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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Baby in the hut
Baby, give it up!
The Story: This is what my 4 year old sings. He is notorious for singing the wrong lyrics to all kinds of songs with great gusto. So much so, that those become the lyrics in our house! - Submitted by: Judith
Shake shake shake
Shake shake shake
Fool egg
Shake shake shake
Shake shake shake
Shake your booty
The Story: When I was a very young kid this was on a TV ad where people were eating eggs. - Submitted by: Baxy
She's a beauty
Shake your booty
The Story: Could it have been that Harry Wayne Casey inspired the Tubes? - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Get dumb tonight
Get down tonight
The Story: Who would want to be a dummy? - Submitted by: Cody Finke
I'm a fruity man
I'm your boogie man
The Story: Could have been someone dressed up as Carmen Miranda! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Keep it common law
Keep it comin' love
The Story: I just heard this revived through an Old Navy commercial and thought it was some kind of anti-marraige statement. It took me digging up my old lp to figure out it was 'keep it comin' love' instead of 'keep it common law'. - Submitted by: Stacy
That I'm gonna miss yolo
That I'm gonna miss your love
The Story: I kept thinking it had to do with "You only live once". - Submitted by: Cody Finke
KKK
Shake, shake, shake
The Story: I thought it was about the Ku Klux Klan - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Shake, shake, shake
Shake your boolie
Shake your boolie
Shake, shake, shake
Shake your booty
Shake your booty.
The Story: My best friend's mom: What's a "boolie" ? Us: A boolie? where did you hear that? Mom: you know from that song on the radio, Shake Your Boolie - Submitted by: Plain Jane
Dust away
Uh-huh, uh-huh
A light kit
Uh-huh, uh-huh
That's the way
Uh-huh, uh-huh
I like it
Uh-huh, uh-huh
The Story: Via YouTube, it was made by the Pun Guys. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Annie. Oh Annie.
Babe. Oh Babe.
The Story: My whole life, every time I’ve heard this this song, that’s what I think KC is saying in the bridge. Sometimes I wonder who Annie is. Then I finally looked up the lyrics. - Submitted by: Diesel Dayun
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