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Misheard Lyrics
This section is for misheard song lyrics (also called mondegreens). Misheard lyrics occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody.
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| Cast of 'Bjorn Again Live''s, "Dancing Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: Dancing queen
Feel the beat from the tangerine, oh yeah You can dance You can jive Having the time of your life. Original Lyrics: Dancing queen
Feel the beat from the tambourine, oh yeah You can dance You can jive Having the time of your life. |
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The Story.... My sister and I took our mother for her birthday to see "Bjorn Again" last month. She had always loved ABBA and was the music that made her the happiest. So we had a great time singing and dancing during the show. But when we heard our mom sing 'tangerine' in the lyric, I just couldn't believe it. But the lyrics didn't matter as much as the feeling and the music, proven after seeing my mother smiling so big while she's singing about a fruit making a beat. Probably my biggest laugh all year. Story about this misheard lyric by: mattLA
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1960s | |
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Born on the Bayou"
Misheard Lyrics: Rollin' in some salt and cake come qweee.
Original Lyrics: Rollin' with some Cajun Queen
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Donovan's, "There Is a Mountain"
Misheard Lyrics: Caterpillar sheds his skin to find a bloody fly within
Original Lyrics: Caterpillar sheds his skin to find a butterfly within
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Simon and Garfunkel's, "The Sound of Silence"
Misheard Lyrics: And in the naked line I saw.
Original Lyrics: And in the naked light I saw.
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1970s | |
Australian Crawl's, "Beautiful People"
Misheard Lyrics: Beautiful Bebop!
Original Lyrics: Beautiful people
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Australian Crawl's, "Beautiful People"
Misheard Lyrics: You, 'tis what we want!
Original Lyrics: Beautiful people
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Bruce Springsteen's, "Blinded by the Light"
Misheard Lyrics: My name is Dr. Seuss
Original Lyrics: Cut loose like a deuce
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Eagles', "Take It to the Limit"
Misheard Lyrics: Can't see the cinema
Original Lyrics: Can't seem to settle down
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Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics: The elder bub has a devil motorcycle meeeeeeeeeee
*insert epic guitar solo here Original Lyrics: Beelzebub had a devil put aside for me
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Stevie Wonder's, "Pastime Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics: Living in a pubic paradise
Original Lyrics: Living in a future paradise
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The Beach Boys', "Little Deuce Coupe"
Misheard Lyrics: Eat my little couscous
Original Lyrics: She's my little deuce coupe
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1980s | |
Billy Joel's, "Big Shot"
Misheard Lyrics: They were all impressed by your awesome dress, and the people that you knew in L.A.
Original Lyrics: They were all impressed by your Halston dress, and the people that you knew at Elaine's
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Billy Joel's, "You May Be Right"
Misheard Lyrics: You're Mickey Rooney
Original Lyrics: You may be wrong
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Breathe's, "Hands to Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: So raise your ampersand and play
Original Lyrics: So raise your hands to heaven and pray
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Christopher Cross', "Never Be the Same"
Misheard Lyrics: I will never be the same without your ears
Original Lyrics: I will never be the same without you here
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Christopher Cross', "Say You'll Be Mine"
Misheard Lyrics: Save your life
Original Lyrics: Say you'll be mine
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Foreigner's, "Waiting for a Girl Like You"
Misheard Lyrics: I've been waiting for a girls I.Q.
Original Lyrics: I've been waiting for a girl like you
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Huey Lewis and the News', "The Power of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: That's the camera love
Original Lyrics: That's the power of love
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Talking Heads', "Cool Water"
Misheard Lyrics: It's from the Garden State
or It's from the Golden State Original Lyrics: This rusted garden gate
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Annie Lennox's, "Walking on Broken Glass"
Misheard Lyrics: Working at, working at Dunkin' Donuts
Original Lyrics: Walking on, walking on broken glass
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Babylon Zoo's, "Spaceman"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a spider between us
Original Lyrics: There's a fire between us
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Celine Dion's, "It's All Coming Back to Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics: It's over back to meow
Original Lyrics: It's all coming back to me now
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Coolio's, "Gangstas Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics: Can't stand it all this time
Original Lyrics: We've been spending most our lives
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Damn Yankees', "High Enough"
Misheard Lyrics: Can you take a fire truck?
Original Lyrics: Can you take me high enough?
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Eternal's, "Good Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: We got such a poop face
Original Lyrics: We got such a good thing
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Misheard Lyrics: Lump sat alone in a f***ing marsh.
Original Lyrics: Lump sat alone in a boggy marsh.
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Roxette's, "Spending My Time"
Misheard Lyrics: A prayer gone down
... My friends keep telling me, "Hey, life will go on Time will make sure I'll get over you [oh] This silly game of love you're playing with, only to lose", oh Original Lyrics: A prayer gone blind
.. My friends keep telling me Hey, life will go on Time will make sure I'll get over you [oh] This silly game of love you play, you win - Only to lose...oh |
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Sting's, "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"
Misheard Lyrics: If I got the news to play for you
Original Lyrics: If I ever lose my faith in you
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Vanessa Williams', "Colors of the Wind"
Misheard Lyrics: Say hi to the sycamore grove
Original Lyrics: How high does the sycamore grow?
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Vanessa Williams', "Save the Best for Last"
Misheard Lyrics: You only save the best trash
Original Lyrics: You go and save the best for last
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Weird Al Yankovic's, "Amish Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics: Raisin Bran on Monday
Original Lyrics: Raised a barn on Monday
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2000s | |
Beyonce's, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
Misheard Lyrics: I love AAA
or I love Chick-fil-A Original Lyrics: All the single ladies
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The Ting Tings', "That's Not My Name"
Misheard Lyrics: They call me stinky
Original Lyrics: They call me Stacy
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2010s | |
Coldplay's, "A Sky Full of Stars"
Misheard Lyrics: 'cause you're a guy
Original Lyrics: 'cause you're a sky
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Justin Timberlake's, "Can't Stop the Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics: And under the light, American goat
Original Lyrics: And under the lights when everything goes
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Gail Davies', "Hearts in the Wind"
Misheard Lyrics: Hearts in the wind
Are free to fall again Original Lyrics: Hearts in the wind
I'm free to fall again |
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Rose & Bruno Mars', "Apt"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm from Selfridges.
Original Lyrics: Apateu, apateu
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Traditional's, "Sing a Song of Sixpence"
Misheard Lyrics: Save some for Six Flags
Original Lyrics: Sing a song of sixpence
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