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1950s | |
Jerry Lee Lewis', "Great Balls of Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: You broke my wheel, but what a thrill
Original Lyrics: You broke my will, oh what a thrill
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1960s | |
Led Zeppelin's, "Ramble On"
Misheard Lyrics: And now I smell the vase
Original Lyrics: And now I smell the rain
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Roger Whittaker's, "Durham Town"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm going to leave that dumb-dumb town
Original Lyrics: I'm going to leave ol' Durham Town.
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The Beach Boys', "Barbara Ann"
Misheard Lyrics: Ba, Ba, Ba, Ba, Baperen
Original Lyrics: Ba, Ba, Ba, Ba, Barbara Ann
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The Beatles', "All You Need Is Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Nothing you can do, but you can learn how to be you in time
Original Lyrics: Nothing you can do, but you can learn how to deal in time
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The Dovells', "Hearts Are Trump"
Misheard Lyrics: The game is through, but I'm learnin' sympathy
Sometimes the Queen of Hearts can be a King. Original Lyrics: The game is through, but I've learned one simple thing
Sometimes the Queen of Hearts can beat a King. |
The Rolling Stones', "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
Misheard Lyrics: Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustrations,
If we don't we're gonna blow Fifth Avenue." Original Lyrics: Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustration,
If we don't we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse." |
The Royal Guardsmen's, "Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron "
Misheard Lyrics: Amen tried, and amen died
Now they're buried together on the country's side. Original Lyrics: 80 men tried, and 80 men died
Now they're buried together on the countryside. |
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1970s | |
Boz Scaggs', "Lowdown"
Misheard Lyrics: Trying to make it two years
Original Lyrics: And turn a maybe to a yes
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David Bowie's, "Suffragette City"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't lean on me man
'Cause you're choking your chicken Original Lyrics: Oh don't lean on me man
'Cause you ain't got time to check it. |
Dexy's Midnight Runners', "Come On Eileen"
Misheard Lyrics: Go on and lolly
Original Lyrics: Come On Eileen
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Eckard's, "Driver's Seat"
Misheard Lyrics: Tried to see, tried to see
Original Lyrics: Driver's seat, driver's seat
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Kiss', "Cold Gin"
Misheard Lyrics: The comic store sells hill-lights for riots
Original Lyrics: The girl next door her lights are out yeah
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Led Zeppelin's, "Hey, Hey, What Can I Do?"
Misheard Lyrics: My little lover is a midnight ship, she flows around all of the time.
Original Lyrics: My little lover does the midnight shift
She followed around all the time. |
Michel Pagliaro's, "Some Sing, Some Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: Some sing, some dance
Some live in France Original Lyrics: Some sing, some dance
Some like to romance. |
Theme Songs', "Sesame Street"
Misheard Lyrics: On my way to where the air is clean
Original Lyrics: On my way to where the air is sweet
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1980s | |
Bon Jovi's, "Wanted Dead or Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: Sometimes you Taylor Dayne by the bottle that you drink.
Original Lyrics: Sometimes you tell the day by the bottle that you drink.
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Crowded House's, "Something So Strong"
Misheard Lyrics: I've been feeling so mature, love
Frame me and hang me on the wall Original Lyrics: I've been feeling so much older
Frame me and hang me on the wall |
Donna Summer's, "The Wanderer"
Misheard Lyrics: Alice Winter Wonderland
or Alice slipped to Wonderland Original Lyrics: Alice went to Wonderland
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Michael Jackson's, "Billie Jean"
Misheard Lyrics: Billie Jean is at my door
Original Lyrics: Billie Jean is not my lover.
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Pat Benatar's, "Middle of the Road"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm not the can I used to be
Original Lyrics: I'm not the kind I used to be
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Queen's, "Hammer to Fall"
Misheard Lyrics: Let the ass medic cover it all
Original Lyrics: Let the anesthetic cover it all
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Steve Winwood's, "Valerie"
Misheard Lyrics: Valerie, corned beef.
Corned beef, Valerie Original Lyrics: Valerie, call on me
Call on me, Valerie |
Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty's, "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"
Misheard Lyrics: Make 'em into some bright eyed kid
Original Lyrics: Make a meal of some bright eyed kid
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The Bangles', "Manic Monday"
Misheard Lyrics: I was kissin' Tarantino by a crystal blue Italian steam.
Original Lyrics: I was kissin' Valentino by a crystal blue Italian stream.
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1990s | |
Commercial's, "Pepperidge Farm Goldfish"
Misheard Lyrics: I know they're not nutritious but they're so delicious!
That's goldfishes! Original Lyrics: I love the fishes
'Cause they're so delicious Gone Goldfishin'! |
Inner Circle's, "Bad Boys"
Misheard Lyrics: Not even your iced rum now give you no break
Original Lyrics: Not even you 'idren naw give you no break
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L7's, "Pretend That We're Dead"
Misheard Lyrics: They can't hear all what we said
Original Lyrics: They can't hear a word we said
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Paul Simon's, "Cool, Cool River"
Misheard Lyrics: Womanizer's urge to break and run
Original Lyrics: Who denies his urge to break and run.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Suck My Kiss"
Misheard Lyrics: Suck my kiss, don't give a s***
Original Lyrics: Suck my kiss, cut me my share
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Sir Mix-A-Lot's, "Baby Got Back"
Misheard Lyrics: I like big butts and I cannot lie, and no one's gonna sleep tonight
Original Lyrics: I like big butts and I cannot lie, your other brothers can't deny
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2000s | |
Bullet for My Valentine's, "Say Goodnight "
Misheard Lyrics: Say, Sega night
Original Lyrics: Say, Say Goodnight
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Lady GaGa's, "Bad Romance"
Misheard Lyrics: Why don't you vote for me?
Original Lyrics: Watch your bad romance
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Lady Gaga's, "Dance in the Dark"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm afraid of it
Original Lyrics: I'm a free bitch
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Sean Paul's, "Temperature"
Misheard Lyrics: Can you hear me in the hilltop?
Original Lyrics: Can you hear when me utter
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2010s | |
Adele's, "Rolling in the Deep"
Misheard Lyrics: Fartin' in the sleep
Original Lyrics: Rolling in the deep
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Bruno Mars', "Uptown Funk"
Misheard Lyrics: This one for them good girls, them good girls that masturbate
Original Lyrics: This one for them hood girls, them good girls
Straight masterpieces |
Daft Punk's, "Get Lucky"
Misheard Lyrics: Roboto Mexican Monkeys
Original Lyrics: We're up all night to get lucky
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Imagine Dragons', "Radioactive"
Misheard Lyrics: I feel it in my bones, enough to make my sister grow...
Original Lyrics: I feel it in my bones, enough to make my system go...
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Lady Gaga's, "Dance in the Dark"
Misheard Lyrics: Look how the girl is dressed
Original Lyrics: Now the girl is stressed
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Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars', "Uptown Funk!"
Misheard Lyrics: Drink say my name--you know who I am.
Original Lyrics: Trick say my name--you know who I am.
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Nick Jonas', "Jealous"
Misheard Lyrics: I pull my cheek, music up and I'm puffin' my chest
I'm turning red into faces, can call me incensed It's not your fault that they helmet, I mean no disrespect, It's my right to be helmets, I still get jealous Original Lyrics: I turn my chin, music up and I'm puffin' my chest
I'm turning red in the face, you can call me obsessed It's not your fault that they hover, I mean no disrespect It's my right to be hellish, I still get jealous |
Omi's, "Cheerleader"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh I think that I found myself a cherry bear
Original Lyrics: Oh I think that I found myself a cheerleader
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Taylor Swift's, "Blank Space"
Misheard Lyrics: Boys only what love when it's Georgia
Original Lyrics: Boys only want love when it's torture
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Vance Joy's, "Riptide"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna be your Latin man
Original Lyrics: I wanna be your left hand man
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Dierks Bentley's, "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)"
Misheard Lyrics: Fred easy down the road I go
Original Lyrics: Free and easy down the road I go.
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Jason Aldean's, "Big Green Tractor"
Misheard Lyrics: Put your pretty little lingerie on me
Original Lyrics: Put your pretty little arms around me
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misc | |
Train's, "Cab"
Misheard Lyrics: Sometimes I feel like the only cattle in Rome.
Original Lyrics: Sometimes I think I'm the only cab on the road.
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