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!).
The Best of Sophie B. Hawkins album at Amazon.com
I love taco!
or
You love taco!
Comes out, comes out, ooh.
The Story: My ex-fiancee, Amanda and I were driving home one day. The song came on and she said, 'Listen, does this one part sound like 'I love taco'?' My wife, Brenda, a couple of nights ago said to me 'Sounds like 'You love taco!' - Submitted by: Jon
Una taco
or
Gimme a taco.
Ooh, lah, kah ko
The Story: My sister used to "mishear" song lyrics all the time when she was little. This was one of her funnier interpretations of a song, especially since tacos have nothing to do with the rest of the song at all. - Submitted by: Sister
Who loves the Pope?
Ooh Lah Kah Ko
The Story: A long-time friend was trying to describe the song to us and called it the 'Pope' song. No one had ever heard it that way before, now we can't think of it any other way. - Submitted by: HannahChrisJohn from Ben
Yolanda Vo
Ooh la ka koh
The Story: My girlfirend's name is Yolanda. She listens to this song all the time. One day, she was alarmed to find that her name was mentioned in the song. As for me, I now have a song I can listen to whenever I want to think of her. - Submitted by: Brian Nguyen
Damn, I wish I was your lover
I'll f*** you until we daylight c**.
Damn, I wish I was your lover
I'll rock you 'til the daylight comes.
The Story: When this song used to come on (no pun intended) the radio and the video on VH1, more often back in 1992, I actually thought these were the lyrics of the song, until I bought the CD in 1996 I still thought these were the lyrics. After all Sophie B. Hawkins is very sexy and I thought if she was going to sing one cuss word, I could see her sing more than that one. - Submitted by: Peter Bradfield
I'll run to meet you bad boy, barely breathing.
or
I'll run to meet you there boy, barely breathing.
I'll run to meet you barefoot, barely breathing.
The Story: I called my boyfriend 'tough guy' as in Whatcha doin there tough guy? And I thought it was cute that Sophie had a similar nick name for her beau. When friends told me I was wrong, I changed it to the second one. I still can't make the real lyrics fit. - Submitted by: Leenix
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