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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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
1960s | |
Beach Boys', "California Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: I dig a French bikini and I smile at the boss
while I crap right in my pants Original Lyrics: I dig a French bikini on Hawaiian island dolls
by a palm tree in the sand. |
Elvis Presley's, "Edge Of Reality"
Misheard Lyrics: The borderline of doom line faces
Original Lyrics: The borderline of doom I'm facing
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Elvis Presley's, "Edge Of Reality"
Misheard Lyrics: The girl with the neighbours name
Original Lyrics: The girl with the nameless face
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Foundations', "Baby, Now That I've Found You"
Misheard Lyrics: Darling I can't sandblast you
Original Lyrics: Darling I just can't let you
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Julie Andrews', "My Favorite Things"
Misheard Lyrics: Whispers on kittens
Original Lyrics: Whiskers on kittens
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Strawberry Alarm Clock's, "Incense and Peppermints"
Misheard Lyrics: Who cares what games we choose?
Little to women, but nothing to lose. Original Lyrics: Who cares what games we choose?
Little to win, but nothing to lose. |
The Four Seasons', "Let's Hang On"
Misheard Lyrics: That little chip of diamond on your hand
paid a fortune baby but you know it stands Original Lyrics: That little chip of diamond on your hand
ain't a fortune baby but you know it stands for our love |
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1970s | |
Bee Gees', "Stayin' Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: music cities breakin
and everybody's shakin Original Lyrics: Feel the city breakin'
and ev'rybody shakin'. |
Bryan Ferry /Roxy Music's, "If There Is Something"
Misheard Lyrics: Rangers, Celtic, it's just a game
Original Lyrics: Being specific, it's just a game
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Kansas', "Dust In The Wind"
Misheard Lyrics: All my dreams
pass before my eyes in true reality Original Lyrics: All my dreams
Pass before my eyes a curiosity |
Player's, "Baby Come Back"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby come back, daddy pulled an ol' oopsie
There was something in everything I bought you Baby come back, you can play Monopoly. I was robbed and I just can't live with ouchies. Original Lyrics: Baby come back, any kind of fool could see
There was something in everything about you Baby come back, you can blame it all on me I was wrong, and I just can't live without you |
TV theme's, "The Brady Bunch Theme"
Misheard Lyrics: And they knew they were much more than a bunch.
Original Lyrics: And they knew it was much more than a hunch.
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The Bee Gees', "Stayin' Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: New York Times front paper man
Original Lyrics: The New York Times' effect on man
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1980s | |
Billy Joel's, "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me"
Misheard Lyrics: X-rays, new wave, dense rays, anyways
It's still rock and roll to me, Original Lyrics: Next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways
It's still rock and roll to me, |
Billy Joel's, "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You could really be all pro-Ronald Reagan
If you'd just give it half a chance. Original Lyrics: You could really be a Beau Brummel, baby
If you just give it half a chance. |
Billy Squire's, "The Stroke"
Misheard Lyrics: Strong as Stroke Man
Original Lyrics: Stroke me, Stroke me
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Blondie's, "Call Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Come up off your call like charm
Original Lyrics: Come up off your colour chart.
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Genesis', "Invisible Touch"
Misheard Lyrics: She seems to have an invisible touchy
Original Lyrics: She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah
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Queen'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 |
Violent Femmes', "Blister in the Sun"
Misheard Lyrics: Lemme go wild
like a blister in the sun. Original Lyrics: Lemme go on
like a blister in the sun. |
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1990s | |
Armand Van Heldon's, "Funk Phenomenon"
Misheard Lyrics: Badabum banana
Original Lyrics: The funk phenomenon
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Genesis', "No Son Of Mine"
Misheard Lyrics: Genosa, genosa of mine.
Original Lyrics: You're no son, you're no son of mine.
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Janet Jackson's, "Again"
Misheard Lyrics: Contemplating the game
now my heart is in your hands Original Lyrics: Kinda late in the game
and my heart is in your hands |
Janet Jackson's, "Again"
Misheard Lyrics: Good intentions you had made me
Original Lyrics: Good intentions you had many
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Pearl Jam's, "Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: ahh, she walks across a young banjo.
Original Lyrics: She, she walks slowly across a young man's room.
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2000s | |
Alter Bridge's, "Before Tomorrow Comes"
Misheard Lyrics: All this much I know.
Original Lyrics: Oh, this much I know.
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Alter Bridge's, "Before Tomorrow Comes"
Misheard Lyrics: Take the hand in me.
Original Lyrics: Take the hand in need.
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Alter Bridge's, "Before Tomorrow Comes"
Misheard Lyrics: Will I bid to hear a farewell?
Original Lyrics: Will I bid the hero farewell?
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Alter Bridge's, "Brand New Start"
Misheard Lyrics: As we escape the disaughted
Original Lyrics: As we escape the disorder
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Alter Bridge's, "Brand New Start"
Misheard Lyrics: God, how we hate to be free.
Original Lyrics: God, how we ache to be free.
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Alter Bridge's, "Brand New Start"
Misheard Lyrics: The stems are grown
Original Lyrics: This desert road
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Alter Bridge's, "Brand New Start"
Misheard Lyrics: To find what all this would do.
Original Lyrics: To find the solace we're due
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Alter Bridge's, "Break Me Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Black card
Original Lyrics: Black heart
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Alter Bridge's, "Break Me Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Is coming
And it's gone and Original Lyrics: Is calling
And it's calling |
Alter Bridge's, "Break Me Down"
Misheard Lyrics: The weight of a thousand lives
A promise is broken on me all the time. Original Lyrics: The weight of a thousand lies
Promises broken haunt me all the time. |
Alter Bridge's, "Buried Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm suffering And I'm too weak
Original Lyrics: I'm so afraid That I'm too weak
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Alter Bridge's, "Buried Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: Slipping through the haze.
Original Lyrics: Slip into the haze.
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Alter Bridge's, "Coming Home"
Misheard Lyrics: As I lay awake
All the years are fake. Original Lyrics: As I peel away
All the years of pain |
Alter Bridge's, "Coming Home"
Misheard Lyrics: I rest my soul.
Original Lyrics: I'll rest my song.
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Alter Bridge's, "Rise Today"
Misheard Lyrics: Have we lost all hope to sorrow?
Original Lyrics: Have we lost our hope to sorrow?
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Alter Bridge's, "Rise Today"
Misheard Lyrics: Running further from the drive,
And there are no more hills to follow. Original Lyrics: Running further from what's right,
And there are no more heroes to follow. |
Alter Bridge's, "The Damage Done"
Misheard Lyrics: No race are wrong.
Original Lyrics: The race I run
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Alter Bridge's, "White Knuckles"
Misheard Lyrics: To live a life until you die a day
Original Lyrics: To live a life until your dying day
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Cast of 'Wario Ware Touched''s, "Rock The Mike"
Misheard Lyrics: Go! Go! Go, go Link!
Original Lyrics: Go! Go! Go, go, Mike!
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Chris Brown's, "Kiss Kiss"
Misheard Lyrics: And dig-ing me
Original Lyrics: And thick as can be
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Fallout Boy's, "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race"
Misheard Lyrics: I believe in love cause I'm so evil
I'm so into cats I'm so into ca-a-a-ts Original Lyrics: I'm a leading man and the lies I weave
are oh so intricate, oh so intricate |
James Blunt 's, "You're Beautiful"
Misheard Lyrics: I saw you with the naked gays
Original Lyrics: I saw you in a crowded place
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John Desire's, "Hot Limit"
Misheard Lyrics: French is always over, see my at my house
Original Lyrics: Precious love is always heating up my heart!
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Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Dani California"
Misheard Lyrics: Sucking on the barrel of a hot man of 45
Original Lyrics: Looking down the barrel of a hot metal 45
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The Veils', "Lavinia"
Misheard Lyrics: I've her name in mine
It's Collin all the time Original Lyrics: I've her name in mine
It's calling all the time |
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