Many songwriters pride themselves on their lyrics. While every aspect of a song is important to the final product, listeners immediately grab onto the lyrics, putting a stressed importance on them.

We’ve dabbled in misheard lyrics before, but what about those mistakes that actually make a song better? Here are five great examples of hit songs that are elevated by their misheard lyrics, from ABBA ...

Adam Behr has received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and the British Academy. Electronic dance music band The Prodigy are the latest act to attract attention for changing the ...

During a New Year’s Eve performance of their hit song "American Idiot," legendary punk band Green Day changed its lyrics to take a shot at former President Trump and his followers. Playing the 2004 ...

A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit filed by music rights group GEMA. The Munich Regional Court found that the US company had used ...

From tear-jerkers to mic-drops, NPR's music critics share the 2025 lyrics that made them laugh, cry and hit replay. Right about now, music critics are sharing their favorite albums of the year or ...

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'80s New Wave Band Clears Up Decades-Long Mystery About Hit Song Lyrics originally appeared on Parade. If you're a fan of 1980s music, then you probably immediately start singing along when the song ...