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1950s | |
The Monotones', "The Book of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Won't you give them just one more pants
Original Lyrics: But you give her just one more chance
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1960s | |
Sam Cooke's, "Twistin' the Night Away"
Misheard Lyrics: Puttin' each other on the run
Original Lyrics: Puttin' trouble on the run
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1970s | |
Bauhaus', "Sanity Assassin"
Misheard Lyrics: He's a mad cow pusher
Original Lyrics: He's a madcap pusher
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Freda Payne's, "Band of Gold"
Misheard Lyrics: All that's left is a bag of dope
Original Lyrics: All that's left is a band of gold
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Grand Funk Railroad's, "Some Kind of Wonderful"
Misheard Lyrics: Can I get a whiskey
Original Lyrics: Can I get a witness?
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Neil Diamond's, "Forever in Bluejeans"
Misheard Lyrics: Reverend bluejeans
Original Lyrics: Forever in bluejeans
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Rolling Stones', "Beast of Burden"
Misheard Lyrics: It'll never be your pizza burning
Original Lyrics: I'll never be your beast of burden
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1980s | |
AC/DC's, "Back in Black"
Misheard Lyrics: Let loose from the moose
Original Lyrics: Let loose from the noose
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AC/DC's, "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)"
Misheard Lyrics: Free solution
Original Lyrics: We salute you
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AC/DC's, "You Shook Me All Night Long"
Misheard Lyrics: You should be all my love
Original Lyrics: You shook me all night long
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Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Didn't eat food, 'cause they rocked around the clock
Original Lyrics: Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock"
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Billy Ocean's, "Suddenly"
Misheard Lyrics: Suddenly, life has you kneeling to me.
Original Lyrics: Suddenly, life has new meaning to me.
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Dire Straits', "Money for Nothing"
Misheard Lyrics: We got some boobies, refrigerators
We got some boobies, color TVs Original Lyrics: We got to move these refrigerators
We got to move these color TVs |
Dire Straits', "Walk of Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Here comes Johnny
Gonna tell you "I'm sorry" Original Lyrics: Here comes Johnny
Gonna tell you a story |
Joe Jackson's, "Steppin' Out"
Misheard Lyrics: Bieber, steppin' out
Original Lyrics: Me babe, steppin' out
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Robbie Nevil's, "C'est La Vie"
Misheard Lyrics: Got a job that's okay but thank God I'm working night
And day Original Lyrics: Got a job
That's okay but they got me working night and day |
Squeeze's, "Black Coffee in Bed"
Misheard Lyrics: This is Spain in my notebook
Original Lyrics: There's a stain on my notebook
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Steve Perry's, "Oh, Sherrie"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh scary envelope Bose on Bose on
Original Lyrics: Oh, Sherrie
Our love Holds on! Holds on! |
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1990s | |
Beastie Boys', "Intergalactic"
Misheard Lyrics: Beastie Boys don't you let the beat...,mmmm... drop?
Original Lyrics: Beastie Boys known to let the beat... drop.
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Blues Traveler's, "Run-Around"
Misheard Lyrics: Could you?
Why you want to give me what I want? or
For you.
Why you want to give me round and round? Original Lyrics: But you.
Why you wanna give me a run-around? |
Blur's, "Song 2"
Misheard Lyrics: I got my AJ, I'm buying some OJ, that was so easy, PK Suban was, wow.
Original Lyrics: I got my head checked, By a jumbo jet, It wasn't easy, But nothing is, no
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California Dreams', "Born to Love You"
Misheard Lyrics: All the time I wasteland
Original Lyrics: All the time I wasted
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California Dreams', "California Dreamin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't wake me up if I'm screamin'
Original Lyrics: Don't wake me up if I'm dreamin'
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California Dreams', "Castles on Quicksand"
Misheard Lyrics: Your pants get cold
Original Lyrics: Your hands get cold
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California Dreams', "Let's Spend Some Time Together"
Misheard Lyrics: Engine on
Original Lyrics: And you know
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California Dreams', "She's Not You"
Misheard Lyrics: She looks almost purple
Original Lyrics: She looks almost perfect
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Cornershop's, "Brimful Of Asha"
Misheard Lyrics: A brum full of badgers on the 45
Original Lyrics: Brimful of asha on the 45.
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Cornershop's, "Brimful of Asha"
Misheard Lyrics: Green blue flasher on the 45.
Original Lyrics: Brimful of asha on the 45.
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Deep Blue Something's, "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Misheard Lyrics: History calls and I think we both kind of liked it
Original Lyrics: As I recall I think we both kind of liked it
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Gorky Park's, "Two Candles"
Misheard Lyrics: My pretty son is crying.
My pretty son is crying. The crying for you. .The waiting for you. I'm waiting for you. Original Lyrics: My candles are crying.
My candles are crying. They're crying for you. They're waiting for you. I'm waiting for you. |
Metallica's, "Prince Charming"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm the farty fire that's in your mouth
Original Lyrics: I'm the 45 that's in your mouth
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Next's, "Too Close"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby when we're crying
or Baby when we're quiet Original Lyrics: Baby when we're grinding
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Santana (featuring Rob Thomas)'s, "Smooth"
Misheard Lyrics: Like the ocean I'm not amused
Original Lyrics: and just like the ocean under the moon
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White Lion's, "You're All I Need"
Misheard Lyrics: Say, say that you'll bleeding.
Whenever I'm alone. I'll know that you are there. All that I need, is for you to believe. All that I need is you. Original Lyrics: Say, say that you'll be there.
Whenever I'm alone. I'll know that you are there. All that I need, is for you to believe. All that I need is you. |
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2000s | |
AC/DC's, "Anything Goes"
Misheard Lyrics: Got the test of a rocking band
Original Lyrics: Got the taste of a rocking band
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Fall Out Boy's, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a millionare
Original Lyrics: I'm a leading man
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Jeremy Soule's, "Sons of Skyrim"
Misheard Lyrics: Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin, not a single sardine! For the knight! Or the wolf? Or the god of the sky? For the glory of justice, for the first pizza slice! Dovahkiin, for the king, for the god of the sun! Pissed off? Cool, dude! Could we eat at IHOP? Oh, everyone knows that CHEESE. CAKE. Doesn't go with MEEEEEEEEEEEEEAT PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE! YUCK! YUCK! ????????????????????????????????? Poops a sword! Praise the lord! Fucking cool! Oh my god! Me gusta! Those potatoes! ARE GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD! 'Cause they're top end foods winged on my buttery fork! Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin, not a single sardine! For the knight! For the wolf! For the god of the sky! For the glory of justice! For the first pizza slice! Dovahkiin, for the king! For the god of the sun!
Original Lyrics: Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin, Naal ok zin, los vahriin, Wah dien vokul mahfaeraak ahst vaal, Ahrk fin norok paal graan, Fod nust hon zindro zaan, Dovahkiin, fah hin kogaan mu draal.
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Lady Gaga's, "Bad Romance"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't wanna speak French! I don't wanna speak French! I'm just a Roman!
Original Lyrics: I don't wanna be friends, I don't wanna be friends I don't wanna be friends, I don't wanna be friends
Want your bad romance (caught in a bad romance) want your bad romance |
2010s | |
311's, "Trouble"
Misheard Lyrics: And my mind said to Murray
Original Lyrics: Had my mind set on glory
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Adele's, "Water Under the Bridge"
Misheard Lyrics: I live in water under the bridge.
Original Lyrics: Our love ain't water under the bridge.
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Coda's, "Bloody Stream"
Misheard Lyrics: Heat up like a Blarney Stone
Original Lyrics: Heat up like a bloody stone
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Drake's, "One Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: And that's why I need a one dance Got a hen and seed in my head One more time 'fore I go Higher powers taking a hold on me
Original Lyrics: And that's why I need a one dance Got a Hennessy in my hand One more time 'fore I go Higher powers taking a hold on me
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Echosmith's, "Cool Kids"
Misheard Lyrics: Yeah they're invisible, and she's just in the battleground.
Original Lyrics: Yeah they're invincible, and she's just in the background.
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Ed Sheeran's, "Shape of You"
Misheard Lyrics: Your love was handy for somebody like me.
Original Lyrics: Your love was handmade for somebody like me.
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From First To Last's, "Make War"
Misheard Lyrics: God damn! Is this rotini, yo?
Original Lyrics: God Damn! Is this routine to you?
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Shawn Mendes', "Stitches"
Misheard Lyrics: Beat until I can't breathe, she keep farting onto my knees
Original Lyrics: Bleed until I can't breathe, shaking falling onto my knees
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