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!).
Breakout album at Amazon.com
And if you try to hold me back
I'm not a troll.
And if you try to hold me back
I might explode.
The Story: There was a user on a website I use who created a joke account called "Not a Troll". - Submitted by: cg097
She's definitely not a Nashville carnie
Its definitely not a Nashville party
The Story: I sang my lyrics from the time this song came out to about a week ago when my new college roommate started to laugh at me.. she finally was able to control herself long enough to tell me that was top 5 favorite misheard lyrics. - Submitted by: Tori
Welcome to the land of LAX
Welcome to the land of fame excess
The Story: LAX is the airport in L.A. so I thought it was a song about being really excited to arrive from a plane - Submitted by: Dayna
Who's that chick with rockin' tits
Who's that chick that's rockin' kicks
The Story: I was listening to it in the car with a friend and we both thought we heard her say that. We knew that there was no way those were the actual lyrics so we looked it up to learn the actual lyrics - Submitted by: Mark
The last time I freaked out,
I just kept looking down,
S-S-S-Sister Sledge
You asked me what I'm thinkin' bout
The last time I freaked out,
I just kept looking down,
I st-st-stuttered when
You asked me what I'm thinkin' bout
The Story: This was my co-worker who actually misheard this one. She was sitting at her desk when the song came on and said, "guys, what does sister sledge mean in this song?" And then we all laughed. (and we're a bit embarrased to know the song well enough to know that she had the lyrics wrong. HA!) - Submitted by: Bryna Scoccimarro
Snap my fingers just like that
I get what I want
And that's a fact
Snap my fingers just like that
[You] don't get what I want, because I want it...
Snap my fingers just like that
Don't get what I want
And that's a fact
Snap my fingers just like that
The Story: I was in the car with my mom and this song started playing. I listened to the lyrics trying to nitpick at Miley's lyrics because I dislike her. I heard that part of the refrain wrong without even trying! I was thinking "How stuck up is that girl?", and just started ranting about her the rest of the ride home. - Submitted by: Kim Sun-Bok
Dancing with my league
Dancing with Molly
The Story: This was my graduation song. I was angry back then because I thought Miley Cyrus was shallow and didn't represent my values. Now, I remember this song fondly. - Submitted by: Iñaki
I came in like a raven
I came in like a wrecking ball
The Story: I heard this song in a short commercial for Nissan preceding a YouTube video. A man bade adios to his Nissan Sentra before it got crushed. The commercial ended in this song. - Submitted by: Isac
New entries in this section are currently reviewed by Brian Kelly. Previous editors (if any) are listed on the editors page.
