It was created by Charles R. Grosvenor Jr.[5] (born July 7, 1972, known as Chucky G) The site was first launched March 23, 2000,[6] and has since grown considerably.

New material is submitted online by individuals and reviewed by a group of "editors" who remove entries that do not conform to community standards regarding obscene content or spam.

[7] There is a section where contributors admit their more embarrassing misheard lyric mishaps and the moment they came upon their mistakes.

Am I Right does not host the files, so the section is essentially an index of other sites that contain recordings.

Charles R. Grosvenor Jr, Sasquatch Books, ISBN 1-57061-533-0 and Hit Me With Your Pet Shark (and Other Misheard Lyrics) (October 1, 2008).