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!).
What a Feelin' album at Amazon.com
Raise them up, raise them up, raise them up, raise them up.
Remember, remember, remember, remember!
The Story: Of course I was signing it out loud at work one day when a co-worker had to correct me. He was laughing so hard, I still couldn't get the right lyric out of him. - Submitted by: jen
Take your pants off
And, baby, hands off!
Take your passion
And make it happen.
The Story: I was convinced from childhood until just a couple of years ago that these misheard lyrics had to be the correct (albeit puzzlingly perverted) ones. - Submitted by: Lady Stardust
Take your pants down and make it happen
Take your passion and make it happen
The Story: For years I thought Flashdance was a movie about pornography because of that lyric in the song. All I ever remember seeing of the movie was the previews featuring a scantilly clad woman dancing and pouring water on herself. So the lyric really made sense. - Submitted by: Randy James
Take your pants down. Oh, take your pants down.
Take your passion and make it happen.
The Story: We misheard, laughed at, and sang this lyric for about 20 years, having lost track of the title or source of the song. Finally, I caught it being played over the Flashdance movie credits and immediately looked up the lyrics on line. I sent it to Jon Carroll of the San Francisco Chronicle because he collects and writes columns about what he calls Mondegreens, most of which are misheard lyrics. (Old ballad misheard: they killed the Lord of Whatsis and Lady Mondegreen. Real lyric: . . .and laid him on the green.) Jon Carroll can be found at sfgate.com - Submitted by: Shim Farrell
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