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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Three cheers for Whitley Bay.
Be tender with me, baby.
The Story: When non-league football team Whitley Bay reached the third round of the facup, I genuinely thought that Tina Turner had especially recorded a song for a local radio station. - Submitted by: Marc Barnsley
All we want is Arthur Young in Thunderdome
All we want is life beyond the Thunderdome
The Story: Was actually misheard by my husband (a lawyer) who couldn't understand why Mad Max needed an accountant until I set him right! He still insists it sounds like 'Arthur Young' in the song. - Submitted by: Susan Dyer
Fern, baby, fern
This song is vernal.
or
Burn, baby, burn
Disco infernal.
Burn, baby, burn
Disco inferno
The Story: When we were in primary school, one of my friends nominated this song as a supposed ideal 'nature' tune when we were doing a spot of science, calling it 'That Fern Song' by Tina Turner. Our teacher was slightly bemused by this choice, not to mention so was I, so asked her what it sounded like and she sang the misheard lines. I laughed so hard I actually fell off my chair. I still laugh at it up to this day. - Submitted by: Frau
If a tend to look dazed
I've read it someplace
I've got costopy.
If a tend to look dazed
I've read it someplace
I've got cause to be.
The Story: I thought she was saying that she had some disease called 'costopy' that was causing her to look dazed. - Submitted by: Ronald
On the zenzatrack
Opposites attract.
The Story: I call the local radio station, after they played this song, to ask them what a 'zenzatrack' was. They hung up on me!! - Submitted by: Gene
What's love, but a sexy damn emotion?
What's love, but a second-hand emotion?
The Story: I overheard another customer singing along to Musak at a Walgreens in Chicago. - Submitted by: Jimmy
What's love, but just swimmin' in the ocean?
What's love, but a second hand emotion
The Story: I was at work, where we have piped in music. This song was playing and a little six year old boy started belting out these lyrics. I started giggling, and his father laughed and said, 'he gets it from his mother' - Submitted by: CT
What's love but a second hand in motion?
What's love but a second hand emotion?
The Story: Found out the real lyrics while watching some one else sing it during a Karoke session. I went around for 7 years before I knew the real lyrics and the song didn't sound quite so racey after then. - Submitted by: Kevin Funk
What's love Cockadoo, cockadoodle it?
What's love got to do, got to do with it?
The Story: I was singing this song loudly when it came on at a dance at my junior high, when everyone started looking at me. Luckily, they thought I had messed the lyrics up on purpose! - Submitted by: Shana
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