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1960s | |
Marvin Gaye's, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't you know I heard it through the great times?
Original Lyrics: Don't you know I heard it through the grapevine?
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Marvin Gaye's, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
Misheard Lyrics: With some other girl you knew before
Original Lyrics: With some other guy you knew before
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Moody Blues', "Tuesday Afternoon"
Misheard Lyrics: The trees are growing veneer, I've got to find out why.
Original Lyrics: The trees are drawing me near I've got to find out why.
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Strawberry Alarm Clock's, "Incense and Peppermints"
Misheard Lyrics: Look at yourself ... yeah yeah.
Original Lyrics: Look at yourself ... young girl.
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The Supremes', "It's All Your Fault (Version 2)"
Misheard Lyrics: You've got me in your car, and there I'll remain.
Original Lyrics: You've got me in your power, and there I remain.
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The Supremes', "Mother Dear (Version 1)"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm calling keeper (keeper, keeper).
Keeper in love each day. Original Lyrics: I'm falling deeper (deeper, deeper), deeper in love each day.
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1970s | |
Bad Company's, "Rock and Roll Fantasy"
Misheard Lyrics: It's on fire. I'm on a rock and roll fantasy.
Original Lyrics: It's all part of my rock and roll fantasy.
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Cheap Trick's, "Dirty Deeds"
Misheard Lyrics: Dirty deeds under cheese
Original Lyrics: Dirty deed done dirt cheap
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Double Exposure's, "Ten Percent"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't pretend it's something
Original Lyrics: ten percent of something
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Elton John's, "Bennie and the Jets"
Misheard Lyrics: She's got electric boobs
Her ma has two You know I read it in a magazine Original Lyrics: She's got electric boots, a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine. |
First Choice's, "Armed and Extremely Dangerous"
Misheard Lyrics: CD's dangerous
Original Lyrics: City's dangerous
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First Choice's, "Dr. Love"
Misheard Lyrics: She ain't got no complication
Original Lyrics: She ain't got no competition
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First Choice's, "Let No Man Put Asunder"
Misheard Lyrics: Let no man put us under
Original Lyrics: Let no man put asunder
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First Choice's, "Smarty Pants"
Misheard Lyrics: With just one gland
Original Lyrics: With just one glance
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George Benson's, "On Broadway"
Misheard Lyrics: When all you got is ones and dimes
Original Lyrics: When all you got is one thin dime
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Guess Who's, "These Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: Levis cry every night for you
Original Lyrics: these eyes cry every night for you
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Jimmy Buffett's, "Margaritaville"
Misheard Lyrics: searchin for my last jigger and salt
Original Lyrics: Searchin' for my last shaker of salt
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Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "Sweet Home Alabama"
Misheard Lyrics: I hope New York will remember
Original Lyrics: I hope Neil Young will remember.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "Sweet Home Alabama"
Misheard Lyrics: Singing songs about the Subway
Original Lyrics: Singing songs about the Southland
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Olivia Newton-John's, "Summer Nights"
Misheard Lyrics: He ran by me. God bless a damn.
Original Lyrics: He ran by me. Got my suit damp.
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Sister Sledge's, "We Are Family"
Misheard Lyrics: We're giving love to the family dog
Original Lyrics: We're giving love in a family dose
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Steve Miller Band's, "Jet Airliner"
Misheard Lyrics: Big ol' Jed in a line-up
Original Lyrics: Big old jet airliner
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Supertramp's, "Breakfast in America"
Misheard Lyrics: Clear with my auto breath
Original Lyrics: Clear when I'm out of breath
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The Trammps', "Hooked for Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Like the man with the money on his back
Original Lyrics: Like the man with a monkey on his back
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The Trammps', "That's Where the Happy People Go"
Misheard Lyrics: That's where the happy people grow
Original Lyrics: That's where the happy people go
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Theme Song's, "Happy Days"
Misheard Lyrics: My dildo hums, ready to race to you
Original Lyrics: My cycle hums, ready to race to you.
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ZZ Top's, "Living on Tulsa Time"
Misheard Lyrics: Living on closing time
Original Lyrics: Living in Tulsa time
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1980s | |
Billy Squier's, "The Stroke"
Misheard Lyrics: Strongman, strongmen
Original Lyrics: Stroke me, stroke me.
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Bruce Springsteen's, "Dancing in the Dark"
Misheard Lyrics: You can't start a fire worrying 'bout your li'l new Bonaparte
Original Lyrics: You can't start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart
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Martika's, "Toy Soldiers"
Misheard Lyrics: Butter stock, the next one's gonna be me
Original Lyrics: If I don't stop, the next one's gonna be me
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Michael Jackson's, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm the same in the sound of microsoft
Original Lyrics: Mama-se, mama-sa, mama-coo-sa
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Nina Hagen's, "Love Heart Attack"
Misheard Lyrics: I love watching TV
Original Lyrics: I love what you do to me
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Queen's, "Flash"
Misheard Lyrics: Dispatch Warrick and Ajax
to bring back his body! Original Lyrics: Dispatch war rocket Ajax
To bring back his body. |
TV Commercials', "The Flintstone Kids Toys"
Misheard Lyrics: Gonna play all day
Then I'll put 'em away Original Lyrics: Gonna play all day
Never put 'em away |
Teena Marie's, "Lovergirl"
Misheard Lyrics: I got a five on you
Original Lyrics: I got a vibe on you
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The English Beat's, "Twist and Crawl"
Misheard Lyrics: Tootsie roll
Original Lyrics: Twist and crawl
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1990s | |
Annie Lennox's, "A Whiter Shade of Pale"
Misheard Lyrics: And so it was that laser
Original Lyrics: And so it was that later
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Fatboy Slim's, "The Rockefeller Skank"
Misheard Lyrics: Right about now, defunct soul brother
Original Lyrics: Right about now, the funk soul brother
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Nirvana's, "Come As You Are"
Misheard Lyrics: Come doused in muck; usurped in bleach.
Original Lyrics: Dowsed in mud
Soaked in bleach. |
Primus', "Pork Soda"
Misheard Lyrics: Sippin' down them Kansas wine.
Original Lyrics: Sippin' down them cans o' swine.
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Slipknot's, "Spit It Out"
Misheard Lyrics: F*** me, more than the Vietnamese!
Original Lyrics: F*** me, I'm all out of enemies!
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Soundgarden's, "Spoonman"
Misheard Lyrics: Come on, knock it off.
Original Lyrics: Come on, we like it all.
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The Cure's, "Friday I'm in Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Tuesday, Wednesday, hot on tap
Original Lyrics: Tuesday, Wednesday, heart attack
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2000s | |
A Perfect Circle's, "Blue"
Misheard Lyrics: Call an optimist, she's turning blue
or Call it aftermath, she's turning blue Original Lyrics: Calling out to me, she's turning blue.
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Muse's, "Take a Bow"
Misheard Lyrics: Pain, you must pay
You must pay for your crimes against the earth Yeah eggs, feed the hags Feed the hags on the country you love And bake, you will beg You will beg for their lives and their souls Yeah bun, you will burn Original Lyrics: Pay, you must pay
You must pay for your crimes against the earth Yeah hex, feed the hex Feed the hex on the country you love And beg, you will beg You will beg for their lives and their souls And burn, you will burn |
2010s | |
DNCE's, "Cake by the Ocean"
Misheard Lyrics: Ah ya ya ya ya ya, keep on hoping
Keep by the ocean floor Original Lyrics: I-I-I-I-I-I keep on hoping
We'll eat cake by the ocean (huh!) |
Rihanna's, "We Found Love"
Misheard Lyrics: We fell in love with a horse's face
Original Lyrics: We found love in a hopeless place
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Twenty One Pilots', "Stressed Out"
Misheard Lyrics: When the momma said it's nice to sleep but now we're stressed out
Original Lyrics: when the momma sang us to sleep but now we're stressed out.
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