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1950s | |
Elvis Presley's, "Jailhouse Rock"
Misheard Lyrics: Sure would be delighted would you bop with me.
Original Lyrics: Sure would be delighted with your company.
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1960s | |
Monkees', "Papa Gene's Blues"
Misheard Lyrics: Take my hand outside my dirty
Original Lyrics: Take my hand
I'll start my journey |
Vic Mizzy's, "The Addams Family"
Misheard Lyrics: Their house is in New Zealand
Original Lyrics: Their house is a museum
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1970s | |
Blues Image's, "Ride, Captain, Ride"
Misheard Lyrics: I was a piece of sea.
Original Lyrics: Out on the peaceful sea
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Carole King's, "Where You Lead"
Misheard Lyrics: Where you leave, I will swallow
Original Lyrics: Where you lead, I will follow
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Doobie Brothers', "What a Fool Believes"
Misheard Lyrics: He came from somewhere back in here long ago
Original Lyrics: He came from somewhere back in her long ago
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Eagles', "Take It to the Limit"
Misheard Lyrics: Can't seem to sit and frown
Original Lyrics: Can't seem to settle down
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Eagles', "Take It to the Limit"
Misheard Lyrics: So murky on the highway
And snowy in sight And take it 211 one more time Original Lyrics: So put me on the highway
And show me a sign And take it to the limit one more time |
England Dan and John Ford Coley's, "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight."
Misheard Lyrics: I'm thought it said I'm not talking about millennium
Original Lyrics: I'm not talking about moving in
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Fleetwood Mac's, "Go Your Own Way"
Misheard Lyrics: You can dump your hallway. Dump your hallway.
Original Lyrics: You can go your own way. Go your own way.
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Rolling Stones', "Bitch"
Misheard Lyrics: Yeah, when you call my name, it sounds a bit like a Pavlov dog
Original Lyrics: Yeah, when you call my name, I salivate like a Pavlov dog
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The Bee Gees', "You Should Be Dancing"
Misheard Lyrics: Would you stick in in your lemon and dip?
Original Lyrics: What you doin' on your back, aah?
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1980s | |
Beastie Boys', "The New Style"
Misheard Lyrics: Father Mulcahy's married to a nun
Original Lyrics: Father to many, married to none
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Bruce Springsteen's, "Dancing In The Dark"
Misheard Lyrics: This comes from higher
Original Lyrics: This gun's for hire
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Bruce Springsteen's, "Dancing in the Dark"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey there, baby, I can use just a little head.
Original Lyrics: Hey there, baby, I could use just a little help.
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Cyndi Lauper's, "Time After Time"
Misheard Lyrics: Lying in my bat cave a clock ticks and I think of you.
Original Lyrics: Lying in my bed, I hear the clock tick, and think of you.
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Huey Lewis and the News', "Heart and Soul"
Misheard Lyrics: Hot love in every bite
Original Lyrics: Hot lovin' every night
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SOS Band's, "Take Your Time (Do It Right)"
Misheard Lyrics: Let’s take the time to be balloon
Original Lyrics: Let’s take the time to be alone
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Starship's, "We Built This City"
Misheard Lyrics: Marconi plays 'La Bamba'
Original Lyrics: Marconi plays the mamba.
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The Replacements', "Asking Me Lies"
Misheard Lyrics: Happy birthday
Whose happy birthday? It is today Original Lyrics: Happy birthday
Whosever birthday It is today |
ZZ Top's, "Legs"
Misheard Lyrics: She's got a tit set that'll drive you batty
Original Lyrics: She's kinds jet set Try undo her panties.
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1990s | |
Carole King's, "Now and Forever"
Misheard Lyrics: Didn't we share the Dateline
Original Lyrics: Didn't we share the daylight
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Celine Dion's, "That's The Way It Is"
Misheard Lyrics: In this thing curled lurl
Original Lyrics: In this thing called love.
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Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm blue and I would beat of a guy
Original Lyrics: I'm blue (da ba dee da ba di)
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Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Scar Tissue"
Misheard Lyrics: Whispers of gray it's a lonely view.
also... With birds of prey it's a lonely view. Original Lyrics: With the birds I'll share this lonely view
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Spacehog's, "In The Meantime"
Misheard Lyrics: We love the all the all in you, where lands are green and skies are blue, when all in all we're just like you, we love the all in you
Original Lyrics: We love the all the all of you, where lands are green and skies are blue, when all in all we're just like you, we love the all of you.
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2000s | |
Fall Out Boy's, "A Little Less 16 Candles A Little More Touch Me"
Misheard Lyrics: But you can't blame me for hanging in
Original Lyrics: But you can't blame me for hating it.
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Miley Cyrus', "Party In The U.S.A."
Misheard Lyrics: Welcome to the land of feminine sex
Am I gonna fit in Original Lyrics: Welcome to the land of fame excess
Am I gonna fit in |
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Nelly's, "Ride Wit Me"
Misheard Lyrics: If you wanna go and take a ride wit me
With three women on the floor of the gold Ds Oh why do I live with you Hey, must be the money? Original Lyrics: If you wanna go and take a ride wit me
We three wheelin' in the four with the gold cv's Oh why do I feel this way Hey, must've been the money |
No Secrets', "That's What Girls Do"
Misheard Lyrics: That's what pearls do
Original Lyrics: That's what girls do
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Plus-Tech Squeeze Box's, "Hoky-Poky A L.A Mode"
Misheard Lyrics: I know I'm mean, Voldemort
Original Lyrics: love me love me more than bolts
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2010s | |
Christina Perri's, "Jar Of Hearts"
Misheard Lyrics: No I can't take one more step towards you
Cause all that's waiting is your crap. Original Lyrics: No I can't take one more step towards you
Cause all that's waiting is regret. |
Everything, Everything's, "Kemosabe "
Misheard Lyrics: Nobody checking for all of my tits,
I need a checking for all of my tits Original Lyrics: Nobody checking for all of my deeds
I need a checker for all of my deeds |
Fall Out Boy's, "Centuries"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause I am the opposite of Amy Zinger.
Original Lyrics: 'Cause I am the opposite of amnesia.
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Fall Out Boy's, "Centuries"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna fight my teenage dreams No, it's nothing wrong with me The kids are all wrong The stories are off Heavy metal broke my heart Come on, come on and let me in I'm cruising down your thighs with my fingerprints This is for to Nash The gauntlets that you felt I never meant for you to fix yourself
Original Lyrics: Mummified my teenage dreams No, it's nothing wrong with me The kids are all wrong The story's all off Heavy metal broke my heart Come on, come on and let me in The bruises on your thighs like my fingerprints And this is supposed to match The darkness that you felt I never meant for you to fix yourself
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Fall Out Boy's, "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark"
Misheard Lyrics: A licking of tears on your a**es
Burn everything up then beat their a**es Original Lyrics: A constellation of tears on your lashes
Burn everything you love then burn the ashes |
Imagine Dragons', "Demons"
Misheard Lyrics: When you feel my feet
Original Lyrics: When you feel my heat
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Imagine Dragons', "Radioactive"
Misheard Lyrics: I feel it in my bones, enough to make my sister moo.
Original Lyrics: I feel it in my bones, enough to make my systems blow.
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Major Lazer with DJ Snake feat. MØ's, "Lean On"
Misheard Lyrics: Black kids, fire a gun
Original Lyrics: Blow a kiss, fire a gun
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Megan Trainor's, "Me Too"
Misheard Lyrics: My uncle runs behind me
Original Lyrics: My encore rides behind me
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Miley Cyrus', "Wrecking Ball"
Misheard Lyrics: I came in like a raven claw
Original Lyrics: I came in like a wrecking ball
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Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Dark Necessities"
Misheard Lyrics: Dark necessities, the bottom ninety-nine
Original Lyrics: Dark necessities are part of my design
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misc | |
Theme Song's, "Overture (Bugs Bunny Show theme song)"
Misheard Lyrics: Overture, curd the lights
Original Lyrics: overture, curtain, lights
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Traditional's, "Pop Goes the Weasel"
Misheard Lyrics: All around the cops and the bitch
The money changed the whistle Original Lyrics: All around the cobbler's bench
The monkey chased the weasel |
Traditional's, "The Muffin Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, do you know the muffin man
Who lives on Mulberry Lane? Original Lyrics: Oh, do you know the muffin man
Who lives in Drury Lane? |
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