Making fun of music, one song at a time. Since the year 2000.
Check out the two amIright misheard lyrics books including one book devoted to misheard lyrics of the 1980s.
Misheard Lyrics -> New Entries for May 27, 2022
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 Hollies', "If I Needed Someone"
Misheard Lyrics: What goes on when you're 9?
Original Lyrics: What goes on in your mind?
|
|
The Hollies', "Just Like Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Mary had a little land
Original Lyrics: Mary had a little lamb
|
|
The Hollies', "We're Through"
Misheard Lyrics: It's got to be the A
Original Lyrics: It's got to be the end
|
The Hollies', "Yes I Will"
Misheard Lyrics: I used to be the guy
Original Lyrics: I used to be the kind
|
1970s | |
Can's, "I Want More"
Misheard Lyrics: Toke a reefer, break a law
Original Lyrics: Don't care if I break a law
|
Chicago's, "Call On Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Me without your eyes, never leave my point of you
Original Lyrics: Please remember I never lose the thought of you
|
Gerry Rafferty's, "Baker Street"
Misheard Lyrics: Another year to make you feel happy
Original Lyrics: Another year and then you'd be happy
|
Nicolette Larson's, "Lotta Love"
Misheard Lyrics: It's gonna take Martin Mull
Original Lyrics: It's gonna take a lotta love
|
Rickie Lee Jones', "Chuck E.'s in Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Jockey's in love
Original Lyrics: Chuck E.'s in Love
|
|
The Hollies', "Hey Willy"
Misheard Lyrics: Your father calls you city
Original Lyrics: Your father calls you silly
|
|
The Hollies', "The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Sam McGhee"
Misheard Lyrics: Gun hanging on by his sight
Original Lyrics: Gun hanging on by his side
|
The Rolling Stones', "Brown Sugar"
Misheard Lyrics: Just like a new rebirth
Original Lyrics: Just like I knew you would
|
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers', "Don't Do Me Like That"
Misheard Lyrics: Don’t look at me like that.
Original Lyrics: Don't do me like that.
|
|
1980s | |
Bee Gees', "Stayin' Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: Ha, ha, ha, ha, insane asylum, insane asylum
Original Lyrics: Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive
|
Billy Joel's, "Uptown Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: As long as anyone with half a can.
Original Lyrics: As long as anyone with hot blood can.
|
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Hope hall, Malcolm X, greatest politician since JFK – blown away, what else do I have to say?
Original Lyrics: Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex
JFK – blown away, what else do I have to say? |
Cyndi Lauper's, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
Misheard Lyrics: I come home, in the mornin' like
Original Lyrics: I come home, in the mornin' light
|
Duran Duran's, "Hungry Like the Wolf"
Misheard Lyrics: I’m lost in a drought
or I’m lost in a draft Original Lyrics: I’m lost in a crowd
|
|
Falco's, "Rock Me Amadeus"
Misheard Lyrics: Armageddon, Armageddon
Original Lyrics: Amadeus, Amadeus
|
Greg Kihn Band's, "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'em)"
Misheard Lyrics: They don't like my cat anymore
Babies don't like my cat anymore Original Lyrics: They don't write 'em like that anymore
They just don't write 'em like that anymore |
Guns n' Roses', "Paradise City"
Misheard Lyrics: Take me down to the peridot city
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Original Lyrics: Take me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty |
Little River Band's, "Down on the Border"
Misheard Lyrics: Livin' their life like they mean it
... The people there - well, they cut your hair ... And all the people who are troubled within ... And at times love looks so easy Original Lyrics: Livin' their life like a millionaire
... The people there will cut your hair ... And all the people who are trapped within ... At the top life looks so easy |
Nena's, "99 Luftballons"
Misheard Lyrics: Non-oo-non say loop-a-loop.
Original Lyrics: Neunundneunzig Luftballons
|
Queen's, "Princes of the Universe"
Misheard Lyrics: Fighting for Survivor
Original Lyrics: Fighting for survival
|
Roxette's, "Listen to Your Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: When he's towing for you
Original Lyrics: When he's calling for you
|
Steve Winwood's, "Roll With It"
Misheard Lyrics: More fresh baked bagels
Original Lyrics: Roll with it, baby
|
The B-52's', "Love Shack"
Misheard Lyrics: Lunch out, baby lunch out
Original Lyrics: Love Shack, baby Love Shack
|
The Bangles', "Eternal Flame"
Misheard Lyrics: Do you feel this way?
Original Lyrics: Do you feel the same?
|
The Clash's, "Train in Vain"
Misheard Lyrics: Said you felt crap
Original Lyrics: Said you felt trapped
|
Wham!'s, "Careless Whisper"
Misheard Lyrics: Give me Fritos, got no river
Original Lyrics: Guilty feet have got no rhythm
|
1990s | |
Brand New Heavies', "Spend Some Time"
Misheard Lyrics: I had a picture of you in my head
It kept me warm when you wet my bed Original Lyrics: I had a picture of you in my head
It kept me warm when you were not there |
|
Deep Blue Something's, "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Misheard Lyrics: She said, "I think I remember the bill"
Original Lyrics: She said, "I think I remember the film"
|
Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm blue, like the beat of the night
Like the beat of the night Like the beat of the night Like the beat of the night ... Original Lyrics: I'm blue,
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. ... |
Queen's, "The Show Must Go On"
Misheard Lyrics: Tiger tales of yesterday
or Tiger tails of yesterday Original Lyrics: Fairy tales of yesterday
|
Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Give It Away"
Misheard Lyrics: Give ole, give ole, give ole now
Original Lyrics: Give it away, give it away, give it away now
|
Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Love Rollercoaster"
Misheard Lyrics: Love rollercoaster ciao
Original Lyrics: Love rollercoaster child
|
Robbie Williams', "Let Me Entertain You"
Misheard Lyrics: Have a notional life, wontcha?
OR Have an objectionable life, wontcha? OR Have your nose in the moonlight, wontcha? Original Lyrics: Heaven knows your mother lied, mon cher
|
The Cardigans', "Lovefool"
Misheard Lyrics: So I try and I crave and I beg
Original Lyrics: So I cry and I pray and I beg
|
The Shamen's, "Phorever People"
Misheard Lyrics: Phorever People, can of beans
OR Phorever People, canopy OR Phorever People cannot be Original Lyrics: Phorever people, can it be?
|
2000s | |
Ocean Colour Scene's, "Up on the Down Side"
Misheard Lyrics: And half of what we're saying is halfway in a tube
And blind communications for a million hearts of fools Hello Monday, the week is just a blur I've been burning fridges and now I'm baking at your door Original Lyrics: And half of what we're saying is halfway in a truth
And blind communications for a million hearts and fools Hello Monday, the weekend's just a blur I've been burning bridges and now I'm begging at your door |
|
2010s | |
Adele's, "Rolling in the Deep"
Misheard Lyrics: We could've had it bad (background noise)
Riding in the deep (tears are gonna fall) (Rolling in the deep) Original Lyrics: We could've had it all (you're gonna wish you)
(Never had met me) Rolling in the deep (tears are gonna fall) (Rolling in the deep) |
|
country | |
Highway 101's, "Somewhere Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Rollin' like a thunderstorm, driftin' with the wind
Original Lyrics: Rollin' like a summer storm driftin' with the wind
|
|
misc | |
Olivia Rodrigo's, "Deja Vu"
Misheard Lyrics: Strawberry ice cream in the lagoon
Don't act like we didn't do that s***, too Original Lyrics: Strawberry ice cream in Malibu
Don't act like we didn't do that s***, too |
Olivia Rodrigo's, "Good 4 U"
Misheard Lyrics: I guess that I can spend the night crying on the floor of my bedroom
You're so unaffected, I really don't give a sh*t I guess good for you Original Lyrics: I've lost my mind, I've spent the night crying on the floor of my bathroom
But you're so unaffected, I really don't get it But I guess good for you |