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A spoonerism occurs when the first letters or syllables of two or more words get swapped. The term spoonerism is named in honor of the Reverend William Archibald Spooner whose students used to write down all the instances of spoonerisms that he made. This page focuses on spoonerisms in song titles.
The 20 most recent entries are listed below. There are 1124 entries in this section.
"Drew Bopped A Mom On Ye," The Gap Band originally "You Dropped A Bomb On Me"
Naughty Drew!
Natalie Merchant Of Venice
"You Dropped A Mom On Bee," The Gap Band originally "You Dropped A Bomb On Me"
Natalie Merchant Of Venice
"Steeple Par Range," The Doors originally "People Are Strange"
Britney Spears into pruning hooks
"Good Chime Barley's Got The Twos," Waylon Jennings originally "Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues"
Possibly a good thing, in a game with deuces wild.
American Idle
"Ye Bond The Sea," Bobby Darin originally "Beyond The Sea"
Nell Allen
"Didn't I Mow Your Blind," New Kids On The Block originally "Didn't I Blow Your Mind"
The grass had gotten too high in your duck blind.
Doug Wells
"Quit Teela Run Size," The Eagles originally "Tequila Sunrise"
Stevie Nicks And Cuts
"Ail Son," The Commodores originally "Sail On"
MOR
"Won't Daunt You Back," Backstreet Boys originally "Don't Want You Back"
Trevor Overt
"Mattie," Debbie Reynolds originally "Tammy"
Regina Haniger
"You Have Placed A Hill In My Chart," The Eurythmics originally "You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart"
Regina Haniger
"Jerry Lane's Mast Dance," Tom Petty originally "Mary Jane's Last Dance"
On a ship's mast?
Sir Ron Norris
"Larry Jane's Mast Dance," Tom Petty originally "Mary Jane's Last Dance"
On a ship's mast?
Sir Ron Norris
"Bet The Heat Lit 'Em," Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam originally "Let The Beat Hit 'Em"
Sensible, as heat could light something flammable.
Salvador Dali Parton
"Hide In Sure Yell," Supertramp originally "Hide In Your Shell"
Ron N. O'Connor
"Betty Avis Dies," Kim Carnes originally "Bette Davis Eyes"
She
"Eddie Davis Buys," Kim Carnes originally "Bette Davis Eyes"
MOR
"Betty Avis Dyes ," Kim Carnes originally "Bette Davis Eyes"
She
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