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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Pig City nights
Big city nights
The Story: When this song first came out, my wife and I were driving when we heard our little 3 year old daughter in the back seat singing her heart out, 'Pig city, pig city nights!' We still get a big laugh out of it. - Submitted by: Wes
Play golf!
I really gotta play golf!
Blackout
I really had a blackout.
The Story: I wasn't the only one. About 5 of us thought it was 'play golf' until we bought the record. - Submitted by: Brian G
At the end of the day
You're in eager and in pain
At the end of the day
You're a needle in the hay
The Story: My brother and I always take a shower with music on, and we turn up the volume immensely. So we were standing in the bathroom almost screaming the song along, with the wrong lyrics. Until one day I looked it up and found that we had been wrong all this time. My brother still sings it our way and I have to correct him over and over again. - Submitted by: Timi Zhuo
Love in Brazil
Love at first sting
The Story: A friend of mine, a native English speaker (I'm not) swore that the singer was saying 'Love in Brazil', instead of 'Love at first sting', until I made him realise he was wrong. He hates being wrong, whatever the field, and to this day, I still remind him that 'mishearing' every now and then and when I do, he feels he needs to cover my voice by screaming 'Love in Braziiiiiiiiiil'. That way, he still feels he's right! - Submitted by: Pierre Nicolay
Eli Manning
Here I am
The Story: Could have easily sworn it was about the NFL! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Here I am
Rockin' like a mannequin.
Here I am
Rock you like a hurricane
The Story: Lol mannequins don't rock....on their own....right???? - Submitted by: Steve K
Lust is in cages
Till storm breaks loose
Just have to make it
With seminal juice
Lust is in cages
Till storm breaks loose
Just have to make it
With someone I choose
The Story: I guess I just thought they were trying to be as over-the-top sexual as possible. - Submitted by: Bax
Still loving you, Deanna.
Still loving you. Need your love.
The Story: When I first heard the fade-out verse, that’s what the line sounded like. Klaus Meine claimed this song wasn’t about anyone in particular but only about the idea of wanting to save a dying relationship. But who knows? - Submitted by: A G
I follow them as one
Down to Donkey Pond.
I follow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park.
The Story: When I was younger I always always always thought they were saying 'Down to Donkey Pond'. When I got married my husband thought it was one of the funniest things he's ever heard. So now I always sing them that way. - Submitted by: ~Crystal
I followed an old czar down to Gorky Park
I followed the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park.
The Story: Heard in Hamburg Germany in 1990 - Submitted by: John
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