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 | |
Elvis Presley's, "Hound Dog"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, you ain't ever gonna rev it and you ain't no friend of mine.
Original Lyrics: Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine.
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1960s | |
Cat Stevens', "The First Cut Is the Deepest"
Misheard Lyrics: The first cut is the dealer's
Original Lyrics: The first cut is the deepest
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Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Lookin' out My Back Door"
Misheard Lyrics: Tangerines and Elvis all playing in the band.
Original Lyrics: Tambourines and elephants are playin' in the band.
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Johnny Cash's, "Ring of Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: And its birds, birds, birds
Original Lyrics: And it burns, burns, burns
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Led Zeppelin's, "Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)"
Misheard Lyrics: Heaven knows, 'tisn't how it used to be
Original Lyrics: Tellin' tall tales of how it used to be
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1970s | |
Althea and Donna's, "Uptown Top Rankin"
Misheard Lyrics: True you simmer in my pants and sing
Original Lyrics: True you see me in m'pants and ting
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Cher's, "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves"
Misheard Lyrics: Gypsies chimpanzees
Original Lyrics: Gypsies, tramps and thieves
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Chicago's, "25 or 6 to 4"
Misheard Lyrics: Getting up to close my eyes
Original Lyrics: Giving up I close my eyes
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band's, "Blinded by the Light"
Misheard Lyrics: In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat
Original Lyrics: In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent bumps his way into his hat
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Vicki Lawrence's, "The Night When the Lights Went Out in Georgia"
Misheard Lyrics: Georgia Mitchell was making the rounds
So he fired a shot, shot the wagon down Then his big brother Chet grabbed the gun in his hand Seth, why'd you do it? Original Lyrics: The Georgia Patrol was makin' their rounds
So he fired a shot just to flag them down A big-bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said Why'd you do it? |
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1980s | |
AC/DC's, "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
Misheard Lyrics: Neckties, contracts, high logic.
Original Lyrics: Neckties, contracts, high voltage.
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Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb's, "What Kind of Fool"
Misheard Lyrics: What, what kind of food
'Tis in a pot Leaving me pain and sorrow Original Lyrics: What, what kind of fool
Tears it apart Leaving me pain and sorrow |
Bruce Springsteen's, "Brilliant Disguise"
Misheard Lyrics: Is that you baby or just a bridge in the sky?
Original Lyrics: Is that you baby or just a brilliant disguise?
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood's, "Warriors of the Wasteland"
Misheard Lyrics: Same old device on desert sands
Original Lyrics: Sailboats of ice on desert sands
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Rush's, "Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics: What you say about his company is what you say about the soy bean
Original Lyrics: What you say about his company is what you say about society.
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The Christians', "Forgotten Town"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm looking hard for the Stridex sign
Original Lyrics: I''m looking hard for the slightest sign
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The Clash's, "Rock the Casbah"
Misheard Lyrics: By oilin' up the temple oh, they really pack 'em in.
Original Lyrics: Now, over at the temple oh, they realy pack 'em in.
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The Clash's, "Rock the Casbah"
Misheard Lyrics: by oilin' up the prophets
Original Lyrics: by order of the prophet
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The Smiths', "How Soon Is Now?"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a clock if you'd like to go
You can meet somebody who really loves you Original Lyrics: There's a club if you'd like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you |
Theme Song's, "David the Gnome Theme"
Misheard Lyrics: It's true, and I will tell you so.
They are there to see, if you believe. Toads & Lizards & Fairy Kings, Birds that talk & fish that sing. Original Lyrics: It's true, and I will tell you so.
They are there to see, if you believe. Trolls & Wizards & Fairy Kings, Birds that talk & fish that sing. |
Toto's, "Rosanna"
Misheard Lyrics: Beetroot all the way, Rosanna, yeah
Original Lyrics: Meet you all the way, Rosanna, yeah.
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1990s | |
Radiohead's, "Exit Music (for a Film)"
Misheard Lyrics: Please don't you choke
Original Lyrics: We hope that you choke
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Shari Lewis', "Lamb Chop's Play-Along!"
Misheard Lyrics: If you like funny chokes
Original Lyrics: If you like funny jokes
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2000s | |
Fall Out Boy's, "G.I.N.A.S.F.S."
Misheard Lyrics: Let me see a moose,
Let me see a moose. Original Lyrics: Let me see your moves,
Let me see your moves. |
Gorillaz's, "19-2000"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a new thing of apple juice,
It's a new thing of apple juice It's a new thing of apple juice. Original Lyrics: It's the music that we choose, it's the music that we choose, it's the music that we choose
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Joe Redifer's, "Final Fantasy"
Misheard Lyrics: but you can kiss my beehive
Original Lyrics: but you can kiss my behind
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System of a Down's, "B.Y.O.B."
Misheard Lyrics: Why do they always censor porn
Original Lyrics: Why do they always send the poor
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Tori Amos', "Jamaica Inn"
Misheard Lyrics: The sexist thing is true, I wake up to find the pirates are girls.
Original Lyrics: The sexiest thing is trust, I wake up to find the pirates have come.
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2010s | |
21 Pilots', "Stressed Out"
Misheard Lyrics: When our mama would say "nice to sleep" and now we're stretched out
Original Lyrics: When our mama would sing us to sleep and now we're stressed out
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Chainsmokers', "Closer"
Misheard Lyrics: Pull the sheets right off the corner,
Of the mattress that you stole, From your roommate back in Bordeaux Original Lyrics: Pull the sheets right off the corner,
Of the mattress that you stole, From your roommate back in Boulder |
Fall Out Boy's, "Alone Together"
Misheard Lyrics: This is the road to heroine.
Original Lyrics: This is the road to ruin.
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Fall Out Boy's, "Centuries"
Misheard Lyrics: Ice cream forever!
Original Lyrics: We've been here forever
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Twenty One Pilots', "Heathens"
Misheard Lyrics: All my friends are eatin' bacon slow
or heatin' bacon slow Original Lyrics: All my friends are heathens take it slow
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christian | |
country | |
Carrie Underwood's, "Dirty Laundry"
Misheard Lyrics: All the 8-tracks in the world ain't gonna clean your dirty laundry
Original Lyrics: All the Ajax in the world ain't gonna clean your dirty laundry
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Toby Keith's, "Wish I Didn't Know Now"
Misheard Lyrics: I'd rather go on loving blind girls
Than go on loving without you Original Lyrics: I'd rather go on loving blind, Girl
Than go on loving without you |
xmas | |
Elton John's, "Step Into Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: There comes Christmas
Original Lyrics: Step into Christmas
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Gene Autry's, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Misheard Lyrics: As they shouted out with Gleem
Original Lyrics: As they shouted out with glee
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Josh Groban's, "O Holy Night"
Misheard Lyrics: For younger breaks a new glorious morph
Original Lyrics: For yonder breaks a new glorious morn
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Kylie Minogue's, "Santa Baby"
Misheard Lyrics: Just slip the stable under the tree
Original Lyrics: Just slip the sable under the tree
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LeAnn Rimes', "All I Want for Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: You are the angel that guards my dream
Original Lyrics: You are the angel atop my tree
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Nat King Cole Trio's, "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting)"
Misheard Lyrics: Chestnuts roasting on an open file
Jack Frost snipping at your nose Yuletide carols being sung by a 'quile' And folks dressed up like Eskimos Everybody knows... Original Lyrics: Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your nose Yuletide carols being sung by a choir And folks dressed up like Eskimos Everybody knows... |
Nat King Cole's, "The Christmas Song"
Misheard Lyrics: And so I'm offering this simple phrase, to kids from room 292
Original Lyrics: And so I'm offering this simple phrase, to kids from one to ninety-two
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NewSong's, "The Christmas Shoes"
Misheard Lyrics: Surely want to buy these chutes
Original Lyrics: Sir, I want to buy these shoes
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The Temptations', "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey Hoodlum!
Original Lyrics: Hey Rudolph!
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Traditional's, "12 Days of Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: A partridge in a pantry
Original Lyrics: A partridge in a pear tree
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Traditional's, "Go Tell It on the Mountain"
Misheard Lyrics: Go telly on the mountain
Original Lyrics: Go tell it on the mountain.
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Vince Guaraldi Trio's, "Hark, The Herald Angels Sing"
Misheard Lyrics: We'll be jolly host proclaim
Original Lyrics: With angelic hosts proclaim
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