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.
1960s | |
The Four Seasons', "Walk Like a Man"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna walk like a man
Pass gas again Original Lyrics: I'm gonna walk like a man
Fast as I can |
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1970s | |
Alan Thicke's, "Diff'rent Strokes"
Misheard Lyrics: A man is born, he's a man or beast.
Original Lyrics: A man is born, he's a man of means
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America's, "Sister Golden Hair"
Misheard Lyrics: And I've been due too mine, too mine
Original Lyrics: And I've been too too hard to find
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Bill Withers', "Lean On Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Before I make love to your body
I want to make love to my aunt Original Lyrics: Before I make love to your body
I want to make love to your mind |
Bill Withers', "Lean On Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Please swallow your pride
If I have made you need to borrow Original Lyrics: Please swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow |
Cat Stevens', "Wild World"
Misheard Lyrics: Ooh baby baby it’s a white world
Original Lyrics: Ooh baby baby it’s a wild world
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Earth, Wind & Fire's, "September"
Misheard Lyrics: Bobby Orr!
or Bloody oar! or Bloody yeah! Original Lyrics: Ba de ya
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Elton John's, "Rocket Man"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm not the man I think I am alone
Original Lyrics: I'm not the man they think I am at home
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Gordon Lightfoot's, "If You Could Read My Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: Just like a pay-per-view movie
Original Lyrics: Just like a paperback novel
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band's, "Blinded By The Light"
Misheard Lyrics: Wrapped up like a douche, another odor in the night
Original Lyrics: Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night.
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Sonny Curtis', "Love Is All Around"
Misheard Lyrics: You can never say "Why don't you take it?"
Original Lyrics: You can have the town, why don't you take it?
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The Beatles', "Got to Get You Into My Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Then I suddenly see you prove
Original Lyrics: Then I suddenly see you ooh
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The Monkees', "Daydream Believer"
Misheard Lyrics: Day dream beaver
Original Lyrics: Daydream believer
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1980s | |
Greg Kihn Band's, "Jeopardy"
Misheard Lyrics: I love you Stephanie, baby.
Original Lyrics: Our love's in jeopardy, baby.
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Metallica's, "Fight Fire With Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Ahhh! My dad is here!
Original Lyrics: Armageddon is here.
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Mother Soundtrack's, "All That I Needed (Was You)"
Misheard Lyrics: I used to poop
Original Lyrics: I used to walk
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Prince's, "Little Red Corvette"
Misheard Lyrics: Feel it comin'
Original Lyrics: Little red Corvette
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Queen's, "Another One Bites The Dust"
Misheard Lyrics: Another one bites ma nuts
Original Lyrics: Another one bites the dust.
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Scorpions', "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
Misheard Lyrics: Give her dentures and feed her well
Original Lyrics: So give her inches and feed her well
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Terence Trent D'Arby's, "Sign Your Name"
Misheard Lyrics: Suddenly it crossed my heart
Original Lyrics: Sign your name across my heart
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The Nails', "88 Lines About 44 Women"
Misheard Lyrics: Reno was a nameless girl
Original Lyrics: Rena was an aimless girl
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Tina Turner's, "What's Love Got to Do With it?"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm lookin' for a nude erection
Original Lyrics: I'm lookin' for a new direction
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Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics: As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like cold embers
above the Serengeti. Original Lyrics: As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus
Above the Serengeti. |
1990s | |
Blessed Union of Souls', "Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me for Me)"
Misheard Lyrics: My collection - DMV
Original Lyrics: My collection - DVDs
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Collective Soul's, "The World I Know"
Misheard Lyrics: 'cause it's the one I love
Original Lyrics: 'cause it's the world I know
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Damn Yankees', "High Enough"
Misheard Lyrics: Can you take me by the numbers?
Original Lyrics: Can you take me high enough?
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Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics: I have a blue house with the Blue Man Group
Blue is the color of all of the way out Original Lyrics: I have a blue house with a blue window
Blue is the color of all that I wear |
Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics: I would pee on a guy,
I’m in need of a guide, I’m in need of a guy, Apple tree Apple pie, I believe I can fly, if I were green I would die, I can cook I can fry. Original Lyrics: Da bee, da ba dee ba da die.
Da bee, da ba dee ba da die. Da bee, da ba dee ba da die. Da bee, da ba dee ba da die. Da bee, da ba dee ba da die. Da bee, da ba dee ba da die. Da bee, da ba dee ba da die. |
Immature's, "Lover's Groove"
Misheard Lyrics: Hungry for your change, strictly for your change
Original Lyrics: Only for your Jeep,
Strictly for your jeep |
Live's, "Lightning Crashes"
Misheard Lyrics: Forces pooling from the center of the earth again
Original Lyrics: Forces pulling from the center of the earth again
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Metallica's, "Die, Die, My Darling"
Misheard Lyrics: No prime tomato baby
Original Lyrics: Don't cry to me, oh baby.
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Sting's, "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"
Misheard Lyrics: You would say I lost my cents and direction
Original Lyrics: You would say I lost my sense in direction
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The Lion King's, "Circle of Life"
Misheard Lyrics: yeeeee
Original Lyrics: Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba Sithi uhm ingonyama
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2000s | |
Coldplay's, "Viva La Vida"
Misheard Lyrics: My mission ain't in a fallen field
Original Lyrics: My missionaries in a foreign field
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KT Tunstall's, "Suddenly I See"
Misheard Lyrics: She got the party bee the party goo the part of sea yeah yeah
Original Lyrics: She got the power to be the power to give the power to see yeah yeah
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Nelly Furtado's, "I'm Like a Bird"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't know where my comb is
Original Lyrics: I don't know where my home is
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Pink's, "There You Go"
Misheard Lyrics: I got a nude man, he's waintin' out back
Original Lyrics: I got a new man, he's waitin' out back
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2010s | |
Ava Max's, "Sweet but Psycho"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, s*** sweet but a psycho
Original Lyrics: Oh, she's sweet but a psycho
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Hailee Steinfeld's, "Starving"
Misheard Lyrics: The moment I know you're the normal one too
Original Lyrics: The more that I know you, the more that I want to
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Maroon 5's, "What Lovers Do"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Llama sh*t for you
Oh, oh Just what llamas do oh Original Lyrics: Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, been wishin' for you
Ooh, ooh Tryna do what lovers do ooh |
Weird Al Yankovic's, "Party in the CIA"
Misheard Lyrics: Before the red alert came on the Brady Bunch
Original Lyrics: Before the red alert came on the radio
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country | |
Tammy Wynette's, "Stand by Your Man"
Misheard Lyrics: It was just an omen
Original Lyrics: He's just a man
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misc | |
Coldplay's, "Something Just Like This"
Misheard Lyrics: Just something/someone I can tattoo
Original Lyrics: Just something I can turn to
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