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* Folk singer John Prine, in a live version of his song "That's the Way that the World Goes 'Round," mentions a fan who told him she liked the lyrics "It's a happy enchilada, and you think you're gonna drown." Actual lyric: "It's a ''half an inch of water'', and you think you're gonna drown." Rather than correcting the fan, he told her he was glad she liked the words.
* [[Pink Martini]] actually ''recorded'' a Mondegreen not realizing it was the wrong lyric. In "Amado Mio," a cover of another song, China Forbes sings "I want you ever, I love my darling, wanting to hold you and hold you tight" - and only later did the band realize that the words are "My one endeavor, my love, my darling."
* [[They Might Be Giants]]' John Linnell wrote a song called ''Olive, The Other Reindeer'', named after a ''[[Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer]]'' mondegreen of "...
* Australian punk legends Radio Birdman took their name from a misheard lyric in [[The Stooges]]' "1970" - ''Radio '''burnin''' up above...''
* [[Weird Al]] got the idea for "Like a Surgeon" from [[Madonna]] Mondegreening her own song "Like a Virgin" while talking to a friend.
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