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1950s | |
Bobby Darin's, "Mack the Knife"
Misheard Lyrics: Just a jackknife has Old Man Keith, babe.
Original Lyrics: Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe.
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Everly Brothers', "Wake Up Little Susie"
Misheard Lyrics: Our goose is cooked
Our red potato is shot. Original Lyrics: Our goose is cooked
Our reputation is shot. |
1960s | |
Monkees', "I'm a Believer"
Misheard Lyrics: Then I saw her face
Now I'm gonna leave her. Original Lyrics: Then I saw her face
Now I'm a believer. |
The Animals', "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm just a sore loser judges are good
Original Lyrics: I'm just a soul who's intentions are good
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The Doors', "Hello, I Love You"
Misheard Lyrics: Do you hope to blunt this dusty tool
Original Lyrics: Do you hope to pluck this dusky jewel
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The Rolling Stones', "Paint It Black"
Misheard Lyrics: No colors anymore, I want them to turn bad
Original Lyrics: No colors anymore, I want them to turn black
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Theme Songs', "Flintstones (Opening Theme)"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's ride with the family down the street
To the place where all the people meet. Original Lyrics: Let's ride with the family down the street
Through the courtesy of Fred's two feet |
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1970s | |
Barry Manilow's, "Can't Smile Without You"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't laugh and I can't sink
Original Lyrics: I can't laugh and I can't sing
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Billy Joel's, "My Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Closed the shop, sold the house
Bought a ticket to Wasco Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A. Original Lyrics: Closed the shop, sold the house
Bought a ticket to the West Coast Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A. |
Boney M's, "Ma Baker"
Misheard Lyrics: Ma ma ma ma
Ma Baker She'd twenty four sons Original Lyrics: Ma ma ma ma
Ma Baker She taught her four sons |
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John's, "You're The One That I Want"
Misheard Lyrics: If you feel the wet affection
Original Lyrics: If you're filled with affection
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Kiss', "Beth"
Misheard Lyrics: These days seem so empty
That a house just ain't a home I'm always somewhere else And you're always there at home or This stage feels so empty That a house just ain't a home I'm always someone esle And you're always on the phone. Original Lyrics: You say you feel so empty
That our house just ain't a home And I'm always somewhere else And you're always there alone. |
Kiss', "Hard Luck Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Fred, Santa's only daughter
A child under water Too proud to be a queen Original Lyrics: Rags, the sailor's only daughter
A child of the water Too proud to be a queen. |
Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "Gimme Three Steps"
Misheard Lyrics: Well the clock ran away
Original Lyrics: Well the crowd cleared away
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Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "The Ballad of Curtis Loew"
Misheard Lyrics: Old Curt was a blind man
Original Lyrics: Old Curt was a black man
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Rush's, "Tom Sawyer"
Misheard Lyrics: Exit the warrior,
Today's Tom Soy Original Lyrics: Exit the warrior
Today's Tom Sawyer |
The Doobie Brothers', "China Grove"
Misheard Lyrics: The ways of a car rental view
Original Lyrics: The ways of an Oriental view
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The Police's, "Walking on the Moon"
Misheard Lyrics: I hope my eggs don't break.
Original Lyrics: I hope my legs don't break.
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1980s | |
.38 Special's, "Back Where You Belong"
Misheard Lyrics: I guess I'm playin' day by day
Original Lyrics: I guess I'll play it day by day
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Bee Gees', "Too Much Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: Nobody gets too much shrailer no more
Original Lyrics: Nobody gets too much heaven no more
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Bruce Springsteen's, "Glory Days"
Misheard Lyrics: Her and a horseman Bobby, well they split up
I guess it's two years gone by now Original Lyrics: Her and her husband Bobby, well they split up
I guess it's two years gone by now |
Dio's, "Rainbow in the Dark"
Misheard Lyrics: We're Nazi lightning
Original Lyrics: When I see lightning
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Joan Armatrading's, "Drop the Pilot"
Misheard Lyrics: Animal, mineral, physical, spill it all
Original Lyrics: Animal, mineral, physical, spiritual
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Kim Wilde's, "View from a Bridge"
Misheard Lyrics: Thief on a bridge
Can't take any more. Original Lyrics: View from a bridge
Can't take any more. |
Lindsey Buckingham's, "Holiday Road"
Misheard Lyrics: I found out wrong ago
Original Lyrics: I found out long ago
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Men Without Hats', "The Safety Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: We could dance in the water
or We could dance in the wahoo Original Lyrics: We could dance if we want to
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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 girl in a spacesuit
Original Lyrics: I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with the belle of St. Mark
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Stephanie Mills', "Shake Me Loose"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, you can try to shake me loose (don't try to shame)
You can leave with your dynamite, too But I'm gonna be right behind you It ain't Eddie's (or Annie's) You ain't never gonna shake me loose Original Lyrics: Well, you can try to shake me loose (don't try to shake me)
You can leave when you got a mind to But I'm gonna be right behind you It ain't at ease You ain't never gonna shake me loose |
U2's, "Where the Streets Have No Name"
Misheard Lyrics: The city's aflood and our love turns to roast.
Original Lyrics: The city's aflood and our love turns to rust.
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U2's, "With or Without You"
Misheard Lyrics: Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails, she licks me ways And I wait without you. Original Lyrics: Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails, she makes me wait And I wait without you. |
ZZ Top's, "I'm Bad I'm Nationwide"
Misheard Lyrics: I had Geno in the back
Original Lyrics: I had three more in the back
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1990s | |
AC/DC's, "Thunderstruck"
Misheard Lyrics: I was caught in the middle of an air attack
Original Lyrics: I was caught in the middle of a railroad track.
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Barenaked Ladies', "If I Had $1000000"
Misheard Lyrics: I would buy you a K-COP
Original Lyrics: I would buy you a K-Car
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Barenaked Ladies', "One Week"
Misheard Lyrics: Like sneakers guaranteed to satisfy
Original Lyrics: Like Snickers guaranteed to satisfy
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Elton John's, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?"
Misheard Lyrics: It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Leave the prairie's nest. Original Lyrics: It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best. |
Everything But the Girl's, "Missing"
Misheard Lyrics: And I miss you
Like the desert's misty rain. Original Lyrics: And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain. |
Fun Factory's, "Together Forever"
Misheard Lyrics: This is pata's part, 3 morning..
Original Lyrics: This is 555318..
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Pulp's, "Disco 2000"
Misheard Lyrics: I never knew that you'd get married,
I would be living down here on my own In that dump and only thirty years ago. Original Lyrics: I never knew that you'd get married,
I would be living down here on my own On that damp and lonely Thursday years ago. |
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R.E.M.'s, "The Great Beyond"
Misheard Lyrics: Obama Shoulder, a piano falls
I'm breakin' through abandoned sperms Original Lyrics: Over my shoulder a piano falls
I'm breaking through, I'm bending spoons |
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2000s | |
Alicia Keys', "Empire State of Mind Pt 2"
Misheard Lyrics: Seeing my face in lights or the raving monkeys found down on Broadway
Original Lyrics: Seeing my face in lights or my name in marquees found down on Broadway
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Fall Out Boy's, "Pavlove"
Misheard Lyrics: Happy mystical man
Original Lyrics: I'm the invisible man
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Green Day's, "Holiday"
Misheard Lyrics: Can I get another 8 men?
Original Lyrics: Can I get another amen?
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Linkin Park's, "Part of Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I feel the swollen pizza, swollen pizza, swallowing me
Swallowing me Original Lyrics: I feel it swell up inside, swell up inside
Swallowing me |
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Panic! At the Disco's, "Lying Is The Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without..."
Misheard Lyrics: So testosterone boys and all the quick girls
Will you dance to this beat and hold on to your clothes? Original Lyrics: So testosterone boys and harlequin girls,
Will you dance to this beat, and hold a lover close? |
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2010s | |
Daft Punk's, "Get Lucky"
Misheard Lyrics: She's up on Mexican love juice
Original Lyrics: We're up all night to get lucky
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Maroon 5's, "Sugar"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause a bullet don't care where you are
Original Lyrics: 'Cause I really don't care where you are
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