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 | |
1970s | |
ABBA's, "I Have a Dream"
Misheard Lyrics: I have a tree of summer fling
Original Lyrics: I have a dream of song to sing
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Fleetwood Mac's, "Don’t Stop"
Misheard Lyrics: Don’t stop thinking about Columbo
Original Lyrics: Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow
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Paul McCartney & Wings', "Junior's Farm"
Misheard Lyrics: Just in the nick of time I licked at his hand
Original Lyrics: Just in the nick of time I look at his hand
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Paul Simon's, "Mother and Child Reunion"
Misheard Lyrics: No, I would not give you false hope
On the Strait or Morecambe Bay But a mother and child reunion is only a motion away Original Lyrics: No, I would not give you false hope
On this strange and mournful day But a mother and child reunion is only a motion away |
Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody wants a crocodile
Original Lyrics: Everybody wants to put me down
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Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Fight, I need somebody to love fight
Original Lyrics: Find me somebody to love, find
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Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I just gotta get out of this two day sale
Original Lyrics: I just gotta get out of this prison cell
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Queen's, "Son and Daughter"
Misheard Lyrics: The world expects a man
To put the town in a shovel of shirt Original Lyrics: The woman expects a man
To buckle down and to shovel s*** |
1980s | |
Billy Ocean's, "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"
Misheard Lyrics: Get outta Madrid
Original Lyrics: Get outta my dreams
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Depeche Mode's, "People are People"
Misheard Lyrics: Drinkable people, oh, why should they drink?
Original Lyrics: People are people, oh, why should it be?
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Huey Lewis and the News', "Stuck with You"
Misheard Lyrics: I’m so happy to be f***ed with you
Original Lyrics: I’m so happy to be stuck with you
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Queen and David Bowie's, "Under Pressure"
Misheard Lyrics: No satellite large and the pressure went cracking.
Original Lyrics: Insanity laughs under pressure we're breaking.
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Queen and David Bowie's, "Under Pressure"
Misheard Lyrics: On Saturday love songs the pressure we're breaking.
Original Lyrics: Insanity laughs under pressure we're breaking.
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Queen and David Bowie's, "Under Pressure"
Misheard Lyrics: On Saturday night under pressure we're breaking.
Original Lyrics: Insanity laughs under pressure we're breaking.
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Queen and David Bowie's, "Under Pressure"
Misheard Lyrics: Pressure, pushing down on me,
Pushing down on you, you and us all. Original Lyrics: Pressure, pushing down on me,
Pushing down on you, no man ask for. |
Queen and David Bowie's, "Under Pressure"
Misheard Lyrics: Sat on her face, like a dumb f***
Original Lyrics: Sat on a fence, but it don't work
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Queen and David Bowie's, "Under Pressure"
Misheard Lyrics: Turned away from it all like a blind man,
Sat on the fence but it don't hurt Original Lyrics: Turned away from it all like a blind man,
Sat on a fence, but it don't work |
Queen's, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Misheard Lyrics: Another one bites my butt.
Original Lyrics: Another one bites the dust.
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Queen's, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Misheard Lyrics: Another one calls the doctor
Original Lyrics: Another one bites the dust (uh!)
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Queen's, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Misheard Lyrics: Another one fights the duster!
Original Lyrics: Another one bites the dust... uh!
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Queen's, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Misheard Lyrics: Another one rides the bus
Original Lyrics: Another one bites the dust
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Queen's, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Misheard Lyrics: Another one rides the buzz-saw
Original Lyrics: Another one bites the dust, ah
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Queen's, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Misheard Lyrics: I never wanna bust the dust.
Original Lyrics: Another one bites the dust.
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Queen's, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm adopted!
Original Lyrics: And the dust (uh!)
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Queen's, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Misheard Lyrics: Is there any way you can hire a man
And bring him to the ground? Wiggle him, jiggle him, till he's dead And leave him while he's down. Original Lyrics: There are plenty of ways you can hurt a man
And bring him to the ground You can beat him, you can cheat him, You can treat him bad And then leave him when he's down |
Queen's, "Calling All Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: No! Take a message of love, far and beauty.
Original Lyrics: Love! Take a message of love, far and near.
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Queen's, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Misheard Lyrics: A crazy little thing down the hall
Original Lyrics: A crazy little thing called love
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Queen's, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Misheard Lyrics: And get all my trash in the back seat, hitchhike
Original Lyrics: And get on my tracks, take a back-seat hitchhike
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Queen's, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I gotta have cool, x-lax, and give in, and get off my sack.
Original Lyrics: I gotta be cool, relax, get hip, get on my tracks.
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Queen's, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm eleven
Original Lyrics: I ain't ready
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Queen's, "Sail Away Sweet Sister"
Misheard Lyrics: Fail away sweet sister, fail across the sea
Original Lyrics: Sail away sweet sister, sail across the sea
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Queen's, "Sail Away Sweet Sister"
Misheard Lyrics: Sail away sweet sister, back in my arms again
Original Lyrics: Sail away sweet sister, back to my arms again
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Queen's, "Save Me"
Misheard Lyrics: It started off so well, but said I made a puppet pal.
Original Lyrics: It started off so well,
They said we made a perfect pair. |
Queen's, "Save Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Sailing, sailing, sailing.
Original Lyrics: Save me, save me, save me.
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Queen's, "Save Me"
Misheard Lyrics: They said the maid of puppet land.
Original Lyrics: They said we made a perfect pair.
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Queen's, "Save Me"
Misheard Lyrics: To start again with somebody new
Was it always just all that much? Original Lyrics: To start again with somebody new
Was it all wasted, all that love? |
Queen's, "Who Wants to Live Forever"
Misheard Lyrics: But touch my tears with your ears
Touch my wild world with your freak out tears Original Lyrics: But touch my tears with your lips
Touch my world with your fingertips |
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1990s | |
Queen's, "Let Me Live"
Misheard Lyrics: Why don't you take another little peace of the gospel?
Original Lyrics: Why don't you take another little piece of my soul?
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Queen's, "Too Much Love Will Kill You"
Misheard Lyrics: You'd give your life, you'd sell your song
But here it comes a friend Original Lyrics: You'd give your life, you'd sell your soul
But here it comes again |
Queen's, "Too Much Love Will Kill You"
Misheard Lyrics: You're headed for disaster 'cause you never read insides
Original Lyrics: You're headed for disaster
'Cause you never read the signs |
Weird Al Yankovic's, "Smells Like Nirvana"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, we don’t just like Madonna
Original Lyrics: Well, we don’t sound like Madonna
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2000s | |
In Flames', "Trigger"
Misheard Lyrics: Are we dancing oh my Lord?
Original Lyrics: Are we dancing all alone?
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Nightwish's, "Bye Bye Beautiful"
Misheard Lyrics: I need to guide you through the light
Original Lyrics: I need to die to feel alive
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Three Days Grace's, "It's All Over"
Misheard Lyrics: When your ugly head is falling off
Original Lyrics: When you're on the edge and falling off
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2010s | |
Taylor Swift's, "Look What You Made Me Do"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh baby, I just started your bad dreams
Original Lyrics: I'll be the actress starring in your bad dreams
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Twenty One Pilots', "Ride"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm falling, so I'm taking the time of my life
Original Lyrics: I'm falling, so I'm taking my time on my ride
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country | |
John Anderson's, "Straight Tequila Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't ask for all the strangers in the night.
Original Lyrics: Don't ask her on a straight tequila night.
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Lee Ann Womack's, "I Hope You Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: And when you get the joy
Original Lyrics: And when you get the choice
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misc | |
Pink's, "Trustfall"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a trust fund, baby
Original Lyrics: It's a trustfall, baby
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