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1960s | |
Aretha Franklin's, "(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: You make me feel like a natural walnut
Original Lyrics: You make me feel like a natural woman
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Monkees', "Daydream Believer"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh what can it mean now
Original Lyrics: Oh what can it mean
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Percy Sledge's, "When a Man Loves a Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: When a man loves a walnut
Original Lyrics: When a man loves a woman
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Righteous Brothers', "Unchained Melody"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh my love, my darling, I hunger for a Dutch
Original Lyrics: Oh my love, my darling, I hunger for your touch.
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The Beatles', "Back in the USSR"
Misheard Lyrics: Let me hear your belly like its hanging out.
Original Lyrics: Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out.
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The Beatles', "Help!"
Misheard Lyrics: But now these days are gone
I've got some comfy shoes Original Lyrics: But now these days are gone
I'm not so self assured |
The Beatles', "Lucy in the sky with Diamonds"
Misheard Lyrics: A girl with colitis goes by.
Original Lyrics: A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
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1970s | |
10cc's, "Life Is a Minestrone"
Misheard Lyrics: Life is a minestrone
Served up with bombers and cheese. Original Lyrics: Life is a minestrone
Served up with Parmesan cheese. |
Angela Bofill's, "I Try"
Misheard Lyrics: Carry your seat that you're hurting me
Original Lyrics: Can't you see that you're hurting me
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Bruce Springsteen's, "Born to Run"
Misheard Lyrics: When they let me in, I want to be your friend
I want to guard your television Original Lyrics: Wendy let me in, I want to be your friend
I want to guard your dreams and visions. |
Dave Edmunds', "I Hear You Knocking"
Misheard Lyrics: I hear your noggin
But you can't go in Original Lyrics: I hear you knocking
But you can't come in |
Don McLean's, "Vincent"
Misheard Lyrics: Paint your parlour blue and grey.
Original Lyrics: Paint your palette blue and grey.
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Elton John's, "Crocodile Rock"
Misheard Lyrics: Suzie went and left us for some boring guy
Original Lyrics: Suzie went and left us for some foreign guy
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Elton John's, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
Misheard Lyrics: Lucy in disguise with diamonds
Original Lyrics: Lucy in the sky with diamonds
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Elton John's, "Saturday Night's All Right For Fighting"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't give us hooligan aggravation
We had it with a decent plan. Original Lyrics: Don't give us none of your aggravation
We had it with your discipline. |
Janis Ian's, "At Seventeen"
Misheard Lyrics: And those of us with rubbish faces
Lacking in the social graces. Original Lyrics: And those of us with ravaged faces
Lacking in the social graces. |
Lynn Anderson's, "Rose Garden"
Misheard Lyrics: Along with the song shine
There's gotta be a lift Lorraine sometimes Original Lyrics: Along with the sunshine
There's gotta be a little rain sometimes |
Mungo Jerry's, "In the Summertime"
Misheard Lyrics: We're always happy
Life's for living, yeah, Samantha's up a tree. Original Lyrics: We're always happy
Life's for living, yeah, that's our philosophy. |
The Rolling Stones', "Beast of Burden"
Misheard Lyrics: I can suck a duck
Original Lyrics: I can suck it up
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1980s | |
.38 Special's, "Caught Up in You"
Misheard Lyrics: So call on me little girl
Original Lyrics: So caught up in you, little girl
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Angela Bofill's, "Song for a Rainy Day"
Misheard Lyrics: Here inside my heart
Original Lyrics: Hewn inside my heart
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Angela Bofill's, "Song for a Rainy Day"
Misheard Lyrics: That we'll be all right
Original Lyrics: That will be all right
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Barbra Streisand's, "Woman in Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I am the woman in Luvs
Original Lyrics: I am the woman in love
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Bruce Springsteen's, "Dancing in the Dark"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to like this book
Original Lyrics: I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book
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Christopher Cross', "All Right"
Misheard Lyrics: It's all right, Pingüino Rodriguez
Original Lyrics: Well, it's all right
I think we're gonna make it |
John Parr's, "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)"
Misheard Lyrics: Chantelle's on fire
Original Lyrics: Saint Elmo's fire
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Kajagoogoo's, "Too Shy"
Misheard Lyrics: Shoe shine shine, hush hush eye to eye
Original Lyrics: Too shy shy. Hush hush, eye to eye.
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Roxy Music's, "Avalon"
Misheard Lyrics: Now the party's over; answered higher.
Original Lyrics: Now the party's over; I'm so tired.
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Sheila E.'s, "The Belle of St. Mark"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with a gallon of steak sauce
Original Lyrics: I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with the belle of St. Mark
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Siouxsie and the Banshees', "Hong Kong Garden"
Misheard Lyrics: Slanted eyes meet a new sunrise
Our Asian buddies small in size Original Lyrics: Slanted eyes meet a new sunrise
A race of bodies small in size |
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1990s | |
DJ Luck and MC Neat's, "A Little Bit of Luck"
Misheard Lyrics: Allah with his green jeans on
Original Lyrics: Hollerin' the rinsin' sound.
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Nightcrawlers', "Push the Feeling On"
Misheard Lyrics: There lives have heard
In Liver-pool has heard Original Lyrics: Their lives again
Their Li, to pull us through |
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Rythm Syndicate's, "P.A.S.S.I.O.N."
Misheard Lyrics: S*** is on the window
Original Lyrics: Shade is on the window
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2000s | |
Fall Out Boy's, "I Don't Care"
Misheard Lyrics: Let the guitar scream like a fat s***
Original Lyrics: Let the guitar scream like a fascist
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Keane's, "Hamburg Song"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't want to be a dope.
Original Lyrics: I don't want to be adored.
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Lady Gaga's, "Poker Face"
Misheard Lyrics: Shiny lemons underwater
Original Lyrics: She's got me like nobody
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Ozzy Osbourne's, "Gets Me Through"
Misheard Lyrics: Sometimes we all tease our kind
Original Lyrics: Sometimes reality's unkind
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Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Charlie"
Misheard Lyrics: Pick it up and run like Bell
Original Lyrics: Pick it up and run like hell
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Silverchair's, "Straight Lines"
Misheard Lyrics: There's goodwill in sodomy
Original Lyrics: There's goodwill inside of me
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The Black Keys', "Little Black Submarines"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, can of beans, the voice is mauling me
Original Lyrics: Oh, can it be? The voice is calling me
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The Black Keys', "Little black submarines"
Misheard Lyrics: Trade your maps for a cheese
Original Lyrics: Treasure maps, fallen trees
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2010s | |
Ed Sheeran's, "Don't"
Misheard Lyrics: I'd rather finger you and sit on the couch
Original Lyrics: I'd rather put on a film with you and sit on the couch
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Fall Out Boy's, "Centuries"
Misheard Lyrics: My mom denied my teenage dreams
Original Lyrics: Mummified my teenage dreams
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Lady Gaga's, "Born This Way"
Misheard Lyrics: My mama told me I was yum
Original Lyrics: My mama told me when I was young
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Little Mix's, "Black Magic"
Misheard Lyrics: Boy you bill him to me
Original Lyrics: Boy you belong to me
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country | |
Kenny Rogers', "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town"
Misheard Lyrics: And if I could move I'd get my cunning putter in the ground
Original Lyrics: And if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground
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