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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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Beastie Boys', "Brass Monkey"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Come on everybody let's skate.
The Real Lyrics:
Come on everybody lets get ffff.
The Story: I used to hear this song a lot at the local skating rink. - Submitted by: Marcus
Beastie Boys', "Brass Monkey"
The Misheard Lyrics:
This girl walked by; she gave me the eye
I reached in the locker grabbed the spinach pie....
The Real Lyrics:
This girl walked by; she gave me the eye
I reached in the locker grabbed the Spanish Fly..
The Story: I was about ten years old in 1988 and I was listening to License to Ill constantly. I loved the Beastie Boys but being a little kid I had no idea what Spanish fly was, what purpose it served or that something called Spanish Fly even existed, for that matter. I thought for some reason that the Beastie Boys knew some secret about wooing women utilizing spinach pie. Not that I really knew for sure that spinach pie was a thing either. - Submitted by: Patrick Silva-Naughton
Beastie Boys', "Fight for Your Right to Party"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Dad Uncle Clint smokes two packs a day.
The Real Lyrics:
That hypocrite smokes two packs a day.
The Story: When my friend finally stopped laughing at hearing me belt out the lyrics I thought were right, I was mad. We argued for over 15 minutes & re-listened to it over & over. We eventually just made a bet over it & after fighting & getting other people involved I finally conceded that "that hypocrite" did make more sense. I still think it sounds more like "Dad Uncle Clint." - Submitted by: BRYAN PARK
Beastie Boys', "Intergalactic Planetary"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Like a b**** on my nads
Don't miss a spot!
The Real Lyrics:
Like a pinch on the neck
From Mr. Spock.
The Story: I thought the words were kind of lewd. I was on vacation with my friend the song came on and I sang them (wrong). She spit her pop all over the dashboard and grabbed the cd case with the lyrics in it. I was a little off. - Submitted by: Kat Higgins
Beastie Boys', "Intergalactic"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Banana da Vinci
The Real Lyrics:
Another demention, another demention, another demention
The Story: I heard babanas and da Vinci's - Submitted by: Andre
Beastie Boys', "Intergalactic"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Intergalactic punched in the ovaries, bun in the oven, danger rising
The Real Lyrics:
Intergalactic planetary planetary intergalactic
The Story: I still swear that’s what the vocoder voice says! - Submitted by: Mike DaSilva
Beastie Boys', "Intergalactic"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Intergalactic, formal gathering, formal gathering, intergalactic.
The Real Lyrics:
Intergalactic, planetary, planetary, intergalactic.
The Story: I swear to God they are saying "formal gathering"... it's the only thing I can hear. - Submitted by: Ben
Beastie Boys', "Intergalactic"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Intergalactic, kill your children
Kill your children, intergalactic
The Real Lyrics:
Intergalactic, planetary
Intergalactic, planetary
The Story: This song came out around the time my state legislature, after a rash of babies found abandoned, was debating a "Baby Safe Haven" law. When I first heard the song, I thought it was extremely insensitive. - Submitted by: Liz
Beastie Boys', "Intergalactic"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Well, if you’ve got a Wii
The Real Lyrics:
Well, if you battle me
The Story: This is a bit of an anachronism. The Nintendo Wii game console wasn’t released until 2006. This song was released in 1997 - Submitted by: Ryan Miller
Beastie Boys', "Intergalactic"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Wiggle your buttcheeks, wiggle your buttcheeks
The Real Lyrics:
Another dimension, another dimension
The Story: I literally never read the lyrics nor put that much thought into it. I thought they were telling people to get up and dance. - Submitted by: J
Beastie Boys', "No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn"
The Misheard Lyrics:
No sleep 'til breakfast.
The Real Lyrics:
No sleep 'til Brooklyn.
The Story: A very late night in a strange town for a softball tournament. This song (with the misheard lyric) was our theme song for the night. Couldn't believe it when we found out it was Brooklyn - we'd been singing it at the top of our lungs for hours. - Submitted by: Blythe
Beastie Boys', "No Sleep Till Brooklyn"
The Misheard Lyrics:
A limit to a line, a line to a limit
The Real Lyrics:
A lemon to a lime, a lime to a lemon
The Story: Heard with calculus on the mind, on a bad radio - Submitted by: e
Beastie Boys', "No Sleep Till Brooklyn"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Our manager's crazy, he always smokes dust
He's got his own room at the Pocket of Puss.
The Real Lyrics:
Our manager's crazy, he always smokes dust
He's got his own room at the back of the bus
The Story: A friend of mine and myself both thought they were saying the manager has a room at the "Pocket of Puss" We always thought that was kinda crazy, but thought maybe it was something local or slang for a seedy motel or brothel. - Submitted by: Chad
Beastie Boys', "Paul Revere"
The Misheard Lyrics:
He yelled 'Tinkerbell!' and let's do fly.
The Real Lyrics:
He yelled 'Stick 'em up!' and let's two fly.
The Story: My husband swears that he is saying "Tinkerbell" as opposed to "Stick 'em up!" We have listened over and over again. He still thinks he hears "Tinkerbell!" He's just got Tinkerbell on the brain, I guess! - Submitted by: Stacy Young
Beastie Boys', "Paul Revere"
The Misheard Lyrics:
He yelled, "Gigolo" and let two fly.
The Real Lyrics:
He yelled, "Stick 'em up" and let two fly.
The Story: My wife was riding around with a friend back in the day listening to this song. When it came to this part, my wife yelled "gigolo". Her friend had to pull over because she was laughing so hard. - Submitted by: SuperMan
Beastie Boys', "Root Down"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I KICK it BOOT down
I KICK it BOOT down
How you gonna KICK it
Gonna KICK it BOOT down
The Real Lyrics:
I kick it rootdown
I kick it rootdown
How you gonna kick it
Gonna kick it rootdown
The Story: In NYC when the song came out boots were more of a fashion statement than today. Also boots are a naturally logical association with kick it. - Submitted by: Alberto McTavisch
Beastie Boys', "Sure Shot"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Like beat gonna rock to suicide
The Real Lyrics:
Mike D, come and rock the sure shot
The Story: When I heard the official version of Sure Shot, whoever was uttering those lyrics sounded rather unusual. - Submitted by: Billy Hawes
Beastie Boys', "Sure Shot"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Like beat gonna rock to suicide
The Real Lyrics:
Mike D, come and rock the sure shot
The Story: When I heard the official version of Sure Shot, whoever was uttering those lyrics sounded rather unusual. - Submitted by: Billy Hawes
Beastie Boys', "The New Style"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Father Mulcahy's married to a nun
The Real Lyrics:
Father to many, married to none
The Story: Father Mulcahy is a character on the TV show MASH. Since the rest of the album is filled with pop culture references, I thought this was another one. - Submitted by: Joe Blevins
Beastie Boys', "The New Style"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I met a girl at a party and she started to flirt I told her “Sunrise,” and she pulled up her skirt.
The Real Lyrics:
I met a girl at a party and she started to flirt
I told her some rhymes and she pulled up her skirt.
The Story: I always that this was very clever, since giving someone the moon would be showing your behind, sunrise could mean showing your front! - Submitted by: Mike Hotter
Beastie Boys', "Time to Get Ill"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Wooka muga dooga it's about that time.
or
Looking at my Gucci it's about that time
The Real Lyrics:
Walkin' in my Gucci, it's about that time.
The Story: 20 years ago I was singing this song with my best friend from high school and he turned off the cassette player in his Grand Caprice station wagon and said, "What?!... What did you just say?" I then said, "wooka muga dooga it's about that time." After he laughed for 10 minutes I was informed that the lyrics were really, "Looking at my Gucci it's about that time". However, as I discovered tonight, it is really, "Walkin' in my Gucci." - Submitted by: Jeff Bower

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