Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.
1950s | |
Jerry Lee Lewis', "Great Balls of Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: You shake my Nerf and you rattle my brain
Original Lyrics: You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain
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1960s | |
Four Tops', "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"
Misheard Lyrics: Sugar pile honey bunch
Original Lyrics: Sugar pie, honey bunch
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Joe Cocker's, "Feelin' Alright"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm feelin' all white
Original Lyrics: I'm feelin' alright
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Joe Cocker's, "With a Little Help from My Friends"
Misheard Lyrics: What would you do if I sang out a tune?
Original Lyrics: What would you do if I sang out of tune?
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1970s | |
ABBA's, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: Dancing bean threw up on the Sasquatch knee
Original Lyrics: Dancing queen, feel the beat of the tambourine
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ABBA's, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: you can dance, you can try having the time of your life. see that fall. Watch that scene. havin the dancin' queen
Original Lyrics: You can dance, you can jivehaving the time of your life. See that girl. Watch the scene. Diggin' the dancin' queen.
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Carl Bean's, "I Was Born This Way"
Misheard Lyrics: Now I won't touch you. You won't touch me.
Original Lyrics: Now I won't judge you. Don't you judge me.
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Commercial's, "Lite-Brite"
Misheard Lyrics: Lite-Brite, making things with light.
Lite-Brite, making things with light. Original Lyrics: Lite-Brite, making things with light.
What a sight, making things with Lite-Brite |
Dobie Gray's, "Drift Away"
Misheard Lyrics: Give me the Beach Boys and De La Soul
Original Lyrics: Give me the beat, boys and free my soul.
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Jim Croce's, "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
Misheard Lyrics: Fat, fat, Leroy brown
The fattest man in the whole damn town Original Lyrics: Bad, bad Leroy Brown
Baddest man in the whole damned town. |
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Joe Cocker's, "You Are So Beautiful"
Misheard Lyrics: You are so pitiful
Original Lyrics: You are so beautiful
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Pink Floyd's, "One of These Days"
Misheard Lyrics: One of these days
I'm gonna dance with the little kids. Original Lyrics: One of these days
I'm gonna cut you into little pieces. |
Village People's, "Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics: Norman does it all by himself
Original Lyrics: No man does it all by himself
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1980s | |
Animotion's, "Obsession"
Misheard Lyrics: You are an objection
Original Lyrics: You are an obsession
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Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes', "(I've Had) The Time of My Life"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause we seem to understand the Virgin Sea
Original Lyrics: 'Cause we seem to understand the urgency
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Cutting Crew's, "(I Just) Died in Your Arms"
Misheard Lyrics: She's loving peroxide
Original Lyrics: She's loving by proxy
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Cyndi Lauper's, "Time After Time"
Misheard Lyrics: If you fall, I will cash and I'll be waiting
Dime after dime Original Lyrics: If you fall, I will catch and I'll be waiting
Time after time |
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: That lizard's taking a pee
Original Lyrics: Pour some sugar on me.
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Devo's, "Whip It"
Misheard Lyrics: Straight to the taxi, it's not too late.
Original Lyrics: Try to detect it, it's not too late
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Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes', "Up Where We Belong"
Misheard Lyrics: Love whiskers up where we belong
Original Lyrics: Love lifts us up where we belong
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Madonna's, "Live to Tell"
Misheard Lyrics: I know where pity lives
Original Lyrics: I know where beauty lives
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OMD's, "If You Leave"
Misheard Lyrics: I Dutch you once
I Dutch you twice I won't let go at Enterprise Original Lyrics: I touch you once
I touch you twice I won't let go at any price |
Simple Minds', "Don't You (Forget About Me)"
Misheard Lyrics: Will you echo nicely?
Original Lyrics: Will you recognise me?
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The Cutting Crew's, "(I Just) Died in Your Arms"
Misheard Lyrics: I file my hands to my head
Original Lyrics: I followed my hands, not my head
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The Police's, "Every Move You Make"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a pool hall ace
Original Lyrics: How my poor heart aches
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The Police's, "Synchronicity II"
Misheard Lyrics: Only the Russians have true faith
Original Lyrics: Only the rush-hour hell to face
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Theme Song's, "Nothing Can Stop The Smooze"
Misheard Lyrics: Duck and slide, and run and hide
Original Lyrics: Get inside, better run and hide
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1990s | |
Commercial's, "Bush's Baked Beans"
Misheard Lyrics: Roll that pitiful bean footage
Original Lyrics: Roll that beautiful bean footage
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Elton John's, "Can you feel the love tonight?"
Misheard Lyrics: It's enough to make kings and bag a bombs leave the therapist
Original Lyrics: It's enough to make kings and vagabonds believe the very best
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Pearl Jam's, "Jeremy"
Misheard Lyrics: Terribly spoken glass bidet.
Original Lyrics: Jeremy spoke in class today.
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Republica's, "Ready to Go"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a quack, I'm back yeah standing on the rooftops Saturday
Original Lyrics: It's a crack, I'm back yeah standing on the rooftops having it
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Roxette's, "It Must Have Been Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I turn to water like a tantrum in your palm
Original Lyrics: I turn to water like a teardrop in your palm
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Snap!'s, "The Power"
Misheard Lyrics: The kitten, the kitten, the kitten's kinda heavy.
Original Lyrics: It's gettin' it’s gettin' it’s gettin' kinda hectic
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The Divinyls', "I Touch Myself"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm focusing (on) just how much I adore you.
Original Lyrics: A fool could see just how much I adore you.
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Weird Al Yankovic's, "Smells Like Nirvana"
Misheard Lyrics: Put this on and bug your parents!
Original Lyrics: Boy this oughtta bug your parents!
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2000s | |
50 Cent's, "In Da Club"
Misheard Lyrics: Look Mami, I got the eggs if you into taking drugs.
Original Lyrics: Look Mami, I got the X if you into taking drugs.
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Caramell's, "Caramell Dansen"
Misheard Lyrics: Dance on your balls Cat f***king a handbag Yours, only yours Its no lie Lisa, in the crowd said "Meh, anyhow, it caramelldansen
Original Lyrics: Dansa med ossKlappa era hnderGr som vi grTa ngra steg t vnsterLyssna och lrMissa inte chansenNu r vi hr med Caramelldansen
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Green Day's, "Homecoming"
Misheard Lyrics: The machine gun sounds of
Home, we're coming home again Original Lyrics: That's jingle town that's
Home, we're coming home again |
Panic! At the Disco!'s, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
Misheard Lyrics: With a sense of voice and rashes over me
Original Lyrics: With a sense of poise and rationality
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Rihanna's, "Disturbia"
Misheard Lyrics: Ain't used to wet July
Original Lyrics: Ain't used to what you like
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Timbaland featuring One Republic's, "Apologize"
Misheard Lyrics: It's too late for farmer Giles
Original Lyrics: I said it's too late too apologize.
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2010s | |
Fall Out Boy's, "Novacaine"
Misheard Lyrics: Singing I am your worst night and your worst nightmare
I am your worst night and your worst nightmare Original Lyrics: Singing I am your worst, I am your worst nightmare
I am your worst, I am your worst nightmare |
Fall Out Boy's, "The Mighty Fall"
Misheard Lyrics: Y-y-y-love is just a pyramide scam
And I'm gassy, André! Original Lyrics: Your crooked love is just a pyramid scheme
And I'm dizzy on dreams |
Green Day's, "Wow! That's Loud"
Misheard Lyrics: When will the psychotic rebel learn?
Original Lyrics: Wearing a psychotic red alert
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Taylor Swift's, "Bad Blood"
Misheard Lyrics: Bambi's don't fix bullet holes
Original Lyrics: Band Aids don't fix bullet holes
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xmas | |
Gene Autry's, "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Misheard Lyrics: Olive, the Other Reindeer
Original Lyrics: All of the other reindeer
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