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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In my head,
You'll be screamin' "no"!
In my head,
You'll be screamin' "ohh"!
The Story: I'm giving Mr. Derulo the benefit of the doubt here: I believe he means to sound seductive rather than threatening. It's just an unfortunate convergence of syllables that makes these two possibilities sound practically indistinguishable. - Submitted by: BD
Rebecca ain't my crib
and
Cheryl's Facebook page
Re-decorate my crib
and
To share my Facebook page
The Story: When I first heard this song I thought Jason mentioned two different girls until I found the real lyrics. Coincidentally two of my support staff were called Rebecca and Cheryl. Cheryl left last November while Rebecca (better known as Becky) still works as a part time bank support worker at my house. - Submitted by: Stompgal
Don't speak your language
But your booty don't need explainin'
All you really need to understand is
Will you
Top 32
Don't speak your language
But your booty don't need explainin'
All I really need to understand is
When you talk dirty to me
The Story: I actually thought that he was saying her butt was in the "top 32" of the best butts in the world. I even tried to explain to somebody what the lyrics said, not knowing how wrong I was! - Submitted by: A.
It's the way that you roar
Remind me of a Katy Perry song
Is it weird that your bra
Remind me of a Katy Perry song
The Story: When I heard this song a few times recently, I actually thought Jason complimented a lady for her roar and this made me think of Katy Perry's song Roar. - Submitted by: Stompgal
Like a drunken psycho
And the trumpets they go
The Story: I have a really crappy radio. The first several times I heard this song on the crappy radio, I was convinced he was singing about partying with a girl and acting like a drunken psycho. It would be a good explanation for why the girl was reminding him of so many random songs. - Submitted by: Cel
I got the shits on the floor, nothing on me
I got the sheets on the floor, nothing on me
The Story: I misheard because both words "shits" and "sheets" are homophones but not fully. - Submitted by: Tagir
There's nothing I wanna do (no I wanna do)
There's nothing I wouldn't do (no I wouldn't do)
The Story: I really misheard this song's line "There's nothing I wouldn't do (no I wouldn't do)". He wanna do it! - Submitted by: Tagir
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