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.
You can search the past entries or browse the archive by artist or by song. We also have misheard lyrics with a story attached to them, misheard lyrics in movies, and a misheard lyrics FAQ. If you have a misheard lyric of your own, please submit it!
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The Most Recent Story
| 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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Today's Misheard Lyrics
1970s | |
Bee Gees', "You Should Be Dancing"
Misheard Lyrics: A breakdown to my blood.
Original Lyrics: Goes right down to my blood.
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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's, "10th Ave Freeze Out"
Misheard Lyrics: Tempt the Devil with a freezer
Original Lyrics: 10th Avenue freeze-out
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Rankin/Bass', "The Miser Brothers"
Misheard Lyrics: Turns to snow in my lunch.
Original Lyrics: Turns to snow in my clutch.
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Rolling Stones', "Beast of Burden"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll never be your big suburban
Original Lyrics: I'll never be your beast of burden
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The Beatles', "Across The Universe"
Misheard Lyrics: Time to move on, yeah
Original Lyrics: Jai guru deva, om
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The Who's, "5:15"
Misheard Lyrics: Magically born
On a quiet street corner Original Lyrics: Magically bored
On a quiet street corner |
1980s | |
Cher's, "Just Like Jesse James"
Misheard Lyrics: You think you're so bad, drive the women f***in' wild.
Original Lyrics: You think you're so bad, drive the women folk wild.
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Culture Club's, "Karma Chameleon"
Misheard Lyrics: Every day is like survival
You're my lover, Not my rifle. Original Lyrics: Every day is like survival
You're my lover, not my rival. |
Dexy's Midnight Runners', "Come On Eileen"
Misheard Lyrics: Spunk dried face
Original Lyrics: Smoke dried in faces
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Men At Work's, "It's A Mistake"
Misheard Lyrics: Jealous commander what do you think?
Original Lyrics: Tell us commander, what do you think?
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Mike Oldfield's, "Foreign Affair"
Misheard Lyrics: A lagoon parliament
Original Lyrics: A lagoon by la mer
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Rush's, "Limelight"
Misheard Lyrics: The neo-elation
They underlie beneath Original Lyrics: The real relation
The underlying theme |
The Pointer Sisters', "Neutron Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: And it's hard to say
Just how soft drinks never change. Original Lyrics: And it's hard to say
Just how some things never change. |
1990s | |
Blur's, "End of a Century"
Misheard Lyrics: Because we're giants when we say good night
End of a centriole Is nothing special. Original Lyrics: We kiss with dry lips when we say good night
End of a century, oohhhh, It's nothing special. |
Fatboy Slim's, "The Rockefeller Skank"
Misheard Lyrics: Check it out now, I f***ed your mother.
Original Lyrics: Check it out now, the funk soul brother.
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Phil Collins', "Strangers Like Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Something's familiar, but it's strange as lightning
Original Lyrics: Something's familiar about these strangers like me
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R.E.M.'s, "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Calling Cheryl Baker
Original Lyrics: Call me when you try to wake her.
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Screaming Trees', "Alice Said"
Misheard Lyrics: Hop in, sit down, bounce around
Now I can’t pee Original Lyrics: I've never sent down, bounced all around
Now I can't see |
Slipknot's, "Eyeless"
Misheard Lyrics: Let me have my porno, aye!
Original Lyrics: Look me in my brand new eye!
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Tool's, "4 Degrees"
Misheard Lyrics: Jet black man, jet black man, jet blind...
Original Lyrics: Just like that, just like that, just like...
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2000s | |
Adele's, "Chasing Pavements"
Misheard Lyrics: Should I give up, or should I just keep chasing payments?
Original Lyrics: Should I give up, or should I just keep chasing pavements
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Ashlee Simpson's, "Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)"
Misheard Lyrics: One (Is that all you got to say?)
Plus One (You're rubbing me the wrong way!) See your lips moving, but I don't get the word you say Original Lyrics: What! (Is that all you got to say?)
What What! (You're rubbing me the wrong way!) See your lips moving, but I don't catch a word you say |
Battles', "Atlas"
Misheard Lyrics: Singer is cooked
Original Lyrics: The singer is a crook
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Brandy's, "Right Here (Departed)"
Misheard Lyrics: Beat rock dog chow be back
Original Lyrics: Be rock. Dark child. We back.
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Buckcherry's, "Crazy Bitch"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey, you're a crazy b****
'Cuz you cook so good and make sandwiches. Original Lyrics: Hey, you're a crazy b****
'Cuz you f*** so good, I'm on top of it. |
Christina Aguilera's, "Come On Over"
Misheard Lyrics: Cum on ovum, cum on ovum, baby.
Original Lyrics: Come on over, come on over baby.
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Disturbed's, "Down With The Sickness"
Misheard Lyrics: Can I f*** a monkey down with the sickness!
Original Lyrics: Come on, get down with the sickness.
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Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics: Im blue I believe I'm a guy
Original Lyrics: I'm blue, da ba dee, da ba die.
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Flyleaf's, "All Around Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Savoring this hard death feeling
Original Lyrics: Savoring this heart that’s healing
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Flyleaf's, "All Around Me"
Misheard Lyrics: This fire runs in through my vegan.
Original Lyrics: This fire rising through my being.
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Guns N Roses', "Sorry"
Misheard Lyrics: Can't find the door.
Original Lyrics: All that you've done for me.
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HSM3: Senior Year's, "Now Or Never"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm bending with your crotch over
Original Lyrics: Shake’em with the crossover
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Katy Perry's, "I Kissed a Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: It felt so wrong
It felt so right Don't mean I'm or out tonight. Original Lyrics: It felt so wrong
It felt so right Don't mean I'm in love tonight. |
Kings Of Leon's, "Closer"
Misheard Lyrics: And it's cutting clovers
Original Lyrics: And it's coming closer
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Kings Of Leon's, "Pistol Of Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's start a fire! let's start a fire!
Original Lyrics: Pistol of fire! Pistol of fire!
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Kings Of Leon's, "Taper Jean Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: Figure it's a song and not a place
Original Lyrics: Cigarettes and songs with a winters chafe
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Lemar's, "If She Knew How Bad"
Misheard Lyrics: If she knew how bad I wanna make this work,
her mother belongs to her, Original Lyrics: If she knew how bad I wanna make this work,
how my love belongs to her, |
Natasha Bedingfeild's, "These Words"
Misheard Lyrics: Never rymhes, see you later
Original Lyrics: Clever Rhymes, see you later.
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Plies', "Shawty"
Misheard Lyrics: I pointed at the donkey and told her it sposed to be yours.
Original Lyrics: I pointed at the donk and told her this supposed to be yours
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Santogold's, "L.E.S. Artistes"
Misheard Lyrics: If you see me, keep blowing me a fast bar waiver.
Original Lyrics: If you see me, keep going, be a passby-waver.
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Smile.dk's, "Butterfly"
Misheard Lyrics: Someone who is strong
And isn't very shy Original Lyrics: Someone who is strong
But still a little shy. |
Tegan and Sara's, "Back In Your Head"
Misheard Lyrics: I just want that kitty of his.
Original Lyrics: I just want back in your head.
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The Pink Spiders', "Modern Swinger"
Misheard Lyrics: My baby's pretty as a car crash
Sexy as the stinger of a hornet in your arm Original Lyrics: My baby's pretty as a car crash
Sexy as a stinger, wanna hold her in my arms |
The Wailing Souls', "War Down at the Pawnshop"
Misheard Lyrics: War down at the porn-shop.
Original Lyrics: War down at the pawnshop.
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Westlife's, "World Of Our Own"
Misheard Lyrics: I let you ring when no-one else calls
Original Lyrics: I let you in where no-one else goes
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Garth Brooks', "Standing Outside the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Life is not trying, it's merely surviving
You're standing outside the fire Original Lyrics: Life is not tried, it is merely survived
If you're standing outside the fire |
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misc | |
Traditional's, "Star Spangled Banner"
Misheard Lyrics: And the toilet's last cleaning
Original Lyrics: at the twilight's last gleaming
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xmas | |
Sting's, "Gabriel's Message"
Misheard Lyrics: Those potty cinqo sais, Orion
Original Lyrics: Most highly favored lady, Gloria
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