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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!).

Hootie & The Blowfish's, "Let Her Cry"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Dad's the one I love the most, and Stipe's not far behind
The Real Lyrics:
She says Dar's the one I love the most
And Stipe's not far behind.
The Story: Darius Rucker says that she says "Dar" (pronounced dare, short for Darius, lead singer of Hootie) is the one she loves the most and Stipe (Michael Spite, lead singer of R.E.M.) isn't far behind. Sometimes he sings the line, "And Mike Stipe's not far behind". - Submitted by: John W
Hootie & The Blowfish's, "Let Her Cry"
The Misheard Lyrics:
She says Dad's the one I love the most
And Stipe's not far behind.
The Real Lyrics:
She says Dar's the one I love the most
And Stipe's not far behind.
The Story: She's talking to Darius Rucker, "Dar" (pronounced "Dare").
She's saying that she loves Darius (lead singer of Hootie and the Blowfish)
But that Michael Stipe (lead singer of REM) is not far behind.

She says Dar's (Dare's) the one I love the most. - Submitted by: So_Obvious
Hootie & The Blowfish's, "Let Her Cry"
The Misheard Lyrics:
She says Dad's the one I love the most
And Stipe's not far behind.
The Real Lyrics:
She says Dar's the one I love the most
And Stipe's not far behind.
The Story: The reference is to folk musician Dar Williams and Peter Stipe R.E.M lead vocalist. - Submitted by: Ncedo
Hootie & The Blowfish's, "Let Her Cry"
The Misheard Lyrics:
She says Dar's the one I love the most...
The Real Lyrics:
She says Dad's the one I love the most And Stipe's not far behind.
The Story: I always thought it was supposed to be Dar (i.e. Darius), not Dad. It just made more sense to me, and I will continue to sing it that way until I hear Darius Rucker say it's wrong. - Submitted by: Vin
Hootie & the Blowfish's, "Hold My Hand"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Cold as Ice
The Real Lyrics:
Hold My Hand
The Story: I could have sworn it was a Foreigner reference... - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Hootie & the Blowfish's, "Only Wanna Be with You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm such a baby bear, the dolphins make me cry
The Real Lyrics:
I'm such a baby, yeah, the dolphins make me cry
The Story: I thought it was about baby bears and dolphins. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
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