TV Commercials

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. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.

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!).

TV Commercials', "Flintstones Chewable Vitamins"

The Misheard Lyrics:

We are Flintstones kids
Building bones and growing

The Real Lyrics:

We're the Flintstones Kids
Ten million strong, and growing.

The Story: All these years I misheard. My sis corrected me when I started to my nephew it was correct. I found the lyrics and it lead me here - Submitted by: Dani

TV Commercials', "Mutual Of Omaha"

The Misheard Lyrics:

Mutual of Omaha is people
you can count on when the goings are on

The Real Lyrics:

Mutual Of Omaha is people
You can count on when the going's tough

The Story: I'd watch Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom as much as possible. At the end, I'd try as hard as I could to figure out the lyrics. This version is the closest I've ever come. For decades I've off and on searched for them. This is the first one I've found any reference to them whatsoever. I'm shocked. I never heard "rough" or "tough". "Wrong" seemed plausible, but I couldn't make the jump to that. Thanks for being weird enough to help me with this. Now I can sleep better at night, knowing the truth. - Submitted by: John

There are more TV Commercials misheard lyrics available.

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