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.
1970s | |
Bee Gees', "How Deep Is Your Love?"
Misheard Lyrics: How deep is your glove?
Original Lyrics: How deep is your love?
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Cat Stevens', "Where Do the Children Play?"
Misheard Lyrics: But tell me, why do the children play?
Original Lyrics: But tell me, where do the children play?
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Eagles', "Take It to the Limit"
Misheard Lyrics: Take it to the linens one more time
Original Lyrics: Take it to the limit one more time
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Hall & Oates', "Rich Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: How did I out of Lorraine?
Original Lyrics: High and dry out of the rain
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Minnie Riperton's, "Lovin' You"
Misheard Lyrics: Loving you, I see your soul come shining through.
And every day that we, ooh. I'm more in loving you. Original Lyrics: Loving you, I see your soul come shining through.
And every day that we, ooh. I'm more in love with you. |
Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm just a poor bot.
Original Lyrics: I'm just a poor boy.
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Steve Miller Band's, "Jet Airliner"
Misheard Lyrics: We're going down in a line up
Original Lyrics: Big ol' jet airliner
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Yes', "Roundabout"
Misheard Lyrics: Twenty-four before my love: Lucy, I'll be there with you!
Original Lyrics: Twenty-four before my love you'll see
I'll be there with you |
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1980s | |
Dire Straits', "Money for Nothing"
Misheard Lyrics: Yeah buddy, that's his own hair
Original Lyrics: Yeah buddy, that's his only care
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Journey's, "Faithfully"
Misheard Lyrics: We all need the clowns to make us laugh
Original Lyrics: We all need the clowns
To make us smile. |
Journey's, "Who's Crying Now"
Misheard Lyrics: One large piece of pie
Original Lyrics: One love feeds the fire
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Kraftwerk's, "The Robots"
Misheard Lyrics: Yeah/that boy's modern,
Yeah/that boy's robot thinking Original Lyrics: Ya Tvoj Sluga, Ya Tvoj Rabotnik
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Madonna's, "Like a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Just like a friend
Your boys can take me there Original Lyrics: Just like a prayer
Your voice can take me there |
Robert Palmer's, "Addicted to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Might as well face it, you're a dick with a mud
Original Lyrics: Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
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The Clash's, "Rock the Casbah"
Misheard Lyrics: Fundamentally cardated!
Original Lyrics: Fundamentally he can't take it
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The Proclaimers', "I Will Walk 500 Miles"
Misheard Lyrics: Just to be the man who walks five thousand miles to fall down at your door
Original Lyrics: Just to be the man who walks a thousand miles to fall down at your door
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1990s | |
Jennifer Paige's, "Crush"
Misheard Lyrics: It's just a little crunch
Original Lyrics: It's just a little crush
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Marilyn Manson's, "Cake and Sodomy"
Misheard Lyrics: White trash get down on your knees
Time for cake "inside of me" Original Lyrics: White trash get down on your knees
Time for cake and sodomy |
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R.E.M.'s, "Drive"
Misheard Lyrics: What if you walk around the cock?
Original Lyrics: What if you rock around the clock?
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R.E.M.'s, "Everybody Hurts"
Misheard Lyrics: When you think you've had some lunch
Original Lyrics: When you think you've had too much
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R.E.M.'s, "Shiny Happy People"
Misheard Lyrics: Meet me with the clown
Original Lyrics: Meet me in the crowd
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R.E.M.'s, "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"
Misheard Lyrics: "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benadryl
Original Lyrics: "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" is your benzedrine
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Soundgarden's, "Spoonman"
Misheard Lyrics: Come on, lock it up.
or Come on, lock it out. or Come on, rock it out. or And the closest to the actual lyrics: Come on, whack it off. Original Lyrics: Come on, while I get off
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Soundgarden's, "The Day I Tried to Live"
Misheard Lyrics: Said seize the day, pull the trigger
Drop the plate watch the rolling heads Original Lyrics: Said seize the day, pull the trigger
Drop the blade and watch the rolling heads |
Weezer's, "The Good Life"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't want to be a nomad anymore.
Original Lyrics: I don't want to be an old man anymore.
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2000s | |
Coldplay's, "Fix You"
Misheard Lyrics: Terry screams right in your face
Original Lyrics: Tears stream down on your face
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Commercial's, "Empire Carpet/Empire Today"
Misheard Lyrics: Eight hundred five eight eight, two three hundred, and five! (Today!)
Original Lyrics: Eight hundred five eight eight, two three hundred, Empire! (Today!)
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Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar We're Going Down"
Misheard Lyrics: I know you got context, stop getting bullied
Original Lyrics: A loaded god complex, cock it and pull it
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John Mayer's, "Say"
Misheard Lyrics: Better put it in crustaceans
Original Lyrics: Better put it in quotations
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John Mayer's, "Your Body Is a Wonderland"
Misheard Lyrics: Your body is wobbly
Original Lyrics: Your body is a wonderland
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Mandy Moore's, "Crush"
Misheard Lyrics: U2, everything I wish I did
or YouTube, everything I wish I did Original Lyrics: You do everything I wish I did
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Metallica's, "Shoot Me Again"
Misheard Lyrics: Wake the sleeping toddler, let him sleep
Original Lyrics: Wake the sleeping dog, no, let him sleep
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Shrek's, "Karaoke Dance Party"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't left the wild
So that the dancers just won't hide You might like to hear my ogre A saturide, saturide Original Lyrics: I'm gonna add some bottom
So that the dancers just won't hide You might like to hear my organ I said "Ride, Sally Ride" |
System Of A Down's, "War?"
Misheard Lyrics: Ou est mon sac Adidas ?
Original Lyrics: We will fight the heathens.
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TV Theme Song's, "The Verdict with Judge Hatchett"
Misheard Lyrics: I was not the first one to throw up
or I was not the first one to throw off Original Lyrics: I was not the first one to throw a rock
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2010s | |
Charlie Puth's, "Attention"
Misheard Lyrics: I know that dress is caramel
Original Lyrics: I know that dress is karma
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Charlie Puth's, "Attention"
Misheard Lyrics: Rubbing that turd along my knee
Original Lyrics: Throwing that dirt all on my name
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Charlie Puth's, "Attention"
Misheard Lyrics: You just wanna touch it
Original Lyrics: You just want attention
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Charlie Puth's, "Attention"
Misheard Lyrics: You've been runnin' round, runnin' round, runnin' round throwing that turtle on my name
Original Lyrics: You've been runnin' round, runnin' round, runnin' round throwin' that dirt all on my name
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Mackenzie Ziegler's, "Monsters"
Misheard Lyrics: I won't stop fighting the mobsters
Original Lyrics: I won't stop fighting the monsters
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Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars', "Uptown Funk!"
Misheard Lyrics: Please say my name.
Original Lyrics: Trick say my name (radio edit)
or Bitch say my name (non edit) |
Martin Tungevaag ft. Serena West's, "Wicked Wonderland"
Misheard Lyrics: Wicked Wicked wonder lamb, it's like crossing the Rio Grande
Original Lyrics: Wicked Wicked Wonderland, it's like crossing the Rio Grande
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Sza's, "The Weekend"
Misheard Lyrics: My man is your man, her that's her man too.
Original Lyrics: My man is, my man is your man, HEARD that's her man too.
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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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Traditional's, "Alphabet Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Now I love my ABC's
Next time, won't you stay with me? Original Lyrics: Now I know my ABC's
Next time, won't you sing with me? |
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