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.
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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!).
All American Girls album at Amazon.com
A-wa-a-wa
He's the greatest dancer.
I wonder why
He's the greatest dancer.
The Story: My 7 year old daughter insists they are singing this! - Submitted by: J Harrison
Ah-whattoo whaaaa
He's the greatest dancer.
I wonder why
He's the greatest dancer.
The Story: My girlfriend and I debated this all day and she finally proved me wrong. I still sing it my way. "Ah-whattoo-wha!" - Submitted by: Tracey
He looks like a shill,
That man is dressed to kill
He looks like a still
That man is dressed to kill.
The Story: LOL...But, I have to admit...I got the biggest kick out of reading the entry 'he looks like a dill'. I have never seen this site before - but, I really like it. I have had parts of this song wrong, since 'Day One'. I'll be checking a LOT more songs, from now on : ). - Submitted by: Suzy
I went wild
He's the greatest dancer.
I wonder why
He's the greatest dancer.
The Story: My husband was was the one who kept singing "I went wild". I said, "No honey, it is 'I wonder why'." This debate has lasted for a couple months until now. Man, I'm grinning all the way to the bank. (He wanted to bet on it.) - Submitted by: Nadzie
We were out at a disco on the outskirts of Bristol.
We were out at a disco on the outskirts of 'Frisco.
The Story: I always thought it was sweet of Sister Sledge to have written a song about provincial England. At the time the song came out, Bristol was most famous for 'The Wurzels'. For Sister Sledge, and their associations with Studio 54 and Chic, this namecheck seemed a dangerous brush with the terminally uncool. - Submitted by: Gordon Ingle
I wonder why...
Oh-what-wow!
He's the greatest dancer.
The Story: I was looking up 'the song featuring the phrase - Halston, Gucci, Fiorucci' : )...and then noticed that I had the opening lyrics wrong all of these years. LOL. I wouldn't have known, otherwise. - Submitted by: Suzy
Oh, what the f***?
Oh what wow
The Story: Sounded like something profane. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
I wonder why
Oh what, wow (Yes, this is the correct version! See Story!)
The Story: Copyrighted at MTV:s site, so all corrections on this page should be wrong ... Check: http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/sister_sledge/7612345/lyrics.jhtml - Submitted by: Andreas
Just let him stay for the weekend.
Just let me state for the record.
The Story: To me it sounded so logically, 'just let him stay for the weekend' so he will find out 'we're giving love as a family does'. It wasn't until a couple of years ago that I found out I was way off. - Submitted by: Sarge
Just let me staple the vicar.
Just let me state for the record.
The Story: My sister was convinced that these were the right lyrics. She told me and when I heard this song and listened to that line. I was almost convinced that she was right! I tried to come up with some sort of explanation for 'staple the vicar'. Were Sister Sledge trying to emphasise that they wanted to marry each other or something? I finally came to my senses and Google'd for the lyrics a few days ago. - Submitted by: Sweet Indigo
Please let me stay for the wrecker.
Please let me say for the record
The Story: Always wondered why they were singing about waiting for a Wrecker to come, - Submitted by: Ron
You give me love in a Femidom.
We're giving love in a family dose.
The Story: It was a friend's mother that misheard this line. It was around the time the Femidom, the 'female condom' hit the market. Not a great marketing success. Can you still buy Femidoms? Will anyone get this reference any more? - Submitted by: dave
Just let me staple the vicar
Just let me state the record
The Story: No - Submitted by: Aidan
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