Soramimi

Soramimi kashi (空耳歌詞; lit. "misheard lyrics") is a word used in the Japanese language to describe lyrics of a song that sound like the original, but are actually made up.

An example would be the Moldovan band O-Zone's song Dragostea din tei or Maiyahi (マイヤヒー, named from the words that start the song - ma-ia-hii, ma-ia-huu...). The refrain of the original song is:


 * Vrei sa pleci dar nu ma, nu ma iei...
 * "You want to leave but you don't want, don't want to take me..."

The soramimi version of which is:


 * 米さ, 米酒か, 飲ま飲まイェイ！飲ま飲まイェイ！
 * Bei sa, beishu ka, nomanoma-iei! Nomanoma-iei!
 * "American, is it, American wine, drink it drink it yeah! Drink it drink it yeah!"

Japanese comedian and TV personality Tamori has had a long-running "Soramimi Hour" segment on his TV program (Tamori Club), where he and his co-host watch mini-skits based on soramimi kashi submitted by the audience.

Further examples (from "Soramimi Hour"):

From Sean Paul's "Fire Links Intro":
 * Mayday! [...] Dutty [...] Sean Paul! This one is hot!
 * 目痛い! [...] どっち？ [...] シャンプー! リンスは無いさ!
 * Me itai! [...] Docchi? [...] Shanpū! Rinsu wa nai sa!
 * My eyes hurt! [...] Which one? [...] The shampoo! There isn't any more hair conditioner!

From Wu-Tang Clan's "Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber":
 * Yo Meth! hold up, hold up, yo Meth! Where my Killer tape at ya?
 * よ よ 嫁! ホラホラ 嫁! フマキラー付いてるよ
 * Yo yo yome! Hora hora yome! Fumakirā tsuiteru yo.
 * Hey hey daughter-in-law! Look look daughter-in-law! You've got Fumakilla [a Japanese brand of insecticide] stuck to you

From Michael Jackson's "Ghosts":
 * Because now it's on me [...] Don't understand it. Ow!
 * びっくりしたオバサンに [...] どんなのしてんだ? 青!
 * Bikkurishita obasan ni [...] Donna no shitenda? Ao!
 * [I said] to a surprised older woman [...] What kind are you wearing? Blue!

From Jim Croce's "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
 * Meaner than a junkyard dog
 * 二度目の東京ドーム
 * Ni dome no Tōkyō Dōmu
 * Tokyo Dome a second time

From The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
 * I want to hold your hand
 * アホな放尿犯
 * Aho na hōnyōhan
 * Idiotic public urination. ("hōnyōhan" is a legal term for the crime.)

From Emerson, Lake & Palmer's "Benny the Bouncer"
 * He'd slash your granny's face up given half the chance
 * 久しぶり そいつはゲイだな部長
 * Hisashiburi soitsu wa gei da na buchō
 * Long time no see; that person's gay, boss.

From Scorpions' "You Give Me All I Need"
 * You Give Me All I Need
 * 雪見オナニー
 * Yukimi onanī
 * Watching snow and masturbating

From Filippa Giordano's Casta Diva
 * A noi volgi, a noi volgi
 * あの イボ痔 あの イボ痔
 * Ano iboji, ano iboji
 * Um, I have hemorrhoids, um, I have hemorrhoids

From the Gipsy Kings' "Bem, Bem, María"
 * No te vayas / vuelve ya / tú no me dejas / tú no me digas [Don't go away / come back now / you don't leave me / you don't tell me]
 * あんたがた ほれ見や　車ないか　こりゃ まずいよ
 * Antagata, hore miya, kuruma naika. Korya mazuiyo.
 * Hey guys, look here, the car's gone. Oh, that's bad.

From Mudhoney's "Here Comes Sickness"
 * There goes sickness! There goes sickness! There goes sickness, in my daddy's car!
 * レンコン好きです! レンコン好きです! レンコン好きです! 今　誰っすか?
 * Renkon suki desu! Renkon suki desu! Renkon suki desu! Ima daressu ka?
 * I love lotus roots! I love lotus roots! I love lotus roots! Just now, who was that?