Making fun of music, one song at a time. Since the year 2000.
Check out the two amIright misheard lyrics books including one book devoted to misheard lyrics of the 1980s.
Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> U -> Ultravox
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 Ultravox 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 52 misheard song lyrics for Ultravox on amIright currently.
There are also Ultravox misheard lyrics stories also available.
"All Fall Down"
Misheard Lyrics:
An American, Russian, a sofa from me
Original Lyrics:
An American, Russian, a soldier of me
"Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Dancing with beer on my tie.
Original Lyrics:
Dancing with tears in my eyes.
"Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
It's fine, and I'm driving home again
Original Lyrics:
It's five (as in 5:00), and I'm driving home again
"Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Leslie! The beer's here, aye aye
Original Lyrics:
Dancing with tears in my eyes
"Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Magic, we're here to die now.
Original Lyrics:
Dancing with tears in my eyes
"Dancing With Tears in My Eyes" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Dancing with trees in my eyes
Original Lyrics:
Dancing with tears in my eyes
"Love’s Great Adventure" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
I stood to pass the time
Original Lyrics:
I stood the test of time
"New Europeans" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
A lonely man sits cheek to cheek,
With your knicker signs in chrime
With your knicker signs in chrime
Original Lyrics:
A lonely man sits cheek to cheek,
With unique designs in chrome
With unique designs in chrome
"New Europeans" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
A quiet man sits cheek to cheek
With yer knickers signed in chrome
With yer knickers signed in chrome
Original Lyrics:
A lonely man sits cheek to cheek
With unique designs in chrome
With unique designs in chrome
"New Europeans" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
In a quiet street washed by the rain
The rumor in the hall
A lonely mansion cheek to cheek
With uniquer signs in code
The rumor in the hall
A lonely mansion cheek to cheek
With uniquer signs in code
Original Lyrics:
In a quiet street washed by the rain
The room within the home
A lonely man sits cheek to cheek
With unique designs in chrome
The room within the home
A lonely man sits cheek to cheek
With unique designs in chrome
"No Turning Back"
Misheard Lyrics:
No burning back
Original Lyrics:
No turning back
"One Small Day" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
MC Hammer’s coming down
Original Lyrics:
And the hammer’s coming down
"Passing Strangers" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Mormons crawl across an empty room
Original Lyrics:
Moments caught, across an empty room
"Rage In Eden" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Rain in Sweden
or
Danes in Sweden
or
Danes in Sweden
Original Lyrics:
Rage in Eden
"Reap the Wild One" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You take my hand and give me your friendship
I'll take my time and show you there's no reply. Give me a vision I'll make the best of it
Take all you want and leaving the rest to die
I'll take my time and show you there's no reply. Give me a vision I'll make the best of it
Take all you want and leaving the rest to die
Original Lyrics:
You take my hand and give me your friendship
I'll take my time and send you my slow reply
Give me an inch and I'll make the best of it
Take all you want and leave all the rest to die
I'll take my time and send you my slow reply
Give me an inch and I'll make the best of it
Take all you want and leave all the rest to die
"Reap the Wild Wind" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Give me a thin ship, I'll make the best of it
Original Lyrics:
Give me an inch and I'll make the best of it
"Reap the Wild Wind" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, isolation where I once lived
Original Lyrics:
Oh, desolation where I once lived
"Reap the Wild Wind" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
You take my hand as a sign of friendship
I'll take my time and send you the storyline
Give me a vision, I'll make the best of it
Take all you want to, leaving the rest to die
I'll take my time and send you the storyline
Give me a vision, I'll make the best of it
Take all you want to, leaving the rest to die
Original Lyrics:
You take my hand and give me your friendship
I'll take my time and give you my slow reply
Give me an inch and I'll make the best of it
Take all you want and leave all the rest to die
I'll take my time and give you my slow reply
Give me an inch and I'll make the best of it
Take all you want and leave all the rest to die
"Same Old Story"
Misheard Lyrics:
When the store grows
Original Lyrics:
When the storm grows
"Sleepwalk" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Helplessly breaking, exchanging my faces
Listen, we had to collide!
Listen, we had to collide!
Original Lyrics:
Helplessly breaking, exchanging my faces
Destined, we had to collide
Destined, we had to collide
Must hurt when your different faces collide head on... :)
"Slow Motion"
Misheard Lyrics:
Whirling my face in condensation
Original Lyrics:
Whirling my face in conversation
"The Voice" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sweetly the voices they call.
Original Lyrics:
Sweetly the voices decay.
"The Voice" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Sweetly the voices, they came.
Original Lyrics:
Sweetly the voices decay.
"Vienna" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
A man and a dog in a picture frame
A mystical sofa
A mystical sofa
Original Lyrics:
A man in the dark in a picture frame
So mystic and soulful
So mystic and soulful
"Vienna" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
A man and a duck in a picture frame,
Original Lyrics:
The man in the dark in a picture frame,
"Vienna" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Esme's nothing to me
Marianna.
Marianna.
Original Lyrics:
This means nothing to me
Oh Vienna.
Oh Vienna.
"Vienna" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Mince meat's nothing to me.
Original Lyrics:
This means nothing to me.
"Vienna" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
This means nothing to me
Oh Piano
Oh Piano
Original Lyrics:
This means nothing to me
Oh Vienna
Oh Vienna
"Vienna" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
This means nothing to me
Or the other
Or the other
Original Lyrics:
This means nothing to me
Oh Vienna
Oh Vienna
"Vienna" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
This means nothing to me, Arianna.
Original Lyrics:
This means nothing to me, oh Vienna.
"Vienna" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
This means nothing to me,
Oh, the lemon
Oh, the lemon
Original Lyrics:
This means nothing to me,
Oh Vienna.
Oh Vienna.
"Vienna" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
This means nothing to me,
Over yellow
Over yellow
Original Lyrics:
This means nothing to me,
Oh Vienna.
Oh Vienna.
"Vienna" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
This means nothing to me
Oh Piano!
Oh Piano!
Original Lyrics:
This means nothing to me
Oh Vienna!
Oh Vienna!
"Vienna" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
This means nothing to me
Oh piano, oh Theadore.
Oh piano, oh Theadore.
Original Lyrics:
This means nothing to me
Oh Vienna, oh Vienna.
Oh Vienna, oh Vienna.
"Vienna" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
This means nothing to me
I'm Big Emma.
I'm Big Emma.
Original Lyrics:
This means nothing to me
Oh Vienna.
Oh Vienna.
"Vienna" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
This means nothing to me
Of the inner.
Of the inner.
Original Lyrics:
This means nothing to me
Oh, Vienna!
Oh, Vienna!
"Visions In Blue" (MP3)
Misheard Lyrics:
Death seems to miss the hazy view.
Original Lyrics:
Breath seems to mist the hazy view.
Corrections
Please use the link next to each misheard lyric to suggest a correction. We do our best to review entries as they come in, but we can't possibly know every lyric to every song.
Disclaimer
Disclaimer: amIright.com makes no claims to the accuracy of the correct lyrics. All correct lyrics are copyrighted, amIright.com does not claim ownership of the original lyrics.
Place Your Vote
Voting Results
| 2.2 | ||
| 4.4 | ||
| 2.8 | ||
| 39 | ||
