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 | |
B.J. Thomas', "Hooked on a Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm high on the reading
Original Lyrics: I'm high on believing
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Jose Feliciano's, "Light My Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Come on, baby, nighty-night
Original Lyrics: Come on, baby, light my fire
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Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts', "Angel of the Morning"
Misheard Lyrics: Just call for danger in the morning
Original Lyrics: Just call me angel of the morning
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1970s | |
B.J. Thomas', "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"
Misheard Lyrics: Because I freak
Original Lyrics: Because I'm free
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Commodores', "Three Times a Lady"
Misheard Lyrics: You're once, twice, three times married
Original Lyrics: You're once, twice, three times a lady
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Donna Summer's, "Heaven Knows"
Misheard Lyrics: There’s no mystery
Original Lyrics: There’s no need to leave
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Donna Summer's, "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"
Misheard Lyrics: And hours and hours and hours
Original Lyrics: Enough is enough is enough
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Elton John's, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Misheard Lyrics: So goodbye elephant roar
Original Lyrics: So goodbye Yellow Brick Road
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Elton John's, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Chauffer there
Original Lyrics: Sugar Bear
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Gordon Lightfoot's, "If You Could Read My Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: Just like I think about mama
Original Lyrics: Just like a paperback novel
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Loggins and Messina's, "House at Pooh Corner"
Misheard Lyrics: Posting our questions to our friend Eeyore
Original Lyrics: Posing our questions to Owl and Eeyore
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Marshall Tucker Band's, "Heard It in a Love Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Curlyin' love song
Original Lyrics: Heard it in a love song
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Michael Jackson's, "Rockin' Robin"
Misheard Lyrics: He knocked out the burgers and the oleo
Original Lyrics: He out popped the buzzard and the oriole
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Santana's, "Black Magic Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Got a flat magic wombat
Original Lyrics: Got a black magic woman
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Stevie Wonder's, "Isn't She Lovely"
Misheard Lyrics: Isn't she muddled, though?
Original Lyrics: Isn't she wonderful?
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Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman's, "Stumblin' In"
Misheard Lyrics: Foolishly lay in a house on the table
Original Lyrics: Laying our hearts on the table
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1980s | |
Bonnie Tyler's, "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: But now I'm only going too far
Original Lyrics: But now I'm only falling apart
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Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram's, "Somewhere Out There"
Misheard Lyrics: So late out there
Original Lyrics: Somewhere Out There
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Madonna's, "Borderline"
Misheard Lyrics: You keep on pushing Midol over the borderline
Original Lyrics: You keep on pushing my love over the borderline
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Player's, "Baby Come Back"
Misheard Lyrics: Any kind of dude can see
Original Lyrics: Any kind of fool can see
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Stevie Wonder's, "I Just Called to Say I Love You"
Misheard Lyrics: I just called to say Aladdin
Original Lyrics: I Just Called to Say I Love You
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Stevie Wonder's, "Part-Time Lover"
Misheard Lyrics: My good time lover
Original Lyrics: My part-time lover
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Survivor's, "Is This Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Now, I must admit that the story's distracting
Original Lyrics: Now, I must admit that the story's attractive
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The Police's, "Wrapped Around Your Finger"
Misheard Lyrics: Hypnotized by you in my dinero
Original Lyrics: Hypnotized by you if I should linger
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Whitney Houston's, "Greatest Love of All"
Misheard Lyrics: I decided long to know
Original Lyrics: I decided long ago
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1990s | |
Blur's, "The Universal"
Misheard Lyrics: I said "really really really did I burn"
Original Lyrics: Yes, it really really really could happen
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Dr. John's, "My Opinionation (Blossom theme)"
Misheard Lyrics: In my Canadian nation
Original Lyrics: In my opinionation
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Filter's, "Take a Picture"
Misheard Lyrics: Wake up my earthling
Original Lyrics: Awake on my airplane
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Foo Fighters', "Generator"
Misheard Lyrics: Call it san, you can call it whatbever
Original Lyrics: Call it sin, you can call it whatever
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Marc Cohn's, "Walking in Memphis"
Misheard Lyrics: A burial place piano
Original Lyrics: And Muriel plays piano
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Marc Cohn's, "Walking in Memphis"
Misheard Lyrics: Boy you got a friend in Memphis
Original Lyrics: Boy you got a prayer in Memphis
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The Cure's, "Pictures of You"
Misheard Lyrics: My pinches of you
Original Lyrics: My pictures of you
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Tool's, "Parabola"
Misheard Lyrics: This buddy, the buddy holy bee
Original Lyrics: This body, this body holding me
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2000s | |
Aaliyah's, "Try Again"
Misheard Lyrics: If your birth date's on I.D.
Original Lyrics: If at first you don't succeed
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Coldplay's, "Yellow"
Misheard Lyrics: 'cause you were oh yellow
Original Lyrics: 'cause you were all yellow
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Five For Fighting's, "100 Years"
Misheard Lyrics: Making our way back from mama’s
Original Lyrics: Making our way back from Mars
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Lenny Kravitz's, "I Belong to You"
Misheard Lyrics: You make my wife go green
Original Lyrics: You make my life complete
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Montell Jordan's, "Get It On Tonite"
Misheard Lyrics: 101, 101
Original Lyrics: One on one, one on one
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My Chemical Romance's, "Teenagers"
Misheard Lyrics: Make you collapse
As long as someone'll bleed. Original Lyrics: They could care less
As long as someone'll bleed. |
Paula Cole's, "Comin' Down"
Misheard Lyrics: I made me a prison that should've been a man
Original Lyrics: I made me a prison that should've been unmade
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Shaggy's, "Angel"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's watch Charlie's Angels
Original Lyrics: You're my darling angel
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The All-American Rejects', "Gives You Hell"
Misheard Lyrics: Ginsu hell
Original Lyrics: gives you hell
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2010s | |
Ed Sheeran's, "Shape of You"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause you roll like a nightmare too
Original Lyrics: We push and pull like a magnet do
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Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars', "Uptown Funk!"
Misheard Lyrics: Make a dragon wanna reach higher, man
Original Lyrics: Make a dragon wanna retire, man
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Pink's, "Blow Me One Last Kiss"
Misheard Lyrics: I had a s#!+ stain.
You had a s#!+ stain. We’ve had a s#!+ stain. Original Lyrics: I had a s**t day (No!)
You had a s**t day (No!) We've had a s**t day (No!) |
Taylor Swift's, "Dress"
Misheard Lyrics: Carve your name into my lip gloss
Original Lyrics: Carve your name into my bedpost
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country | |
Reba McEntire's, "Wish I Were Only Lonely"
Misheard Lyrics: When you wake up to nobody
And nobody ever says goodbye Original Lyrics: When you ain't got nobody
Then nobody ever says goodbye |
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