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 | |
Bobby Vee's, "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: And you'll find out without really tryin'
Each time that my keys will stray. Original Lyrics: And you'll find out without really tryin'
Each time that my kisses stray. |
Elvis Presley's, "Can't Help Falling In Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Take my whole life's poo.
Original Lyrics: Take my whole life too.
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The Four Seasons', "Let's Hang On"
Misheard Lyrics: Got a lot, a lot of Jesus
Original Lyrics: Got a lot, a lot between us
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The Temptations', "(I Know) I'm Losing You"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm Lucy Liu
Original Lyrics: I'm losing you
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Tommy James And The Shondells', "Crimson And Clover"
Misheard Lyrics: Printed in clover
Original Lyrics: Crimson and clover
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1970s | |
ABBA's, "The Winner Takes It All"
Misheard Lyrics: A big screen for us all
Original Lyrics: A big thing or a small
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Bay City Rollers', "Saturday Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey, hey, tee rock, tee rock, hey!
Original Lyrics: S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night!
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Bee Gees', "How Deep Is Your Love?"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause it's me you need to shove.
Original Lyrics: 'Cause it's me you need to show.
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Bee Gees', "More Than A Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Morgan's a woman to me.
Original Lyrics: More than a woman to me.
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Bee Gees', "Night Fever"
Misheard Lyrics: Here I am
Waiting for this moron tonight. Original Lyrics: Here I am
Waiting for this moment to last. |
Bee Gees', "Stayin' Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: I’m going nowhere; somebody help me get there
Original Lyrics: Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yeah
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Cheap Trick's, "I Want You To Want Me"
Misheard Lyrics: jill-a jill-a jill I see you crying
Original Lyrics: Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
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David Soul's, "Don't Give Up on Us"
Misheard Lyrics: I know I gave you a black eye
Original Lyrics: I know we put a last one by
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James Taylor's, "Fire and Rain"
Misheard Lyrics: I've seen lonely times when I could not find a fan
Original Lyrics: I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
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Marc Bolan's, "Children of the Revolution"
Misheard Lyrics: Telegram Sam, you're my maimed man.
Original Lyrics: Telegram Sam, you're my main man.
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Paper Lace's, "Billy, Don't Be a Hero"
Misheard Lyrics: Billy, don't be a bimbo.
Original Lyrics: Billy, don't be a hero.
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Rod Stewart's, "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)"
Misheard Lyrics: Ain't nobody gonna stop tonight
Original Lyrics: Ain't nobody gonna stop us now
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Steve Miller Band's, "Jet Airliner"
Misheard Lyrics: big yellow highlighter
Original Lyrics: Big old jet airliner
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The Bee Gees', "How Deep Is Your Love?"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause we're living in a world of poo,
Breaking it down Original Lyrics: 'Cause we're living in a world of fools
Breaking us down. |
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1980s | |
Bananarama's, "Cruel Summer"
Misheard Lyrics: It's the truth (true), Crusanna
Original Lyrics: It's a cruel (cruel), cruel summer
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Billy Squier's, "The Stroke"
Misheard Lyrics: Strong as nothing
Original Lyrics: Stroke me, stroke me.
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Eric B and Rakim's, "The R"
Misheard Lyrics: Keepin' you in tune and up to paw
And then you're doing it with the awe Original Lyrics: Keepin' you in tune and up to par
And then you're doing it with the R |
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Tears for Fears', "Shout"
Misheard Lyrics: I'd really love to break apart
Original Lyrics: I'd really love to break your heart
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1990s | |
Adina Howard's, "Freak Like Me"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause I'm that Cover Girl
Original Lyrics: 'Cause I'm that kind of girl
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Faith Hill's, "This Kiss"
Misheard Lyrics: Kiss kill, kiss kill
Original Lyrics: This kiss, this kiss
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Foo Fighters', "This Is a Call"
Misheard Lyrics: This is a call to all my back scratching nations.
Original Lyrics: This is a call to all my past resignations.
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Slipknot's, "Spit it Out"
Misheard Lyrics: Kick 'em in the nuts
Original Lyrics: Biggity-biggedy bitch boy
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The Wallflowers', "One Headlight"
Misheard Lyrics: Something better than heavy metal
Original Lyrics: Something better than in the middle
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2000s | |
50 Cent's, "In Da Club"
Misheard Lyrics: go, go shorty, its shimmer
Original Lyrics: Go, go, Shawty, it's your birthday.
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Feeling's, "Never Be Lonely"
Misheard Lyrics: So listen up, Lonely
Original Lyrics: At least they're not lonely
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Rihanna's, "Shut Up And Drive"
Misheard Lyrics: Got a lot of drive with a whole lot of bums in the back
Original Lyrics: Got overdrive with a whole lot of boom in the back
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2010s | |
AWOLNATION's, "The Best"
Misheard Lyrics: So fix my face up
With diet glue And science fiction Original Lyrics: So fix my face up
With dye and glue And science fiction |
Daft Punk's, "Get Lucky"
Misheard Lyrics: we're robot mexivan lucky
Original Lyrics: I'm up all night to get lucky.
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LSD feat. Sia's, "Thunderclouds"
Misheard Lyrics: All I need is water
Original Lyrics: All I need is a word
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Lil Nas X's, "Old Town Road"
Misheard Lyrics: My life is a movie
Borat ain't a movie Original Lyrics: My life is a movie
Bullridin' and boobies |
misc | |
The Munchkins', "Lullaby League And Lollipop Guild"
Misheard Lyrics: We represent the Lollipop Jail.
Original Lyrics: We represent the Lollipop Guild.
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