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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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Mar 13
Artistry 2: Aretha Franklin
Come on everybody and show her a little RESPECT!!! It's time for the Queen of Soul to shine and since she's a classic I'm sure a lot of people have parodies of her work done. Time to enter them in our Aretha Franklin Artistry 2 competition. It doesn't matter if you've joined us in the past just make sure to join us now and don't be a chain of fools! (Comments & Parodies)
Misheard Lyrics Stories -> Latest Entry
| 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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Misheard Lyrics -> Latest Entries
1950s | |
Doris Day's, "Everybody Loves A Lover"
Misheard Lyrics: Gee, I feel just about ten feet tall, havin' a ball
Guess ya might call me a Polly Adler Original Lyrics: Gee, I feel just about ten feet tall, havin' a ball
Guess ya might call me a Pollyanna |
Frankie Laine's, "Rawhide"
Misheard Lyrics: Ride 'em in, ride 'em out
Turn 'em in, turn 'em out Ride 'em in Rawhide! Original Lyrics: Cut 'em out, ride 'em in
Ride 'em in, cut 'em out Cut 'em out, ride 'em in Rawhide! |
1960s | |
Four Tops', "I'll Be There"
Misheard Lyrics: When I feel hopsed and about to give up
Original Lyrics: When I feel lost and about to give up
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Jimi Hendrix's, "Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Just complain with me and you won't get burned
Original Lyrics: Just come play with me and you won't get burned
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The Animals', "It's My Life"
Misheard Lyrics: When I open your eyes
Original Lyrics: When I openly lie
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The Beatles', "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
Misheard Lyrics: Wire my guitar Jimmy Greaves
Original Lyrics: While my guitar gently weeps
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Tony Joe White's, "Polk Salad Annie"
Misheard Lyrics: Down in Louisiana, where the alligators grow so green
Original Lyrics: Down in Louisiana, where the alligators grow so mean
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1970s | |
Albert Hammond's, "It Never Rains in Southern California"
Misheard Lyrics: That ombudsman don't know which one to take
Original Lyrics: Had offers but don't know which one to take
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Bee Gees', "Stayin' Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: You can try to understand the New York Times were made for a man
Original Lyrics: We can try to understand The New York Times' effect on man.
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Marvin Gaye's, "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"
Misheard Lyrics: Make me wanna holler, wait into my life.
Original Lyrics: Make me wanna holler, the way they do my life.
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Steely Dan's, "Bodhisattva"
Misheard Lyrics: Be a suck-up
Be a suck-up Original Lyrics: Bodhisattva
Bodhisattva |
Steve Miller Band's, "Jet Airliner"
Misheard Lyrics: We're gonna chow down at Lina's
Original Lyrics: Big old jet airliner
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The Skids', "Into the Valley"
Misheard Lyrics: Ahoy! Ahoy! Let's see a smile
Ahoy! Ahoy! Born in a sugar Ahoy! Ahoy! See Billy Bunter Ahoy! Ahoy! Love Mary Do Original Lyrics: Ahoy! Ahoy! Land, sea and sky
Ahoy! Ahoy! Boy, man and soldier Ahoy! Ahoy! Deceived and then punctured Ahoy! Ahoy! Long may they die |
1980s | |
A-ha's, "Take On Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Today is my first day to find you
Original Lyrics: Today isn't my day to find you
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Billy Joel's, "Keeping the Faith"
Misheard Lyrics: Iridescent socks with the same color shirt
And an iced cappuccino Original Lyrics: Iridescent socks with the same color shirt
And a tight pair of chinos |
Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)"
Misheard Lyrics: No more lavender rum
Original Lyrics: No more love on the run
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Cold Chisel 's, "Cheap Wine "
Misheard Lyrics: She's wild as a female goat
Original Lyrics: Cheap wine and a three-day growth
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Cyndi Lauper's, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
Misheard Lyrics: Adjust the whale, adjust the whale
Original Lyrics: They just wanna, they just wanna
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Glenn Medeiros', "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You"
Misheard Lyrics: The women change my whole life through
Original Lyrics: The world may change my whole life through
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Glenn Medeiros', "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll help you see forev'r unto
Original Lyrics: I'll help you see forever too
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Police's, "Spirits In The Material World"
Misheard Lyrics: We are smurfs eating all the cereal.
Original Lyrics: We are spirits in the material world.
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Rod Stewart's, "Infatuation"
Misheard Lyrics: Tropicana like a killer shark
Original Lyrics: Caught me down like a killer shark
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Simple Minds', "Don't You Forget About Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Giving me everything inside an hour
Original Lyrics: Giving me everything inside and out
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Steve Winwood's, "Back in the High Life Again"
Misheard Lyrics: back in the heart of the nation
Original Lyrics: back in the high life again
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The Eurythmics', "Love Is a Stranger"
Misheard Lyrics: And I want to suck me Central Station.
Original Lyrics: And I want you so
It's an obsession. |
Thin Lizzy's, "Leave This Town"
Misheard Lyrics: I was fooling around with the sheriff's daughter
She was a real fine fox ... He showed me his mad gnome He showed me his shotgun He stuck it in my face And said, "Boy, I think you best be gone" Original Lyrics: I was fooling around with the sheriff's daughter
She was a real fine fox ... He showed me his magnum He showed me his shotgun He stuck it in my face And said, "Boy, I think you best be gone" |
1990s | |
Aerosmith's, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't wanna masturbate
Original Lyrics: I don't wanna miss a thing
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Frankie Beverly & Maze's, "After the Morning After"
Misheard Lyrics: When all of the font is over
Original Lyrics: When all of the fun is over
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Leah Andreone's, "It's Alright It's Ok"
Misheard Lyrics: a lawyer with wings
Original Lyrics: a voyeur with wings
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Nirvana's, "Come As You Are"
Misheard Lyrics: And I swear that I don't have a god.
No, I don't have god. Original Lyrics: And I swear that I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun |
Nirvana's, "Smell's Like Teen Spirit"
Misheard Lyrics: A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, I'm a pedo
Original Lyrics: A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido.
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Nirvana's, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a skittle, I'm a beetle
Original Lyrics: a mosquito, my libido
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Nirvana's, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Misheard Lyrics: When the light's out, sex is dangerous
Here we are now, in containers Original Lyrics: With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us. |
Soul Asylum's, "Black Gold"
Misheard Lyrics: This fat man used to be in town.
Original Lyrics: This flat land used to be a town.
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Will Smith's, "Men in Black"
Misheard Lyrics: Come on and make your net worth
Original Lyrics: Come on and make your neck work
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Will Smith's, "Men in Black"
Misheard Lyrics: God against extra-terrestrial violence
Original Lyrics: Guard against extra-terrestrial violence
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2000s | |
Avril Lavigne's, "How Does It Feel"
Misheard Lyrics: Would you come f*** my head, yeah
Original Lyrics: Would you comfort me?
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Green Day's, "21 Guns"
Misheard Lyrics: And the hang of a dozen pasts
Original Lyrics: And the hangover doesn't pass
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Interpol's, "Pioneer to the Falls"
Misheard Lyrics: That the soil can take
Original Lyrics: That the soul can take
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Nelly featuring St Lunitics 's, "Air Force Ones "
Misheard Lyrics: Give me to her. I need to purr
Original Lyrics: Give me two pairs. I need two pairs.
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Worm Quartet's, "Your Bird Stinks"
Misheard Lyrics: Bob:
Kenneth, Kenneth, Kenneth Kenneth: Bobby boy Starfleet by rage Bob: Get thy stench from off thy pet, sir! Original Lyrics: Bob:
Kenneth, Kenneth, Kenneth Kenneth: Bob, your voice doth feed my rage Bob: Get thy stench from off thy pet, sir! |
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2010s | |
Adele's, "Someone Like You"
Misheard Lyrics: Never might I find someone like you
Original Lyrics: Nevermind, I'll find someone like you
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Cast of "Frozen"'s, "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?"
Misheard Lyrics: Do you wanna build a snow can Or Do you wanna build a nose ass Or Poo u want a build some no man
Original Lyrics: Do you wanna build a snowman
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Foster the People's, "Pumped Up Kicks"
Misheard Lyrics: All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
Better run, better run, out run Michael All the other kids with the pumped up kicks Better run, better run, faster than my bully Original Lyrics: All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
Better run, better run, out run my gun All the other kids with the pumped up kicks Better run, better run, faster than my bullet |
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Lorde's, "Royals"
Misheard Lyrics: We're driving Cadillac symmetry
Original Lyrics: We're driving Cadillacs in our dreams
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Maroon 5's, "Moves Like Jagger"
Misheard Lyrics: I've got the new vagina.
Original Lyrics: I've got the moves like Jagger.
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country | |
Bobby Bare's, "Drop Kick Me Jesus"
Misheard Lyrics: Drop kick me, Jesus, through the goalpost supply.
Original Lyrics: Drop kick me, Jesus, through the goalposts of life.
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