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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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Prefab Sprout's, "King Of Rock 'N' Roll"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hot dog, jump in fire, I want cupcake
The Real Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
The Story: For years I heard this song on the radio, and always thought that those were the lyrics, but knew that they didn't sound right. - Submitted by: Emily
Prefab Sprout's, "King Of Rock 'N' Roll"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog, I love Lucy.
The Real Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
The Story: I heard it on the radio for the first time in ages. That's what I thought I heard. Later that night, I was singing it to my daughter Jessica as 'Hot dog, jumping frog, I love Jessie.' - Submitted by: Steven Carrie
Prefab Sprout's, "King Of Rock 'N' Roll"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hotdog, jump in front, Albert Kirky
The Real Lyrics:
Hotdog, jumping frog Albuquerque.
The Story: literally been singing this for years wrong - Submitted by: anon
Prefab Sprout's, "King Of Rock 'n' Roll"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hot-dog, jumping frog, I want cookie.
The Real Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque.
The Story: For four years this was my dog's 'special song'. (My dog is called 'Cookie'.) - Submitted by: Bobbi Parry
Prefab Sprout's, "King Of Rock'n Roll"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog, Amber Cookie.
The Real Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque.
The Story: Not only was this lyric quoted wrong, but it was handed in as a request to my uncle, a dj, with the band as 'Prefab Spout'. - Submitted by: Keir Cooke
Prefab Sprout's, "King of Rock 'N' Roll"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hot dog, Jonathon frost, I want cookie.
The Real Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
The Story: I was in my car, having a soda pop, when I heard music, I stopped sucking and told everyone to shut up, I heard cookie, and I got them lyrics. - Submitted by: Megan
Prefab Sprout's, "King of Rock 'N' Roll"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog, hard boiled cookie!
The Real Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
The Story: sung this lyric for years!!! Really thought it said hard boiled cookie despite the fact that it's bakingly innacurate! - Submitted by: Steve
Prefab Sprout's, "King of Rock and Roll"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hot dog, chocolate fudge, I want cookie
The Real Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque.
The Story: It was playing in McDonalds and I seriously did a double 'hear' when I heard the lyrics. - Submitted by: Joe
Prefab Sprout's, "King of Rock and Roll"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog - Albert Gerkin
The Real Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog - Albuquerque
The Story: 'So' my son asked, 'Who is this Albert Gerkin?' - Submitted by: Lynda
Prefab Sprout's, "King of Rock and Roll"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog, Alba Cookie
The Real Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
The Story: When I was a child, my parents would play an Eighties CD which included this song in a CD player that was made by Alba, so I always thought the 'Alba Cookie' was some kind of edible promotional item. - Submitted by: Ribena Soup
Prefab Sprout's, "King of Rock and Roll"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog, have a cookie
The Real Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque.
The Story: Heard this when I was a kid and thought these were the genuine lyrics, so I was constantly singing it like that for years. - Submitted by: geekgirl101
Prefab Sprout's, "King of Rock and Roll"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hot-dog, junk and fry, I want cookie!
The Real Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque.
The Story: I thought this song was about junk food etc. and that the person wanted a cookie instead of all that junk food. So my brother and I have always sung it this way. But when I searched this sentence on the Internet to find the song, I saw it was wrong. - Submitted by: Doremi
Prefab Sprout's, "King of Rock n Roll"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog, Alba cookie
The Real Lyrics:
Hotdog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
The Story: As an Autie with auditory discrimination issues, this was the only line I've ever heard, and even then get it wrong! - Submitted by: Sheogorath
Prefab Sprout's, "The King of Rock 'n' Roll"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hot dog jumping for Albert's cookie
The Real Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque.
The Story: I honestly thought this was about a hungry dog. For years I tried to find this song by searching for the lyrics in which I thought were real. No wonder I never got anywhere. It was only when someone hard my singing it to myself that I eventually found out the truth. - Submitted by: Curlibear
Prefab Sprout's, "The King of Rock 'n' Roll"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog and blue cookie
The Real Lyrics:
Hotdog, jumping frog Albequerque!
The Story: It was my daughter's version. She was a big Sesame Street fan - Submitted by: Peter
Prefab Sprout's, "The King of Rock 'n' Roll"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hot dung, jump in front, I want cookie.
The Real Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque.
The Story: I couldn't believe my ears when I heard this song for the first time. I was sure they were singing "I want cookie". - Submitted by: Paul Jones
Prefab Sprout's, "The King of Rock and Roll"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog. I want cookie
The Real Lyrics:
Hot dog, jumping frog. Albuquerque.
The Story: Ever since I first heard the song these are what I thought the lyrics are. I’m almost 50 and only found out today 15:10:21 that I’ve been wrong all this time. I thought my girlfriend was joking when she told me the correct lyrics. - Submitted by: Gareth Farmer
There are more Prefab Sprout misheard lyrics available.
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