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1950s | |
Elvis Presley's, "Hound Dog"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, you ain't never caused a racket and you ain't no friend of mine.
Original Lyrics: Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine.
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The Coasters', "Yakkity Yak"
Misheard Lyrics: Take out the papers and the trash
Or you don't get no sodding cash Original Lyrics: Take out the papers and the trash
Or you don't get no spending cash |
1960s | |
Cast of The Sound of Music's, "The Lonely Goatherd"
Misheard Lyrics: What to wet for a girl and goat heard
Original Lyrics: What a duet for a girl and goatherd
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Frankie Valli's, "My Eyes Adored You"
Misheard Lyrics: My eyes of Georgia
Original Lyrics: My eyes adored you
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Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass', "Mame"
Misheard Lyrics: You give my old man's tulip a kick, Mame
Original Lyrics: You give my old mint julep a kick, Mame
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Roger Miller's, "England Swings"
Misheard Lyrics: Gazing at the dappled men with dirty ash trays.
Original Lyrics: Gaping at the dapper men with derby hats and canes.
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The Beach Boys', "Barbara Ann"
Misheard Lyrics: Ah, ba ba ba ba barber Ann
Ba ba ba ba barber Ann Oh barber Ann, take my hair Barber Ann Original Lyrics: Ah, ba ba ba ba Barbara Ann
Ba ba ba ba Barbara Ann Oh Barbara Ann, take my hand Barbara Ann |
The Monkees', "Daydream Believer"
Misheard Lyrics: You once thought of me as a white guy on the sea.
Original Lyrics: You once thought of me as a white knight on his steed.
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1970s | |
Arlo Guthrie's, "City of New Orleans"
Misheard Lyrics: All along the southbound on the sea
The train pulls out of Cranky Quay Original Lyrics: All along the southbound odyssey
The train pulls out of Kankakee |
Dire Straits', "Sultans of Swing"
Misheard Lyrics: Jump and press the big sperm bag he's in his papaw's soul.
Original Lyrics: Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles.
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Eagles', "Hotel California"
Misheard Lyrics: Her man is stiff and he's twisted
She's got the Mercedes bends She's got a lot of pretty, pretty boys in shackles, friends. Original Lyrics: Her mind's Tiffany twisted
She's got the Mercedes bends She's got a lot of pretty, pretty boys she calls friends. |
Jim Croce's, "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
Misheard Lyrics: Meaner than to jump your dog
Original Lyrics: Meaner than a junkyard dog
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Jim Croce's, "You Don't Mess Around with Jim"
Misheard Lyrics: You don't spin into the wind
Original Lyrics: You don't spit into the wind
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Kate Bush's, "Babooshka"
Misheard Lyrics: She sent him seventy letters
Original Lyrics: She sent him scented letters
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Nazareth's, "Miss Misery"
Misheard Lyrics: Guacamole in a cone.
Original Lyrics: Walking lonely in the cold
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Peter Frampton's, "Do You Feel Like We Do?"
Misheard Lyrics: Spunk Man on the keyboards, Spunk Man!
Original Lyrics: Bob Mayo on the keyboards, Bob Mayo!
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Queen's, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: I was just a skinny lad
Never knew no good from bad But I knew life before I left my luxury Left alone with big fat Fatty She was such a naughty natty Great big woman, you made a fat boy out of me. Original Lyrics: I was just a skinny lad
Never knew no good from bad But I knew life before I left my nursery Left alone with big fat Fanny She was such a naughty nanny Heap big woman, you made a bad boy out of me. |
Rupert Holmes', "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"
Misheard Lyrics: Like a worn out recording of a favorite Zonk
Original Lyrics: Like a worn out recording of a favorite song
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Village People's, "Y.M.C.A."
Misheard Lyrics: Yam Yam, there's no need to feel down
I said, Yam Yam, pick yourself off the ground I said, Yam Yam, 'cause you're in a new town There's no need to be on Harpic. Original Lyrics: Young man, there's no need to feel down
I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town There's no need to be unhappy. |
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1980s | |
Billy Joel's, "Goodnight Saigon"
Misheard Lyrics: That gave us Ba Pope
Original Lyrics: That gave us Bob Hope
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Clash's, "Rock the Casbah"
Misheard Lyrics: Cherie don't like it
Drop the cash, Bob! Drop the cash, Bob! Original Lyrics: Sharif don't like it
Rock the Casbah! Rock the Casbah! |
Culture Club's, "Mistake No. 3"
Misheard Lyrics: Make mistake in the tree
Original Lyrics: Make mistake number 3
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Cyndi Lauper's, "Time After Time"
Misheard Lyrics: I've got my pink deaf aids and darkness has turned to grey.
Original Lyrics: After my picture fades and darkness has turned to grey.
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Elvis Costello's, "Oliver's Army"
Misheard Lyrics: We could send you to jump an iceberg
Original Lyrics: We could send you to Johannesburg
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Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra's, "Xanadu"
Misheard Lyrics: An everlasting girl and you're here with me
Internally Original Lyrics: An everlasting world and you're here with me
Eternally |
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's, "Enola Gay"
Misheard Lyrics: It's eight fifteen, and that's the Chinaman's jelly bean
Original Lyrics: It's eight fifteen, and that's the time that it's always been
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Stacey Q's, "Two of Hearts"
Misheard Lyrics: Two of farts
I need you, I need you Original Lyrics: Two of hearts
I need you, I need you |
Stevie Wonder's, "Master Blaster"
Misheard Lyrics: Everyone is feeling pretty
It's a turd in July Original Lyrics: Everyone is feeling pretty
It's hotter than July |
Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics: As sure as Kilamanjaro rises like the limpers above the Serengeti.
Original Lyrics: As sure as Kilamanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti.
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Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics: I messed with Jane's down in Africa
Original Lyrics: I bless the rains down in Africa.
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Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics: There's nothin' that a hundred men in Morecambe ever do.
Original Lyrics: There's nothin' that a hundred men or more could ever do.
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Van Halen's, "Unchained"
Misheard Lyrics: Blue-white murder in a sunspot dress
Original Lyrics: Blue-eyed murder in a size five dress.
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ZZ Top's, "Sharp Dressed Man"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause ev'ry girl is crazy 'bout a short, dressed man.
Original Lyrics: 'Cause ev'ry girl is crazy 'bout a sharp-dressed man.
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1990s | |
Alanis Morissette's, "Ironic"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a death rope ardon
To admit it's too late Original Lyrics: It's a death-row pardon
Two minutes too late |
Blondie's, "Maria"
Misheard Lyrics: Martina, are you Maria?
A million and one ton delight. Original Lyrics: Latina, Ave Maria
A million and one candle lights. |
Chumbawamba's, "Tubthumping"
Misheard Lyrics: I get knocked down
But I can operate On a devil with a big guitar Original Lyrics: I get knocked down
But I get up again You're never gonna keep me down. |
Crowded House's, "Weather With You"
Misheard Lyrics: Everywhere you go, always take a weapon with you.
Original Lyrics: Everywhere you go, you always take the weather with you
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Janet Jackson's, "Together Again"
Misheard Lyrics: There's an immolite
Original Lyrics: Dancing in moonlight
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Paula Cole's, "I Don't Want to Wait"
Misheard Lyrics: She had 2 babies
One is six plus one is three And then more, wait, 44 Original Lyrics: She had 2 babies
One was six months, one was 3 In the war of '44. |
Smash Mouth's, "Walking on the Sun"
Misheard Lyrics: You might as well be walking on the song
Original Lyrics: You might as well be Walking On the Sun
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Sting's, "Fields of Gold"
Misheard Lyrics: In his arms she fell, as her hair came out
Original Lyrics: In his arms she fell, as her hair came down
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2000s | |
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics: They paid a pair of dykes to put up a f***ing lot.
Original Lyrics: They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
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Gwen Stefani's, "Wind It Up"
Misheard Lyrics: This is the pee that makes us wind up
Original Lyrics: This is the key that makes us wind up
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Kelly Clarkson's, "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: Behind these Edelweiss
Original Lyrics: Behind these hazel eyes
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Mysto & Pizzi's, "Somebody's Watching Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm watching 9 to 5
Hey hey I paid the price Original Lyrics: I worked from 9 to 5
Hey hell I pay the price |
Sonique's, "It Feels So Good"
Misheard Lyrics: It ain't the chub you got that keeps me satisfied
Original Lyrics: It ain't the job you got that keeps me satisfied.
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2010s | |
Amaranth's, "Drop Dead Cynical"
Misheard Lyrics: Drop dead, Santa Claus
Original Lyrics: Drop dead cynical
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Taylor Swift's, "Blank Space"
Misheard Lyrics: Google my list of ex-lovers.
Original Lyrics: Got a long list of ex-lovers
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xmas | |
Gene Autry's, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Misheard Lyrics: Olive, the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names Original Lyrics: All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names |
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