I was in the car with my mom and this song came on the radio. I'd never heard it before and I thought they were singing 'Rabbit Eyes'. I started to sing with the music 'Rabbit Eyes, they're watching you'. My mom busted up laughing. - Submitted by: Jessie
Manny Moose the Drowsy Queen
Many moods and drowsy dreams
The Story: I like to drive my sister crazy by singing the 'sounds-like' lyrics, rather than the real ones. We affectionately refer to this song as 'Manny the Moose.' - Submitted by: ReenieS
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