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Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> R -> Lionel Richie
Misheard song lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody. This page contains all the misheard lyrics for Lionel Richie that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.
There are 108 misheard song lyrics for Lionel Richie on amIright currently.
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"All Night Long (All Night)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
'Tambourine dead' said the boy, yah.
A mumbo jumbo!
A mumbo jumbo!
Original Lyrics:
Tam bo li de say de moi ya
Hey Jambo Jumbo
Hey Jambo Jumbo
"All Night Long (All Night)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
All I know, oh my!
Original Lyrics:
All night long, all night
"All Night Long (All Night)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
All night long (oh my)
Original Lyrics:
All night long (all night)
"All Night Long (All Night)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
All nylon all night
Original Lyrics:
All night long; all night
"All Night Long (All Night)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Go away, work to be done
Original Lyrics:
Throw away the work to be done
"All Night Long (All Night)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I believe in Pepsi Cola
Hey jumbo jumbo
Take some time before we go
Hey jumbo jumbo
Take some time before we go
Original Lyrics:
Jambo nipe senti moja
Hey jambo jambo
Way to parti o we goin
Hey jambo
Hey jambo jambo
Way to parti o we goin
Hey jambo
"All Night Long (All Night)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Jumbo lee hey setta mocha
Hey jumbo jumbo
Get your party on we go
Hey jumobolai
Hey jumbo jumbo
Get your party on we go
Hey jumobolai
Original Lyrics:
Jambo nipe senti moja
Hey jambo jambo
Way to parti o we goin
Hey jambo
Hey jambo jambo
Way to parti o we goin
Hey jambo
"All Night Long (All Night)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh Nein, Oh Nein
Original Lyrics:
All night, all night
Oh Nein is German. It means 'oh no'.
"All Night Long (All Night)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh nine oh, oh nine, oh nine . . , oh nine. Oh nine oh.
Original Lyrics:
All night long (chorus, all night, all night) all night long.
Editor's note: The parenthesized words, 'All Night', are part of the title; please don't leave them out.
"All Night Long (All Night)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, nine, oh
Oh, nine
Oh, nine
Oh, nine
Oh, nine
Original Lyrics:
All night long
All night
All night.
All night
All night.
"All Night Long (All Night)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sandinista set the boy up, say, jungle jungle
Wasted parties overflowing, oh, jungle law
Sandinista set the boy up, say, jungle jungle
Wasted parties overflowing, oh, jungle law
Sandinista set the boy up, say, jungle jungle
Original Lyrics:
Tom bo li de say de moi ya, yeah, jambo jumbo
Way to parti' o we goin' oh, jambali
Tom bo li de say de moi ya, yeah, jumbo jumbo
Way to parti' o we goin' oh, jambali
Tom bo li de say de moi ya, yeah, jumbo jumbo
"All Night Long (All Night)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Wait to party, Bullwinkle!
Original Lyrics:
Way to parti o we goin
"All Night Long (All Night)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We're going to fart it karamu fiesta forever
Original Lyrics:
We're going to party karamu fiesta forever
"All Night Long (All Night)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We're going to party,
Come on and fiesta forever
Come on and fiesta forever
Original Lyrics:
We're going to party,
Karamu, Fiesta forever
Karamu, Fiesta forever
"All Night Long (All Night)" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We're going to potty, the toilet, siesta forever
Original Lyrics:
We're going to party, karamu, fiesta forever
"Angel" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Give me shelter from Lorraine
Original Lyrics:
Give me shelter from the rain
"Ballerina Girl" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Diarrhea girl
or
Diarrhea world
or
Diarrhea world
Original Lyrics:
Ballerina Girl
"Dancing On The Ceiling" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody gets sick.
Original Lyrics:
Everybody, let's dance!
"Dancing On The Ceiling" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody have sex!
Original Lyrics:
Everybody, let's dance!
"Dancing On The Ceiling" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Gonna be there
Oh, I'm dancing on the ceiling.
Oh, I'm dancing on the ceiling.
Original Lyrics:
What a feeling
When we're dancing on the ceiling.
When we're dancing on the ceiling.
"Dancing On The Ceiling" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
People starting a clown waltz.
Original Lyrics:
People were starting to climb the walls.
"Dancing On The Ceiling" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The people starts to climb on walls
Original Lyrics:
People starting to climb the walls.
"Dancing On The Ceiling" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
What a feeling,
When we're dancing on the Sealink.
When we're dancing on the Sealink.
Original Lyrics:
What a feeling
When we're dancing on the ceiling.
When we're dancing on the ceiling.
"Dancing On The Ceiling" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
What a feeling
When we're p*s*ing on the ceiling.
When we're p*s*ing on the ceiling.
Original Lyrics:
What a feeling
When we're dancing on the ceiling.
When we're dancing on the ceiling.
"Dancing On the Ceiling" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Danson in the Sebring
Original Lyrics:
Dancing on the ceiling
"Dancing on the Ceiling" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Dancing to this CD
Original Lyrics:
Dancing on the ceiling
"Dancing on the Ceiling" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Danson on Cheers
Original Lyrics:
dancing on the ceiling
"Dancing on the Ceiling" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Everybody crap your pants!
Original Lyrics:
Everybody clap your hands!
"Dancing on the Ceiling" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
When we're antsy on the ceiling
Original Lyrics:
When we're dancing on the ceiling
"Dancing on the Ceiling" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
When we're rancid on the ceiling
Original Lyrics:
When we're dancing on the ceiling
"Do It to Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Standing there on and on
Original Lyrics:
Standing there all day long
"Hello" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hello, are you eating with a fork?
Original Lyrics:
Hello, is it me you're looking for?
"Hello" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Hello, is it reading books and more?
Original Lyrics:
Hello, is it me you're looking for?
"Hello" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I sometimes see you pass out outside my door
Original Lyrics:
I sometimes see you pass outside my door
This song is hilarious, (eg. 'Are you somewhere feeling lonely?' Who's lonely? I am!) but I love it!
"Hello" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I sometimes see your pants outside my door.
Original Lyrics:
I sometimes see you pass outside my door.
"Hello" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
J. Lo
Original Lyrics:
Hello
J. Lo is an abbreviated form of Jennifer Lopez, but she was probably not well known at the time Lionel Richie recorded this.
"Hello" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sharon, is it meat you're looking for?
Original Lyrics:
Hello, is it me you're looking for?
"Just To Be Close To You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
A man with no direction, with no porpoise.
Original Lyrics:
A man with no direction, with no purpose.
"My Love" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And so, one night, I lost my mind
Original Lyrics:
It's a wonder I ain't lost my mind
"Penny Lover" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Minneola
Original Lyrics:
Penny Lover
Minneola is a small city in Florida
"Penny Lover" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Now my love is somewhere lost in your kiss
When I'm all alone, it's you that I miss
With a love like cousins hard to resist.
When I'm all alone, it's you that I miss
With a love like cousins hard to resist.
Original Lyrics:
Now my love is somewhere lost in your kiss
When I'm all alone, it's you that I miss
Girl, a love like your's, it's hard to resist.
When I'm all alone, it's you that I miss
Girl, a love like your's, it's hard to resist.
"Penny Lover" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Penny loafer, won't you walk on by?
Original Lyrics:
Penny lover, won't you walk on by?
"Running With The Night" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
There's part of the city streets that's broken.
Original Lyrics:
The heart of the city street is beating.
"Running With The Night" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
There's part of the city streets that's broken.
Original Lyrics:
The heart of the city street was beating.
"Running with the Night" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Playing with Shamu
Original Lyrics:
Playing in the shadows
"Running with the Night" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
The hottest city street
Original Lyrics:
The heart of the city street
"Running with the Night" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We were running with a knife
Original Lyrics:
We were running with the night
"Running with the Night" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
We were running...(whoa),
Running with a knife
Running with a knife
Original Lyrics:
We were running...(whoa),
Running with the night.
Running with the night.
"Say You, Say Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I had a dream, I had an awful dream.
Original Lyrics:
I had a dream, I had an awesome dream.
"Say You, Say Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I had a dream, I had an awful dream
Original Lyrics:
I had a dream, I had an awesome dream
"Say You, Say Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
People in the park
Playing games with the dog.
Playing games with the dog.
Original Lyrics:
People in the park
Playing games in the dark.
Playing games in the dark.
"Say You, Say Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
People in the park
Playing games with the dog.
Playing games with the dog.
Original Lyrics:
People in the park
Playing games in the dark.
Playing games in the dark.
"Say You, Say Me" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Say it four ways, that's the way it should be.
Original Lyrics:
Say it for always, that's the way it should be.
"Se La"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sara, Sara
or
Cera, Cera
or
Say 'la', say 'la'
or
C'est la, c'est la
or
Cera, Cera
or
Say 'la', say 'la'
or
C'est la, c'est la
Original Lyrics:
Se la, se la
"Se La"
Misheard Lyrics:
Say a lot
Original Lyrics:
Se La
"Se La"
Misheard Lyrics:
Seller
Original Lyrics:
Se La
"Stuck On You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, leavin' on that midnight train to Georgia.
Original Lyrics:
Oh, leaving on that midnight train tomorrow.
"Stuck on You" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Aren't you glad you stayed?
Original Lyrics:
Mighty glad you stayed
"Truly" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
'Cause I'm Trudy
Trudy's in love with me
Trudy's in love with me
Original Lyrics:
'Cause I'm truly
Truly in love with you
Truly in love with you
"Truly" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And you want me by your sight
Original Lyrics:
And you want me by your side
"You Are" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
And I do it all again in Japan
Original Lyrics:
And I do it all again and again
"You Are" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You are the song
You are Lorraine
You are Lorraine
Original Lyrics:
You are the sun
You are the rain
You are the rain
"You Are" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You need to know, I love your soul
Original Lyrics:
You need to know, I love you so
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