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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!).

Movie Scripts', "2001: A Space Odyssey"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Are you coming to my potty tomorrow?
The Real Lyrics:
Are you coming to my party tomorrow?
The Story: Why do we hear "potty" instead of "party"? That makes sense since it follows the line "She's gone to the bathroom". - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Movie Scripts', "Aladdin (1992)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Salami, good evening to you
The Real Lyrics:
Salaam and good evening to you
The Story: In honor of the new 2018 live action Aladdin reboot. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Movie Scripts', "Aladdin (1992)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Ten thousand years in the Cave of Wonders ought to chill him out!
The Real Lyrics:
Ten thousand years in the Cave of Wonders, off to jail, here, now!
The Story: I figured that the Genie was sending Jafar to "jail" for his crimes, so the line made perfect sense. - Submitted by: wimpykidfan37
Movie Scripts', "Casablanca"
The Misheard Lyrics:
He's looking at your kids
The Real Lyrics:
Here's looking at you, kid
The Story: It was really what it sounded like when I heard the song "Key Largo" by Bertie Higgins. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Movie Scripts', "Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Good evening, Mindy
The Real Lyrics:
Good evening, Wendy
The Story: This was when they went to a Wendy's drive-thru, and they literally talked to Wendy, even though it was named for Dave Thomas' daughter, Wendy Thomas. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Movie Scripts', "Gorillas in the Mist"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Dr. Leaky
The Real Lyrics:
Dr. Leakey
The Story: I wondered what it meant hearing a doctor's name as being, well, leaky. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Movie Scripts', "Gremlins"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I can't stand to shop like this!
The Real Lyrics:
I can't stand a shock like this!
The Story: I used to think Miss Deagle (played by Polly Holliday) was saying "I can't stand to shop like this" until I bought the DVD of Gremlins. I watched the bank scene in which Miss Deagle took the head of a snowman (which by the way was made of ceramic, not snow) into the bank. I turned on the subtitles and I found out that Miss Deagle was actually saying "I can't stand a shock like this." - Submitted by: Isac
Movie Scripts', "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Then he stuck his head out of the fireplace flu
The Real Lyrics:
Then he stuck his head out of the fireplace flue
The Story: It makes a lot of sense since Christmas is cold and flu season. It's common to hear the homophone "flu" and "flue". - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Movie Scripts', "Risky Business"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Dora's locked
The Real Lyrics:
Door's locked
The Story: Pretty weird how a Hispanic explorer would be mentioned in an R-rated movie! (Even though Dora the Explorer didn't exist yet by almost two decades) - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Movie Scripts', "Swiss Family Robinson"
The Misheard Lyrics:
We're crapped
The Real Lyrics:
We're trapped
The Story: Who would have thought about making accidents in a Disney movie? - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Movie Scripts', "The Apple Dumpling Gang"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Ain't that bad, boner
The Real Lyrics:
Ain't that bad, homer
The Story: Pretty inappropriate for a Disney movie! - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Movie Scripts', "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"
The Misheard Lyrics:
And it wasn't poetry
The Real Lyrics:
And it wasn't poultry
The Story: There has been confusion between "poultry" and "poetry", thanks to an episode of Between the Lions, "Poetry Day". - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Movie Scripts', "The Graduate"
The Misheard Lyrics:
I am not trying to produce you
Would you like me to produce you?
The Real Lyrics:
I am not trying to seduce you
Would you like me to seduce you?
The Story: This is what I thought Anne Bancroft said, which I heard in songs such as "Too Funky" by George Michael and "Macarena" by Los Del Rio. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Movie Scripts', "The Jungle Book (1968)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Manwich
The Real Lyrics:
The Man Village
The Story: I thought to have heard "Manwich", a brand of sloppy joe sauce. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Movie Scripts', "The Lion King (1994)"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Must have slimmed my mind
The Real Lyrics:
Must have slipped my mind
The Story: In honor of the new Lion King movie in 2019. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Movie Scripts', "Toy Story"
The Misheard Lyrics:
To insanity...and beyond!
The Real Lyrics:
To infinity...and beyond!
The Story: In honor of the new Toy Story 4. - Submitted by: Cody Finke

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