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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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1950s | |
Bobby Driscoll 's, "You Can Fly"
Misheard Lyrics: Think of Batman pooping snakes
Original Lyrics: Take the path that moonbeans make
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Elvis Presley's, "Don’t Be Cruel"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby, info mania man
Original Lyrics: Baby, if I made you mad
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1960s | |
Bee Gees', "Massachusetts"
Misheard Lyrics: And the lights are way down in Massachusetts
Original Lyrics: And the lights all went out in Massachusetts
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1970s | |
ABBA's, "Chiquitita"
Misheard Lyrics: Take a picture, you will not know
Original Lyrics: Chiquitita, you and I know
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Bill Withers', "Lean On Me"
Misheard Lyrics: We all need somebody to pee on.
Original Lyrics: We all need somebody to lean on.
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Billy Joel's, "New York State of Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm in a B.O. state of mind
Original Lyrics: I'm in a New York state of mind
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Gordon Lightfoot's, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
Misheard Lyrics: When the days of November came early
or When the tales of November came early Original Lyrics: When the gales of November came early
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Olivia Newton-John's, "Have You Never Been Mellow"
Misheard Lyrics: I was IQ
Original Lyrics: I was like you
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1980s | |
Agnetha Faltskog's, "Can't Shake Loose"
Misheard Lyrics: Dr. Seuss
Original Lyrics: Can't shake loose
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Elton John's, "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
Misheard Lyrics: Cow in my hands
Original Lyrics: Time on my hands
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Eurythmics', "Love Is a Stranger"
Misheard Lyrics: To touch you in and drive you holiday
Original Lyrics: To tempt you in and drive you far away
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Howard Jones', "No One Is to Blame"
Misheard Lyrics: No one ever used their brain
Original Lyrics: No one ever is to blame
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Leo Sayer's, "More Than I Can Say"
Misheard Lyrics: I love you more than eyes can say
Original Lyrics: I love you more than I can say
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Pet Shop Boys', "West End Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: In a Western Town with thin walls
Eastern Boys, Western Girls. Original Lyrics: In a West End town a dead-end world
The East End boys and West End girls. |
Pretty Poison's, "Catch Me, I'm Falling"
Misheard Lyrics: Ask me, my boyfriend
Original Lyrics: Catch me, I'm falling.
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Prince's, "Delirious"
Misheard Lyrics: I get the aliens whenever you're hear
Original Lyrics: I get delirious whenever you're near
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The Human League's, "Mirror Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Here comes the reader man
Original Lyrics: Here comes the mirror man
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Weird Al Yankovic's, "Living with a Hernia"
Misheard Lyrics: I live in a 30 watt
Original Lyrics: I live with a hernia
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1990s | |
10,000 Maniacs', "Candy Everybody Wants"
Misheard Lyrics: So their eyes are growing hatred
Original Lyrics: So their eyes are growing hazy
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Live's, "The Dolphins Cry"
Misheard Lyrics: Love will lead us, love'll lead us
Original Lyrics: Love will lead us, she will lead us
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Nirvana's, "The Man Who Sold the World"
Misheard Lyrics: We watched the PAW Patrol
Original Lyrics: We never lost control
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Salt-N-Pepa's, "Shoop"
Misheard Lyrics: Lick it, lick it, had to kick it
Original Lyrics: Wicked, wicked, had to kick it
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Shabba Ranks', "Mr. Loverman"
Misheard Lyrics: Mr. Money Man
or Mr. Money Bag Original Lyrics: Mr. Loverman
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Sister Hazel's, "All for You"
Misheard Lyrics: Rain keeps falling down
Original Lyrics: Rain comes pouring down
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The Black Crowes', "She Talks to Angels"
Misheard Lyrics: Selfie talks to angels
Original Lyrics: Says she talks to angels
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Tim McGraw's, "Down on the Farm"
Misheard Lyrics: Just some rural rabble rules that you need to know.
Original Lyrics: Just some rural route rules that you need to know.
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Weird Al Yankovic's, "Smells Like Nirvana"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, we don't sound like Obama
Original Lyrics: Well, we don't sound like Madonna
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Weird Al Yankovic's, "The White Stuff"
Misheard Lyrics: What is the riddle?
Original Lyrics: What's in the middle?
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2000s | |
American Hi-Fi's, "Flavor of the Weak"
Misheard Lyrics: She is the dated lovin' freak
Original Lyrics: She is the flavor of the weak
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Gavin DeGraw's, "I Don't Want to Be"
Misheard Lyrics: The blood-sucking creation
Original Lyrics: The crust of creation
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O-Town's, "All or Nothing"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause I wanna go...
Original Lyrics: 'Cause I want it all...
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Sum 41's, "Fat Lip"
Misheard Lyrics: It's not all by myself
Original Lyrics: It's none of my concern
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The Ataris', "The Boys of Summer"
Misheard Lyrics: After the bullseye summer of fun
Original Lyrics: After the boys of summer have gone
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Weird Al Yankovic's, "Canadian Idiot"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't wanna be a Canadian alien
Original Lyrics: Don't wanna be a Canadian idiot
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2010s | |
Cast of "Jack Jeanne"'s, "Over The Wall"
Misheard Lyrics: And scatter out the tears, over the asses of our rears
Original Lyrics: And scatter the seeds over the ashes of warriors
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