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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. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.

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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James Reyne's, "Hammer Head"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Oobyn angy with the knocky-sa-sui
Aye-ah-ed
The Real Lyrics:
You've been hanging with the nicest people
Hammerhead
The Story: After hearing this sung for ages when it was a big hit in Oz, I could not believe it when told lyrics were in English - Submitted by: Richard Batson
James Reyne's, "Hammerhead"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You been hanging with the Nocky It Taw people the hound in my head
The Real Lyrics:
You've been hanging with the nicest people, a hammerhead.
The Story: I always wondered who the Nocky It Taw people were. - Submitted by: Damo
James Reyne's, "Hammerhead"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You've been hanging with the narky set people.
The Real Lyrics:
You've been hanging with the nicest people.
The Story: Not really. Just thought he was singing about drugs, so I figured 'narky' was short for 'narcotics' and 'set' being people that are right into it. - Submitted by: Sue
James Reyne's, "Hammerhead"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You've been hanging with the notched head people,
Hammer head
The Real Lyrics:
You've been hanging with the nicest people, A hammer head
The Story: I thought 'notched head' went well with 'hammer head', as in claw hammer. - Submitted by: Baz
James Reyne's, "Way Out West"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Just to make some grain
Living and a-working on a lamb
The Real Lyrics:
Just to make some change
Living and a-working on the land
The Story: In my husband’s car he has this song and my kids were in the car, listening to it. We heard them singing, "Just to make some grain, living and a-working on a lamb!" My kids are only 2 & 4 years old! - Submitted by: Marie
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