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1960s | |
Fireball X15's, "Fireball X15 theme song"
Misheard Lyrics: My heart would be afiable Afiable
Original Lyrics: My heart would be a fire ball A fire ball
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Theme Songs', "The Beverly Hillbillies"
Misheard Lyrics: Come listen to the story
'Bout a man nemed Jed The poor mountaineer Barely kept his family's head And then one day He was shootin' at some gruel And up from the cloud came a bubblin' cruel. Original Lyrics: Come and listen to my story
'Bout a man named Jed A poor mountaineer, Barely kept his family fed . And then one day He was shootin' at some food, And up through the ground came a-bubblin' crude. |
Theme Songs', "The Beverly Hillbillies"
Misheard Lyrics: Come listen to the story
'Bout a man nemed Jed The poor mountaineer Barely kept his family's head And then one day He was shootin' at some gruel And up from the cloud came a bubblin' cruel. Original Lyrics: Come and listen to my story
'Bout a man named Jed A poor mountaineer, Barely kept his family fed . And then one day He was shootin' at some food, And up through the ground came a-bubblin' crude. |
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1970s | |
Albert Hammond's, "The Free Electric Band"
Misheard Lyrics: She'd settle for some Bourbon and a little patch of land
Original Lyrics: She'd settle for suburbia and a little patch of land
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Blues Image's, "Ride, Captain, Ride"
Misheard Lyrics: Ride, Captain Bligh
Original Lyrics: Ride captain, ride
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Sweet Talkin' Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Hold on, sweet talkin' Roman
Original Lyrics: Hold on, sweet talkin' woman.
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Elton John's, "Rocket Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Breathing all these fumes all everlong
Original Lyrics: Burning up his fuse up here alone
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Hee Haw Cast's, "Where Where Are You Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Where Where are you tonight How could you leave me here all alone I searched the world over and I thought I found true love But you let another and (breaking wind) you was gone
Original Lyrics: Where where are you tonight How could you leave me here all alone I searched the world over and I thought I found true love But you met another and pffft you was gone
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KISS's, "Hard Luck Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Ray, I love the farmer's daughter
She looks just like an otter Proud to be eighteen. Original Lyrics: Rags, the sailor's only daughter
A child of the water Too proud to be a queen. |
Led Zeppelin's, "South Bound Saurez"
Misheard Lyrics: Ooh, just a little bit of sweet con carne, yeah
Original Lyrics: Ooh, just a little bit of Sweet Co-Connie
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Led Zeppelin's, "Stairway To Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: And it's whispered that soon if we all call the Jew
Original Lyrics: ...if we all call the tune.
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Led Zeppelin's, "Stairway To Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: And the Bible will lead us to reason
Original Lyrics: And the piper will lead us to reason
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band's, "Blinded by the Light"
Misheard Lyrics: And she was blinded by the light
Ripped off by a douche in the middle of the night. Original Lyrics: And she was blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night. |
Pink Floyd's, "Money"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm in the high fidelity first class traveling set and I think i need a lear jet.
Original Lyrics: I'm in the high fidelity first class traveling section. I think I need a lear jet.
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Queen's, "Flash"
Misheard Lyrics: Flash! Ah-ha! He's American.
Original Lyrics: Flash! Ah-ha! He's a miracle.
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Steve Miller Band's, "Take the Money and Run"
Misheard Lyrics: Billy Joe shot Man Rob out of his castle
Original Lyrics: Billy Joe shot a man while robbing his castle
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The Stylistics', "Betcha By Golly, Wow"
Misheard Lyrics: Anything you ask on dryer
Original Lyrics: Anything you ask, I'll try
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The Three Degrees', "When Will I See You Again?"
Misheard Lyrics: Are we in love or just fans
Is this the beginning or is this this the end When will I see you again Original Lyrics: Are we in love or just friends
Is this my beginning or it it the end When will I see you again |
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1980s | |
Barbra Streisand's, "Comin' In and Out of My Life"
Misheard Lyrics: How many went out of my life isn't easy
Original Lyrics: Comin' in and out of my life isn't easy.
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Belinda Carlisle's, "Leave A Light On For Me"
Misheard Lyrics: But darling, I'm Kiki Dee.
Original Lyrics: But darling, I'll keep the key.
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Bon Jovi's, "Livin' on a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Tell me you, too, work on the docks
Original Lyrics: Tommy used to work on the docks
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Bruce Springsteen's, "Dancing in the Dark"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a joke, here's some hair, and it's on me.
Original Lyrics: There's a joke, here somewhere, and it's on me.
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Commercial's, "The Arbor Day Foundation: Trees Are Terrific!"
Misheard Lyrics: Carnie's Arbor Day Foundation spreads the worm across the nation about trees
Original Lyrics: Carly's Arbor Day Foundation spreads the word across the nation about trees
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Dexy's Midnight Runners', "Come on Eileen"
Misheard Lyrics: Dubai, dubai, dubai dubaiii
Original Lyrics: too ra too ra toora layy
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Simply Red's, "If You Don't Know Me By Now"
Misheard Lyrics: If you don't blow me right now
Original Lyrics: If you don't know me by now
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Tears For Fears', "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody Wants To Fool Around
Original Lyrics: Everybody Wants To Rule The World
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The Stranglers', "Skin Deep"
Misheard Lyrics: Better watch out for the tea leaves
Original Lyrics: Better watch out for the skin deep
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Theme songs', "The Transformers theme"
Misheard Lyrics: Robots in the skies
Original Lyrics: Robots in disguise
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1990s | |
Commercial's, "Snickers"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a hundred inside you
Original Lyrics: There's a hunger inside you
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Foo Fighters', "My Hero"
Misheard Lyrics: There goes my hero
He's on an air raid Original Lyrics: There goes my hero
He's ordinary |
No Doubt's, "Just a Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm just a girl in a whirl
Original Lyrics: I'm just a girl in the world
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Static-X's, "Fix"
Misheard Lyrics: Come in fellow condoms marijuana fix
Original Lyrics: Tune in, chill out, drop dead. I need a fix
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2000s | |
AC/DC's, "Satellite Blues"
Misheard Lyrics: Shotta that booze. Shotta that poon.
Original Lyrics: Satellite blues. Satellite blues.
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Fall Out Boy's, "West Coast Smoker"
Misheard Lyrics: And I throw this, I'm not addicted to you
Fall Out Boy, disorganized religion of my head And we'll never get through customs Let's just take off the bed instead But 1-2-3 in the gutter My broken, you're the dogs of the ivy league Original Lyrics: And that's all that should matter t-t-to you
Follow the disorganized religion of my head And we'll never get through customs Let's just take off again instead Got my degree in the gutter My heart broken in the dorms of the ivy league |
Gabrielle's, "Out of Reach"
Misheard Lyrics: Cateri, I never had your heart
Original Lyrics: Out of reach
So far I never had your heart. |
Santana feat. Michelle Branch's, "The Game of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Outside the door or you can't be slow
Original Lyrics: Outside the door of your candy store
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2010s | |
Fall Out Boy's, "The Phoenix"
Misheard Lyrics: Get hitched
Make a career out of Robin Banks Original Lyrics: Get hitched
Make a career out of robbing banks |
Fall Out Boy's, "Uma Thurman"
Misheard Lyrics: I can luau dance
Original Lyrics: I can move mountains
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Fall Out Boy's, "Uma Thurman"
Misheard Lyrics: I can walk America, walk America!
Original Lyrics: I can work a miracle, work a miracle!
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Justin Bieber's, "Where Are U Now?"
Misheard Lyrics: Where are you now that I need ya?
Fly you to yeah, fly you to, fly you to yeah, fly you to Fly you to the moon Original Lyrics: Where are you now that I need ya?
I need you, I need you, I need you, I need you I need you the most |
Logan Mader, Jamie Christopherson and Kit Walters', "The Stains of Time"
Misheard Lyrics: And it will come
Like a bird of prey Original Lyrics: And it will come
Like a flood of pain |
Lorde's, "Team"
Misheard Lyrics: I vampire this within my dreams
Original Lyrics: Livin' in ruins of a palace within my dreams
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Lorde's, "Team"
Misheard Lyrics: The hounds will stay in shape
Original Lyrics: The hounds will stay in chains
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Pentatonix's, "Natural Disaster"
Misheard Lyrics: My mom was burnin' in the wildfire, my mom was burnin' in your love.
Original Lyrics: My mind was burnin' in the wildfire, my mind was burnin' in your love.
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Pitbull's, "Fireball"
Misheard Lyrics: I was born in Ukraine.
Original Lyrics: I was born in a flame
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Rachel Platten's, "Fight Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Losing friends and un-chasing sleep
Original Lyrics: Losing friends and I'm chasing sleep
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Robert DeLong's, "On the Long Way Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Defend, Defend, Finkl never goes away.
Original Lyrics: The end, the end
Things will never go our way |
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country | |
Keith Urban's, "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16"
Misheard Lyrics: Marilyn Monroe In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Original Lyrics: Marilyn Monroe and the Garden of Eden
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