Comments on: Weekend Word Wrap: mondegreens

By: Bobby

Bobby — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:40:42 +0000

My cousin Greggy used to sing “it’s gonna be a hole in your knife, a hole in your knife, I know” (instead of “Heartache Tonight” by The Eagles). Personally I prefer “Hole in your Knife”.

By: Chickie

Chickie — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:00:50 +0000

From the National Anthem, as learned by me in the first grade:

Oh, say can you see
By the dawnzerly light?

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:40:52 +0000

A firend of mine in high school thought the dave mathews song lyric “crash into me” was “cry symphony”. that was a fun car ride.

By: Mateo

Mateo — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:38:25 +0000

My uncle introduced me to this one a while ago, and to this day I still hear it.

At the beginning of The Rolling Stone’s “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”, when the choir is singing the aforementioned title, you can also imagine they are singing “You Can’t Always Get a Chihuahua”…

By: katie

katie — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0000

the song tubthumping by Chumbawamba my cousin and i always thought it was
i get knocked down like and elephant
when its actually i get knocked down but i get up again

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:10:00 +0000

I had a friend who has a friend (I swear this is true, I’ve met the guy) who you to think the lyrics to “Taking care of business” was “baking a pair of biscuits.” True story.

By: D

Mon, 18 May 2009 22:29:00 +0000

Correct: Chill’s in the air
Heard: Children, behave!
and/or
Children, the Egg!
(Tiffany version of I Think We’re Alone Now)

What about a false mondegreen–I always thought I was mishearing, in “I will survive”: “And so you’re back, from outer space” couldn’t be right, it had to be “And now you’re back, ran out of space”. But it really IS “from outer space”…

By: Dawn123

Dawn123 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:26:00 +0000

“Karma Chameleon” is “Come-uh Comedian” or “become a comedian” by the Culture Club. haha susan!

By: Blu

Blu — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:44:00 +0000

The Pipettes had a popular song in the UK called Pull Shapes, which – thanks in part to the lead singer’s Welsh accent – features not one but TWO mondegreens.

Correct: There’s a whole floor before us, just for you and me…

Heard: There’s a hot floppy forest, just for you and me…

Also, the UK version is kinda low-fi, so when they all sing “Pull Shapes!”, it sounds like “Bullsh*t!”
The remixed US version is clearer, so there’s no mistaking the Sss sound in “shapes.”

By: Lorian

Lorian — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:49:00 +0000

The first one i think of right off the bat is one that was in an episode of Dharma and Greg, and they were having a party at their house. The song was “I Wanna Rock and Roll All Night” and continued “…and party every day. BUT Greg, in his infinite dorkiness was singing at the top of his lungs “…AND PART OF EVERY DAY.” Dharma cracked up, because it also summed up his practicality – he’d never rock ‘n’ roll all night and then also party every day!

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