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1960s | |
Chuck Berry's, "Nadine"
Misheard Lyrics: Nadine, let me inside you
Original Lyrics: Nadine Honey, is that you?
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Hermans Hermits', "A Must to Avoid"
Misheard Lyrics: She's a muscular boy - a complete impossibility
Original Lyrics: She's a must to avoid...
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The Beatles', "Mr. Moonlight"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a Nazi! Don't come my way!
Original Lyrics: On the nights you don't come my way
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1970s | |
Cat Stevens', "Wild World"
Misheard Lyrics: Ooh, baby, baby, it's the Wildwood
Original Lyrics: Ooh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
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Commodores', "Easy"
Misheard Lyrics: I've paid my Jews to make it
Original Lyrics: I've paid my dues to make it
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Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds', "Don't Pull Your Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Take my heart, they stole my money
Original Lyrics: Take my heart, my soul, my money
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Led Zeppelin's, "Black Dog"
Misheard Lyrics: A blue-eyed woman ain't got no soul
Original Lyrics: A big legged woman ain't got no soul.
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Nick Lowe's, "Cruel to Be Kind"
Misheard Lyrics: But you still missed the fight
Original Lyrics: But you're still mystified
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Peaches & Herb's, "Reunited"
Misheard Lyrics: We united, yes, we're understood
Original Lyrics: Reunited 'cause we're understood
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Peaches & Herb's, "Shake Your Groove Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: Check your group bag, check your group bag, yeah, yeah
Original Lyrics: Shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing, yeah, yeah
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Player's, "Baby Come Back"
Misheard Lyrics: You can play it all on me
Original Lyrics: You can blame it all on me
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Robert Palmer's, "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)"
Misheard Lyrics: Doctor, Doctor.
Give me the news. I've got a bad case for loving you. Original Lyrics: Doctor, Doctor.
Gimme the news. I got a bad case of loving you. |
Rolling Stones', "Beast of Burden"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't need no big Suburban.
Original Lyrics: I'll never be your beast of burden.
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Stevie Wonder's, "Superstition"
Misheard Lyrics: There is superstitions, wash your face and hands,
Reddening of the forehead, do all that you can, Keep me in daydreams, keep me goin' strong, You don't want no sadness, sadness is all Original Lyrics: Very superstitious, wash your face and hands,
Rid me of the problems, do all that you can, Keep me in a daydream, keep me goin' strong, You don't want to save me, sad is my song |
Stevie Wonder's, "Superstition"
Misheard Lyrics: Thirteen months of bad dreams, broke the lookin' glass
Original Lyrics: Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass
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Sweet Sensation's, "Sad Sweet Dreamer"
Misheard Lyrics: Emphysema
It's just one of those things you put down to experience. Original Lyrics: Sad sweet dreamer
It's just one of those things you put down to experience. |
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1980s | |
AC/DC's, "You Shook Me All Night Long"
Misheard Lyrics: She kept it warm and clean.
AND She had a sight for size. Original Lyrics: She kept her motor clean.
AND She had the sightless eyes. |
Baltimora's, "Tarzan Boy"
Misheard Lyrics: Mac Tonight.
Give me the order. Give me the order. Original Lyrics: Night, tonight
Gimme the other, gimme the other. |
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Chubby Checker's cycle, Belgians in the condos
Original Lyrics: Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo
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Bruce Springsteen's, "Hungry Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody's got to face the west
Original Lyrics: Everybody's got a place to rest
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Journey's, "Chain Reaction"
Misheard Lyrics: Chain reaction, shades of passion
We surrender, news control Chain reaction, strained attraction No survivor, steel's your soul Original Lyrics: Chain reaction, shades of passion
We surrender, lose control Chain reaction, strange attraction Love's a viper, steals your soul |
Journey's, "Send Her My Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Cinder, my love
Memories remain Send all my love Roses never fake Original Lyrics: Send her my love
Memories remain Send her my love Roses never fade |
Mike Oldfield's, "Moonlight Shadow"
Misheard Lyrics: All she saw was a cigarette on a gun
Original Lyrics: All she saw was a sillouette of a gun
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Mike Oldfield's, "Moonlight Shadow"
Misheard Lyrics: I watched your vision falling
Original Lyrics: I watched your vision forming
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Robert Palmer's, "Addicted to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: You're a chicken to love
Original Lyrics: You're addicted to love
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Smokey Robinson's, "Being With You"
Misheard Lyrics: I've heard the morning voice from Prince and my relations
Original Lyrics: I heard the warning voice from friends and my relations
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Tears for Fears', "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Misheard Lyrics: Help me make the non-stop breathing and the pleasure
Original Lyrics: Help me make the most of freedom and the pleasure
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U2's, "Where the Streets Have No Name"
Misheard Lyrics: Meryl Streep has no name
Original Lyrics: Where the streets have no name
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U2's, "With or Without You"
Misheard Lyrics: Thank God we found you
Original Lyrics: With or without you
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1990s | |
Anthrax's, "Riding Shotgun"
Misheard Lyrics: Do it, drive it, drink it, smoke it,
Toke it Original Lyrics: Do it, drive it, drink it, smoke it,
Choke it |
Bruce Springsteen's, "Streets of Philadelphia"
Misheard Lyrics: Meryl Streep's in Philadelphia
Original Lyrics: On the streets of Philadelphia
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Elton John's, "Circle of Life"
Misheard Lyrics: The circuit of lights
Original Lyrics: the circle of life
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Eminem's, "My Name Is"
Misheard Lyrics: Dre sent me to tick the world off!
Original Lyrics: God sent me to p*** the world off!
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Eric Clapton's, "My Father's Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: Through the distant clouds of teeth
Original Lyrics: Through the distant clouds of tears
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Juliana Hatfield's, "Spin the Bottle"
Misheard Lyrics: Fine thing is cracking with you.
Original Lyrics: Five minutes in the closet with you.
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Michael Penn's, "No Myth"
Misheard Lyrics: And can dance like a stair machine, okay
Original Lyrics: And can dance like Astaire overseas, okay.
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Sugar Ray's, "Mean Machine"
Misheard Lyrics: I better save Sonny and drive while I'm drinkin'
Original Lyrics: My daddy said son you're gonna drive me to drinkin'
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Sugar Ray's, "Mean Machine"
Misheard Lyrics: Japanese call me anything for pity
A.M. radio, six foot five Original Lyrics: Japanese cars, man such a pity
A.M. radio suits me fine |
Sugar Ray's, "Speed Home California"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna get back to the arctic goo
Original Lyrics: I wanna get back to the arms of you
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Toad the Wet Sprocket's, "All I Want"
Misheard Lyrics: Whatever happened to beef?
Original Lyrics: Whatever happens will be
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2000s | |
Annie Lennox's, "Little Bird"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm just a gerbil soul
Original Lyrics: I'm just a gentle soul
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Good Charlotte's, "Hold On"
Misheard Lyrics: But we all believe the same way as you do
Original Lyrics: But we all bleed the same way as you do
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Katy Perry's, "If You Can Afford Me"
Misheard Lyrics: If you want me,
The cherry on top, The pick of the peck, The crumbly crop Original Lyrics: If you want me,
The cherry on top, The pick of the pack, The crème de la crop |
Train's, "Parachute"
Misheard Lyrics: Change the way, the way we push
Original Lyrics: Chase away the way we push
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2010s | |
Ed Sheeran's, "Shape of You"
Misheard Lyrics: Pull shampoo like a magnitude
Original Lyrics: We push and pull like a magnet do
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Ed Sheeran's, "Shape of You"
Misheard Lyrics: You out shampoo like a magnitude
Original Lyrics: You push and pull like a magnet do
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country | |
Kenny Chesney's, "There Goes My Life"
Misheard Lyrics: A couple years of up all night and a few thousand apples later.
Original Lyrics: A couple years of up all night and a few thousand diapers later
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