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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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Missy Elliott's, "Get Ur Freak On"

The Misheard Lyrics:

Get your fleece on

The Real Lyrics:

Get ur freak on

The Story: I heard this in a GMC commercial, so I am submitting this here. - Submitted by: Cody Finke

Missy Elliott's, "Get Ur Freak On"

The Misheard Lyrics:

Haflinger

The Real Lyrics:

Head banga

The Story: I had this song on a CD I'd gotten for Christmas back in about 2007, and I knew she couldn't be just saying a random horse breed at the beginning of the song, but no matter how much I repeated the intro to the track I couldn't hear anything else. - Submitted by: A Nanny Mouse

Missy Elliott's, "Get Ur Freak On"

The Misheard Lyrics:

I'm lasting twenty rounds
And if you want me (hippo) then come and get me now

The Real Lyrics:

I'm lasting twenty rounds
And if you want me (nigga) then come and get me now

The Story: Okay, this one sounds way different than what the lyrics apparently are, but I swear this is what I've heard since I was a little boy and had this on a CD. I first heard it when I was about 3 years old or so, and ever since I still hear it the same way. I had no clue she was saying "nigga"... even the real lyric doesn't sound like the word. It's odd... anyway, that's how I've misheard it for the past 15+ years. - Submitted by: Bub Bub

Missy Elliott's, "Work It!"

The Misheard Lyrics:

Is your premonition framstead?

The Real Lyrics:

['I put my thang down, flip it, and reverse it', played backwards.]

The Story: In my senior year of high school, I had an economics teacher named Mrs. Framstead. A little while later, I heard the song, and misheard the lyric, so everybody used it to annoy her. Then, I heard the real lyrics, but we still do the misheard ones to annoy her. - Submitted by: Park High Boy

Missy Elliott's, "Work It"

The Misheard Lyrics:

I put my thang down flip it and reverse it
It’s your premanission yem yep

The Real Lyrics:

I put my thang down, flip it and reverse it
It's your fremme neppa venette.

The Story: My dad sings it like this every day, and I just wanted to see if he was right. - Submitted by: piper

Missy Elliott's, "Work It"

The Misheard Lyrics:

I put my thing down flip it and reverse it.
It's yours if you get the pussy wet.

The Real Lyrics:

I put my thing down flip it and reverse it
Ti esrever dna ti nwod gniht ym tup i.

The Story: This is honestly what I thought I heard. I just thought it was electronically sped up a little in order to not make it so obvious. I'm a 42 year young guy and was recently singing it in my truck when it came on the radio here in Georgia. Alan, my friend in the passenger seat yelled, "What!?" and started laughing. He quickly told me that it was reversed lyrics and that I had it wrong. Once I realized he was right I cracked up! - Submitted by: Johnny B

Missy Elliott's, "Work It"

The Misheard Lyrics:

If you got a big d*"k(edited with elephant sound), let me search ya, to find out how hard I gotta work ya, is your fricker nickers wet yet (×2)

The Real Lyrics:

I put my thing down flip it and reverse it. (Played backwards)

The Story: If you look in the urban dictionary fricker means f*#@ing and nickers are underwear. So I thought she was asking if she worked it just right so he got an erection therefore "pre-cumming" in his underwear. - Submitted by: Amanda

Missy Elliott's, "Work It"

The Misheard Lyrics:

Is the fern that I ordered in yet?

The Real Lyrics:

('I put my thing down, flip it, and reverse it' played backwards.)

The Story: Some coworkers and I were just trying to figure out the words one day and this is what we came up with. That is, before we learned that the lyrics were just actually reversed. - Submitted by: Bennett

Missy Elliott's, "Work It"

The Misheard Lyrics:

Is the fur on my furry nipple wet?

The Real Lyrics:

('I put my thing down, flip it, and reverse it' played backwards.)

Missy Elliott's, "Work It"

The Misheard Lyrics:

It's your feminine-nin-nin plan-yan!
(Come on)
It's your feminine-nin-nin plan-yan!

The Real Lyrics:

I put my thing down flip it and reverse it. (Played backwards)
(Come on)
I put my thing down flip it and reverse it. (Played backwards)

The Story: I knew that didn't make sense. - Submitted by: Steve K

Missy Elliott's, "Work It"

The Misheard Lyrics:

It's yours even if it ain't wet

The Real Lyrics:

I put my thing down flip it and reverse it. (Played backwards)

The Story: An ex pointed it out and I can't unhear it. - Submitted by: Bert Rengaw

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