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.
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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!).
You've Come A Long Way, Baby album at Amazon.com
And the guy said, 'Long-haired freaky people
Eat balls of fire.'
And the sign said, 'Long-haired freaky people
Need not apply.'
The Story: I was playing a snowboarding game on my brother's PS2 that had this song. At the same time, I was talking to my ex-boyfriend on the phone. I started humming, then singing my lyrics. He nearly died laughing. I don't know why. I think mine are better; that's how I still sing this song. [Ed.'s note: Is that why he's your EX-boyfriend?] - Submitted by: Tootsie
Play heel, play dead.
Right here, right now
The Story: I thought it was about training your dog or something. Bjork's 'Play Dead' was out about the same time, and a radio mix up meant I was certain that these were the lyrics. - Submitted by: Vickster
The funk's your brother.
The funk's soul brother
The Story: It wasn't me who misheard this, it was my husband, and he swore those were the right lyrics for years. I finally had to turn on the closed captioning to show him he was wrong. We still bring this up during other diagreements, as proof that the other person's judgement is questionable. - Submitted by: Heather King
Check it out now, my fatso brother!
Check it out now, the funk soul brother!
The Story: I came into my classroom singing this . As I was singing 'my fatso brother', I happened to walk by the desk of a student who was quite overweight. I still have bruises to prove it. - Submitted by: S
Check it out now
The front hall cupboard
Right about now
The front hall cupboard.
Check it out now
The funk soul brother
Right about now
The funk soul brother.
The Story: Submitted this on my mother's (Jenny) behalf. She heard it playing loudly in the place where she worked and couldn't understand why there was a dance track about a cupboard in someone's front hall. - Submitted by: Jenny Rayner
Jurgen Procnow, the funk soul brother
Right about now, the funk soul brother
The Story: I spent ages wondering why Fatboy Slim would write a song about the German actor Jurgen Procnow from the classic 'Das Boot'. - Submitted by: Tanya Keen
You can blow-a this,
you can blow-a that,
you can blow it up.
You can go with this,
you can go with that,
you can go with us.
The Story: My boyfriend and I were arguing about what the last line 'You can go with us.' I thought it said 'You can blow it up' and he thought it said 'You can blow us up' and when I went to check on the net for the lyrics, I found that we were both wrong. - Submitted by: Candy
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