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"Ooooh, baby I don't know why. Somehow I always seem to get tangled up in my pride." - "Love Touch" by Rod Stewart
Did you ever think he was saying "Ooooh, baby I don't know why. Somehow I always seem to get tangled up in my fly"? My friend's little brother did! So thank you, Sean, for the idea for this page!

This page contains misheard lyrics from songs of the 1980s.





The format I use on this page is as follows:
"Misheard Lyrics"
"Title of Song" Artist
"Correct lyrics"

"God, I'm the one" or "Got a new Volvo"
"Funkytown" by Lipps, Inc. and the remake by Pseudo Echo
"Gotta move on"
Submitted by Notorious

"It's just an automatic Monday"
"Manic Monday" by the Bangles
"It's just another manic Monday"
Submitted by Notorious

"Only five days through the night"
"New Moon on Monday" by Duran Duran
"And a firedance through the night"
Submitted by Notorious

"I made a great guy run out yesterday"
"Is There Something I Should Know?" by Duran Duran
"I made a break, I run out yesterday"
Submitted by Notorious

"Stand in your liver" or "Stand in da river"
"Stand & Deliver" by Adam Ant
"Stand and deliver"
Submitted by Jubilee Girl

"We got to insult microwave ovens
Cuss at kitchen deliveries
We got to moon these refrigerators
We got to moon these color TVs"
"Money For Nothing" by Dire Straits
"We gotta install microwave ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators
We gotta move these colour TV's"
Submitted by Shy Boy

"I?m a tuxedo"
"Our Lips Are Sealed" by the Go-Go's
"Our lips are sealed"
Submitted by Jupiter4

"From Venus, Mars, and Maine"
"Venus" by Bananarama
"And Venus was her name"

"Ginny O'Gill the radio star"
"Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles
"Video killed the radio star"
Submitted by Tanya

"Gotta have face"
"Faith" by George Michael
"Gotta have faith"
Submitted by VIRGORULES

"I think they got your area"
"Gloria" by Laura Branigan
"I think they got the alias"
Submitted by Alan

"Billy Go Lolly, we are gathered here today"
"Let's Go Crazy" by Prince
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today"
Submitted by CJ

"Let it rock
Let it roll
Let the bottle bounce
And save my soul"
"Jack and Diane" by John Cougar
"Gonna let it rock
Let it roll
Let the Bible Belt come down
And save my soul"
Submitted by Mary B.

"Dribble off those Father Brooks laughs
And do what I please"
"Jack and Diane" by John Cougar
"Dribble off those Bobby Brooks
Let me do what I please"
Submitted by Tini

"I'm a victim to you"
"Hard Habit to Break" by Chicago
"I'm addicted to you"
Submitted by My Sis

"Trojan football"
"The Stroke" by Billy Squier
"Stroke me, stroke me"
Submitted by Mary B.

"My feet twist and move in the moon and star"
"Twilight Zone" by Golden Earring
"My feet they can't move under moon and star"
Submitted by HBailE

"Bring me an iron lung"
"Higher Love" by Steve Winwood
"Bring me a higher love"
Submitted by Julie

"Drive your four-wheel drive right into your own mother"
"Hand to Hold On To" by John Cougar
"Drive your four-wheel drive right into the mud, yeah!"
Submitted by Mark

"'Cause I'm a pool hall ace."
"Every Breath You Take" by The Police
"Oh how my poor heart aches."
Submitted by Scott

"Mining companies, castor oil companies"
"The Dead Heart" by Midnight Oil
"Mining companies, pastoral companies"
Submitted by Andrew V.

"Come and get it quick"
"Caribbean Queen" by Billy Ocean
"Caribbean queen"
Submitted by Elena and Cinzia in Sydney Australia

"I'll never be your pizza girl"
"Beast of Burden" by Bette Midler (Originally by The Rolling Stones)
"I'll never be your beast of burden"
Submitted by Elena and Cinzia in Sydney Australia

"Livin' with Jo Polnicheck and giving off sparks"
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler
"We're livin' in a powder keg and giving off sparks"
Submitted by Mike

My friend Liz used to sing
"Red squirrels are crying" to the Fixx song, instead of "red skies at night"
~pj~

My friend's wife Gloria made this little mistake:
"She's a weasel woman to me"
"Always a Woman" by Billy Joel
"She's always a woman to me"
Submitted by Rob

My friend used to sing this, it cracks me up:
"Every time you go away you take a piece of cake with you"
"Every Time You Go Away" by Paul Young
"Every time you go away you take a piece of me with you"
Submitted by Lucy

"Every time you go away, you take a piece of cheese with you"
"Every Time You Go Away" by Paul Young
"Every time you go away, you take a piece of me with you"
Submitted by Colleen

"A bit of cheese at my door"
"Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson
"Billie Jean is not my lover"
Submitted by Colleen

"We have to get disco microwave ovens"
"Money For Nothing" by Dire Straits
"We got to install microwave ovens"
Submitted by Colleen

"Little men die"
"Live and Let Die" by Paul McCartney and the Wings
"Live and let die"
Submitted by chibi_chik_14