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.
(Toggle Right Side Navigation)

Misheard Lyrics -> New Entries for October 11, 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
Wilson Pickett's, "Land of 1000 Dances"
Misheard Lyrics:
Let your pay phone slip
Original Lyrics:
Let your backbone slip
 
1970s
10cc's, "The Wall Street Shuffle"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ol' Howard Hughes
Original Lyrics:
Oh, Howard Hughes
Cat Stevens', "Lady D'Arbanville"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'll wait 'til tomorrow
Original Lyrics:
I'll wake you tomorrow
Chicago's, "I'm a Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
While we're waiting for each other
Original Lyrics:
While relating to each other
Dean Friedman's, "Lucky Stars"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ready, I mean it
Original Lyrics:
Really, I mean it
Elton John's, "Mama Can't Buy You Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Marbles don't want you
Original Lyrics:
Mama don't want you
Gilbert O'Sullivan's, "Nothing Rhymed"
Misheard Lyrics:
To some ebony lady or man
Original Lyrics:
To some elderly lady or man
Gilbert O'Sullivan's, "Underneath the Blanket Go"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gay me, underneath the blanket go
Original Lyrics:
Gaily underneath the blanket go
Gilbert O'Sullivan's, "We Will"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dog run
Original Lyrics:
Don't run
Leo Sayer's, "One Man Band"
Misheard Lyrics:
So you mow the lawn all day
Original Lyrics:
So you move along all day
Pretenders', "Kid"
Misheard Lyrics:
You never out go
Original Lyrics:
You never outgrow
Pretenders', "Stop Your Sobbing"
Misheard Lyrics:
Gotta stop solving now
Original Lyrics:
Gotta stop sobbing now
Renaissance's, "Northern Lights"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every night synchronized
Original Lyrics:
Empty nights synchronized
Shirley Bassey's, "Something"
Misheard Lyrics:
I don't want to lead me now
Original Lyrics:
I don't want to leave him now
Status Quo's, "Break the Rules"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I new it wasn't light
Original Lyrics:
And I knew it wasn't right
Status Quo's, "Break the Rules"
Misheard Lyrics:
Electric white
Original Lyrics:
Electric lights
Tom Jones', "She’s a Lady"
Misheard Lyrics:
She’s a reader
Original Lyrics:
She’s a Lady
 
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
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
Fiction Factory's, "(Feels Like) Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics:
That lingered button soul
Original Lyrics:
That lingered but turned sour
Level 42's, "Lessons in Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm not a clown
Original Lyrics:
I'm not proud
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
Midnight Star's, "Headlines"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hitter
Original Lyrics:
Hit it
Pretenders', "Hymn to Her"
Misheard Lyrics:
Into your womb
Original Lyrics:
Into your room
Pretenders', "I Go to Sleep"
Misheard Lyrics:
I was long
Original Lyrics:
I was wrong
Pretenders', "Message of Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
Now the reason we fear
Original Lyrics:
Now the reason we're here
Pretenders', "Talk of the Town"
Misheard Lyrics:
Nobody new
Original Lyrics:
Nobody knew
Queen's, "A Kind of Magic"
Misheard Lyrics:
This range that lasts a thousand years
Original Lyrics:
This rage that lasts a thousand years
The Hooters', "All You Zombies"
Misheard Lyrics:
The peas is gonna fall on you.
Original Lyrics:
The pieces gonna fall on you.
UB40's, "Sing Our Own Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
We will fill our own sauce-iety
Original Lyrics:
We will build our own society
 
1990s
Blur's, "Beetlebum"
Misheard Lyrics:
Just get none
Original Lyrics:
Just get numb
Blur's, "Charmless Man"
Misheard Lyrics:
I met him in a grounded room
Original Lyrics:
I met him in a crowded room
Blur's, "M.O.R."
Misheard Lyrics:
It's problematic
Original Lyrics:
It's automatic
Blur's, "M.O.R."
Misheard Lyrics:
It's problematic
Original Lyrics:
It's automatic
Blur's, "No Distance Left to Run"
Misheard Lyrics:
A sofa
Original Lyrics:
It's over
Blur's, "On Your Own"
Misheard Lyrics:
Threw it all away
Original Lyrics:
Blew it all away
Blur's, "Parklife"
Misheard Lyrics:
Who's that cockroach marching?
Original Lyrics:
Who's that gut lord marching?
Blur's, "Stereotypes"
Misheard Lyrics:
The Southern Comfort drinking
Original Lyrics:
The suburbs they are dreaming
Blur's, "To the End"
Misheard Lyrics:
All those 30 words
Original Lyrics:
All those dirty words
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
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
Pretenders', "Human"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I cry when in vain
Original Lyrics:
And I cry when in pain
Pretenders', "Night in My Veins"
Misheard Lyrics:
In the last line
Original Lyrics:
In the lamp-light
 
2000s
Blur's, "Crazy Beat"
Misheard Lyrics:
'cause you're grown up to love
Original Lyrics:
'cause you've blown up your lungs
Blur's, "Good Song"
Misheard Lyrics:
TV Guide
Original Lyrics:
TV's dead
Blur's, "Under the Westway"
Misheard Lyrics:
Everyone was singing
Original Lyrics:
Everything was sinking
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
 
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

New Entries Index     Next Day's Entries