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1950s | |
The Platters', "Only You (And You Alone)"
Misheard Lyrics: Only you canned...make this world seem right.
Original Lyrics: Only you can make this world seem right
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1960s | |
The Righteous Brothers', "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration"
Misheard Lyrics: You're all I got to get me high
Original Lyrics: You're all I got to get me by
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1970s | |
Bee Gees', "Stayin' Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm goin' nowhere; somebody have to care.
Original Lyrics: Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me
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Cat Stevens', "Oh Very Young"
Misheard Lyrics: And the patches make the goodbye hard as hell.
Original Lyrics: And the patches make the goodbye harder still.
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Cyndi Grecco's, "Making Our Dreams Come True"
Misheard Lyrics: There's nothing we won't drive
Original Lyrics: There's nothing we won't try
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England Dan and John Ford Coley's, "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm not talking about geraniums
Original Lyrics: I'm not talking about movin' in
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Jackson 5's, "Maybe Tomorrow"
Misheard Lyrics: I only know my head when it's here on Earth
This time you'll look into my eye Original Lyrics: I only know my heaven is here on Earth
Each time you look into my eyes |
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Jerry Reed's, "Breakin' Loose"
Misheard Lyrics: But I know I'm bound to wrap around
Original Lyrics: But I know I'm bound to ramble 'round
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Styx's, "Come Sail Away"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm bored, I'm a captain
Original Lyrics: On board, I'm a captain
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The Ritchie Familie's, "Brazil"
Misheard Lyrics: You got away, you want me
Original Lyrics: You got the way you want me
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The Ritchie Family's, "Quiet Village"
Misheard Lyrics: New sixty-six, you turn me on
Original Lyrics: You sexy thing, you turn me on
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The Temptations', "Papa Was a Rolling Stone"
Misheard Lyrics: Wherever he left his hat was his home.
Original Lyrics: Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
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1980s | |
AC/DC's, "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
Misheard Lyrics: Dirty jeans, thunder cheeks
Original Lyrics: Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
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Bananarama's, "Cruel Summer"
Misheard Lyrics: It's true closed to come from
Original Lyrics: It's too close for comfort
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Bertie Higgins', "Key Largo"
Misheard Lyrics: We had a ball
Just like a birdie did a caw Starting in our own link leaf shoes Singing away to quinado Original Lyrics: We had it all
Just like Bogey and Bacall Starring in our old late late shows Sailing away to Key Largo |
Dream Academy's, "Life in a Northern Town"
Misheard Lyrics: They sat on a story ground
Original Lyrics: They sat on a stony ground
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Europe's, "The Final Countdown"
Misheard Lyrics: It's the final can-can
Original Lyrics: It's the final countdown
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Genesis', "Land of Confusion"
Misheard Lyrics: I must have dreamed a thousand drinks
Original Lyrics: I must have dreamed a thousand dreams
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R.E.M.'s, "Stand"
Misheard Lyrics: Stand in the face that you wore
Original Lyrics: Stand in the place that you were
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Rick Springfield's, "Don't Talk to Strangers"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't top the strangers
Original Lyrics: Don't talk to strangers
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1990s | |
4 Non-Blondes', "What's Up?"
Misheard Lyrics: And I get real hot
Original Lyrics: And I get real high
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Eric Clapton's, "Pretending"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody knows Tone Loc can't fail
Original Lyrics: Everybody knows strong love can't fail
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Everclear 's, "Father of Mine "
Misheard Lyrics: You take me to the movies,
You take me to get beat Original Lyrics: You would take me to the movies
You would take me to the beach |
R. Kelly's, "I Believe I Can Fly"
Misheard Lyrics: I believe I can soak
Original Lyrics: I believe I can soar
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R.E.M.'s, "Losing My Religion"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh no I set to launch
Original Lyrics: Oh no I've said too much
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Radiohead's, "Black Star"
Misheard Lyrics: Play it on the plaster
Original Lyrics: Blame it on the black star
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Styx's, "Show Me the Way"
Misheard Lyrics: In a world so filled with patriots
Original Lyrics: In a world so filled with hatred
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Tears for Fears', "Break It Down Again"
Misheard Lyrics: Stand tall like a man
Get shot like a horse Original Lyrics: Stand tall like a man
Headstrong like a horse. |
The Tony Rich Project's, "Nobody Knows"
Misheard Lyrics: Beast-ful wars closing more every day
Original Lyrics: But these four walls close in more every day
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Tori Amos', "I i e e e"
Misheard Lyrics: Just say yes, you'd better all say yes
Original Lyrics: Just say yes, you little arsonist
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Tori Amos', "Spark"
Misheard Lyrics: Bad to realize you have things that you'll never find
Original Lyrics: Ballerinas that have fins that you'll never find
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Tori Amos', "Spark"
Misheard Lyrics: She's come 'round, she could go by at leisure
Original Lyrics: She's convinced she could hold back a glacier
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2000s | |
Christina Milian's, "AM to PM"
Misheard Lyrics: All the cheeks from the fellows in the balls
Original Lyrics: All the chicks and the fellows in the bars
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Daniel Powter's, "Bad Day"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause you have a Band-Aid
Original Lyrics: 'Cause you had a bad day
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Finger Eleven's, "One Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: If I trained it on
Original Lyrics: If I traded it all
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Fleetwood Mac's, "Peacekeeper"
Misheard Lyrics: When your night is cold as steel
When you thought you had your feel Original Lyrics: When your night is cold and still
When you thought you had your fill |
Jose Feliciano's, "Feliz Navidad"
Misheard Lyrics: Release fluffy ducks
Original Lyrics: Feliz Navidad
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Katy Perry's, "Hot N' Cold"
Misheard Lyrics: And you overthink, always speak correctically
Original Lyrics: And you overthink, always speak cryptically
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Pink's, "You Make Me Sick"
Misheard Lyrics: And the sex now, so hot
Original Lyrics: In the six now, so hot
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Shakira's, "Underneath Your Clothes"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't need your clothes
Original Lyrics: underneath your clothes
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The Pussycat Dolls', "Stickwitu"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't wanna go on other days
Original Lyrics: I don't wanna go another day
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2010s | |
Weird Al Yankovic's, "Addicted to Spuds"
Misheard Lyrics: All my used liquid bibles are on display ...
I would like a Twitter feud, will take selfies with the deceased Original Lyrics: All my used liquor bottles are on display ...
I would live-tweet a funeral or take selfies with the deceased |
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Lady Antebellum's, "Need You Now"
Misheard Lyrics: Get some quarters after lunch
Original Lyrics: It's a quarter after one
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Twenty One Pilots', "Polarize"
Misheard Lyrics: Help me pull her eyes, help me pull her eyes, help me out
Original Lyrics: Help me polarize, help me polarize, help me out
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