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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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Wings', "Admiral Halsey"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Eat your peanut butter brown
The Real Lyrics:
Pick your feet up off the ground
The Story: My brother-in-law sang this. - Submitted by: Zad Scott
Wings', "Band On The Run"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Ants on the rug
The Real Lyrics:
Band on the run
The Story: I heard my younger brother sing this line when we were kids. - Submitted by: Scott
Wings', "Band On The Run"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Man on the rug.
The Real Lyrics:
Band on the run.
The Story: This was what my older brother thought the song said. I think he was about 4 when the song came out and my mother still teases him to this day about it! - Submitted by: Lori
Wings', "Band on the Run"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Man on the rug
The Real Lyrics:
Band on the run
The Story: I was 4 when this song came out, and I loved it. I sang it all the time. - Submitted by: Betsy
Wings', "Band on the Run"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Well, the rain exploded with a mighty crash
As we belly into the sun
The Real Lyrics:
Well, the rain exploded with a mighty crash
As we fell into the sun
The Story: Since the song came out in the 70s, I thought it was "belly." - Submitted by: Joe
Wings', "C Moon"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Semen
The Real Lyrics:
C Moon
The Story: With some of the other lyrics in this song, it makes sense, doesn't it? It wasn't until just recently I learned this song wasn't as dirty as I'd originally thought--or maybe it is and I was right all along? It certainly seems plausible! - Submitted by: Random Fred
Wings', "Helen Wheels"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Heavy yellow wheels
The Real Lyrics:
Helen, Hell on wheels
The Story: = - Submitted by: cindy
Wings', "Helen Wheels"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hell on, hell on, hell on
Hell On Wheels
The Real Lyrics:
Helen, Helen, Helen
Helen Wheels
The Story: I was in elementary school from 1971-1977. During especially the early part of those I've known this guy with a kids-size cammy Army jacket, and it had a patch with a tank pictured on it. The caption said "Hell On Wheels". Funny thing, I don't recall any teachers complaining about that "H" word being worn, even if the Vietnam War was happening. - Submitted by: Scotty Saigon
Wings', "Helen Wheels"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hello Yellow wheels
The Real Lyrics:
Helen, Hell on wheels
The Story: I'm listening to this song right now. Got curious. - Submitted by: Gerry Schuster
Wings', "Helen Wheels"
The Misheard Lyrics:
L.A. L.A. hell on wheels.
The Real Lyrics:
Helen, Hell on wheels
The Story: I thought the song was about Los Angeles traffic. I never understood any of the other lyrics. - Submitted by: Anon
Wings', "Hi Hi Hi"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Gettin’ ready for my puppy dog
The Real Lyrics:
Get you ready for my polygon
The Story: Singing this misheard lyric in the car with another Paul McCartney fan got me some funny looks. - Submitted by: Amber
Wings', "Jet "
The Misheard Lyrics:
Jeff
The Real Lyrics:
Jet
The Story: I thought it was a song about a guy, and Jeff is a real name. - Submitted by: Steve Lockwood
Wings', "Let 'Em In"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Martin luther, phil and don, Brother michael, andy gibb
The Real Lyrics:
Martin luther, phil and don, Brother michael, auntie gin,
The Story: Misheard as a child growing up. - Submitted by: Rob
Wings', "Let 'Em In"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Someone's knockin' at the devil
Somebody's bringin them hell
The Real Lyrics:
Someone's knockin' at the door
Somebody's ringin' the bell
The Story: I was very tired when I heard this song in an ad, and I muttered "Who's pickin' a fight with the Devil?" - Submitted by: Ciaran McLoughlin
Wings', "Let 'em In"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Mott the Hoople
The Real Lyrics:
Martin Luther
The Story: I kept thinking it had to do with Mott the Hoople - a band later referenced in the R.E.M. song "Man on the Moon". - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Wings', "Let 'em In"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Uncle Ernie, Antigen
The Real Lyrics:
Uncle Ernie, Auntie Jen
The Story: My dad was playing this song last night while I was studying Biology for the exams. I then heard the singer singing "Uncle Ernie, Antigen." Rule number One: Never listen to music while studying. You sing a misheard version of it. - Submitted by: Dr
Wings', "Let ‘em In"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Mott the Hoople
The Real Lyrics:
Martin Luther
The Story: I could have sworn having to do with someone’s mishearing of “Mott the Hoople” as “Martin Luther” in R.E.M.’s song “Man on the Moon”, it was the opposite here. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Wings', "Live And Let Die"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Liver-man died.
The Real Lyrics:
Live and let die.
The Story: Actually, when I was young, and my heart was an open..wait, i'm getting sucked into the song. But, as a kid; I had a friend that was very insistent that the song was saying 'Liver-man died', though he could never explain who or what a liver-man was. We tease him about it to this day. - Submitted by: Bob
Wings', "Mull Of Kintyre"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Mullicking Time
The Real Lyrics:
Mull of Kintyre
The Story: Loved the melody. Looked in the dictionary to see what mullicking means. Still don't know! - Submitted by: svenskal
Wings', "Mull of Kintyre"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Mullet of time
Oh fish rising up from the sea my desire is always to be here
Oh Mullet of time
The Real Lyrics:
Mull of Kintyre
Oh mist rolling in from the sea my desire is always to be here
Oh mull of Kintyre
The Story: I misheard this when I was asleep and my clock radio went off and this song played. The song wound up in the dream I was having. I was watching a TV show about a magical fish who could float through the air and would take a group of school friends on adventures using his amazing time travel powers. I only got to watch the opening credits as after the song played I woke up. Too bad, it could have been a great show. - Submitted by: Bukster
Wings', "Mull of Kintyre"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Mulligan Tire
The Real Lyrics:
The Mull of Kintyre
The Story: My entire childhood I had sung and thought it was Mulligan Tire. - Submitted by: Tara Geysens
Wings', "Mull of Kintyre"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The moll of Kintyre
The Real Lyrics:
The Mull of Kintyre
The Story: I thought this song was about a gangster's wife (moll, in other words, "Mrs. Kintyre") instead of a song about the headlands of Kintyre. - Submitted by: Joyce
Wings', "Someones Knocking"
The Misheard Lyrics:
do me a favor open the door. n kick his ass.
The Real Lyrics:
Do me a favor
Open the door and let'em in.
The Story: Theres nothing funny about having to kick someones ass now - Submitted by: johnna Mcdunough

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