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1950s | |
Dean Martin's, "That's Amore"
Misheard Lyrics: In Monopoly where love is keen
When boy meets girl Here's why they sink Original Lyrics: In Napoli where love is king
When boy meets girl Here's what they sing |
Rodgers & Hammerstein's, "Edelweiss"
Misheard Lyrics: Off with the snowmen you bloomin' go
Original Lyrics: Blossom of snow, may you bloom and grow.
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1960s | |
Christopher Plummer's, "Edeleweiss"
Misheard Lyrics: Hazel eyes, hazel eyes, every morning you greet me.
Original Lyrics: Edelweiss, Edelweiss, every morning you greet me.
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The Beach Boys', "Little Deuce Coupe"
Misheard Lyrics: Just a little douche coupe with a flat head milk
Original Lyrics: Just a Little Deuce Coupe with a flat head mill
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The Monkees', "Daydream Believer"
Misheard Lyrics: A daydream believer and a hog-calling queen
Original Lyrics: A daydream believer and a homecoming queen
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The Troggs', "Wild Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: You make my heart sink
Original Lyrics: You make my heart sing
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1970s | |
America 's, "Ventura Highway "
Misheard Lyrics: Chewin on a pizza crust, walkin down the road
Original Lyrics: Chewin on a piece of grass, walkin down the road
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Atlanta Rhythm Section's, "Imaginary Lover"
Misheard Lyrics: Imagine empty lover
Original Lyrics: Imaginary lover
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Atlanta Rhythm Section's, "So Into You"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm so mad to you
Original Lyrics: I'm so into you
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Cheap Trick's, "I Want You To Want Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Diddle I diddle I diddle i see you crying?
Oh, diddle I diddle I diddle I see you crying? Need a lot of loving and it makes you like feel like dying Oh, diddle I diddle I diddle I see you crying? Original Lyrics: Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you crying?
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you crying? Feeling all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dying Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you crying? |
Dr. John's, "Right Place, Wrong Time"
Misheard Lyrics: See my wife; she know every who I meet
Original Lyrics: See my life shakin' with every who I meet
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Glen Campbell's, "Rhinestone Cowboy"
Misheard Lyrics: There's been a load of compromisin' On the road to mile horizon
Original Lyrics: There's been a load of compromisin' On the road to my horizon
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Jim Croce's, "You Don't Mess Around With Jim"
Misheard Lyrics: Uptown got his husband
Bow and he got his bumps Original Lyrics: Uptown got it's hustlers
The bowery got it's bums |
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band's, "Blinded by the Light"
Misheard Lyrics: Little early birdie gave Barak a swirly-whirly
Original Lyrics: Little early birdie came by in his curly whirly.
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Marshall Tucker Band's, "Can't You See"
Misheard Lyrics: Gonna buy a chicken
Original Lyrics: Gonna buy a ticket
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Paul McCartney & Wings', "Jet"
Misheard Lyrics: And yet
I thought I made you just a little late to suffer a jet. Original Lyrics: And Jet
I thought the major was a little lady suffragette. |
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1980s | |
Joey Scarbury's, "Greatest American Hero Theme"
Misheard Lyrics: Believe it or not I just peed.
Original Lyrics: Believe it or not, it's just me.
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Judas Priest's, "You've Got Another Thing Coming"
Misheard Lyrics: You're thinking like a yo-yo, man
You've got another thing coming. Original Lyrics: You think I'll let it go, you're mad
You've got another thing coming. |
Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville's, "Don't Know Much"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't know mutts
And I know I love you Original Lyrics: I don't know much
And I know I love you |
Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram's, "Somewhere Out There"
Misheard Lyrics: Beneath the pale moon life
Original Lyrics: Beneath the pale moonlight
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Men at Work's, "Down Under"
Misheard Lyrics: I met a man from Ussel
Six-foot tall and full of muscles I asked, "Do you speak-a language?" He just smiled and gave me a Digimite sandwich. Original Lyrics: Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six-foot-four and full of muscles I said, "Do you speak-a my language?" He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich |
Patti Austin and James Ingram's, "Baby Come to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: The night can become
Original Lyrics: The night can be cold
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Queen's, "Another One Bites The Dust"
Misheard Lyrics: Another one bust's a nut,and another one down another one down.Another one bust's a nut!
Original Lyrics: Another one bites the dust.
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REO Speedwagon's, "Keep On Loving You"
Misheard Lyrics: You should have known by the tone of my boys, baby
Original Lyrics: You should have known by the tone of my voice, maybe
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Stray Cats', "Stray Cat Strut"
Misheard Lyrics: Singin' the blues marmalady cats cry
Original Lyrics: Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry
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Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics: I stretched Lorraine's down in Africa
Original Lyrics: I bless the rains down in Africa.
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1990s | |
Alannah Myles', "Black Velvet"
Misheard Lyrics: A new religion that brings you to me.
Original Lyrics: A new religion that'll bring ya' to your knees.
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Big Audio Dynamite II's, "Rush"
Misheard Lyrics: I cocoa on so I give in
Original Lyrics: I can`t go on so I give in
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Big Audio Dynamite II's, "Rush"
Misheard Lyrics: Now I'm fully clothed and I know where it's at.
Original Lyrics: Now I`m fully grown and I know where it`s at.
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Green Day's, "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
Misheard Lyrics: Another burning boy, a f*** stuck up the hole.
Original Lyrics: Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road.
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James Ingram's, "I Don't Have the Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't have the whore
Original Lyrics: I don't have the heart
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Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville's, "All My Life"
Misheard Lyrics: I've spinned all my life with you
Original Lyrics: I've spent all my life with you
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Smashmouth's, "All Star"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey now, you're a All Star, Get a shower, get laid.
Original Lyrics: Hey now, you're a RockStar, Get the show on, get paid.
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2000s | |
Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar We're Goin' Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Am i more than you bargained for yet, oh dont mind me im watching YouTube from the closet wishing to be the freak shit in your dreams
Original Lyrics: Am i more than you bargained for yet oh dont mind me im watching you two from the closet wishing to be the friction in your jeans
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John Mayer's, "City Love"
Misheard Lyrics: It's the kind of thing you only see
In semi (or scented) glossy magazines Original Lyrics: It's the kind of thing you only see
In certain glossy magazines. |
John Mayer's, "Half of My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Then you come crashing in, like the railings thin
Original Lyrics: Then you come crashing in, like the realest thing
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Steven Curtis Chapman's, "Cinderella"
Misheard Lyrics: She wants to know if I have proof of address
Original Lyrics: She wants to know if I approve of the dress
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2010s | |
Fall Out Boy's, "Centuries"
Misheard Lyrics: I am the opposite of everything.
Original Lyrics: 'Cause I am the opposite of amnesia.
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Fall out boy's, "Twin Skeletons (Hotel In NYC)"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a room in a hotel in New York City
The chairs are fake and the serves are pretty Original Lyrics: There's a room in a hotel in New York City
That shares our fate and deserves our pity |
Green Day's, "Oh Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Like the donkeys of the day
Original Lyrics: Like the dog years of the day
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Green Day's, "Oh Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, losers and Cheese-Its
Original Lyrics: Oh, losers and choosers
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Green Day's, "Stray Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: I lost my whale baby
Original Lyrics: I lost my way, oh baby
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Panic! At the Disco's, "Let's Kill Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Fate will play a sound With a solemn pirouette
Original Lyrics: Fate will play us out With a song of pure romance
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Vance Joy's, "Riptide"
Misheard Lyrics: I love you when you're singin' that song
And I got a lump in my throat because you gonna sing the word "song". Original Lyrics: I love you when you're singin' that song
And I got a lump in my throat because you gonna sing the words wrong. |
Walk the Moon's, "Shut Up and Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: Bob Backlund's dress and some beat-up sneaks
Original Lyrics: A backless dress and some beat-up sneaks
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country | |
Queen's, "Killer Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Let them decay' she said
Just like Marie Antoinette Original Lyrics: 'Let them eat cake' she said
Just like Marie Antoinette |
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xmas | |
Traditional's, "Walking in a Winter Wonderland"
Misheard Lyrics: In the meadow we can build a snowman
And pretend that he is Jackson Browne... Original Lyrics: In the meadow we can build a snowman
And pretend that he is Parson Brown |
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