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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. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.

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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Idlewild's, "Rusty"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Dippy The Dog knows you're not original.
The Real Lyrics:
You definitely don't know you're not original.
The Story: There I was, listening away to what seemed a credible album overall...and then this line came up and made me shout 'what the..!?' with incredulity. Who on Earth is 'Dippy The Dog'? And from the sounds of things, he sounded very presumptuous. It was only when I saw the lyrics one day a while later I realised...and for the rest of that day I couldn't stop laughing. - Submitted by: Devil Jones
Idlewild's, "You Don't Have The Heart"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Tin-Tin Out! (Shut up!)
The Real Lyrics:
Sit up! (Shut up!)
The Story: This was heard during a time when monotonous Tin-Tin Out were inexplicably popular and because of this. I was horrified at the notion that they managed somehow to infiltrate the lyrics of a credible band. Obviously I was sceptical to it all, so later on I laughed inwardly after seeing the real lyrics online. - Submitted by: Devil Jones

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