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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!).


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Maroon 5's, "Animals"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I can smell your self-demise
The Real Lyrics:
I can smell your scent for miles
The Story: I have thought this for 7 years. I was 20 when I was singing the song with my sister and she laughed at me. - Submitted by: Olivia Wilson
Maroon 5's, "Animals"
The Misheard Lyrics:
It's like we can't stop, we're animes
The Real Lyrics:
It's like we can't stop, we're enemies
The Story: I was actually listening to a nightcore version of this song. And because nightcore goes fast, I heard enemies as animes. - Submitted by: Jemima
Maroon 5's, "Animals"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Just like animals, animals, like animals, boys.
The Real Lyrics:
Just like animals, animals, like animals-mals
The Story: Honestly I was kind of surprised when I found out it wasn't saying "like animals, boys". I live in the south and a lot of people here pronounce the word "boys" like "bozz", and that's what I thought I was hearing in the song. I actually know quite a few other people around here who thought the same. - Submitted by: Nick
Maroon 5's, "Animals"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Just like animals, animals, like animals, wolves
The Real Lyrics:
Just like animals, animals, like animals-mals
The Story: Given the predatory context of the lyrics, my ears definitely registered Levine’s line as “animals, wolves”. The “owwww!” in the middle of the song helped add to that interpretation. - Submitted by: A G
Maroon 5's, "Animals"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Just like animals, animals, like animals... wolves
The Real Lyrics:
Just like animals, animals, like animals-mals
The Story: Levine claims he’ll “ hunt you down, eat you alive”. Plus, he howls, for some reason, in the middle of the song. - Submitted by: A G
Maroon 5's, "Beautiful Mistakes"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I’m in love with her vag
The Real Lyrics:
I’m in love with the past
The Story: Everyone I know separately all misheard this lyric the same and none of us can hear the real lyric. - Submitted by: John Edwards
Maroon 5's, "Beautiful Mistakes"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I’m in love with the Vag
The Real Lyrics:
I’m in love with the past
The Story: My sister and I stopped and looked at each other in the middle of this song and said “did he say he’s in love with the bag?” At the same time - Submitted by: AngKay
Maroon 5's, "Beautiful Mistakes"
The Misheard Lyrics:
No Club Gachas
The Real Lyrics:
On club couches
The Story: I was on the radio and was filming a part of the song and suddenly I heard "No club Gachas" I was confused. The song reminds me of If I miss a Gacha Club ad. - Submitted by: Caranime
Maroon 5's, "Girls Like You "
The Misheard Lyrics:
But now it's all good, babe
And I got wood, babe
Very close
The Real Lyrics:
But now it's all good, babe
Roll that backwood, babe
And play me close
The Story: I thought he was singing that he had a boner and was saying to her like: put that stuff in the past help me with what’s in between my legs I’m close to fully erect. P - Submitted by: Heather
Maroon 5's, "Girls Like You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Spent the weekend getting eaten.
The Real Lyrics:
Spent the weekend getting even.
The Story: Song: Spent the weekend getting even. My ears hearing: Spent the weekend getting eaten. Me: WHAT THE HECK? THEY WERE EATEN? - Submitted by: Scarlet_Claw
Maroon 5's, "Girls Like You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
We spent the late nights
Making eggs right between us
The Real Lyrics:
We spent the late nights
Making things right, between us
The Story: Listening to this and burst out laughing. Told friends we should make a little parody video making eggs in bed. - Submitted by: Amy
Maroon 5's, "Harder To Breathe"
The Misheard Lyrics:
How big's your p***s?
Let's ride it like a legged spack.
The Real Lyrics:
Clutching your pillows
And writhing in a naked sweat.
The Story: You can thank my friend, who was singing this at the top of her voice in some really bad impersonation of Adam Levine. Because of this, I didn't really know what she was saying. Couple this with the fact I didn't know the words to the song anyway, my jaw dropped at the aforementioned line and I had to interject with a 'what the Hell did you just say?' Even though I've been stood corrected since then, I'm still wondering what a 'leggeds spack' could possibly be...? - Submitted by: Devil Jones
Maroon 5's, "Harder To Breathe"
The Misheard Lyrics:
How dare you say that mommy it is unacceptable
The Real Lyrics:
How dare you say that my behavior's unacceptable
The Story: It was 8th grade and I sang this song around my friends. They laughed at me and told me it was wrong. So I looked it up and it WAS wrong. - Submitted by: kalebdaynes@yahoo.com
Maroon 5's, "Harder to Breathe"
The Misheard Lyrics:
And like a ladybug cries in the face
or
And like a litterbug cries in the face
The Real Lyrics:
And like a little girl cries in the face
The Story: I kept on hearing either "ladybug" or "litterbug". - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Maroon 5's, "Harder to Breathe"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Ooh, Jane made me doubt and wonder why I’m even here
The Real Lyrics:
You drain me dry and make me wonder why I'm even here
The Story: Adam often sang the lyrics a little too fast. - Submitted by: Trent Knight
Maroon 5's, "Harder to Breathe"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The weather gets cold outside
The Real Lyrics:
When it gets cold outside
The Story: The misheard lyrics make sense again. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Maroon 5's, "It Was Always You"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Woke up swinging from a tree
The Real Lyrics:
Woke up sweating from a dream
The Story: Please understand English is my second language. - Submitted by: Scandia
Maroon 5's, "Just a Feeling"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Justin Beiber, Justin Beiber, Justin Beiber is my dad
The Real Lyrics:
Just a feeling, just a feeling, just a feeling that I had
The Story: This mishearing ruined the song for my mom, as now she can't listen to it the same way anymore - Submitted by: seffboi
Maroon 5's, "Makes Me Wonder"
The Misheard Lyrics:
And I've been here before,one day a week......
The Real Lyrics:
And I've been here before,one day I'll wake up
The Story: People always mis interpret this one. - Submitted by: Kyia
Maroon 5's, "Makes Me Wonder"
The Misheard Lyrics:
And it really makes me wonder
If I ever wanna think about you
The Real Lyrics:
And it really makes me wonder
If I ever gave a f*** about you
The Story: When I first heard it, I didn’t realise it was a swear word. - Submitted by: Trent Knight
Maroon 5's, "Makes Me Wonder"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The seizures I made my bed
The Real Lyrics:
Decisions that made my bed
The Story: I actually thought it was seizure until I did sang the song during karaoke. - Submitted by: Trent Knight
Maroon 5's, "Maps"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Bowling, bowling, bowling
The Real Lyrics:
Following, following, following
The Story: I was listening to the song on a cheap radio in mono. - Submitted by: Chris Bodily TM
Maroon 5's, "Maps"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Falling, Falling, Falling
The Real Lyrics:
Following, Following, Following
The Story: I thought I was right for 4 years - Submitted by: johnny the dangerous guy
Maroon 5's, "Maps"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Halloween, Halloween, Halloween
The Real Lyrics:
Following, following, following
The Story: I thought he was saying "Halloween". - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Maroon 5's, "Misery"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I am in Missouri
The Real Lyrics:
I am in misery
The Story: I found this on TikTok and decided to upload it here so enjoy! - Submitted by: Misty
Maroon 5's, "Moves Like Jagger"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I've got the moves like Tiger.
The Real Lyrics:
I've got the moves like Jagger.
The Story: To me it makes more sense that the singer would be singing about Tigers than (Mick) Jagger. - Submitted by: James Jaworski
Maroon 5's, "Moves Like Jagger"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I've got to move love jack
The Real Lyrics:
I've got the moves like Jagger.
The Story: I didn't know the name of this song for ages because I was mishearing this part every time I heard it. When I looked up Move Love Jack on Google nothing ever came up. It wasn't until the name was announced after the song on the radio did I know my flub. No one else will believe me that this is what I misheard. - Submitted by: Trax
Maroon 5's, "Moves Like Jagger"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I've got to move this Jaguar
The Real Lyrics:
I've got the moves like Jagger
The Story: Since I drive a Jaguar, my ears perked up when I first heard this song on the radio. However, a quick search told me that they weren't singing about my car. :( - Submitted by: Catherine
Maroon 5's, "Moves Like Jagger"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Kiss me tell choke
The Real Lyrics:
Kiss me 'til you're drunk
The Story: I have to preform this song in a elementary school talent show. - Submitted by: Roula
Maroon 5's, "Moves Like Jagger"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Kiss me to your junk and I'll hold you
The Real Lyrics:
Kiss me 'til you're drunk and I'll show you
The Story: I literally just found out those aren't the actual lyrics now. - Submitted by: some girl
Maroon 5's, "Moves Like Jagger"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Moves like jaguar
The Real Lyrics:
Moves like jagger
The Story: I thought it was about jaguars. - Submitted by: Lucy
Maroon 5's, "Payphone"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I'm out of faith for trying to call home
The Real Lyrics:
I'm at a payphone trying to call home
The Story: This what I thought I heard the first time I heard this song. - Submitted by: Alberto
Maroon 5's, "She Will Be Loved"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I fed you so many times
But somehow I want more.
The Real Lyrics:
I've had you so many times
But somehow I want more.
The Story: It puts a funny image in my head: The singer is a woman who sounds like a man, and is talking about how she is breastfeeding a baby. She enjoys it and wants to do it all the time. - Submitted by: Inferno714
Maroon 5's, "She Will Be Loved"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You're the queen of only 80 sheep
Had some trouble with her fleece.
The Real Lyrics:
Beauty queen at only 18
She had some trouble with herself.
The Story: I went home and told my New Zealand friend that I heard a song written for her and her sheep. - Submitted by: Lou
Maroon 5's, "Shiver"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You fill my heart with Gatorade.
The Real Lyrics:
You feel your heart begin to race.
The Story: My sister and I were playing Mario Party 4 late one night and she put Maroon 5's 'Songs About Jane' in my CD/Radio Clock. When we got to this part of the song, I said, 'Did he just say 'You fill my heart with Gatorade?'' She said no, but didn't say what the real lyrics were. - Submitted by: Kyle
Maroon 5's, "Shiver"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You fill your heart but get a raise
The Real Lyrics:
You feel your heart begin to race.
The Story: I was listening to it forever before I figured it out - Submitted by: Kyla
Maroon 5's, "Sugar"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Shotgun
Yes please
The Real Lyrics:
Sugar
Yes please
The Story: It wasn't until four or five years later when I realized I was getting it wrong. - Submitted by: Fa'aumu
Maroon 5's, "Sugar"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Shut up
Yes, please
Won't you come and party down on me?
The Real Lyrics:
Your sugar
Yes, please
Won't you come and put it down on me?
The Story: After listening to Walk The Moon's Shut Up and Dance, i misheard "Sugar" as "Shut Up". I also heard "Put It" as "Party" - Submitted by: John Howarth
Maroon 5's, "Sunday Morning"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Sunday morning, rain is falling
Steal some covers, shed some skin.
The Real Lyrics:
Sunday morning rain is falling
Steal some covers share some skin.
The Story: Let's hope it's *only* a really horrible skin disease. - Submitted by: Song
Maroon 5's, "Sunday Morning"
The Misheard Lyrics:
The radio, I leave
Darkness, she is all I see.
The Real Lyrics:
That may be all I need
Darkness, she is all I see.
The Story: I swear, until I found this site (the link was sent to me regarding the names of famous offspring), I had no idea of the correct lyrics to a song I love. I feel really, really stupid now. I must go make sure I'm not skewering other songs I love. - Submitted by: Jncjen
Maroon 5's, "Tangled"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I don't know how I got so tangoed, oh.
The Real Lyrics:
I don't know how I got so tangled up.
The Story: I was singing it to my 3 year old cousin. The she started singing it every time that Tangoed advertisement came on TV. - Submitted by: E_k_anonymous
Maroon 5's, "The Sun"
The Misheard Lyrics:
And trying to recreate images... Life gives us swamp ass.
The Real Lyrics:
And trying to recreate images life gives us from our past.
The Story: I still can't hear the real lyric in the song, and I crack up every time I play the song because its timing is off with the real lyric and the "swamp ass" lyric is that much more melodic and funny and damn true. - Submitted by: Martin
Maroon 5's, "This Love"
The Misheard Lyrics:
This love has taken a toll, I mean...
The Real Lyrics:
This love has taken its toll on me
The Story: That's what I thought it was. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Maroon 5's, "What Lovers Do"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I won't do s*** for you 😂😂😂💩💩💩
The Real Lyrics:
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Been wishin' for you
The Story: FUNNY BECAUSE HE IS JUST TRYING TO WHAT LOVERS DO RIGHT AFTER THAT LINE - Submitted by: Carlos Palacios
Maroon 5's, "What Lovers Do"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Oh OH OH OH Oh gonna shuffle you
The Real Lyrics:
Oh OH OH OH Oh been wishin' for you
The Story: Seriously, I have always heard "Shuffle you" or "shuffle shuffle" and always thought that was what he meant if you understand the context of 'shuffle'! You listen hard and you hear wishin for you but once you let loose it goes back to shuffle you, just like that spinning balerina you can google if you dont know what im talking about====>> is it spinning left or right? or neither?? - Submitted by: wallahi
Maroon 5's, "What Lovers Do"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Llama sh*t for you
Oh, oh
Just what llamas do oh
The Real Lyrics:
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, been wishin' for you
Ooh, ooh
Tryna do what lovers do ooh
The Story: I was at work when this song came on and didn't know the words so sang it like I heard it ... it was a looong night - Submitted by: anonomus
Maroon 5's, "What Lovers Do"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh, I'm takin' s..t for you
The Real Lyrics:
Ooh ooh ooh ooh been wishin' for you
The Story: I was pretty sure I was mishearing this … Got so involved in listening & trying to work out what WAS being said, I nearly drove off the road! - Submitted by: Florence
Maroon 5's, "What Lovers Do"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Ooh ooh ooh ooh done a s*** for you
The Real Lyrics:
Ooh ooh ooh ooh been wishin' for you
The Story: Was in the car with wife and daughter. The song was on the radio and I said it sounds like he is saying, "done a s*** for you." Now everyone laughs at the song and can hear the words. - Submitted by: Les Wildman

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