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 | |
Wilson Pickett's, "Land of 1000 Dances"
Misheard Lyrics: Let your pay phone slip
Original Lyrics: Let your backbone slip
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1970s | |
10cc's, "The Wall Street Shuffle"
Misheard Lyrics: Ol' Howard Hughes
Original Lyrics: Oh, Howard Hughes
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Cat Stevens', "Lady D'Arbanville"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll wait 'til tomorrow
Original Lyrics: I'll wake you tomorrow
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Chicago's, "I'm a Man"
Misheard Lyrics: While we're waiting for each other
Original Lyrics: While relating to each other
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Elton John's, "Mama Can't Buy You Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Marbles don't want you
Original Lyrics: Mama don't want you
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Gilbert O'Sullivan's, "Nothing Rhymed"
Misheard Lyrics: To some ebony lady or man
Original Lyrics: To some elderly lady or man
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Gilbert O'Sullivan's, "Underneath the Blanket Go"
Misheard Lyrics: Gay me, underneath the blanket go
Original Lyrics: Gaily underneath the blanket go
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Leo Sayer's, "One Man Band"
Misheard Lyrics: So you mow the lawn all day
Original Lyrics: So you move along all day
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Pretenders', "Stop Your Sobbing"
Misheard Lyrics: Gotta stop solving now
Original Lyrics: Gotta stop sobbing now
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Renaissance's, "Northern Lights"
Misheard Lyrics: Every night synchronized
Original Lyrics: Empty nights synchronized
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Shirley Bassey's, "Something"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't want to lead me now
Original Lyrics: I don't want to leave him now
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Status Quo's, "Break the Rules"
Misheard Lyrics: And I new it wasn't light
Original Lyrics: And I knew it wasn't right
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1980s | |
Adam Ant's, "Friend or Foe"
Misheard Lyrics: To become at Michael's or at FYE
Original Lyrics: To become admirers or my enemies
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Big Country's, "Look Away"
Misheard Lyrics: This time we won't, this time we die
Original Lyrics: This time we run, this time we hide
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Fiction Factory's, "(Feels Like) Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: That lingered button soul
Original Lyrics: That lingered but turned sour
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Matt Bianco's, "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed"
Misheard Lyrics: You can eat off the floor
Original Lyrics: You can sleep on the floor
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Pretenders', "Message of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Now the reason we fear
Original Lyrics: Now the reason we're here
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Queen's, "A Kind of Magic"
Misheard Lyrics: This range that lasts a thousand years
Original Lyrics: This rage that lasts a thousand years
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The Hooters', "All You Zombies"
Misheard Lyrics: The peas is gonna fall on you.
Original Lyrics: The pieces gonna fall on you.
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UB40's, "Sing Our Own Song"
Misheard Lyrics: We will fill our own sauce-iety
Original Lyrics: We will build our own society
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1990s | |
Blur's, "Charmless Man"
Misheard Lyrics: I met him in a grounded room
Original Lyrics: I met him in a crowded room
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Blur's, "Parklife"
Misheard Lyrics: Who's that cockroach marching?
Original Lyrics: Who's that gut lord marching?
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Blur's, "Stereotypes"
Misheard Lyrics: The Southern Comfort drinking
Original Lyrics: The suburbs they are dreaming
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Bryan Adams', "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's make it all the way
Original Lyrics: Let's make it our way
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M People's, "Don't Look Any Further"
Misheard Lyrics: Day-o, amma day-o, bumper G-I-O
Don't look any further Day-o, amma day-o, me zombie non-bio Don't look any further Original Lyrics: Day o umba day o mambu ji ay o
Don't look any further Day o umba day o na jam bay um bay o Don't look any further |
Megadeth's, "Rust In Peace"
Misheard Lyrics: I smoke like a chimney, discharge my payload
Original Lyrics: I spread disease like a dog, discharge my payload
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Pretenders', "Human"
Misheard Lyrics: And I cry when in vain
Original Lyrics: And I cry when in pain
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Pretenders', "Night in My Veins"
Misheard Lyrics: In the last line
Original Lyrics: In the lamp-light
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2000s | |
Blur's, "Crazy Beat"
Misheard Lyrics: 'cause you're grown up to love
Original Lyrics: 'cause you've blown up your lungs
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Blur's, "Under the Westway"
Misheard Lyrics: Everyone was singing
Original Lyrics: Everything was sinking
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Kelly Clarkson's, "My Life Would Suck WIthout You"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause we belong together, now and then
Original Lyrics: 'Cause we belong together, now, yeah
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2010s | |
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets', "My Friend's a Liquid"
Misheard Lyrics: Eyes wide shut, time runs out
Alligator motion Head runs out, miracle now Alligator days Alligator motion Original Lyrics: Eyes wide shut, time rounds up
Abacus in motion Head plugged out, miracle doubt All of this decays Allocate emotion |
Robin Schulz & James Blunt's, "OK"
Misheard Lyrics: When every star falls from the sky
And then the last time the world breaks Original Lyrics: When every star falls from the sky
And every last heart in the world breaks |