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!).
Crazy in Love album at Amazon.com
Drew Barry dynasty.
True paradise to me
The Story: I was singing the song really loudly in the car with my friend. She looked over at me and just started cracking up. It was a full 20 minutes before she told me I was singing the wrong lyrics! - Submitted by: Marissa
Dutty Rock
Dutty Ya
The Story: it really sounded like "dutty rock" - Submitted by: Honey
When I talk to my friend Tom Wylie
When I talk to my friends so quietly
The Story: Tom Wylie is my boss - I was convinced this song was about him. - Submitted by: Steve Beebee
Who f--ked the doughnut king?
You must not know 'bout me.
The Story: Plays on speakers in a factory, can't understand much. - Submitted by: Coyote
So don't you ever for a saggy Mitsubishi
You're irreplaceable.
So don't you ever for a second get to thinkin'
You're irreplaceable.
The Story: I had no idea why Beyonce would be singing about a irreplaceable car that is saggy. For the record Mitsubishi is a car company, and how can a car be saggy? That made no sense. I don't think I could have been more wrong about the actual lyric. - Submitted by: Tom Bell
You must bend over me.
You must not know about me.
The Story: People at work think I'm sick to think those might be the real words. - Submitted by: Robert Laroche
You must not know nobody
You must not know 'bout me
The Story: Poor guy knows no one. - Submitted by: William
You must run over me, you must run over me
You must not know 'bout me, you must not know 'bout me
The Story: When I heard this song in the mall I asked my pal how cranky the lyrics were... He burst out laughing saying it's a shame that he actually knows what she's singing, and yet he doesn't even dig that type of music! - Submitted by: Tanz
You must run over me, you must run over me
You must not know 'bout me, you must not know 'bout me
The Story: When I heard this song in the mall I asked my pal how cranky the lyrics were... He burst out laughing saying it's a shame that he actually knows what she's singing, and yet he doesn't even dig that type of music! - Submitted by: Tanz
I feel a fart coming over me.
I feel a front coming over me.
The Story: When I first heard her sing that, I thought she actually had too many baked beans. But I listened carefully and realized that she didn't feel a fart coming over her, but a front coming over her - Submitted by: Alex
She's so African and bold.
He's so arrogant and bold.
The Story: My friend and I were singing this song, and we BOTH sang the same misheard lyrics! He even said that some of his other friends thought she was saying the same thing! We knew it didn't make sense, but we couldn't think of anything else that it could be....we later found out, though..lol - Submitted by: Ashley
Strong enough to batter children, then get back to business.
Strong enough to bear the children, then get back to business.
The Story: Everyone seems to think I now have a fixation on child abuse. - Submitted by: Lloyd
Beyonce's,
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)"
All the single legs
All the single ladies
The Story: If I remember correctly, the first time I heard this song, I distinctly remember watching a video of ladies doing leg lifts or leg kicks in the manner of the Rockettes. - Submitted by: Ryan Miller
Beyonce's,
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
I'm a little legs,
I'm a little legs.
Give me a hand up
All the single ladies,
All the single ladies.
Now put your hands up.
The Story: One of my colleagues is rather short so when I heard this song, I thought it was written with him in mind. - Submitted by: Stud Muffin
Don't eat me to the things of the hurl
I'm not that kind of squirrel
Don't treat me to the things of the world
I'm not that kind of girl
The Story: Younger cousin trying to sing the song, got into an argument over "I'm not that kind of squirrel." - Submitted by: Najaria
I'm a cigarette
All the single ladies
The Story: I was very small and so was my brain. When I was a toddler I could've sworn it was "I'm a cigarette." This was, as it transpired, wrong. - Submitted by: Asher Jaffe
On the single A, On the single A.
All the single ladies.All the single ladies.
The Story: You cannot convince me she is singing anything other than "On the single A". - Submitted by: Dell
So tall,pare tale ,love isn't in sight, I hate to see such a pretty sight ,I want you and you to leave with me too. Abu Abu to you and you and youuuuuuooooouuuu
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodnight
I hate to go and leave this pretty sight
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu
Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu
So long, farewell, au revoir, auf Wiedersehen
I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye -- Goodbye!
The Story: No story I even looked up the lyrics and it said the exact same thing - Submitted by: Peterson
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