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1960s | |
Beatles', "Get Back"
Misheard Lyrics: Jojo was a man who thought he was a Lola
Original Lyrics: Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner.
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Dee Clark's, "Raindrops"
Misheard Lyrics: Raindrops falling from my ass
Original Lyrics: Raindrops falling from my eyes
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Frankie Valli's, "Can't Take My Eyes off You"
Misheard Lyrics: You're just too good to be crude
Original Lyrics: You're just too good to be true
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Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs', "Stay"
Misheard Lyrics: Now your mother won't mind
Original Lyrics: Now the promoter don't mind
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The Brothers Four's, "Yellow Bird"
Misheard Lyrics: Black and yellow you like banana too
They might bake you some day Original Lyrics: Black and yellow you like banana too
They might pick you some day |
The Drifters', "On Broadway"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause how ya gonna make some time
When all you got is one thin dime And one thin dime won't even tie your shoes Original Lyrics: 'Cause how ya gonna make some time
When all you got is one thin dime And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes |
1970s | |
Captain and Tennille's, "Muskrat Love"
Misheard Lyrics: And they whirl and they twirl and they spindle
Original Lyrics: And they whirl and they twirl and they tango.
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Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Looking Out My Backdoor"
Misheard Lyrics: Dinosaur patrollin' looking for Buck Owens
Doo doo doo lookin' out my back door Memory of an elephant of playing in the band Won't you take a ride on a fly, soon Doo doo doo. Wond'rous apparition provided by magician. ... Original Lyrics: A dinosaur Victrola list'ning to Buck Owens
Doo doo doo lookin' out my back door Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon? Doo doo doo. Wond'rous apparition provided by magician. ... |
James Taylor's, "You've Got a Friend"
Misheard Lyrics: You just brought out my Nair
Original Lyrics: You just call out my name
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James Taylor's, "Your Smiling Face"
Misheard Lyrics: Now I'm sure that I won't f*** at you
Original Lyrics: Now I'm sure that I won't forget you
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Neil Sedaka's, "Laughter in the Rain"
Misheard Lyrics: Ooh, I hear laughter and Lorraine
Original Lyrics: Ooh, I hear laughter in the rain
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Peter Gabriel's, "Solsbury Hill"
Misheard Lyrics: Climbing up on Saucepan Hill
Original Lyrics: Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
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Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics: The a**hole bum has a demo put decide for me
Original Lyrics: Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me
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Queen's, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Misheard Lyrics: There goes my fanny
Original Lyrics: There goes my baby
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Queen's, "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy"
Misheard Lyrics: Why peninsula, hey boy
Original Lyrics: What're you doing tonight, hey boy
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Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Each morning I get out my Dalek
Original Lyrics: Each morning I get up I die a little
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Stevie Wonder's, "If You Really Love Me"
Misheard Lyrics: To make your kiss incomplete
Original Lyrics: To make your kisses complete
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The Doobie Brothers', "What a Fool Believes"
Misheard Lyrics: Sometime, somewhere.
Shoe Berry Jam! Original Lyrics: Sometime, somewhere.
She will return. |
The Doobie Brothers', "What a Fool Believes"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a rising stool in ecology
Original Lyrics: As he rises to her apology
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The Doobie Brothers', "What a Fool Believes"
Misheard Lyrics: Wasp Man has the power; two bees in a wake.
Original Lyrics: No wise man has the power to reason away.
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1980s | |
Cher's, "Just Like Jesse James"
Misheard Lyrics: Just a small town nude with a big city attitude
Original Lyrics: Just a small town dude with a big city attitude
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Eddie Rabbitt's, "I Love a Rainy Night"
Misheard Lyrics: P*** Lorraine on my lips
Original Lyrics: Taste the rain on my lips
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood's, "The Power of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll protect you from the wooden clouds
Original Lyrics: I'll protect you from the Hooded Claw
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Police's, "Don't Stand So Close To Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Just like the old man in
That book by Neville Cough Original Lyrics: Just like the old man in
That book by Nabokov. |
Queen's, "A Kind of Magic"
Misheard Lyrics: This way back burns in sodomy
Original Lyrics: This flame that burns inside of me
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Queen's, "Another One Bites the Dust"
Misheard Lyrics: Da bip ull ah al oop
Original Lyrics: The brim pulled way down low
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Queen's, "It's a Hard Life"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't want my Fritos
Original Lyrics: I don't want my freedom
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XTC's, "Senses Working Overtime"
Misheard Lyrics: Trying to taste the difference 'tween eleven and nine
Original Lyrics: Trying to taste the difference 'tween a lemon and a lime
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1990s | |
Nirvana's, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm mulatto, I'm albino, I'm a scared-o, jalapeno!
Original Lyrics: A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido.
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Primal Scream's, "Kowalski"
Misheard Lyrics: Kowalski, finish your pint
Kowalski, finish your pint Finish your pint Original Lyrics: Kowalski at vanishing point
Kowalski at vanishing point Vanishing point |
Queen's, "Headlong"
Misheard Lyrics: And you're screaming and ya right,
Let me out of this cheap b booby Original Lyrics: And you're screaming in the night
Let me out of this cheap b movie |
Queen's, "The Show Must Go On"
Misheard Lyrics: Will grope but never die
Original Lyrics: Will grow but never die
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Smash Mouth's, "All Star"
Misheard Lyrics: Somebody won't tell me the world was gonna row me,
I ate the shoppers doing a s***. Original Lyrics: Somebody once told me the world was gonna roll me,
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed. |
Toc-Loc's, "Funky Cold Medina"
Misheard Lyrics: Funkin' called Medina
Original Lyrics: Funky Cold Medina
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2000s | |
Daft Punk's, "Superheroes"
Misheard Lyrics: Go hands in the air
Original Lyrics: Something's in the air
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Kaiser Chiefs', "I Predict a Riot"
Misheard Lyrics: Friend of a friend, Uncle Peter
Looked the wrong way at a policeman. Original Lyrics: Friend of a friend, he got beaten
Looked the wrong way at a policeman. |
Taylor Swift's, "Love Story"
Misheard Lyrics: Romeo save me, they drive it to the outfield
This love is difficult but it's real Original Lyrics: Romeo save me, they try to tell me how to feel
This love is difficult but it's real |
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2010s | |
Omi's, "Cheerleader"
Misheard Lyrics: Think I found myself a jelly air
Original Lyrics: Oh I think that I found myself a cheerleader
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Vampire Weekend's, "Finger Back"
Misheard Lyrics: Listen to my boner and...
Original Lyrics: Listen to my bum rap
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country | |
C.W. McCall's, "Convoy"
Misheard Lyrics: Looks like we got us a corn boy
Original Lyrics: Looks like we got us a convoy.
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misc | |
xmas | |
Basque carol's, "The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came"
Misheard Lyrics: Most highly flavoured gravy
Original Lyrics: Most highly favoured lady
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Beach Boys', "Little Saint Nick"
Misheard Lyrics: Merry Christmas, Sadie
Original Lyrics: Merry Christmas, St. Nick
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Cast of 'Scrooge''s, "Thank You Very Much"
Misheard Lyrics: And if I had a flugel, I would blow it.
or And if I had an eagle I would blow it. Original Lyrics: And if I had a bugle I would blow it.
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Elton John's, "Step Into Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: We could watch the sofa forever and ever
Original Lyrics: We could watch the snow fall forever and ever
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