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!).
Departure album at Amazon.com
And I know Converse gonna get me bad for being so cold
And the big bad wolf found balls if you let him answer the phone
And I know karma's gonna get me back for being so cold
Like a big bad wolf I was born to be bad and bad to the bone
The Story: I always thought it said that until I saw the real lyrics on someone's Facebook status and decided to check it. - Submitted by: a total nimrod
I throw my hands up in the air sometimes saying ay-yo, Gallileo
I throw my hands up in the air sometimes saying ay-yo, gotta let go
The Story: My housemate Susie misheard this lyric. She was listening to this song one day and thought Taio mentioned Gallileo. She listened to the lyrics again and reused she was wrong. She even told me and my parents about her mishearing on the lyrics. - Submitted by: Stompgal
I throw my hands up in the air sometimes, saying ayoo.
Galileo!!!
I throw my hands up in the air sometimes, saying ayoo.
Gotta let go.
The Story: The first time I heard this part I was like "What? Well I'm guessing this guy likes history?" I always thought it was weird that it said that but I just went with it until one day my friend started singing and I told her "Oh, I thought he said Galileo" and she was like "What? No!" - Submitted by: Yakshi
I’m wearing out my favourite brands, brands, brands, brands
I’m wearing all my favourite brands, brands, brands, brands
The Story: I thought he was so wrapped up in his dancing that he wore out the soles of his favourite branded shoes! - Submitted by: Will
Yeah, you're never gonna get our sausage.
Yeah, you're never gonna get us, I say.
The Story: Seems Taio Cruz and his team have produced the best-tasting sausage in the world but are vociferously not willing to share it with the rest of the world. How selfish. - Submitted by: Devil Jones
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