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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.

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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Eric Burdon And War's, "Spill The Wine"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Spill the wine, dig that furrow
The Real Lyrics:
Spill the wine, take that pearl
The Story: A DJ “informed” that these were the correct lyrics when it came out, heard in my head that way for life, so glad i finally thought to ask, great site thank you! Took it to mean spill the wine, get to work… - Submitted by: Bob Yates
Eric Burdon and War's, "Spill the Wine"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Do I dig that girl?
The Real Lyrics:
Spill the wine, take that pearl
The Story: I was sure of it and argued with my older brothers, who totally got it was perhaps metaphorical! - Submitted by: Cara
Eric Burdon and War's, "Spill the Wine"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Spill the wine, dig that girl.
The Real Lyrics:
Spill the wine, take that pearl.
The Story: They even say these misheard lyrics on an episode of Fresh Prince. - Submitted by: Jordan
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