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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#1
No more words
The Story: Could have sworn she would have been #1 in 1984 (she would actually go to #1 with her hit "Take My Breath Away" two years later in 1986)! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Berlin's,
"Take My Breath Away"
Julio Iglesias, I saw you
In time you slipped away.
Through the hourglass, I saw you
In time you slipped away.
The Story: A friend of mine was getting married and she needed to pick a wedding song to be played at the ceremony. I suggested the song. And she was dead serious when she said, 'Ewww, that song is about Julio Iglesias. That can't be my wedding song!' She explained what she heard, and I told her what they really were. We laughed so hard, we cried. - Submitted by: roseann amato
Berlin's,
"Take My Breath Away"
Table from nowhere
Take my breath away.
The Story: Always thought this was a conceptual 80s song. Blame the songwriter for using funny word stress on the A syllable of AWAY. - Submitted by: Dan
Berlin's,
"Take My Breath Away"
Take a breath of ooay
Take my breath away
The Story: We were watching Top Gun together and when the song came on my sister Alex told me that when she was little she thought the lyrics were, 'breath of ooay' and that the song was about a bresh freshener called 'ooay'. I couldn't stop laughing at her. - Submitted by: Alex
Berlin's,
"Take My Breath Away"
Take my brake away
Take my breath away
The Story: Guys meeting around a keg of beer - with Top Gun on the DVD player -
"The Girl looks shy" - Submitted by: Ver Doreil
Berlin's,
"Take My Breath Away"
Take my brother away.
Take my breath away.
The Story: My friend was convinced for more than 5 years that 'take my brother away' was the correct lyrics. I only found it out when she complained that she never understood why Terri Nunn was singing that. - Submitted by: Anamarija
Berlin's,
"Take My Breath Away"
Take my friend away.
Take my breath away.
The Story: I remember very well the day when I sang this song to my brother after having heard it on the radio (or Countdown). I then sang 'take my friend away'. My brother said very quickly it was wrong. - Submitted by: zhu plantation
Berlin's,
"Take My Breath Away"
Take my friend away.
Take my breath away.
The Story: My little three-year-old-daughter was belting this song out with all her heart in the backseat of our car as we drove down the Autobahn in Frankfurt, Germany. - Submitted by: Jennifer Lawrence
Berlin's,
"Take My Breath Away"
Watching in emojis
Watching in slow motion
The Story: I always thought it had to do with emojis - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Swimming through a hollandaise
Swimming through apologies
The Story: Since in was the Paris metro, I thought a French sauce was apropos. - Submitted by: Helen Keller
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