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1950s | |
The Diamonds', "Little Darlin'"
Misheard Lyrics: A hoo A hoo A hoo Koala!
Original Lyrics: A-hoopa, a-hoopa, hoopa Kno-ow well-a
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The Platters', "Only You (And You Alone)"
Misheard Lyrics: Only you canned make this world seem right,
Only you canned make the darkness bright. Original Lyrics: Only you can make this world seem right,
Only you can make the darkness bright. |
1970s | |
Deep Purple's, "Smoke on the Water"
Misheard Lyrics: smoke covered Walter, the fire engine guy
Original Lyrics: smoke on the water, a fire in the sky
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Fleetwood Mac's, "Say You Love Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You groove me until the song goes down
Original Lyrics: You woo me until the sun goes down
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Queen's, "Killer Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: Got a body chugger teeth
Original Lyrics: Gunpowder gelatine
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Steve Miller Band's, "Jet Airliner"
Misheard Lyrics: Bingo, Chad, and Elijah
Original Lyrics: Big old jet airliner
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Stevie Wonder's, "Isn't She Lovely"
Misheard Lyrics: Life in lobotomy
Original Lyrics: Life and love are the same
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TV Theme Song's, "Laverne and Shirley"
Misheard Lyrics: Give a city chance we'll take it,
Read a city rule we'll break it Original Lyrics: Give us any chance we'll take it,
Read us any rule we'll break it |
The Bee Gees', "Stayin' Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: Chicken delight, chicken delight
Original Lyrics: Stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
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The Whispers', "And The Beat Goes On"
Misheard Lyrics: And the beat goes on,
just like my love and my last name. Original Lyrics: And the beat goes on,
just like my love everlasting. |
Traffic's, "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"
Misheard Lyrics: The man in the suitcase
Original Lyrics: The man in the suit has
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1980s | |
A-Ha's, "Train of Thought"
Misheard Lyrics: Curried thoughts of naked light
Original Lyrics: Corridors of naked light
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Anthrax's, "I Am the Law"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh does it make you sick.
Original Lyrics: Because in Megacity.
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Bananarama's, "I Heard a Rumour"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll tie you up you oughta know.
Original Lyrics: I'll tell you what you want to know.
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Billy Joel's, "The Downeaster 'Alexa'"
Misheard Lyrics: I have journeyed across to the vineyard
Original Lyrics: I have chartered a course to the vineyard
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Hall and Oates', "Maneater"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, she can tell by the perm what a jag you are
Original Lyrics: A she-cat tamed by the purr of a Jaguar
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Kid Creole and the Coconuts', "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy"
Misheard Lyrics: Ono, ono, onomatopoeia
Original Lyrics: I don't, I don't, I don't want to be your
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Kool & the Gang's, "Get Down on It"
Misheard Lyrics: Get that hornet
Original Lyrics: Get down on it
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Laura Branigan's, "Gloria"
Misheard Lyrics: I think they got the Ellio's
Original Lyrics: I think they got the alias
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Laura Branigan's, "Self Control"
Misheard Lyrics: I work at Arthur Treacher's all the time
Original Lyrics: I live among the creatures of the night
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Laura Branigan's, "Solitaire"
Misheard Lyrics: Staring at you tellin' f***
Original Lyrics: Staring at the telephone
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Minutemtn's, "Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing"
Misheard Lyrics: This mother's a rival partition
Original Lyrics: List-monitors arrive, with petition.
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Poison's, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"
Misheard Lyrics: Instead of making love,
We both made a set of wings! Original Lyrics: Instead of making love,
We both made our separate ways. |
Police's, "Don't Stand So Close to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't stand,
Don't stand so, Don't stand so close to the heat. Original Lyrics: Don't stand,
Don't stand so, Don't stand so close to me. |
R.E.M.'s, "9-9"
Misheard Lyrics: Give me a cup of charm,
Give me a couple of punches, Turn to lies and conversation fear Original Lyrics: Give me a couple,
Don't give me a couple of pointers, Turn to lies and conversation fear |
R.E.M.'s, "The One I Love"
Misheard Lyrics: The swan goes out to the one-eye love
Original Lyrics: This one goes out to the one I love
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R.E.M.'s, "West of the Fields"
Misheard Lyrics: The animals, how strange
Try to stick it in Original Lyrics: The antelopes, how strange
Trying to sicken me |
R.E.M's, "Letter Never Sent"
Misheard Lyrics: Heaven is yours and I'm in hell
Original Lyrics: Heaven is yours where I live
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REM's, "Shaking Through"
Misheard Lyrics: L.A. Law, condition down
Original Lyrics: Yellow like a geisha gown
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1990s | |
Commercial's, "Kraft Dressing"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody's got a taste for crap
Original Lyrics: Everybody's got a taste for Kraft
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Lene Marlin's, "Sitting Down Here"
Misheard Lyrics: Naturally having a mouth like a shovel
Original Lyrics: Not truly hiding, not like a shadow
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Prince's, "Pussy Control"
Misheard Lyrics: She was rollin' protein, three sixes
And a weepy-eyed wanker driving her home Original Lyrics: She was rollin' 4 deep, 3 sisters and a weepy-eyed white girl drivin' her haul
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R.E.M.'s, "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?"
Misheard Lyrics: You said that Lonnie was the shackles of youth
Original Lyrics: You said irony was the shackles of youth.
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REM's, "It's the End of the World As We Know It"
Misheard Lyrics: You're a nerd, Bernstein!
Original Lyrics: Leonard Bernstein!
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Soul Coughing's, "Rolling"
Misheard Lyrics: Hang on there was a girl with a broken arm.
Original Lyrics: Hey, Norman, was it thrown with a broken arm?
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TV Theme Song's, "Wizadora Theme"
Misheard Lyrics: Wing-a-dora!
Doing friends in a very special way! You're the one that play an udder way! Original Lyrics: We adore her
Doing things in her very special way You're the one that can play another game! |
2000s | |
Avenged Sevenfold's, "Critical Acclaim"
Misheard Lyrics: You've gone too far: a clone!
Original Lyrics: You've gone too far: acclaim!
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City High's, "What Would You Do?"
Misheard Lyrics: Crying alone on the bathroom door
Original Lyrics: Crying all alone on the bedroom floor
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DJ Luck And MC Neat's, "Little Bit of Luck"
Misheard Lyrics: Humma numma rinsing salts
Original Lyrics: Holler with the rinsin' sound
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Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Californication"
Misheard Lyrics: Teenage guide with a baby inside
Original Lyrics: A teenage bride with a baby inside
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Theme Songs', "The Nutshack"
Misheard Lyrics: wonder why Cherry Pie's still a virgin?
Original Lyrics: number one's Cherry Pie, still a virgin
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2010s | |
Fates Warning's, "Like Stars Our Eyes Have Seen"
Misheard Lyrics: Remember, December to remember.
Original Lyrics: Remomber November in Turin.
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Fates Warning's, "The Light and Shade of Things"
Misheard Lyrics: The over-under, I'll take the under
Original Lyrics: It's over then, it's over
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Meghan Trainor's, "All About That Bass"
Misheard Lyrics: I ain't no sarstoo
Original Lyrics: I ain't no size 2
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Twenty One Pilots', "Stressed Out"
Misheard Lyrics: Used to play pretend, used to play pretend money.
Original Lyrics: Used to play pretend, used to play pretend bunny.
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misc | |
Commercial's, "Rice-A-Roni"
Misheard Lyrics: The San Francisco Drink
Original Lyrics: The San Francisco Treat
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