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 | |
Danny And The Juniors', "At The Hop"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's go to the hop. Oh, maybe.
Original Lyrics: Let's go to the hop (oh baby)
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Little Richard's, "Tutti Frutti"
Misheard Lyrics: Tutti Frutti, oh Rudy
Original Lyrics: Tutti Frutti, au rutti
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1960s | |
Beach Boys', "Barbara Ann"
Misheard Lyrics: Bob Bob Bob Bob Bob a rant
Original Lyrics: Ba-ba-ba, Ba-Barbara Ann
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Beatles', "Paperback Writer"
Misheard Lyrics: Ain't that right, girl.
Original Lyrics: Paperback writer
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Tom Jones', "It's Not Unusual"
Misheard Lyrics: Star used to be low Byron
Original Lyrics: It's not unusual to be loved by anyone
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1970s | |
Led Zeppelin's, "Stairway To Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: If there's a penis in your mum's mouth, don't be alarmed now
Original Lyrics: If there's a bustle in the hedgerow, don't be alarmed now.
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band's, "Blinded By The Light"
Misheard Lyrics: Wrapped up like a douche and a rover in the night.
Original Lyrics: Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night
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The Monks', "Drugs In My Pocket"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll put drugs in his pocket, maybe just a few of them
Original Lyrics: I got drugs in this pocket, more than just a few of them
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Warren Zevon's, "Werewolves Of London"
Misheard Lyrics: I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand.
Walking through the streets with some ho in the rain. Original Lyrics: I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand.
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain. |
1980s | |
AC/DC's, "Highway to Hell"
Misheard Lyrics: It ain't easy lovin' Steve
Season ticket wouldn't want that ride. Original Lyrics: Livin' easy, lovin' free
Season ticket on a one way ride. |
John Mellencamp's, "Jack and Diane"
Misheard Lyrics: Let it rock, let it roll
Let a bottle of milk, come and cereal. Original Lyrics: So let it rock, let it roll
Let the Bible Belt come and save my soul. |
Ray Parker Jr's, "Ghostbusters"
Misheard Lyrics: If you have ghosts, motherfreaking ghosts baby
Original Lyrics: You have a dose of a freaky ghost, baby
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Van Halen's, "Everybody Wants Some"
Misheard Lyrics: I took a mega ride, lookin' for a mook beam.
Original Lyrics: I took a mobile light, lookin' for a moonbeam.
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Van Halen's, "Panama"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a citizen, Let's hit this disco man!
Original Lyrics: Model citizen, zero discipline
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Violent Femmes', "Old Mother Reagan"
Misheard Lyrics: See, Old Mother Reagan wrote this song!
Original Lyrics: This is the Old Mother Reagan protest song!
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1990s | |
Alannah Myles', "Black Velvet"
Misheard Lyrics: Jimmy Rogers Danelectro up high.
Original Lyrics: Jimmy Rogers on the Victrola up high
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Anthrax's, "Time"
Misheard Lyrics: Black lives matter the seconds tick away
Original Lyrics: Clockwise and the seconds tick away
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Cornershop's, "Brimful of Asha"
Misheard Lyrics: Green fields and asher on the 45
Original Lyrics: Brimful of Asha on the 45.
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Cranberries', "Ode to My Family"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause we were raised
To see life as butter take it if we can Original Lyrics: 'Cause we were raised
To see life as fun and take it if we can |
Fatboy Slim's, "Right Here, Right Now"
Misheard Lyrics: Dang mup dafine ana luffs nareel
Original Lyrics: Waking up to find your love's not real
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Garbage's, "Only Happy When It Rains"
Misheard Lyrics: Boy, I'm misery town
Original Lyrics: Pour your misery down
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Notorious B.I.G.'s, "Hypnotize"
Misheard Lyrics: Never lose, never choose to, Blue's Clues who
Do something to us, talk go through us Original Lyrics: Never lose, never choose to, bruise crews who
Do something to us, talk go through us |
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2000s | |
Eagles', "No More Cloudy Days"
Misheard Lyrics: No more stony knives
Original Lyrics: No more stormy nights
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Fall Out Boy's, "Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner"
Misheard Lyrics: Happy like September in a February day
or Happy like December in a February day Original Lyrics: The hand behind this pen relives a failure every day
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Voltaire's, "Day of the Dead"
Misheard Lyrics: the grandma rally
Original Lyrics: the ground around me
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2010s | |
Fall Out Boy's, "Twin Skeletons (Hotel In NYC)"
Misheard Lyrics: The chairs are fake and my nerves are shitty
Original Lyrics: That shares our fate and deserves our pity
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Imagine Dragons', "Radioactive"
Misheard Lyrics: Ready to rock them, ready to rock them
Original Lyrics: Radioactive, Radioactive
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Kiiara's, "Gold"
Misheard Lyrics: Roofers caught me whacking off
Original Lyrics: Roof is falling let me love me falling I just know
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Marina and the Diamonds', "Oh No"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't do low, don't do friends
Original Lyrics: Don't do love, don't do friends
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Martin Tungevaag ft. Serena West's, "Wicked Wonderland"
Misheard Lyrics: Wicky wicky wonderland
Original Lyrics: Wicked wicked wonderland
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Rae Sremmurd's, "No Type"
Misheard Lyrics: I ain't trigger trice!
Original Lyrics: I ain't check the price!
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Sia's, "Cheap Thrills"
Misheard Lyrics: Until I hit the gun store
Hit the gun store I got all I need No I ain't got gas I ain't got gas Original Lyrics: Till I hit the dance floor
Hit the dance floor I got all I need No I ain't got cash No I ain't got cash |
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Twenty One Pilots', "Stressed Out"
Misheard Lyrics: Wish we could turn back time to the good dope days
Original Lyrics: Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days
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Voltaire's, "Oh My Goth!"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm dead I'm dead I'm dead I'm dead I'm deader than dead
Original Lyrics: Undead undead undead undead undeader than dead
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misc | |
Green Day's, "American Idiot "
Misheard Lyrics: Do you want to be an American idiot
Original Lyrics: Don't want to be an American idiot
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xmas | |
Brenda Lee's, "Jingle Bell Rock"
Misheard Lyrics: Snowin' and blowin' up cushions of fun
Original Lyrics: Snowin' and blowin' up bushels of fun
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Eagles', "Please Come Home for Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: Some salutations
Original Lyrics: Send salutations
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Eurythmics', "Winter Wonderland"
Misheard Lyrics: Hearing the oak leaves
Original Lyrics: Here in the open
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Frank Sinatra's, "Jingle Bells"
Misheard Lyrics: Dashing through the snow (Pluto)
In a one-horse open sleigh (Today) Original Lyrics: Dashing through the snow (To-doh)
In a one-horse open sleigh (Today) |
Jackson 5's, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
Misheard Lyrics: Underneath the myths of Snow White
Original Lyrics: Underneath his beard so snowy white
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Mariah Carey's, "All I Want for Christmas is You"
Misheard Lyrics: Make my witch come through
Original Lyrics: Make my wish come true
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Mariah Carey's, "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"
Misheard Lyrics: The kids and girls in Toyland
Will have a Jewish leaf Original Lyrics: The kids in girl and boy land
Will have a jubilee |
Michael Bolton's, "Our Love Is Like a Holiday"
Misheard Lyrics: Huck and I
Original Lyrics: How can I?
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Nat King Cole's, "Caroling, Caroling"
Misheard Lyrics: Mark E. Wells the song we sing
Original Lyrics: Mark ye well the song we sing
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The Waitresses', "Christmas Wrapping"
Misheard Lyrics: That's how you ask BP
Original Lyrics: That's RSVP
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers', "Christmas All Over Again"
Misheard Lyrics: And all over sound
Original Lyrics: And all over town
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