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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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Living Colour's, "Cult Of Personality"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I ate a gumdrop
I ate a gumdrop
I ate a gumdrop
Personality!
The Real Lyrics:
I am the cult of
I am the cult of
I am the cult of
Personality.
The Story: This song always is on the Muzak at the place I work, and it was so quiet I couldn't understand what he was singing. I kept hearing "I ate a gumdrop, I ate a gumdrop, I ate a gumdrop" and kept wondering why anyone would sing about eating a gumdrop. - Submitted by: OrangeXenon54
Living Colour's, "Cult Of Personality"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The coked-up personality
The Real Lyrics:
The cult of personality
The Story: I have asked about 30 people. Everyone knew the song, but couldn't think of what it really said and who sang the song. I started getting people to believe that the song really said, 'Coked up personality'. - Submitted by: Kelly Jo Wainscott

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