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1960s | |
Jackson 5's, "Sugar Daddy"
Misheard Lyrics: Brand new blue sabatcha
Fine, fine, through your mind Original Lyrics: Brand new boots I bought ya
Fine, fine, blew your mind |
Lulu's, "To Sir, With Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Those schoolgirl days of telling tales and body nails are gone
Original Lyrics: Those schoolgirl days of telling tales and biting nails are gone
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Sam Cooke's, "Another Saturday Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Another Saturday night and I ain't got no money
I got some money 'cause I just got paid. Original Lyrics: Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody
I got some money 'cause I just got paid. |
Sam Cooke's, "Another Saturday Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Another sad day night
Original Lyrics: Another Saturday Night
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Sam Cooke's, "Another Saturday Night"
Misheard Lyrics: How I wish I had something to talk to
Original Lyrics: How I wish I had some chick to talk to
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Stevie Wonder's, "A Place in the Sun"
Misheard Lyrics: Booby dumb, booby dumb
Original Lyrics: Movin' on, movin' on
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Stevie Wonder's, "Blowin' in the Wind"
Misheard Lyrics: Before she sleeps with Sam?
Original Lyrics: Before she sleeps in the sand?
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Stevie Wonder's, "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day"
Misheard Lyrics: Her heart may string
Original Lyrics: Her heart may stray
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Stevie Wonder's, "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday"
Misheard Lyrics: Pester me, pester you, yesterday
Original Lyrics: Yester-Me, Yester-You, yesterday
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1970s | |
Bee Gees', "Night Fever"
Misheard Lyrics: I got fire in my eyes
I got fire in my wocket Original Lyrics: I got fire in my mind
I get higher in my walkin' |
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?"
Misheard Lyrics: Sun is cold and the rain is hard.
Original Lyrics: Yesterday, and days before, sun is cold and rain is hot
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Dan Fogelberg's, "Heart Hotels"
Misheard Lyrics: Get sick inspiration from daily affairs
Original Lyrics: Seek inspiration in daily affairs
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Doobie Brothers', "What a Fool Believes"
Misheard Lyrics: He never heard her thin cries
Original Lyrics: He never made her think twice
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Eric Clapton's, "Cocaine"
Misheard Lyrics: Hips don't lie, hips don't lie, hips don't lie, Piqué
Original Lyrics: She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie, cocaine.
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Rupert Holmes', "Escape"
Misheard Lyrics: if you like pina coladas, and getting cotton lorraine
Original Lyrics: if you like pina coladas, and getting caught in the rain
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Steve Miller Band's, "Fly Like an Eagle"
Misheard Lyrics: Feed the babies
We don't have enough to eat Show the children with no shoes on their feet How's the people livin' in the street? Oh, there's a solution Original Lyrics: Feed the babies
Who don't have enough to eat Shoe the children with no shoes on their feet House the people living in the street Oh, there's a solution |
Stevie Wonder's, "Heaven Help Us All"
Misheard Lyrics: Heaven help the noses if the bonds begin to fall
Original Lyrics: Heaven help the roses if the bombs begin to fall
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1980s | |
A Flock of Seagulls', "I Ran (So Far Away)"
Misheard Lyrics: And Iraq
Iraq's so far away I just ran in Iraq all night and day Original Lyrics: And I ran
I ran so far away I just ran I ran all night and day |
Alan Parsons Project's, "Eye in the Sky"
Misheard Lyrics: I am the eye in the sky
Making the rules feeling we fall I can make you mine. Original Lyrics: I am the eye in the sky
Looking at you I can read your mind. |
Def Leppard's, "Photograph"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't want your phonograph
Original Lyrics: I don't want your photograph
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Michael Jackson's, "Billie Jean"
Misheard Lyrics: Billie Jean, that's my f*cker
Original Lyrics: Billie Jean is not my lover.
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Scorpions', "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
Misheard Lyrics: You'll be sorry
You watched this show Original Lyrics: The wolf is hungry
He runs the show |
The Cure's, "Close to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: The head on the door was a drink
Original Lyrics: The head on the door was a dream
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Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics: As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like a member above the Serengeti.
Original Lyrics: As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti.
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1990s | |
Blur's, "Song 2"
Misheard Lyrics: Woo hoo
When I see I'm making out Woo hoo I don't feel like McDonalds Woo hoo But I'm fine and all crazy All of the time but I'm never sure where I see you He's a ninja turtle Original Lyrics: Woo hoo
When I feel heavy metal Woo hoo! And I'm pins and I'm needles. Woo hoo!And I lie and I'm easy All the time but I'm never sure why I need you Pleased to meet you |
Fatboy Slim's, "The Rockafeller Skank"
Misheard Lyrics: Bad consumer bad consumer
Original Lyrics: Ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra
Trouble shooter, trouble shooter |
MC Hammer's, "2 Legit 2 Quit"
Misheard Lyrics: Tuna jet, tuna jet don't quit
or Tuna Jim, Tuna Jim don't quit Original Lyrics: Too legit, too legit to quit.
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Madonna's, "This Used to Be My Playground"
Misheard Lyrics: Keep your handheld high
Original Lyrics: Keep your head held high
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Natalie Merchant's, "My Skin"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh the weak knees Oh I need this
Original Lyrics: The weakness Oh, I need this
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2000s | |
Booty Luv's, "Boogie 2nite"
Misheard Lyrics: But I can't wait to grab me a partner in Colorado tonight.
Original Lyrics: But I can't wait to grab me a partner and cut a rug up tonight.
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Booty Luv's, "Some Kinda Rush"
Misheard Lyrics: My postcodes too much info
Original Lyrics: My pulse flows to the tempo
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Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics: Today's paradise, put up with f***king life
Original Lyrics: They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
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Fall Out Boy's, "Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm adding lettuce to breakfast in a ghost town
Original Lyrics: I'm mailing letters to addresses in a ghost town
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Gwen Stefani's, "Rich Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause I have a Pom Pom living in the world, if I was a woofy girl
Original Lyrics: 'Cause I'd have all the money in the world, if I was a wealthy girl
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Liquido's, "Narcotic"
Misheard Lyrics: And I touched your penis
Original Lyrics: And I touched your face
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Shanice and Tonéx's, "Living One On One"
Misheard Lyrics: But I have a farmer
Original Lyrics: But I have a partner
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The All-American Rejects', "Dirty Little Secret"
Misheard Lyrics: Trace this life hack.
Original Lyrics: Trace this life back.
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2010s | |
Capital Cities', "Safe and Sound"
Misheard Lyrics: Even in a hurricane in France
I know that we'll be safe as hell Original Lyrics: Even in a hurricane of frowns
I know that we'll be safe and sound |
Flo Rida's, "Wild Ones (ft. Sia)"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna s*** on a cloud with you
Original Lyrics: I want to shut down the club with you
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George Ezra's, "Listen to the Man"
Misheard Lyrics: You don't have to be dead, Babe (2x)
Original Lyrics: You don't have to be there, Babe (qv) You don't have to be scared, Babe
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Mr. Probz's, "Waves (Robin Schulz remix)"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm slowly lifting
Weight after weight Weight after weight Original Lyrics: I'm slowly drifting (drifting away)
Wave after wave Wave after wave |
Pitbull's, "Give Me Everything"
Misheard Lyrics: I won't s*** tonight I won chance to steal
Original Lyrics: I want you tonight I want you to stay
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Theme Songs', "Caillou Theme"
Misheard Lyrics: Growing up is not so tough, sex when I've had enough
Original Lyrics: Growing up is not so tough, 'cept when I've had enough
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country | |
Garry Lee And The Showdown's, "The Rodeo Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Alabama left, Alabama right
Original Lyrics: allamende
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misc | |
xmas | |
Traditional's, "12 Days of Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: A cartridge in a pear tree
Original Lyrics: A partridge in a pear tree
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