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 | |
B.J. Thomas', "Hooked on a Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics: I can stop this peeing
Original Lyrics: I can't stop this feeling
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Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs', "Wooly Bully"
Misheard Lyrics: Roll poly
Original Lyrics: Wooly Bully
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Sonny and Cher's, "I Got You Babe"
Misheard Lyrics: Our money's all been sent
Original Lyrics: Our money's all been spent
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The Doors', "Light My Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: shine a certain light on fire
Original Lyrics: try to set the night on fire
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The Seekers', "The Carnival Is Over"
Misheard Lyrics: Porky roll and come on by
Original Lyrics: For Pierrot and Columbine
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1970s | |
America's, "A Horse with No Name"
Misheard Lyrics: Is in the desert you can't remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no fame. Original Lyrics: In the desert you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain |
Andy Gibb's, "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water"
Misheard Lyrics: Betty Crocker
Original Lyrics: Devil's daughter
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Carly Simon's, "You're So Vain"
Misheard Lyrics: Your scarf was from Africa
Original Lyrics: Your scarf, it was apricot
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Commodores', "Three Times a Lady"
Misheard Lyrics: The melodies are all in my mind
Original Lyrics: The memories are all in my mind
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Foreigner's, "Cold as Ice"
Misheard Lyrics: Someday you'll be surprised
Original Lyrics: Someday you'll pay the price
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Foreigner's, "Double Vision"
Misheard Lyrics: Fill my mind with that television
Original Lyrics: Fill my eyes with that double vision
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Jim Croce's, "Time in a Bottle"
Misheard Lyrics: If I could make games last forever
Original Lyrics: If I could make days last forever
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Kraftwerk's, "The Robots"
Misheard Lyrics: We are old, adjusted, too
Original Lyrics: We are all adjusted to
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Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics: Galileo Figaro - Where did he go?
Original Lyrics: Galileo Figaro-magnifico.
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Queen's, "We are the Champions"
Misheard Lyrics: We are the Jetsons
Original Lyrics: We are the champions
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Van Halen's, "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I heard the news lady
Original Lyrics: I heard the news, baby.
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1980s | |
Abba's, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: she the dancing queen, only seven teeth
Original Lyrics: You are the dancing queen
Young and sweet Only seventeen |
Billy Idol's, "Mony Mony"
Misheard Lyrics: Like a monsignor!
Original Lyrics: (Ride your pony) So good!
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Bruce Springsteen's, "Hungry Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody wants to have a whore
Original Lyrics: Everybody wants to have a home
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Genesis', "Land of Confusion"
Misheard Lyrics: This is a face of giving
Original Lyrics: This is a place worth giving
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Jeffrey Osborne's, "We're Going All the Way"
Misheard Lyrics: Headed for Paramus
Original Lyrics: Headed for forever
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Talk Talk's, "Talk Talk"
Misheard Lyrics: Society was bringing me down
Original Lyrics: Anxiety was bringing me down
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Tears for Fears', "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Misheard Lyrics: It’s my own remote
Original Lyrics: It’s my own remorse
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Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics: As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like a lepress (a female leper) above the Serengeti
Original Lyrics: As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti.
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1990s | |
Ace of Base's, "All That She Wants"
Misheard Lyrics: All that she wants is another bagel
Original Lyrics: All that she wants is another baby
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Bryan Adams', "Let’s Make a Night to Remember"
Misheard Lyrics: For January and December
Original Lyrics: From January to December
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Frankie J featuring Baby Bash's, "Obsesion (No Es Amor)"
Misheard Lyrics: The one I am dreaming
Original Lyrics: Then why am I dreaming?
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Korn's, "All in the Family"
Misheard Lyrics: Climbing shoes and ladders
Original Lyrics: Climbing shoots and ladders
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Macy Gray's, "I Try"
Misheard Lyrics: I try to say goodbye to Machoke
Try to walk away and I stumble Though I try to hide it, it's clear I wrote Kerberos when you were not here Original Lyrics: I try to say goodbye and I choke
Try to walk away and I stumble Though I try to hide it, it's clear My world crumbles when you are not here… |
Madonna's, "Oh Father"
Misheard Lyrics: You can't make me try
Original Lyrics: You can't make me cry
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Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Scar Tissue"
Misheard Lyrics: This Window she said is a Lonely View
Original Lyrics: With the birds I'll share this lonely view
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Rembrandts', "I'll Be There For You (Friends Theme)"
Misheard Lyrics: When it happens in your day, we give off goop in your ear.
Original Lyrics: When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month or even your year
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Richard Marx's, "Now and Forever"
Misheard Lyrics: Until the day the motion doesn't touch the sand
Original Lyrics: Until the day the ocean doesn't touch the sand
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Smash Mouth's, "Then the Morning Comes"
Misheard Lyrics: And the world's okay
Original Lyrics: And the world's a faze
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Smash Mouth's, "Walkin' on the Sun"
Misheard Lyrics: King Midas will be walkin' on the sun
Original Lyrics: You might as well be walkin' on the sun
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The Wonders', "That Thing You Do"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't ask a lot girl,
But there's no more things for sure. Original Lyrics: I don't ask a lot, girl.
But I know one thing's for sure. |
Tom Petty's, "You Don't Know How it Feels"
Misheard Lyrics: So let's get to the core
Original Lyrics: So let's get to the point
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2000s | |
Incubus', "11 AM"
Misheard Lyrics: Eleven AM
By now you would think I would be up, But my bedsheets show the weight of choices I've made Original Lyrics: Eleven AM
By now you would think I would be up But my bedsheets shade the heated choices I made. |
Incubus', "A Certain Shade of Green"
Misheard Lyrics: Remember when you procrastinate you choose lives
Original Lyrics: Remember when you procrastinate you choose last.
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2010s | |
Dan + Shay's, "Speechless"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm speechless
Staring at you staring at a mattress Original Lyrics: I'm speechless
Staring at you, standing there in that dress |
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christian | |
Traditional's, "Jesus Loves the Little Children"
Misheard Lyrics: Whether they are black or white, all are precious in His sight.
Original Lyrics: Red and yellow, black and white,
They are precious in his sight. |
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country | |
Shania Twain's, "That Don’t Impress Me Much"
Misheard Lyrics: Down to an R
Original Lyrics: Down to an art
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