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!).
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Don't turn your back on me, baby,
'Cause you might just be the ultimate in cue sticks.
Don't turn your back on me, baby,
'Cause you might just wake up my magic sticks.
The Story: I heard this playing on my car radio, after I'd already checked a lyrics site for a mishearing of lyrics earlier in the song. I had resolved what the earlier lyrics were that I'd misheard, but I hadn't read the lyrics to the entire song that time. Then when I heard this part on my radio, that hearing "you might just be the ultimate in cue sticks" was the nearest I could come to making anything out of that line. Since that wouldn't make much sense out of the line, I consulted a lyrics site again and found the real lyrics. Much more than is the case with my earlier mishearing, I would never have come close to guessing the actual lyrics to the second line sited above. - Submitted by: Karen Smith
She's got to take a pebble out of me.
She's trying to make a devil out of me.
The Story: I actually heard this on a re-run episode of Dharma and Greg tonight. Greg and Larry are in the bathroom making some repairs, and Greg starts misquoting Santana lyrics. ;-) - Submitted by: Scott A. Miller
Jean and John and a Poodle, too
AND
My house is warm and my buns are cold
Jean and Joan and a who knows who
AND
My house is dark and my pots are cold
The Story: It's just the way it sounded to me for so long. - Submitted by: Zane
With Tina Jones and a who knows who
With Gene and Joan and who knows who
The Story: I remember asking my friend Ryan if he knew who Tina Jones was. He said, "I don't know - but I bet she's hot!" - Submitted by: Porkbeard
Maria Maria, She's gonna love Marie Soleil
Oh, Maria Maria, she fell in love in East LA
The Story: The first time I heard this song, I was wondering why he mentioned Marie Soleil. So I mentioned it to my brother, and he burst out laughing! Now every time we hear this song, we each sing 'She gonna love marie soleil'. - Submitted by: Jenn
Oye como va - my green girl
Bueno pa gosar - banana.
Oye como va - mi ritmo
Bueno pa gosar - mulata.
The Story: Our school band was performing this song as an instrumental. Since we didn't know better, we just sang what we thought the singer for Santana was singing. (We didn't know 'Bueno pa gosar' either, but we just left that part out.) - Submitted by: Nadine
There are more Santana misheard lyrics available.
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