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1960s | |
Desmond Dekker and the Aces', "Israelities"
Misheard Lyrics: Get up in the morning, sleep in till breakfast
Original Lyrics: Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir.
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The Band's, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"
Misheard Lyrics: You can't raise the cane back up when it's in the seed.
Original Lyrics: You can't raise a Caine back up
When it's in defeat. |
1970s | |
Boney M's, "Nightflight to Venus"
Misheard Lyrics: Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome aboard the starship Boney M four hour first passenger flight to Venus
Original Lyrics: Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome aboard the starship Boney M four hour first passenger flight to Venus
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Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Sweet Hitchhiker"
Misheard Lyrics: Sweet hitchhiker
We came here to a crazy tram. OR Sweet hitchhiker You came into a baby’s pram Original Lyrics: Sweet hitchhiker
We could make music at the Greasy King. |
Elton John's, "Tiny Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics: Hold me close now, Tony Danza
Original Lyrics: Hold me closer, tiny dancer.
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Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks', "Whenever I Call You 'Friend'"
Misheard Lyrics: Dream Girls loving on a Saturday night.
Original Lyrics: Sweet love's showing us a heavenly light.
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Marshall Tucker Band's, "Heard It in a Love Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Pretty little love song
Ding ding dong Original Lyrics: Heard it in a love song
Can't be wrong. |
Mungo Jerry's, "In the Summertime"
Misheard Lyrics: When the winter's here, yeah, it's party time -- bring your bottle-wagging rifles, it will soon be summertime
Original Lyrics: When the winter's here, yeah, it's party time -- bring your bottle, wear your bright clothes, it will soon be summertime
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Pink Floyd's, "Have A Cigar"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody else s***s green.
Original Lyrics: Everybody else is just green.
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Ted Nugent's, "Cat Scratch Fever"
Misheard Lyrics: Butt Scratch Fever
Original Lyrics: Cat Scratch Fever
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The Alan Parsons Project's, "You Lie Down with Dogs"
Misheard Lyrics: You're gonna get something that you're doing to me
Original Lyrics: You're gonna catch something but you do as you please
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1980s | |
Christopher Cross', "Arther's theme "
Misheard Lyrics: Arther Reed does as he pleases.
Original Lyrics: Arther, he does as he pleases.
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Duran Duran's, "Save a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Sing it to the moon in Athens
Original Lyrics: Save it till the morning after
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English Beat's, "Mirror in the Bathroom"
Misheard Lyrics: Meet her in the bathroom, please don't scream...
Original Lyrics: Mirror in the bathroom, please talk free.
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Michael Jackson's, "Beat It"
Misheard Lyrics: Beat it, beat it.
No one wants to pee defeeted. Original Lyrics: Beat it, beat it
No one wants to be defeated. |
Pat Benatar's, "Shadows of the Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Surrender all the beans to me tonight 'cause there's too many elves
Original Lyrics: Surrender all your dreams to me tonight they'll come true in the end
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Phil Collins', "In The Air Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Well if you told me you were driving, I would not lend a hand. I've seen your face at four hundred, but I don't know if you who I am. I was there and I saw what you did, saw a million miles twice..
Original Lyrics: Well if you told me you were drowning, I would not lend a hand. I've seen your face before my friend, but I don't know if you know who I am. I was there and I saw what you did, saw it with my own two eyes...
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Prince's, "Baby I'm a Star"
Misheard Lyrics: Might not know it now. Bring me my Toyota. I'm a star!
Original Lyrics: Might not know it now baby, but what I are, I'm a star!
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R.E.M's, "Orange Crush"
Misheard Lyrics: Got my spine, I've got my hornet brush.
Original Lyrics: I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush.
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Talking Heads', "Life During Wartime"
Misheard Lyrics: Why stay in college; why go to night school?
Gonna be different this time? Original Lyrics: Why stay in college? Why go to night school?
It won't be different this time! |
The Cars', "Down Boys"
Misheard Lyrics: You can't make it with the doughboys
Original Lyrics: You can't make it with the down boys
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Yes', "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Owner of a horny goat
Original Lyrics: Owner of a lonely heart
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1990s | |
Aqua's, "Roses Are Red"
Misheard Lyrics: Honey, I didn't want.
Original Lyrics: Dum di da di da (played backwards)
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Dar Williams', "Are You Out There?"
Misheard Lyrics: And Mother Static waltzed around me
Original Lyrics: And though the static walls surround me
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Dar Williams', "The Pointless, Yet Poignant, Crisis of a Co-Ed"
Misheard Lyrics: You stupid butthead!
Original Lyrics: You stupid pothead!
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Nirvana's, "In Bloom"
Misheard Lyrics: But he knows not what it means.
Original Lyrics: But he don't know what it means.
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Rob Zombie's, "Dragula"
Misheard Lyrics: Slam in the back of my take you there.
Original Lyrics: Slam into the back of my dragula
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Tal Bachman's, "She's So High"
Misheard Lyrics: She's black, flashing bone
Original Lyrics: She's blood, flesh and bone
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The Verve Pipe's, "The Freshmen"
Misheard Lyrics: Gotham baby's breath
Original Lyrics: stop a baby's breath
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2000s | |
Five for Fighting's, "Superman (It's Not Easy)"
Misheard Lyrics: Only a man in a funny red shirt, looking for special things in sodomy
Original Lyrics: Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me |
Imogen Heap's, "Hide and Seek"
Misheard Lyrics: Mn, that you only Manuel
Original Lyrics: Mn, that you only meant well
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Nickelback's, "How You Remind Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Tired of living like a black man
Original Lyrics: Tired of living like a blind man
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OutKast ft. Sleepy Brown 's, "The Way You Move"
Misheard Lyrics: make it sound like aluminum cats in a bag
Original Lyrics: make it sound like aluminum cans in a bag
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Peter, Bjorn, and John's, "Young Folks"
Misheard Lyrics: And we don't care about the waffles, go ahead and leave them outside.
And we don't care about the zombies, go and leave them out too. Original Lyrics: And we don't care about their own faults, talking bout our own style.
All we care about is talking, talking me and you. |
Theme Songs', "Ben 10"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause he's the fattest kid who ever saved the day
Original Lyrics: 'Cause he's the baddest kid who ever saved the day
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Theme Songs', "Family Guy"
Misheard Lyrics: Ducky is a Rice Cake
Original Lyrics: Lucky there's a family guy.
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Theme Song's, "The Rubbadubbers"
Misheard Lyrics: HERE'S CALVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!
Original Lyrics: Here's Tubb
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2010s | |
Bruno Mars', "24K Magic"
Misheard Lyrics: Head to toe so player
Original Lyrics: Head to toe soul player
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Bruno Mars', "24K Magic"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's set this party on fire
Original Lyrics: Let's set this party off right
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Bruno Mars', "24K Magic"
Misheard Lyrics: Throw your laser beams on sky
Let's set this party on fire Original Lyrics: Throw your hands up in the sky
Let's set this party off right |
Pitbull's, "Give Me Everything"
Misheard Lyrics: King Kong is tomorrow
Original Lyrics: can't promise tomorrow
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Rihanna's, "Diamonds"
Misheard Lyrics: You're a schuetzen star, I see
Original Lyrics: You're a shooting star I see
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Sia's, "Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: If I were Indian I'd hate his head
Original Lyrics: I wore envy and I hated that
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Sia's, "Chandelier"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna swing from the chimney-hee, from the chimney-he-he
Original Lyrics: I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
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Sia's, "Reaper"
Misheard Lyrics: You fart on me like the darkest cloud
Original Lyrics: You followed me like the darkest cloud
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Taylor Swift's, "Blank Space"
Misheard Lyrics: I tell you I'm the same
Original Lyrics: They'll tell you I'm insane
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Taylor Swift's, "Blank Space"
Misheard Lyrics: I tell you odyssey
Original Lyrics: They'll tell you I'm insane
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The Weeknd's, "Starboy"
Misheard Lyrics: Bought a red lamp just to tease you, ah
Melody's toys on lease too, ah Made your whole year in a week too, yah Main main out of your league too, ah Side side out of your league too, ah I'm so empty need a centerpiece Twenty rocks a table cut from underneath Cut that iron into skinny pieces Then she clean it with her face, but I love my babe You talking money need a hearing aid You talking "mommy", I don't see the shade Original Lyrics: All red lamb just to tease you, ah
None of these toys on lease too, ah Made your whole year in a week too, yah Main bitch out of your league too, ah Side bitch out of your league too, ah House so empty need a centerpiece Twenty racks a table cut from ebony Cut that ivory into skinny pieces Then she clean it with her face, man I love my baby You talking money need a hearing aid You talking 'bout me, I don't see the shade |
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Shania Twain's, "That Don't Impress Me Much"
Misheard Lyrics: But that won't keep me warm on the long, cold, carbon**e
Original Lyrics: But that won't keep me warm on the long, cold, lonely night
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