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1960s | |
Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor's, "Green Acres Theme Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Funnnnn livin' is the life for me.
Original Lyrics: Farmmmmm livin' is the life for me.
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Lou Christie's, "Rhapsody in the Rain"
Misheard Lyrics: Eggshells exciting citing (don't stop)
Original Lyrics: Angels keep crying for me (don't stop)
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The Beatles', "With a Little Help from My Friends"
Misheard Lyrics: Bel-ly Cheese!
Original Lyrics: Bil-ly Shears!
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The Kinks', "You Really Got Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You really got milk You really got milk You really got milk
Original Lyrics: You really got me You really got me You really got me
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1970s | |
ABBA's, "Take A Chance On Me"
Misheard Lyrics: If you're all alone With a pretty purse, you know?
Original Lyrics: If you're all alone
When the pretty birds have flown |
Electric Light Orchestra's, "Do Ya"
Misheard Lyrics: And I say, "Pictures city what's in Christmas lights"
Original Lyrics: And I've seen pigs all sitting watching picture slides
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Don't Bring Me Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't let me drown
Original Lyrics: Don't bring me down
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Evil Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Medieval walnut
Original Lyrics: Evil Woman
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Living Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a lemonade
Original Lyrics: It's a living thing
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Strange Magic"
Misheard Lyrics: Got a strange mansion
Original Lyrics: Got a strange magic
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Telephone Line"
Misheard Lyrics: Tell me to whine
Original Lyrics: Telephone line
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John Denver's, "Annie's Song"
Misheard Lyrics: You fill up my head head
Like a night in a forest Like the mountains in springtime Like a walk in the rain Like a storm in the desert Like a slimey blue ocean You fill up my head head Come fill me again Original Lyrics: You fill up my senses
Like a night in a forest Like the mountains in springtime Like a walk in the rain Like a storm in the desert Like a sleepy blue ocean You fill up my senses Come fill me again |
Linda Ronstadt's, "Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Floorboard Symphony
Original Lyrics: Poor poor pitiful me.
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band's, "Blinded By The Light"
Misheard Lyrics: The klonopin crashed to the ground
Original Lyrics: The calliope crashed to the ground
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Steve Miller Band's, "Jet Airliner"
Misheard Lyrics: We gonna tear that line up
Original Lyrics: Big ol' jet airliner
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Stevie Wonder's, "Sir Duke"
Misheard Lyrics: For there's Basie, Ellis, Satchmo,
And the king of all Sir Duke Original Lyrics: For there's Basie, Miller, Satchmo,
And the king of all Sir Duke. |
1980s | |
Adam And The Ants', "Prince Charming"
Misheard Lyrics: Pretty cute, he's nothing to be scared of
Original Lyrics: Ridicule is nothing to be scared of
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Billy Ocean's, "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll reach for the Pampers
or I'll reach for the hamper Original Lyrics: I'll reach for the heaven
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Commercial's, "Mount Airy Lodge"
Misheard Lyrics: Now's the perfect time
And the semen is just right Original Lyrics: Now's the perfect time
And the season is just right |
Devo's, "Jocko Homo"
Misheard Lyrics: God made man, but a monkey looks like a dude.
Original Lyrics: God made man, but a monkey supplied the glue.
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Hold On Tight"
Misheard Lyrics: Hold on tight 'til you scream
Original Lyrics: Hold on tight to your dreams
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Elvis Costello and the Attractions', "New Lace Sleeves"
Misheard Lyrics: No more Facebook
When you gonna learn your lesson? Original Lyrics: No more fast buck
When you gonna learn your lesson? |
Human League's, "Don't You Want Me?"
Misheard Lyrics: Push your legs behind if you think you've changed your mind.
Original Lyrics: It's much too late to find
You think you've changed your mind. |
Prince's, "Little Red Corvette "
Misheard Lyrics: Pirouette Colette
Original Lyrics: Little red Corvette
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Tommy Tutone's, "867-5309 (Jenny)"
Misheard Lyrics: Benny, I got your number, I need to make you mine.
Benny, don't change your number, Original Lyrics: Jenny, I got your number, I need to make you mine.
Jenny, don't change your number, |
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1990s | |
Celine Dion's, "Where Does My Heart Beat Now"
Misheard Lyrics: Where do silent hearts grow?
and Where do all the lonely hearts grow? Original Lyrics: Where do silent hearts go?
and Where do all the lonely hearts go? |
Coolio's, "1,2,3,4 (Sumpin' New)"
Misheard Lyrics: 600-watt amp, A-Team's in the truck
Original Lyrics: 600-watt amp, 18's in the trunk
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Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics: I blew and I beat up a guy
Original Lyrics: I'm blue (da ba dee da ba di)
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M.C. Hammer's, "Too Legit To Quit"
Misheard Lyrics: Keep up
Original Lyrics: Get buck! Get buck! Get buck! Get buck! Get buck!
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Pantera's, "Rise"
Misheard Lyrics: bastard chicks with beautiful tits are breathing life into our lungs
Original Lyrics: Mass prediction, unification, breathing life into our lungs
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RuPaul's, "Supermodel"
Misheard Lyrics: Once upon a time, there was a little black girl
In the brust of projects of Detroit, Mexico Original Lyrics: Once upon a time, there was a little black girl
In the Brewster projects of Detroit, Michigan |
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Sophie B. Hawkins', "As I Lay Me Down"
Misheard Lyrics: One eyed gato
Original Lyrics: Ooh lah, kah, koh
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2000s | |
Commercial's, "Cambridge Pavingstones"
Misheard Lyrics: Cambridge Pavingstones with Arm & Hammer
The looks that look like new Original Lyrics: Cambridge Pavingstones with ArmorTec
They'll always look like new |
Fall Out Boy's, "Hum Hallelujah"
Misheard Lyrics: Where Napoleon is just a Chinese show
Original Lyrics: We're a bull, your ears are just a china shop
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Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys', "Empire State of Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: I like Oprah Winfrey's tomatoes
Original Lyrics: Concrete Jungle where dreams are made of
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Leona Lewis', "Bleeding Love"
Misheard Lyrics: You call me a banana
Original Lyrics: You cut me open and I
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Panic At The Disco's, "That Green Gentlemen (Things Have Changed)"
Misheard Lyrics: Things are shaping up to be pretty odd,
Little dancing musical beds Original Lyrics: Things are shaping up to be pretty odd,
Little deaths in musical beds |
Rihanna's, "S.O.S."
Misheard Lyrics: I'm aggressive, just one thought of closing up.
Original Lyrics: I'm aggressive, with just one thought up close enough.
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2010s | |
Ariana Grande's, "Dangerous Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: crackers underneath like that
Original Lyrics: bad girls underneath like that
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DNCE's, "Cake by the Ocean"
Misheard Lyrics: want another taste of bacon yes ma'am
Original Lyrics: want another taste I'm begging yes ma'am
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DNCE's, "Cake by the Ocean"
Misheard Lyrics: waste time with Master P, don't waste time with Master P
Original Lyrics: waste time with a masterpiece, don't waste time with a masterpiece
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Justin Bieber's, "Love Yourself"
Misheard Lyrics: All the clout you get
OR All the clouds you get in using my name Original Lyrics: all the clubs you get in using my name
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Major Lazer's, "Lean On"
Misheard Lyrics: Bupkis, Farrakhan
Original Lyrics: Blow a kiss, fire a gun
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country | |
Sawyer Brown's, "Thank God for You"
Misheard Lyrics: The desert for the trouble I get into
Original Lyrics: The devil for the trouble I get into
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