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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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Sia's, "Chandelier"
The Misheard Lyrics:
All for tonight
The Real Lyrics:
Over tonight
The Story: It sure sounded like "All for tonight". - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Sia's, "Chandelier"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Come back to Lionel's Bar!
The Real Lyrics:
Throw 'em back, till I lose count
The Story: I swear, just play this song and go to the part where these lyrics are and listen. I promise you'll hear it. Everyone else who I've told this to can't hear it as anything else now. 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 3, come back to Lionel's Barrrrrr! Who is Lionel?!?!??! Why did the person leave his Bar? Serious questions. - Submitted by: Mike
Sia's, "Chandelier"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm
Gonna scream
From the chim-in-nee!
From the chim-in-nee-NEE!

1-2-3
1-2-3, 3
The Real Lyrics:
I'm
Gonna swing
From the chandelier
From the chandelier
1-2-3

1-2-3, drink
The Story: I still can't quite hear it right even reading the allegedly correct words - Submitted by: Foxxe
Sia's, "Chandelier"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I’m gonna swing from the chien andalou, from the chien andalou
The Real Lyrics:
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
The Story: Maybe part of Sia’s mystique stems from the fact that she’s a fan of Luis Bunuel. - Submitted by: A G
Sia's, "Chandelier"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Potty girls don't get hurt.
Don't feel and don't sing. When will I ever learn?
I push you down, I push you down.
The Real Lyrics:
Party girls don't get hurt.
Don't feel anything, when will I learn?
I push it down, I push it down.
The Story: This was the first Sia song I had heard (and I'm in love with her music now) and I wasn't prepared for her Australian accent. I'm absolutely terrible with accents. - Submitted by: Kensington
Sia's, "Cheap Thrills"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Baby I don’t need no alcohol to have fun tonight
The Real Lyrics:
Baby I don't need dollar bills to have fun tonight
The Story: Thought it was a positive message :( - Submitted by: Matt
Sia's, "Cheap Thrills"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hi Picasso
The Real Lyrics:
Hit the dance floor
The Story: It sounded like she was saying hello to Pablo Picasso, even though he was dead. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Sia's, "Cheap Thrills"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hit the dumbsta'
The Real Lyrics:
Hit the dance floor
The Story: I thought it made no sense that she was singing about going to the dumpster. - Submitted by: Iñaki
Sia's, "Cheap Thrills"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I love Dean Phelps!
The Real Lyrics:
I love cheap thrills!
The Story: I was on my way home from school when this song came on the radio. Someone in the car told a story about her friend yelling this line. I can't unhear it. - Submitted by: Jason Blooey
Sia's, "Cheap Thrills"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I love pigtails!
The Real Lyrics:
I love cheap thrills!
The Story: No story except that I think I've seen some photos of her with pigtails, so I thought it was legit all the time (obviously I'm not a huge fan and didn't know the name of the song!!) - Submitted by: carpe
Sia's, "Cheap Thrills"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I love sheep tails
The Real Lyrics:
I love cheap thrills
The Story: It sounded like sheep tails - Submitted by: CJEtelomar
Sia's, "Cheap Thrills"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Till I hit the dumpster, hit the dumpster
OR
Hit the gun store, hit the gun store
The Real Lyrics:
Till I hit the dance floor,
Hit the dance floor
The Story: I'm a cycling trainer. Was doing a training session and asked my riders what they were hearing. - Submitted by: Mari McGrordy
Sia's, "Elastic Heart"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I’m still farting carpets.
The Real Lyrics:
I’m still fighting for peace
The Story: With fighting it’s most commonly heard as “farting” and for “for peace” it sounds like carpets. - Submitted by: Sharie Zuluaga
Sia's, "Fire Meet Gasoline"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Fiery trampoline
The Real Lyrics:
Fire meet gasoline
The Story: This was actually my husband's mistake, not mine. - Submitted by: Cadhla
Sia's, "Reaper"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You fart on me like the darkest cloud
The Real Lyrics:
You followed me like the darkest cloud
The Story: Well... listen to it for yourself! - Submitted by: Fuzzbean
Sia's, "Santa's Coming for Us"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Send a strong man for us
The Real Lyrics:
Santa's coming for us
The Story: For the third time in a month, my wife and I had a laugh about her strange interpretations, the last two of which were apparently quite widespread: lookup "shower me horse" and "turtle on my knee"... She seems to be unique on this one, though :-) - Submitted by: Karen
Sia's, "The Greatest"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I f*** Dominos
The Real Lyrics:
I got stamina
The Story: I was singing this in a rival pizza shop, the staff laughed so hard they gave me a free pizza. - Submitted by: Londoner
Sia's, "Unstoppable"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a Borgia with no
The Real Lyrics:
I'm a Porsche with no brakes.
The Story: Well, given that in Porsche the e is silent, I didn't hear that word. Also the Borgia family was pretty unstoppable and invincible at times. - Submitted by: CB

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