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.
1950s | |
1970s | |
Barry Manilow's, "Copacabana (At the Copa)"
Misheard Lyrics: Her name is Lobo
Original Lyrics: Her name is Lola
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Blondie's, "One Way or Another"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna leave ya
Original Lyrics: I'm gonna win ya
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Dave Edmunds', "I Hear You Knocking"
Misheard Lyrics: I told you baby in '52
That I would never ogle you Original Lyrics: I told you way back in '52
That I would never go with you |
Fleetwood Mac's, "Gold Dust Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: You'd better put your jeans on my p***y
Original Lyrics: You better put your kingdom up for sale.
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Gerry and the Pacemakers', "You'll Never Walk Alone"
Misheard Lyrics: At the aisle of a store
Original Lyrics: At the end of the storm
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Grand Funk Railroad's, "Some Kind of Wonderful"
Misheard Lyrics: She’s some kind of rubber ball
Original Lyrics: She’s some kind of wonderful
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Harry Nilsson's, "Jump Into the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: You can color the Muppets
Original Lyrics: You can climb a mountain
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Jackson 5's, "I Want You Back"
Misheard Lyrics: Don’t you sneeze…
Original Lyrics: Won’t you please…
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The Miracles', "Love Machine"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll hug and kiss the pig
Original Lyrics: A hugging, kissing fiend
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1980s | |
Diana Ross and Lionel Richie's, "Endless Love"
Misheard Lyrics: My anguished love
Original Lyrics: My endless love
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John Parr's, "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)"
Misheard Lyrics: Feel like a mannequin; I hope I get high
Original Lyrics: Feel like you're back again and hope riding high.
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Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra's, "Xanadu"
Misheard Lyrics: Sam-I-Do
Original Lyrics: Xanadu
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Ozzy Osbourne's, "Flying High Again"
Misheard Lyrics: Bye Bye Hair!
Original Lyrics: Flying high again
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Pretenders', "Back On the Chain Gang"
Misheard Lyrics: Back on the Chevy
Original Lyrics: Back on the chain gang
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Pretenders', "My City Was Gone"
Misheard Lyrics: But my vanity has gone
or But my batteries have gone Original Lyrics: But my family has gone
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Smokey Robinson's, "Being With You"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't care what they sing
Original Lyrics: I don't care what they think
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1990s | |
Aerosmith's, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep 'Cause I'd miss you, Dave And I don't want to miss a trick Original Lyrics: I don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep 'Cause I'd miss you, baby And I don't want to miss a thing |
Annie Lennox's, "No More "I Love You"s"
Misheard Lyrics: I used to feel musical
Original Lyrics: I used to feel woebegone
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Backstreet Boys', "I Want It That Way"
Misheard Lyrics: Ain't nothing but a milkshake
Tell me why I never want to hear you say I don't like strawberry. Original Lyrics: Ain't nothing but a mistake
Tell me why I never want to hear you say I want it that way. |
Bette Midler's, "From a Distance"
Misheard Lyrics: Bodies washing up from a distance
Original Lyrics: God is watching us from a distance
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Bette Midler's, "From a Distance"
Misheard Lyrics: From a distance, we are Infidels
Original Lyrics: From a distance, we are instruments
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Bette Midler's, "From a Distance"
Misheard Lyrics: God is washing up from the kitchen
Original Lyrics: God is watching us from a distance
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Bette Midler's, "From a Distance"
Misheard Lyrics: God is watching us from a biscuit
Original Lyrics: God is watching us from a distance
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Bette Midler's, "From a Distance"
Misheard Lyrics: There are no guns, no bums and no wooden teeth,
No hungry mouths to feed Original Lyrics: There are no guns, no bombs and no disease,
No hungry mouths to feed |
Michael Jackson's, "Earth Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Billie Jean that's my love
Original Lyrics: Billie Jean is not my lover
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Scatman John's, "Scatman’s World"
Misheard Lyrics: I’m calling out from Scotland
or I’m calling out from Scatman Original Lyrics: I’m calling out from Scatland
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Scatman John's, "Song of Scatland"
Misheard Lyrics: Imagine a leg of love
or Imagine allegro love or Imagine Allegra love Original Lyrics: Imagine a land of love
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Snap!'s, "Rhythm is a Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics: Freedom is a dancer
Original Lyrics: Rhythm is a dancer
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Soundgarden's, "Burden in My Hand"
Misheard Lyrics: Follow me into the Datsun
Original Lyrics: Follow me into the desert
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Soundgarden's, "Fell on Black Days"
Misheard Lyrics: Some spots have faded
Original Lyrics: Sunspots have faded
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2000s | |
Christina Aguilera's, "Ain't No Other Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Any other man but you
Original Lyrics: Ain't no other man but you
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Everclear's, "AM Radio"
Misheard Lyrics: You can hear the music on ESPN Radio
Original Lyrics: You can hear the music on the AM radio
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Linkin Park's, "High Voltage"
Misheard Lyrics: Sometimes I feel like a coffee.
Original Lyrics: Sometimes I feel like a prophet.
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Marc Anthony's, "You Sang to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, you said to me
Original Lyrics: Oh, you sang to me
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Usher ft. Young Jeezy's, "Love in This Club"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna make love in the butt
Original Lyrics: I wanna make love in this club
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2010s | |
Guy Sebastian's, "Who's That Girl?"
Misheard Lyrics: Just what, what, what's in the club?
Original Lyrics: Just walk, walk, walked in the club?
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xmas | |
John Denver and the Muppets', "The 12 Days of Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: An ostrich in a pear tree
Original Lyrics: A partridge in a pear tree
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John Denver and the Muppets', "The 12 Days of Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: And a part of a Jenna pear tree
Original Lyrics: And a partridge in a pear tree
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John Denver and the Muppets', "The 12 Days of Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: Four colly birds
Original Lyrics: Four calling birds
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John Denver and the Muppets', "The 12 Days of Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: Pa rum pum pum
Four colly birds, three Frenchmen, two turtle dust Original Lyrics: Ba-dum bum bum
Four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves |
John Denver and the Muppets', "The 12 Days of Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: Pa rum pum pum
Four colly birds, three Frenchmen, two turtle dust Original Lyrics: Ba-dum bum bum
Four colly birds, three French hens, two turtle doves |
John Denver and the Muppets', "The 12 Days of Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: Two turtle dozens
And some porridge in a pear tree Original Lyrics: Two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree |
John Denver and the Muppets', "The 12 Days of Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: …and a partridge in a pantry.
Original Lyrics: ...and a partridge in a pear tree.
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John Denver and the Muppets', "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: And a partri ginapear tree
Original Lyrics: And a partridge in a pear tree
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