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This page contains a list of the songs that have stories about their misheard lyrics submitted.
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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Def Leppard's, "Action! Not Words"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm sick and tired of the dancing tree,
I'm gonna make my own movie
I'm gonna make my own movie
The Real Lyrics:
I'm sick and tired of the damn tv,
I'm gonna make my own movie.
I'm gonna make my own movie.
The Story: I have been singing this lyric wrong for 12 years until just now, when I got ahold of the lyrics and felt really stupid. Anyway, I was 12 when I first heard thse lyrics and thought Joe Elliott was talking about those old Warner cartoons in which inanimate objects act alive and dance around and all and was just bored watching them so he decided he was going to have his own tv show or something (You know, like public access or something?) - Submitted by: Sandi The Glamm Slamm Goddezz Of Noize
Def Leppard's, "Animal"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Tie me, ride me, bite me, animal
The Real Lyrics:
Take me, tame me, make me your animal
The Story: I was singing this song in a car with my brother when I was about 10. When I sang these lyrics, his jaw dropped. He couldn't believe his little brother would sing such dirty lyrics (of course I didn't know what they meant at the time, I just thought it was a referrence to an animal!) This song became known as 'The Little Pervert Song'! I'm 22 now, and he still makes fun of me anytime its on. - Submitted by: GoBlue
Def Leppard's, "Armeggedon It"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm a spaghetti head!
The Real Lyrics:
Armeggedon It!
The Story: I received this CD for Christmas from my older sister when I was in junior high. My dad thought these were the lyrics. We still laugh about it today. - Submitted by: K Wright
Def Leppard's, "Foolin'"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I got food for sale
The Real Lyrics:
I'm not foolin' myself
The Story: My daughter was about 10 when she heard this on my tape deck. She began singing along, 'I got food for sale...' This is sung as background to the more common lyric, 'Baby I'm NOT f-f-f-foolin''. - Submitted by: Bill Irvin
Def Leppard's, "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Have you ever seen someone from Spokane?
The Real Lyrics:
Have you ever needed someone so bad?
The Story: You'll never guess where I live. But I have really heard this while listening to this in the car while I'm driving. - Submitted by: John Mifflin
Def Leppard's, "Hysteria"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I get a stereo, a stereo
The Real Lyrics:
I get hysterical, hysteria
The Story: Back in the day, I used to work for a large record store chain where misheard lyrics were quoted/sung on a daily basis. One of the best ones was this guy asking me about 'The Stereo Song.' For the life of me I could not figure out what song he was talking about until he sang it. The song was 'Hysteria' by Def Leppard. It was all I could not to bust out laughing in his face because he was just so wrong... - Submitted by: honeybfly
Def Leppard's, "Hysteria"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Wisteria, when you're near.
The Real Lyrics:
Hysteria, when you're near.
The Story: Back when we were first listening to the song, my friend said she heard 'wisteria'. I had no idea of that. But it sounded pretty damn funny. - Submitted by: Kate
Def Leppard's, "Let's Get Rocked"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Get up and move your feet, Meathead.
The Real Lyrics:
Get up and move your sleepy head.
The Story: My best friend thought this was the lyric and was singing along while we were heading home from a concert. I nearly drove off the road laughing so hard. - Submitted by: Jt Savage
Def Leppard's, "Love Bites"
The Misheard Lyrics:
If you'll do whatever he says
The Real Lyrics:
If you've got love in your sights
The Story: Thses are the spoken words at the very beginning of the track, it is digitally phased so as to be difficult to understand. After this line, he says 'Watch out, love bites' and I was trying forever to figure out what he was saying that might fit with what I thought I heard.... - Submitted by: Jim Jacobson
Def Leppard's, "Love Bites"
The Misheard Lyrics:
It's bringing me jungle knees.
The Real Lyrics:
It's bringing me to my knees.
The Story: The lyrics weren't printed in the liner notes of the cd. And since this was before the age of the Internet, I never figured out what it was, although I was pretty sure it wasn't 'jungle knees'. - Submitted by: Jason Kellner
Def Leppard's, "Photograph"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Fall in love
The Real Lyrics:
Photograph
The Story: Whenever I heard this song, I would heard 'fall in love'. I thought the lyrics to be interesting, since I'd always hear 'Fall in love. I don't want Fall in love. I don't need to fall in Love'. Just for the sake of keeping it sounds really cool like that, I'm gonna pretend that it is 'Fall in Love' instead of 'Photograph'. :) - Submitted by: Joseph M
Def Leppard's, "Photograph"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Gotta photograph, picture of
Pancho Villa, you're too much.
Pancho Villa, you're too much.
The Real Lyrics:
Gotta photograph, picture of
Passion killer, you're too much.
Passion killer, you're too much.
The Story: I always wondered why Def Leppard was singing about Pancho VIlla. - Submitted by: Tiffany
Def Leppard's, "Photograph"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Possum dilla
The Real Lyrics:
Passion killer
The Story: My friend and I were cruising around listening to this song. I was singing it out loud and sang 'possum dilla'. She spit out her 'new' Coke. She corrected me after much laughter and a clean up. - Submitted by: Kim
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Awesome Zudokahn love
The Real Lyrics:
Pour some sugar on me.
The Story: I always wondered what 'Zudokahn Love' was. I figured it was something like 'wild monkey sex'. - Submitted by: John F
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Awesome shoes are on me.
The Real Lyrics:
Pour some sugar on me.
The Story: I am sending this on behalf of my 8 year old son, who swears this is the correct lyrics. - Submitted by: evan p
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Awesome sugar-hot babe
The Real Lyrics:
Pour some sugar on me.
The Story: I heard this song during the Live 8 concert in Philadelphia. I was completely weirded out by it and by the fact that my rather conservative friend like it so much. Then I heard the real lyrics. - Submitted by: Stacy
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Awesome, the drinks are on me!
The Real Lyrics:
Pour some sugar on me.
The Story: The first time I heard this song, I automatically thought that the song was about a guy buying a drink for some girl. - Submitted by: Sarah
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Break the Bible, break it up!
The Real Lyrics:
Break the bubble, break it up!
The Story: My friend leads a deprived life. That's because her parents refuse to let her listen to anything that will "take her off the path of God", which, naturally, encompasses Rock n' Roll. So, she's a bit paranoid to begin with when I start putting on some REAL music. Suddenly, she flips out because she convinced Def Leppard, (AKA "Satan") just tried to tell her to 'break the Bible'. Ah, it was so damn funny. And it does sound like they're saying that. - Submitted by: Hilarie
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Give me sugar, Homie
In the neighborhood.
In the neighborhood.
The Real Lyrics:
Pour some sugar on me
In the name of love.
In the name of love.
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
If you want some cheese now.
The Real Lyrics:
In the name of love.
The Story: I was playing this song a couple of weeks ago while my room mate and I were moving into our dorms. She started singing, 'If you want some cheese now!' - Submitted by: Quinallison
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Livin' like a lover with a red iPhone.
The Real Lyrics:
Livin' like a lover with a radar phone.
The Story: I always wondered what a red iPhone was, now I can buy one from Apple for 499! Def Leppard was ahead of their time. - Submitted by: Christopher Salinardi
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Livin' like a lover with a red-a-phone.
The Real Lyrics:
Livin' like a lover with a radar phone.
The Story: I didn't know what a red-a-phone was. I thought it might be something like the Batman phone, where it turns red and light up when someone calls. - Submitted by: Michelle
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Living like a bum
The Real Lyrics:
Love is like a bomb.
The Story: I sincerely thought these were the words and would boisterously sing along. - Submitted by: Jesse
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Love comes shootin' all the way.
The Real Lyrics:
Pour some sugar on me.
The Story: My friend Robb comes to me and says, you heard that new Def Leppard song? I say, 'Pour some sugar on me?' He says, 'Oh I haven't heard that one. I heard this other one called 'Love comes shootin' all the way' He then sings it. I just bust up laughing and corrected him. To this day, 'Love Comes Shootin' All the Way' is one of our favorite songs! - Submitted by: Robb Blum
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Love is like a bomb, baby, c'mon get it on
Livin' like a lover with a red hot thong
Livin' like a lover with a red hot thong
The Real Lyrics:
Love is like a bomb, baby, c'mon get it on
Livin' like a lover with a radar phone
Livin' like a lover with a radar phone
The Story: I heard it a long time ago while I was in the car with my best friend. A couple days ago I was at the bowling alley with the same friend, and a few others, when they started to play this song. I started to sing at the top of my lungs-I'm not a shy person!-when we got to this part. I belted out what I thought were the right lyrics, and everybody started to laugh at me. They corrected me, and then they let me know that I'm gonna hear about this for a long time! - Submitted by: Heather
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, some cheated on me.
The Real Lyrics:
Pour some sugar on me.
The Story: I always sang this and never even realized the lyrics could be the name of the song. So when I married my husband, it came on; and I was singing to the top of my lungs. He said, "What are you saying?" I told him, and I thought he was going to pass out from laughing. He told me what they were actually, and I felt so stupid. i still find myself singing the wrong ones every so often. - Submitted by: Brandi
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Poison Sweet Omelette
The Real Lyrics:
Pour Some Sugar On Me
The Story: I heard this 'bad' rock and roll song when I was away at summer camp and immediately loved it. Problem is, when I heard it, I had a high fever and was pretty delirious, so I spent the next few very misquided months searching for Poison Sweet Omelette by an unknown band. No dice. - Submitted by: Charles E Davis
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Possum sugar omelet
The Real Lyrics:
Pour some sugar on me
The Story: Back when this song came out, I was a teen. I wanted to sound cool to the 'rocker' crowd, so I started sing Possum Sugar Omelet. Funny thing is, no one corrected me because it sounded so close to the real lyrics. Years later, I listened a little closer and heard my misheard lyric correctly performed. - Submitted by: Sharon
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Pour some lube on me.
The Real Lyrics:
Pour some sugar on me.
The Story: At a party, I saw kids dancing to it like they were pouring invisible lube all over themselves. - Submitted by: Rupert Thorwell
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Pour some sugar on love
We're in the need of love.
We're in the need of love.
The Real Lyrics:
Pour some sugar on me
In the name of love.
In the name of love.
The Story: I posted this part in my diary on the internet; 'pour some sugar on love' and everytime somebody asks me what that means and where it's from, I have to lie! ;) - Submitted by: Elin
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Run, Son, shoot the hombre.
The Real Lyrics:
Pour some sugar on me.
The Story: As a kid, my friend idolized his friend's older brother...until he heard him singing the wrong words to this song. - Submitted by: Jennifer
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Up-chuck, super-f***er
The Real Lyrics:
Pour some sugar on me.
The Story: This is actually what I always thought it was until about 3 years ago, when there was a TV commercial that (had the song on it). - Submitted by: Matt
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Welcome to the hombre
The Real Lyrics:
Pour some sugar on me.
The Story: We played this song at New Years' 2003. A lady started singing these lyrics and we just busted out laughing. She had been miss singing this song for about 10 years! - Submitted by: Rachel Bolkema
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Awesome sugar, Amen.
The Real Lyrics:
Pour some sugar on me.
The Story: My 3 year old was listening to this old cd and started singing the song. This is what she heard and when I tried to correct her, she told me I was wrong. She is very adamant, to this day, that the words are 'Awesome sugar, Amen'. - Submitted by: ladybug
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Hey for suit of armour.
The Real Lyrics:
Pour some sugar on me.
The Story: Four of us in the car all had different interpretations, someone else's misheard lyric had something to do with a ham and a sheep. - Submitted by: Allissa
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You got the bitches I got the weed
The Real Lyrics:
You got the peaches I got the cream
The Story: I was 9 and singing this song in the car and my mother asked me what I had just sung and in an innocent manner I sad "You got the bitches I got the weed." She laughed so hard that she forgot to punish me for using bad language, she then blasted the radio for the remainder of the song. - Submitted by: Matthew McInnis
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You got the peaches, I'm gonna scream
Sweet potatoes and sour cream.
Sweet potatoes and sour cream.
The Real Lyrics:
You got the peaches, I got the cream
Sweet's the taste, saccharine
Sweet's the taste, saccharine
The Story: I hated Def Leppard post-Pyromania, but they're one of those bands that just has catchy tunes on the radio. My friends and I all had a big discussion of what the real words were, & this is what we came up with. Hey, it fits, it rhymes, and it sounds cooler than their original lyrics! - Submitted by: Aaron
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You got the pizzas, I got the cheese
Sweet potatoes and sour cream.
Sweet potatoes and sour cream.
The Real Lyrics:
You got the peaches, I got the cream
Sweet to taste, saccharine.
Sweet to taste, saccharine.
The Story: I was six years old when this song came out. And hey, I thought it was about food when I heard it. After all, it had the word 'sugar' in it! LOL - Submitted by: Ramona
Def Leppard's, "Rock Of Ages"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Stop a lady, stop a lady.
The Real Lyrics:
Rock of ages, rock of ages.
The Story: I first heard this song on a tiny cheap cassette player on a school bus and that's what I thought they were saying. - Submitted by: JBL
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