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!).
Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael album at Amazon.com
I'm just another fa*got in your life
There's one for me
But losing everything is like the sun going down on me
I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
But losing everything is like the sun going down on me
The Story: I was riding in the car with a friend who really thought that's what George was singing. I nearly drove off the road laughing. - Submitted by: Sarah P.
I will be your bottom feeder
Put your tiny hands in mine.
I will be your father figure
Put your tiny hands in mine.
The Story: My dad is actually the one who misheard this lyric back in the 80's. He would sing it very proudly in the car whenever the song came on. He thought it was 'bottom feeder' because we had just bought a fish tank and had made sure that there were bottom feeders to clean the tank. He couldn't understand why they were in the song, though. - Submitted by: Brandi
I won't be your bottom feeder.
I won't be your father figure.
The Story: I was driving with my girlfriend at that time. Without thinking, I started singing those words. She about laughed me out of the car! - Submitted by: Michael Moss
To be bored and naked when you arrive
To be warm and naked at your side
The Story: When I was in fifth grade, some sixth grade kids told me it was 'bored and naked when you arrive'. It wasn't until I was thirteen , when my mother thought I was mature enough to have the "Faith" album, that I discovered those kids had been wrong. - Submitted by: Amber
These 2 feet have got no rhythm... or...can't you see i've got no rhythm
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
The Story: Me and my aunty sang this song as a duet in public, we belted out our own different versions of this line, which we had been singing for years, and then argued over who's was correct, much to everyone's amusement and our cringworthy embarressment when we found out that we were both wrong. - Submitted by: Mezzi
I'll a*** her.
I am a lover.
The Story: This song came over my radio while I as a teenager was hearing a lecture from my mother about what she called trashy music. This misheard lyric was actually heard by her, as she was getting on to me about the lyrics to another song that I was listening to. - Submitted by: Dan Fletcher
Satan's on my side
It's taken so much time
The Story: My old girlfriend and I both misheard it the same way, independently. The fact that he sings, 'don't need no bible', in another part of the song, lent credence to the false interpretation of the other line. We had to look at the lyric sheet to be set straight. - Submitted by: Paul
What's your defintion of dirty, baby
Watch and you can sit up on my Mercedes
What's your definition of dirty, baby
What do you consider pornography
The Story: - Submitted by: Jeff
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