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!).
Jeopardy album at Amazon.com
I love the Japanese, ladies.
Our love's in jeopardy, baby.
The Story: My 'English as his second language' boyfriend asked me if I had heard the song 'I love the Japanese ladies.' I said no, so he began to sing. I laughed so hard and then informed him of what he was really singing. He was a bit embarassed about the whole event. - Submitted by: kim
I love you, Jeopardy, baby.
Our love's in jeopardy, baby.
The Story: Again, I was around 12 when this ditty came out, and I had no awareness of a game show by the same name. And all my classmates in that age group kept insisting I was wrong, but I stuck by my version until a few years later when I heard it remastered on CD and finally figured out the dadgum lyric. - Submitted by: Chris
Our love is definitely...maybe.
Our love's in jeopardy, baby.
The Story: My mother is actually who misheard it. She said she was always saying how clever the lyric "Our love is definitely...maybe" was, until she found out what the real lyric was! :) - Submitted by: Brent
B*****s don't ride on Grandaddy's Ford.
They just don't write like that anymore.
The Story: i knew they couldn't be the real lyrics, but that's all I could make out. I tried to ask a co-worker what the song was called, first by humming, then by whistling the melody-only making myself look sillier. Once I sang the song with the wrong lyrics, she knew what I was talking about and laughed and laughed at me. Eventually, she told me the real words once she caught her breath again. - Submitted by: joey b
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