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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 | |
Grass Roots', "Midnight Confessions"
Misheard Lyrics: Take a ring through the daytime
Original Lyrics: Staggering through the daytime
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Iron Butterfly's, "In a Gadda-da-Vida"
Misheard Lyrics: In a bar with the Beatles, honey
Original Lyrics: In a Gadda-da-Vida, honey
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Lesley Gore's, "It's My Party"
Misheard Lyrics: It's my party and I'm crying my lungs out
Original Lyrics: It's my party and I'll cry if I want to
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Marcie Blaine's, "Bobby's Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna be Barbie's girl
Original Lyrics: I wanna be Bobby's girl
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Skeeter Davis', "The End of the World"
Misheard Lyrics: Why do we see Rosh Hashanah?
Original Lyrics: Why does the sea rush ashore?
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Steppenwolf's, "Magic Carpet Ride"
Misheard Lyrics: Why don't you sell your feet to me
Original Lyrics: Why don't you tell your dreams to me
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1970s | |
Average White Band's, "Cut the Cake"
Misheard Lyrics: Got a coffee cake
Original Lyrics: Gotta cut the cake
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Barry Manilow's, "Can't Smile Without You"
Misheard Lyrics: That only seemed like years away
Original Lyrics: That only seemed light years away
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Carl Douglas', "Kung Fu Fighting"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody loves Kung Fu fighting
Original Lyrics: Everybody was Kung Fu fighting
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Chicago's, "Colour My World"
Misheard Lyrics: Now that you're here
Original Lyrics: Now that you're near
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Elton John's, "Your Song"
Misheard Lyrics: It’s a little bit sunny
Original Lyrics: It’s a little bit funny
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Gladys Knight and the Pips', "Midnight Train to Georgia"
Misheard Lyrics: She's meeting (meeting)
Original Lyrics: She's leaving (leaving)
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Helen Reddy's, "Peaceful"
Misheard Lyrics: Nobody bleeding in my ear
Original Lyrics: Nobody breathing in my ear
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Helen Reddy's, "You're My World"
Misheard Lyrics: Other eyes see the stars up in disguise
Original Lyrics: Other eyes see the stars up in the sky
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KC and the Sunshine Band's, "Get Down Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Downtown Abbey
Original Lyrics: Get down tonight
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Led Zeppelin's, "Going to California"
Misheard Lyrics: Smoking my Skoal
Original Lyrics: Smoking my stuff
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Michael Jackson's, "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
Misheard Lyrics: Keep up with the Bus Stop
Original Lyrics: Keep on, with the force, don't stop
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Middle of the Road's, "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"
Misheard Lyrics: Last night I caught Corona down in Wuhan
Ooh wee chirpy chirpy cheep cheep Woke up this morning and my Covid was gone Ooh wee chirpy chirpy cheep cheep Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep chirp Original Lyrics: Last night I heard my momma singing this song
Ooh wee chirpy chirpy cheep cheep Woke up this morning and my momma was gone Ooh wee chirpy chirpy cheep cheep Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep chirp |
Paul McCartney's, "Maybe I'm Amazed"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby, I'm amazed by the way you lick me all the time
Original Lyrics: Maybe I'm amazed by the way you're with me all the time
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Stevie Wonder's, "Signed Sealed Delivered, I'm Yours"
Misheard Lyrics: When I touch them baby boys and girls
Original Lyrics: When I touch them, they mean nothing, girl
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The Clash's, "I Fought the Law"
Misheard Lyrics: Up on the law in a law world
Original Lyrics: I fought the law, and the law won.
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The Clash's, "White Riot"
Misheard Lyrics: White Riot, we're out of ammo!
Original Lyrics: White riot, a riot of my own.
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1980s | |
Anita Baker's, "Giving You the Best That I Got"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody's got a pinhead
Original Lyrics: Everybody's got opinions
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Imagination's, "Just an Illusion"
Misheard Lyrics: Got a bigger back
It's just an illusion Original Lyrics: Could it be that
It's just an illusion |
Laura Branigan's, "Gloria"
Misheard Lyrics: Gloria, don't you think you're foreign?
Original Lyrics: Gloria, don't you think you're falling?
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The Police's, "Don't Stand So Close to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: That book will never come
Original Lyrics: That book by Nabokov
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The Rolling Stones', "Start Me Up"
Misheard Lyrics: You make Josh Groban cry
Original Lyrics: You make a grown man cry
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Whitney Houston's, "One Moment In Time"
Misheard Lyrics: You're a weirdo for a lifetime
Original Lyrics: You're a winner for a lifetime
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1990s | |
Ace of Base's, "Don’t Turn Around"
Misheard Lyrics: Downton Abbey
Original Lyrics: Don’t turn around
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Celine Dion's, "Call The Man"
Misheard Lyrics: He can heal the world of farts in need of care
Original Lyrics: He can heal the world of hearts in need of care
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Maria McKee's, "Show Me Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: There you go
Flashing Fievel from your eyes Original Lyrics: There you go
Flashing fever from your eyes |
Nirvana's, "Territorial Pissings"
Misheard Lyrics: When I was an idiot
Original Lyrics: When I was an alien
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Primitive Radio Gods', "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth..."
Misheard Lyrics: Moonlight spells on comic books
Original Lyrics: Moonlight spills on comic books
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The Lion King's, "Circle of Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Ahhhhh Sabeniyah Abeniecineyo
Original Lyrics: Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba Sithi uhm ingonyama
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Weird Al Yankovic's, "The White Stuff"
Misheard Lyrics: What is so little?
Original Lyrics: What's in the middle?
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2000s | |
Maroon 5's, "Girls Like You"
Misheard Lyrics: Maybe I'm buried alive
Original Lyrics: Maybe I'm barely alive
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Modern English's, "I Melt with You"
Misheard Lyrics: There's nothing human eyes must do
Original Lyrics: There's nothing you and I must do
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Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean's, "Hips Don't Lie"
Misheard Lyrics: Embarrassing key to the violence we see
Original Lyrics: En Barranquilla se baila así
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2010s | |
Coldplay's, "Orphans"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna know
When I can go Back to the orphanage Original Lyrics: I wanna know
When I can go Back and be young again |
Katy Perry's, "Roar"
Misheard Lyrics: And you're gonna hear me, whoa!
Original Lyrics: And you're gonna hear me roar
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Katy Perry's, "Teenage Dream"
Misheard Lyrics: In my spindletop jeans
Original Lyrics: In my skin-tight jeans
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Maroon 5's, "What Lovers Do"
Misheard Lyrics: Oo Oo Oo Oo Oo, I pooped a ship for you
Original Lyrics: Oh OH OH OH Oh been wishin' for you
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Modern Baseball's, "Your Graduation"
Misheard Lyrics: It's been 31 years of me thinking about you every day
Original Lyrics: It's been three whole years of me thinking about you every day
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Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello's, "Senorita"
Misheard Lyrics: Ooh, I should be Barney
Original Lyrics: Ooh, I should be running
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Taylor Swift's, "I Knew You Were Trouble"
Misheard Lyrics: Travel travel travel
Original Lyrics: Trouble trouble trouble
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