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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.

Song names are sorted by first letter, excluding A and The. This is sorted by song title only, not by song title and performer. So if two different performers preformed the same song, you'll see misheard lyrics for both on the same page (provided the song title was spelt the same both times, and misheard lyrics have been submitted for both!).

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Here's a couple of the most recent entries...

Fall Out Boy's, "Dance Dance"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Distance
The Real Lyrics:
Dance, dance
The Story: - Submitted by: Mark
Eric Carmen's, "All By Myself"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Humping myself
The Real Lyrics:
All by myself
The Story: My high school friend (who we still call "Gayboy" to this day,) said to me one day, "You know that song 'Humping Myself', well it's not actually "Humping Myself"!" - Submitted by: Mar

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