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1960s | |
Buffalo Springfield's, "For What It's Worth"
Misheard Lyrics: Time to stop, gee, what's that sound
Everybody look, what's going down Original Lyrics: I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound?
Everybody knows what's going down |
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1970s | |
Eagles', "Certain Kind of Fool"
Misheard Lyrics: He took it to the country
And breakfast for days without rape Original Lyrics: He took it to the country
And practiced for days without rest |
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Elton John's, "Bennie and the Jets"
Misheard Lyrics: We peed on that dress
Original Lyrics: Bennie and the jets
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Grand Funk Railroad's, "Some Kind of Wonderful"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't need a big flying car
Original Lyrics: I dont need a big fine car
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Joni Mitchell's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics: I love paradise.
Parking lot! Original Lyrics: They paved paradise, put up a parking lot.
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band's, "Blinded by the Light"
Misheard Lyrics: The cantaloupe smashed the ground
Original Lyrics: The calliope crashed to the ground.
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Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics: Bees licked my tub, Brad's a devil on the side for me.
Original Lyrics: Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me.
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1980s | |
AC/DC's, "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
Misheard Lyrics: Flirty bees, tinder! Meep.
Original Lyrics: Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
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Dazz Band's, "Let It Whip"
Misheard Lyrics: Let me be a paper man I'd love to be a drunken
Original Lyrics: Let me be your paper man I'd love to be your joker man
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John Cafferty And The Beaver Brown Band's, "On the Dark Side"
Misheard Lyrics: Slip into the dark side for some wine
Original Lyrics: You slip to the dark side
Across that line. |
John Parr's, "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)"
Misheard Lyrics: Look at me I'm a man holding lotion; all I need is a pair of heels
or Look at me I'm a man in motion; all i need is a share of meals Original Lyrics: Gonna be your man in motion, all I need is a pair of wheels
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Michael Jackson's, "Billie Jean"
Misheard Lyrics: But Chad borrowed my soul.
Original Lyrics: But the kid is not my son.
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Michael Jackson's, "Billie Jean"
Misheard Lyrics: But Dick Cheney is not my son
Original Lyrics: But the kid is not my son
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New Order's, "True Faith"
Misheard Lyrics: That my license depends on the morning sun
Original Lyrics: That my life would depend on the morning sun
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The Motels', "Only the Lonely"
Misheard Lyrics: Phony baloney complain
Original Lyrics: Only the lonely can play
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The Motels', "Suddenly Last Summer"
Misheard Lyrics: It happened once sucker
Original Lyrics: It happened one summer
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The Time's, "Jungle Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey you're not Jerome
or Hey your mind is not your own Original Lyrics: Hey Jesse
Now Jerome |
Whitney Houston's, "How Will I Know"
Misheard Lyrics: How will I know! Toss me Felix
or How will I know! Trust me Felix Original Lyrics: How will i know? Don't trust your feelings
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1990s | |
Beck's, "Loser"
Misheard Lyrics: Butane in your face,
So I'm out pet the monkey with the plastic dry couch, Spray-paint the vegetables, smock food balls, with the beefed up panty horse Original Lyrics: Butane in my veins
So I'm out to cut the junkie With the plastic eyeballs Spray-paint the vegetables Dog food stalls with the beefcake pantyhose. |
Beck's, "Loser"
Misheard Lyrics: So I'm out to anger a grunky with her shmancy overalls
Original Lyrics: So I'm out to cut the junkie With the plastic eyeballs.
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Beck's, "Loser"
Misheard Lyrics: With my green pants, I grumpy monkey.
Original Lyrics: In the time of chimpanzees, I was a monkey.
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Blondie's, "Maria"
Misheard Lyrics: Ah! Leah, thank God I see ya
Original Lyrics: Maria, you've got to see her.
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Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics: Oops I think I peed on that guy.
Original Lyrics: I'm blue, da ba dee, da ba die.
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Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics: Whoa dude! I peed on your thigh!
Original Lyrics: I'm blue, da ba dee, da ba die.
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Green Day's, "When I Come Around"
Misheard Lyrics: Tu m'excites, tu te promènes sans moi
Des lesbis, y en a nulle-part La Terre, c'est le rap et le soleil for yourself Original Lyrics: You've been searching for that someone
And it's me out on the prowl As you sit around feeling sorry for yourself |
Jeff Buckley's, "Hallelujah"
Misheard Lyrics: I heard there was a secret core, that David played and it praised the Lord
Original Lyrics: Well I heard there was a secret chord, that David played
And it pleased the Lord. |
Michael Jackson's, "Heal The World"
Misheard Lyrics: For you and for me and the Anti-Human Race
Original Lyrics: For you and for me and the entire human race.
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Santana (featuring Rob Thomas)'s, "Smooth"
Misheard Lyrics: And it looks quite Laotian under the moon.
Original Lyrics: And it's just like the ocean under the moon
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2000s | |
Destiny's Child's, "Bootylicious"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't think you're ready hope this getty
Original Lyrics: I don't think you're ready for this jelly.
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Fall Out Boy's, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race"
Misheard Lyrics: This ain't a city, it's a small arms race.
Original Lyrics: This ain't a scene, it's a g**d*** arms race.
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Plain White T's', "Hey There Delilah"
Misheard Lyrics: Ohms, watch you do to me
or Oh, a swatch you do to me Original Lyrics: Oh, it's what you do to me.
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R. Kelly's, "Ignition"
Misheard Lyrics: Now I'm strapped to ignition
Hot and fresh from the kitchen And I'm a rollin' and a man Got every man in tuition Original Lyrics: This the remix to ignition
Hot and fresh out the kitchen Mama rollin' that body Got every man in here wishin' |
Radiohead's, "Everything in Its Right Place"
Misheard Lyrics: Yesterday I woke up suckin' Don Lemon
Original Lyrics: Yesterday I woke up suckin' on a lemon
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Roxette's, "The Centre of the Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: I want you so bad, I'm pushing my luck
It feels like being hit by a drug. Original Lyrics: I want you so bad, I'm pushing my luck
It feels like being hit by a truck. |
Taylor Swift's, "You Belong with Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Standing by and when in actual fact your,
All this time how could you not know, baby? You belong with me, Original Lyrics: Standing by and waiting at your backdoor.
All this time how could you not know, baby? You belong with me, |
Theme Songs', "Clifford the Big Red Dog"
Misheard Lyrics: Clifford me and Emily
Original Lyrics: Clifford needed Emily
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2010s | |
Commercial's, "Haribo"
Misheard Lyrics: I love the rain and the snow, thank God it's Haribo
Original Lyrics: Kids and grown-ups love it so
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Delaney's, "Dooo It"
Misheard Lyrics: Yeah, I love beets.
Or Yeah, I love beats. Original Lyrics: Yeah, I love peace.
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Imagine Dragons', "Radioactive"
Misheard Lyrics: I need a vacuum, I need a vacuum
Original Lyrics: I'm radioactive, radioactive
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Taylor Swift's, "Blank Space"
Misheard Lyrics: Gotta love those Starbucks lovers,
They'll tell you I'm insane But I've got a blank space baby And I'll write your name.. Original Lyrics: Got a long list of ex lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane But I've got a blank space baby And I'll write your name.. |
Taylor Swift's, "I Wish You Would"
Misheard Lyrics: This mad mad love makes you come running
To stand back wasted I wish you would, I wish you would Original Lyrics: This mad mad love makes you come running
To stand back where you stood I wish you would, I wish you would |
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country | |
Dolly Parton's, "I Will Always Love You"
Misheard Lyrics: And die will always love you
Original Lyrics: And I will always love you
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Rascal Flatts', "Bless the Broken Road"
Misheard Lyrics: This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken balls That led me straight to you Original Lyrics: This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road That led me straight to you |
Traditional's, "Home on the Range"
Misheard Lyrics: Where the deer and the cantaloupe play
Original Lyrics: Where the deer and the antelope play
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misc | |
Traditional's, "The Itsy Bitsy Spider"
Misheard Lyrics: Out came the sun and dried a ball of rain
Original Lyrics: Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
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xmas | |
Brenda Lee's, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"
Misheard Lyrics: Maybe go home where you can see, when the pu-umpkin top to the top
Original Lyrics: Mistletoe hung where you can see
Ev'ry cou-uple tries to stop |
Traditional's, "Deck the Hall"
Misheard Lyrics: Hail the new year lads and lasses
Original Lyrics: Hail the new, ye lads and lasses
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