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. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.
1960s | |
The Drifters', "This Magic Moment"
Misheard Lyrics: So different and so nude
Original Lyrics: So different and so new
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Vic Mizzy's, "The Addams Family"
Misheard Lyrics: Their house is where you see them
Original Lyrics: Their house is a museum
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1970s | |
Elton John's, "Tiny Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics: Lay me down, and she's so branded.
Original Lyrics: Lay me down in sheets of linen.
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Eric Clapton's, "I Shot the Sheriff"
Misheard Lyrics: For the shilling from a deputy
Original Lyrics: For the killing of a deputy
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Free's, "All Right Now"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's move before they raid the park and ride
Original Lyrics: Let's move before they raise the parking rate.
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Rod Stewart's, "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
Misheard Lyrics: And you think I'm 16
or And you think I'm sexting Original Lyrics: And you think I'm sexy
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Sonny Curtis', "Love is All Around"
Misheard Lyrics: You can never go, why don't you take it?
Original Lyrics: You can have the town, why don't you take it?
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The O'Jays', "Back Stabbers"
Misheard Lyrics: Make love to my house again and again and again and again, yeah
Original Lyrics: They come to my house again and again and again and again, yeah
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1980s | |
Aerosmith's, "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
Misheard Lyrics: Doodoo like a lady
Original Lyrics: Dude looks like a lady.
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Billy Joel's, "Don't Ask Me Why"
Misheard Lyrics: Every truck must have its drink
Original Lyrics: Every drunk must have his drink
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Def Leppard's, "Love Bites"
Misheard Lyrics: The stars are bright
Original Lyrics: It’s no surprise
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Don Henley's, "Dirty Laundry"
Misheard Lyrics: We all know that Kraft is king
Give us dirty laundry! Original Lyrics: We all know that crap is king,
Give us dirty laundry. |
Fields Of The Nephilim's, "Last Exit For The Lost"
Misheard Lyrics: Closer and closer, Godzilla calls
Original Lyrics: Closer and closer Cthulhu calls
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Jody Watley's, "Looking for a New Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm looking for Lou Rawls
Original Lyrics: I'm looking for a new love
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Jody Watley's, "Looking for a New Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm looking for RuPaul
Original Lyrics: I'm looking for a new love
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Michael Jackson's, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Gonna save my money for Microsoft
Original Lyrics: Ma-ma se, ma-ma sa, ma-ma coo sa.
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Pretenders', "Brass in Pocket"
Misheard Lyrics: God bless I found you
Original Lyrics: Got brass in pocket
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REO Speedwagon's, "Can't Fight This Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics: And thoroughly be yours forever.
Original Lyrics: And throw away the oars forever.
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Rick James', "Super Freak"
Misheard Lyrics: She's got Imtertwining Candles
Original Lyrics: When I get there, she's got incense, wine, and candles
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Rob Base and D-J EZ Rock's, "It Takes Two"
Misheard Lyrics: It takes two to make it outer space
Original Lyrics: It takes two to make it out of sight
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Run-DMC's, "It's Tricky"
Misheard Lyrics: It's tricky to rock around
To rock around, let's rot our town! Original Lyrics: It's tricky to rock a rhyme
To rock a rhyme that's right on time |
Steve Winwood's, "Higher Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Bound in love, high on Glidden, in the stars above
Original Lyrics: Down in the heart or hidden in the stars above
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The Foundations', "Build Me Up Buttercup"
Misheard Lyrics: Why do you build me up Veronica baby
Original Lyrics: Build me up, Buttercup.
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1990s | |
C+C Music Factory's, "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
Misheard Lyrics: Give me the rumors
or Give me the rulers Original Lyrics: Give me the music
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In Flames', "Episode 666"
Misheard Lyrics: Rising over Mariana cities and Mariana skies
Original Lyrics: Rising over marionette cities and marionette skies
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Len's, "Steal My Sunshine"
Misheard Lyrics: So I'm Mr. Million miles of fun
Original Lyrics: So I missed a million miles of fun
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MC Hammer's, "Addams Groove"
Misheard Lyrics: Stay what they wanna stay
Original Lyrics: Say what they wanna say
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Old Man's Child's, "Soul Possessed"
Misheard Lyrics: Transformed into the night
I'm one with the dark, I am life with inner strength Yes, it feels like I'm dead. I feel hate. Born as a man, racist demon Only death will tear us apart To be in my own cell Awake Original Lyrics: Transformed into the night
I'm at one with the dark, I have life within my strength Yet it feels like I'm dead. I feel hate. Born as a man, raised as a demon Only death will do us apart, The beast in my innerself, Awakes... |
2000s | |
Avril Lavigne's, "Complicated"
Misheard Lyrics: Gets me for straining
Original Lyrics: Gets me frustrated
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Avril Lavigne's, "My World"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm not in lotus time, it's nice
Original Lyrics: I'm not in love this time this night
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Bowling For Soup's, "1985"
Misheard Lyrics: There was Blue's Clues and Barney
Original Lyrics: There was U2 and Blondie
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Pink's, "Just Like A Pill"
Misheard Lyrics: Run to the spastics again To the middle of nowhere
Original Lyrics: Run just as far as I can To the middle of nowhere
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Pink's, "Most Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: Most girls want a man with a ding-ding
Original Lyrics: Most girls want a man with the mean green.
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Sum 41's, "Confusion and Frustration in Modern Times"
Misheard Lyrics: Short of no correction
Bathe my tits to anxiety Original Lyrics: Short of no correction
Paid my debts to anxiety |
2010s | |
Commercial's, "Ozempic"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, oh, oh, oh selfies
Original Lyrics: Oh, oh, oh, Ozempic
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Imogen Heap's, "Propeller Seeds"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, you got me a parrot
Original Lyrics: Oh, you got me at Paris
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Justin Timberlake's, "Can't Stop the Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll threw my city,
I'll threw my home Original Lyrics: All through my city,
All through my home |
Pink's, "A Million Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause every night I'm right again
Original Lyrics: 'Cause every night I lie in bed
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Twenty One Pilots', "Stressed Out"
Misheard Lyrics: Lightning's blurry, thanks, and die, care what you think
Original Lyrics: My name's Blurryface and I care what you think
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Twenty One Pilots', "Stressed Out"
Misheard Lyrics: When the mama sang us to sleep when I was stressed out
Original Lyrics: When our mama sang us to sleep but now we're stressed out
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christian | |
Falling Up's, "Searchlights"
Misheard Lyrics: If you want to pee, will you just let me know?
Original Lyrics: If you want to breathe, will you just let me know?
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country | |
Faith Hill's, "Mississippi Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause a Mississippi girl don't shave her legs
Just 'cause everybody knows her name. Original Lyrics: 'Cause a Mississippi girl don't change her ways
Just 'cause everybody knows her name. |
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