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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!).


Jefferson Airplane/ Jefferson Starship/ Starship - Greatest Hits album at Amazon.com
Starship's, "Nothin's Gonna Stop Us Now"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Mympsi went crazy
The Real Lyrics:
Let em say we're crazy
The Story: I always wondered, who Mympsi was, who went crazy... ;-) - Submitted by: cyn
Starship's, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
The Misheard Lyrics:
And we can build this dream together
Slay this world forever
Nothing's gonna stop us now
And if this world around us crumbles
We'll still have each other
The Real Lyrics:
And we can build this dream together
Standing strong forever
Nothing's gonna stop us now
And if this world runs out of lovers
We'll still have each other
The Story: I’m a metal fan so maybe I have slaying on the brain. - Submitted by: Matt
Starship's, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Just for a cause
The Real Lyrics:
Just fall apart
The Story: I thought one of the former Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship members were talking about a charity. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
Starship's, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Stand on scones forever
The Real Lyrics:
Standing strong forever
The Story: My daughter as a little child. - Submitted by: Valerie Healy
Starship's, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Them say we crazy
The Real Lyrics:
Let 'em say we're crazy
The Story: Me Tonto. - Submitted by: Doug H. Nuts
Starship's, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
The Misheard Lyrics:
This love in my fart. I can feel it for you.
The Real Lyrics:
This love in my heart. I can feel it for you.
The Story: No comment. - Submitted by: Erin ASMR
Starship's, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
The Misheard Lyrics:
You can kiss my a**
The Real Lyrics:
I don't care 'bout that.
The Story: No comment - Submitted by: Erin ASMR
Starship's, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
The Misheard Lyrics:
and in this world outside of lovers
The Real Lyrics:
and if this world runs out of lovers
The Story: I was just a young 13yr old township kid when this song was on in 87/88 20yrs later it just hit me the grammar ain't right - Submitted by: Fikile Nyoni
Starship's, "Sara"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Simba
The Real Lyrics:
Sara
The Story: No comment - Submitted by: Anonymous ASMR
Starship's, "Sara"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Storms operating in your eyes
The Real Lyrics:
Sara, Sara, storms are brewing in your eyes
The Story: My Co-worker swears that was the correct line i could not stop laughing. - Submitted by: Mario
Starship's, "We Built This City"
The Misheard Lyrics:
1) Ma, police placed the number, listen to the radio
Don't you remember?
2) Who rides the wrecking ball in too-loud guitars?
3) Don't tell us you need us 'cause we're the ship of fools,
Looking for America, cutting through your schools
The Real Lyrics:
1) Marconi plays the mambo, listen to the radio
Don't you remember?
2) Who rides the wrecking ball into our guitars?
3) Don't tell us you need us 'cause we're the ship of fools,
Looking for America, coming through your schools
The Story: I'm coming up on 62 years old (Space Exploration Day - July 20 - GNORTS!) - and this song's always been those lyrics to me... since I first heard it... never did research the original lyrics until now, and lo-and-behold, there you are! BTW - also a musician... the 5-string banjo was my first instrument (starting in 1975) - to guitar, to violin... ergo, another question: What's the Key of Fonzie? "AAAYYYY!" ...and, the Key of Fonzie, Jr.? Well, of course, A-Minor! (ba-dumm... TSS!) Cheers, stay safe. - Submitted by: Jake... from St. Croix... wearing SHORT Khakis...
Starship's, "We Built This City"
The Misheard Lyrics:
A holy place to mamba.
The Real Lyrics:
Marconi plays the mamba.
The Story: I always thought since they 'built this city', it was a 'holy place to mamba (dance)' - Submitted by: rhine
Starship's, "We Built This City"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Cuz we’re Ms. Sheppard’s fools.
The Real Lyrics:
'Cause we're the simple fools.
The Story: No comment - Submitted by: Erin Meral
Starship's, "We Built This City"
The Misheard Lyrics:
My chorus plays the "Mama", listen to the radio
The Real Lyrics:
Marconi plays the mamba
Listen to the radio.
The Story: I thought that they talking about the song Bohemian rhapsody, playing in the radio. - Submitted by: juanchila
Starship's, "We Built This City"
The Misheard Lyrics:
My coley place that mamba
The Real Lyrics:
Marconi plays the mamba
The Story: It always sounded to me like this is what they were singing here. - Submitted by: Jeremy
Starship's, "We Built This City"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Nini did the Hoopla
The Real Lyrics:
Knee-deep in the Hoopla
The Story: When I first heard this song, I assumed they were talking about a rock and roll party in California and that a girl called "Nini" did the Hoopla as a way of jiving or partying - Submitted by: Brandon Thompson
Starship's, "We Built This City"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, corny is 'La Bamba'
Glisten to the radio
Don't you remember?
We built this sissy
We built this cissy on rock and roll.
The Real Lyrics:
Marconi plays the mamba
Listen to the radio
Don't you remember?
We built this city
We built this city on rock and roll.
The Story: The first time that I heard this song was in my friend Libby's car, and she was singing along using these lyrics. So when I actually heard the song, that's what I actually thought they were saying. I was saying 'What the h***?' Then a few years later, it came on in my boyfriend's car, and when I sang along, he nearly died laughing. The relationship didn't last long after that :-P - Submitted by: @ the wheel
Starship's, "We Built This City"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Tony plays the mamba
The Real Lyrics:
Marconi plays the mamba.
The Story: This was one of the songs that I practiced in chorus class in school and when it came to the concert it was me singing the chorus and I choked instead of saying "Marconi Plays The Mamba" I said "Tony Plays The Mamba". Everyone laughed though and the night continued as planned. - Submitted by: Sean
Starship's, "We Built This City"
The Misheard Lyrics:
While Tony plays the banjo
The Real Lyrics:
Marconi plays the mamba.
The Story: I was on a cruise in the carribean when my friend chose to sing this song for karaoke and was SHOCKED when the actual lyrics came on the screen - I had been singing "while tony plays the banjo" my whole life... I'm an idiot! - Submitted by: Kerry

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