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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!).

Shawn Mendes', "Ay, Caramba"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Ay, Columbo
or
Ay, Columbia
The Real Lyrics:
Ay, Caramba
The Story: I thought he was referring to the TV detective Columbo or the country of Columbia. - Submitted by: Puncho Villa
Shawn Mendes', "I Know What You Did Last Summer"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The Bitch is on her phone.
The Real Lyrics:
The pictures on her phone.
The Story: I was just listening to it when i was like what did you say. - Submitted by: Gibson
Shawn Mendes', "If I Can't Have You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Is it wrong of me to knock one out?
The Real Lyrics:
Is it wrong for me to not want half?
The Story: Singing in the car with friends, sang the lyric like I thought it was meant to be... turns out I was wrong.😂 - Submitted by: Katie
Shawn Mendes', "Mercy"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Would you please have mercy on me
I'm a puppy on your street
And even though you got good intentions
I need you to set me free
The Real Lyrics:
Would you please have mercy on me
I'm a puppet on your strings
And even though you got good intentions
I need you to set me free
The Story: I thought these were the lyrics until my sister corrected me. It was funny. - Submitted by: sona13singer
Shawn Mendes', "Once in Royal David's City"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Once in Boys and Davids city stood a lonely crackle shed
The Real Lyrics:
Once in royal David's city stood a lowly cattle shed
The Story: So at our school we are learning this song and the teacher is new so she thought this is the lyrics and we just went on! - Submitted by: Rita
Shawn Mendes', "Stitches"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Aching, farting on tamales.
The Real Lyrics:
Aching, falling onto my knees.
The Story: I was driving my car and I turned on the radio...at first I though this song was saying "farting on tamales" so I looked it up...and this website came up. - Submitted by: Deez Nuts
Shawn Mendes', "Stitches"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Beat it till I can't breathe, chicken falling onto moneys
The Real Lyrics:
Bleed until I can't breathe, shaking falling onto my knees
The Story: It makes no sense. - Submitted by: Anonymous
Shawn Mendes', "Stitches"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Beat it till I cant breathe chicken farting on to my knees
The Real Lyrics:
Bleed until I can't breathe, shaking falling onto my knees
The Story: I heard it off Spotify. - Submitted by: musicman32
Shawn Mendes', "Stitches"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Needle in the bread, gotta get you outta my head.
Needle in the bread, gonna wind up dead
The Real Lyrics:
Needle and the thread, gotta get you outta my head
Needle and the thread, gonna wind up dead
The Story: Hello, I am from NL. I figured the songtest to be so weird, so I had to look it up on the internet : D - Submitted by: J
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