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Misheard Lyrics
This section is for misheard song lyrics (also called mondegreens). Misheard lyrics occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody.
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| Cast of 'Bjorn Again Live''s, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: Dancing queen
Feel the beat from the tangerine, oh yeah You can dance You can jive Having the time of your life. Original Lyrics: Dancing queen
Feel the beat from the tambourine, oh yeah You can dance You can jive Having the time of your life. |
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The Story.... My sister and I took our mother for her birthday to see "Bjorn Again" last month. She had always loved ABBA and was the music that made her the happiest. So we had a great time singing and dancing during the show. But when we heard our mom sing 'tangerine' in the lyric, I just couldn't believe it. But the lyrics didn't matter as much as the feeling and the music, proven after seeing my mother smiling so big while she's singing about a fruit making a beat. Probably my biggest laugh all year. Story about this misheard lyric by: mattLA
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1960s | |
Disney's 'The Jungle Book''s, "Bare Necessities"
Misheard Lyrics: Forget about your running and your strife
Original Lyrics: Forget about your worries and your strife
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The Beatles', "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
Misheard Lyrics: The active number all these years
Original Lyrics: The act you've known for all these years
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The Searchers', "All My Sorrows"
Misheard Lyrics: All my Zorros
Soon begotten Original Lyrics: All my sorrows
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The Seekers', "All My Trials"
Misheard Lyrics: If liver was a thing that money could buy
Original Lyrics: If living was a thing that money can buy
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1970s | |
Bad Company's, "Silver, Blue, and Gold"
Misheard Lyrics: Give me silver, ooh, and gold
Original Lyrics: Give me silver, blue, and gold
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Billy Squier's, "The Stroke"
Misheard Lyrics: Strong Man's Nutmeg
Original Lyrics: Stroke me, stroke me.
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Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Lookin' Out My Back Door"
Misheard Lyrics: Dinosaur betrothals, listenin' to Beethoven
Original Lyrics: Dinosaur victrolas
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Don McLean's, "American Pie"
Misheard Lyrics: My, my this American pie!
Original Lyrics: Bye, bye, Miss American Pie.
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Don McLean's, "American Pie"
Misheard Lyrics: My, my, it's American pie!
Original Lyrics: Bye, bye, Miss American Pie.
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Eagles', "Life In The Fast Lane"
Misheard Lyrics: Ridin' in the fast lane
Original Lyrics: Life in the fast lane
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Nazareth's, "Hair of the Dog"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't mess with a son of a b****
Original Lyrics: Now you're messing with a, a son of a b****.
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Radio Commercial's, "The County Seat"
Misheard Lyrics: Make yourself some feet at the County Seat
Original Lyrics: Just direct your feet to the County Seat
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The Police's, "Message In A Bottle"
Misheard Lyrics: Sendin' it on an S.O.S
Original Lyrics: Sending out an S.O.S.
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The Rolling Stones', "Honky Tonk Women"
Misheard Lyrics: I met a jinzo far of queen in Memphis
Original Lyrics: I met a gin soaked bar room queen in Memphis
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1980s | |
AC/DC's, "Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap)"
Misheard Lyrics: Dirty dees and the dunder cheese
Original Lyrics: Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap.
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Bob Seger's, "Shakedown"
Misheard Lyrics: Let down your bra, honey.
Original Lyrics: Let down your guard, honey.
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Bruce Hornsby's, "The Way It Is"
Misheard Lyrics: Stand in line, making time.
Original Lyrics: Standing in line marking time
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Felix Cavaliere's, "Only a Lonely Heart Sees"
Misheard Lyrics: Only a lonely heart sees
Well look at me Original Lyrics: Only a lonely heart sees where love can be
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Felix Cavaliere's, "Only a Lonely Heart Sees"
Misheard Lyrics: You know the way to paralyze
Original Lyrics: You know the way to paradise
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Hall & Oates', "Kiss on My List"
Misheard Lyrics: Boy, if you insist on knowing my bliss.
Original Lyrics: When they insist on knowing my bliss
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Huey Lewis And The News', "Workin' for a Livin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Workin' for Eleven
Original Lyrics: Workin' for a Livin'
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Judas Priest's, "Devil's Child"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh no, you got your c**k stuck in me
Original Lyrics: Oh no, you got your claws stuck in me
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Matthew Wilder's, "Break My Stride"
Misheard Lyrics: I´m running and I want Judge Brown
Original Lyrics: I'm running and I won't touch ground
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Michael Jackson's, "Man in the Mirror"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm sucking with the man in the liver.
Original Lyrics: I'm starting with the man in the mirror.
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Slayer's, "Angel of Death"
Misheard Lyrics: Sloteth E mence degay
Full stem, doo doo I say Original Lyrics: Slow death. Immense decay
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Talk, Talk's, "Such a Shame"
Misheard Lyrics: This n****r list to change
Original Lyrics: This eagerness to change
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The Romantics', "What I Like About You"
Misheard Lyrics: No more whispering in my ear
Original Lyrics: [pause] You're whispering in my ear
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Theme Song's, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) Theme Song"
Misheard Lyrics: When the evil Shredder attacks, these turtle boys will come and slash
Original Lyrics: When the evil Shredder attacks, these turtle boys cut him no slack
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Toni Basil's, "Mickey"
Misheard Lyrics: I want your girl, Mickey
Original Lyrics: Oh, what you do Mickey
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Wham!'s, "Everything She Wants"
Misheard Lyrics: Somebody help me, oh, while I work so hard for you!
Original Lyrics: Somebody tell me, oh, why I work so hard for you!
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1990s | |
Alanis Morissette's, "Ironic"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a free high, when you're already baked
Original Lyrics: A free ride, when you've already paid
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Days of the New's, "Touch, Peel, and Stand"
Misheard Lyrics: You are the one to, one to.
Original Lyrics: You are the one to abuse.
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Nirvana's, "Smell's Like Teen Spirit"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm albino, I'm a skatehoe!
Original Lyrics: A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido
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Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Scar Tissue"
Misheard Lyrics: With purple shade, it's a lonely view
Original Lyrics: With the birds I'll share this lonely view
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Scorpions', "Wind Of Change"
Misheard Lyrics: I followed an old czar down to Gorky Park
Original Lyrics: I followed the Moskva
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Spacehog's, "In the Meantime"
Misheard Lyrics: Will that be all, be all, be all for you?
Original Lyrics: We love the all the all of you
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2000s | |
"Weird Al" Yankovic's, "White & Nerdy"
Misheard Lyrics: They see me roll on my Subway
Original Lyrics: They see me roll on my Segway
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Billy Talent's, "Line & Sinker"
Misheard Lyrics: How'd you get a grip with all these broken fingers
Original Lyrics: Hard to get a grip with all these broken fingers
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Fall Out Boy's, "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a lighter away from getting you into the moon
Original Lyrics: I'm a light-year away from getting you into the mood
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Panic! At the Disco's, "This Is Gospel"
Misheard Lyrics: This is the bee lover
Original Lyrics: This is the beat of my heart
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2010s | |
Florence and the Machine's, "Breath of Life"
Misheard Lyrics: A little pigeon of the start and the end
Original Lyrics: A little vision of the sun in the end
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One Direction's, "What Makes You Beautiful"
Misheard Lyrics: The way the tears fill your head
Original Lyrics: The way that you flip you hair
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Pharrell Williams featuring Miley Cyrus', "Come Get it Bae"
Misheard Lyrics: Pharrell: And I got a pit of potty.
Original Lyrics: Pharrell: And I got a better body
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The Foo Fighters', "Miss the Misery"
Misheard Lyrics: Mister misery, need the reason for a change.
Original Lyrics: Miss the misery, need the reason for a change.
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