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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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The Kingsmen's, "Louie Louie"
The Misheard Lyrics:
A fine little girl, she waits for me
I catch ole' Jill, across I see
Me sailed the ship all alone
Me never think I'll make it home
The Real Lyrics:
A fine little girl, she waits for me
Me catch the ship across the sea
Me sailed the ship all alone
Me never think I'll make it home
The Story: I thought those were the lyrics when I was young. It's hard to decipher the lyrics even now, without the lyrics in front of you. I guess that's why the FBI started a 2 year investigation into the song. Haha. - Submitted by: Codi Preston D.
The Kingsmen's, "Louie Louie"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Louie, Louie, uh oh, gonna make her cum.
The Real Lyrics:
Louie, Louie, oh no
Me gotta go.
The Story: I was always told the lyrics to this song were dirty but no one ever said which parts were worst, so I thought this must be the part they were talking about. - Submitted by: Lea Lindsay
The Kingsmen's, "Louie Louie"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Nee Ga Go
The Real Lyrics:
We gotta go.
The Story: When I was a kid, I called this the 'Nee Ga Go' song. Come on, who really could understand a word of this song anyway? - Submitted by: Frann
The Kingsmen's, "Louie Louie"
The Misheard Lyrics:
There's no girls around, but oh do we care
'Cause me and Louie we don't need them here
The Real Lyrics:
Oh that ship, I dream she's there
I smell the rose in her hair
The Story: My sister and I DID try playing the 45 at 33 and 78 speeds. We still couldn't figure out the lyrics. And yes, I do still have the record. - Submitted by: Jeffrey Kasten
The Kingsmen's, "Louie Louie"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Won't you be my girl?
The Real Lyrics:
I said we gotta go.
The Story: My boyfriend asked me if they were saying 'Won't you be my girl?' I told him the right words, but assured him that there really aren't many people who do know the correct words to this song. - Submitted by: Frann
The Kingsmen's, "Louie, Louie"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Every night at ten I failed the weed.
The Real Lyrics:
Every night at ten, I laid her again.
The Story: We had a band in 1966 at Michigan State and quite honestly we made up a lot of our own lyrics. No one seemed to mind as long as there was enough beer. And the Kingsmen performed at our fraternity house (Sigma Nu) in 1966. What a blast. - Submitted by: Bill Costabile
The Kingsmen's, "Louie, Louie"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I felt my bone in her hair.
The Real Lyrics:
I smell the rose in her hair.
The Story: I was sitting in my car with my girl friend when this song came on the radio shortly after it was first released. She said the song had dirty lyrics and I told her I didn't think so. She then whispered the above 'misheard' lyrics in my ear and blushed. After all this time I still think about that occasion and how shy she was that she had to whisper in my ear even though no one else was around. - Submitted by: Michael Curtis
The Kingsmen's, "Louie, Louie"
The Misheard Lyrics:
In 'Umm-al-Uwain, oh Lawd
I cut her up.
The Real Lyrics:
Louie, Louie, oh no
Me gotta go.
The Story: Riding a bus across the Alps, 'Louie Louie' came on the radio. Jim, a pal of mine, began singing these lines. I cracked up with laughter. 'Umm-al-Uwain is one of the sheikdoms that make up the United Arab Emirates, so this hints at a really lurid scenario (a harem intrigue?) - Submitted by: Maura
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