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1960s | |
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Bad Moon Rising"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't go 'round tonight
Let father take your bags There's a bedroom on the right Original Lyrics: Don't go out tonight
It's bound to take your life There's a bad moon on the rise. |
The Band's, "This Wheels on Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Please, notify my next of kin, this WILL shall explode.
Original Lyrics: Wheels on fire,
Rolling down the road. Best notify my next of kin, This wheel shall explode. |
1970s | |
Anita Ward's, "Ring My Bell"
Misheard Lyrics: You can read in my bed
Read in my bed Original Lyrics: You can ring my bell
Ring my bell |
Boz Scaggs', "Lido Shuffle"
Misheard Lyrics: This jar of eggnog'll do it
Original Lyrics: This joint, ain't nothin' to it
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Steely Dan's, "King Charlemagne"
Misheard Lyrics: All those Dago freaks who used to paint the face
Original Lyrics: All those day-glow freaks who used to paint the face
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1980s | |
Biz Markie's, "Vapors"
Misheard Lyrics: He used to try to talk to this girl named Friend.
Original Lyrics: He used to try to talk to this girl named Fran.
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Black Crowes', "Hard to Handle"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey little thing lemme light your chemicals 'cause momma I'm sure the handyman gets around.
Original Lyrics: Hey little thing lemme light your candle 'cause momma I'm sure hard to handle now,
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Cher's, "Just Like Jesse James"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Til my heart is like an idiot
Original Lyrics: 'Til my heart is cryin' Indian
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Joy Division's, "Ice Age"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm living in the eighties.
Original Lyrics: I'm living in the Ice Age.
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Level 42's, "Running in the Family"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause we all have our daddy's a**.
Original Lyrics: 'Cause we all have our daddy's eyes.
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Madonna's, "Like a Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: When you call my name
It's like a little bread Original Lyrics: When you call my name
It's like a little prayer |
Michael Jackson's, "Beat It"
Misheard Lyrics: Show me just f*** me
It doesn't matter who's gonna f*** you Original Lyrics: Showin' how funky strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or right |
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Robert Palmer's, "Addicted To Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Myna's wear faces, you're addicted to love
Original Lyrics: Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
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Tears For Fears', "Sowing the Seeds of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Some alcohol in a promised land.
Original Lyrics: So without love and a promised land.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles', "Theme Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Raphael is cool but brude
Original Lyrics: Raphael is cool but crude
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The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics: Everyone around me is a psyched Lone Ranger.
Original Lyrics: Everyone avoids me like a Cyclone ranger.
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Van Halen's, "Hot for Teacher"
Misheard Lyrics: I got it bad so bad in half a t-shirt
Original Lyrics: I got it bad, got it bad, got it bad
I'm hot for teacher. |
1990s | |
Radiohead's, "Just"
Misheard Lyrics: Teach you how to get secure as hell
Original Lyrics: Teach you how to get to purest hell
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Sixpence None the Richer's, "Kiss Me"
Misheard Lyrics: We'll take the train marked on your father's back
Original Lyrics: We'll take the trail marked on your father's map
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Sixpence None the Richer's, "There She Goes"
Misheard Lyrics: And I just can't complain
Original Lyrics: And I just can't contain
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Smashing Pumpkins', "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
Misheard Lyrics: The spider's my age
I still like to rattle the cage Original Lyrics: Despite all my rage
I'm still just a rat in a cage |
Snap!'s, "Rhythm Is a Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics: We are in a desert
It's a first companion Original Lyrics: Rhythm is a dancer
It's a soul's companion |
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The Gazette's, "Filth in the Beauty"
Misheard Lyrics: Police wrestle me
Original Lyrics: Please release me
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The Laughing Hyenas', "Here We Go Again"
Misheard Lyrics: Here we gow again
Original Lyrics: Here we go again
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The Rembrandts', "I'll Be There for You"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll be back for you
Original Lyrics: I'll be there for you
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Tori Amos', "Professional Widow (Remix)"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna bring you a toaster mike
Original Lyrics: Honey bring it close to my
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2000s | |
Ashlee Simpson's, "La La"
Misheard Lyrics: You make me want a long run
Original Lyrics: You make me wanna la la
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Fall Out Boy's, "Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet"
Misheard Lyrics: Sniffing all of you again
Original Lyrics: Sniffing model glue again
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Immortal's, "The Darkness That Embrace Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Snow globe in my way
Original Lyrics: Snow blow in my face
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Radiohead's, "2 + 2 = 5"
Misheard Lyrics: And I swallow my pride
Original Lyrics: I swat 'em like flies
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Red Jumpsuit Apparatus', "Your Guardian Angel"
Misheard Lyrics: Days grow longer and nights grow Schroeder.
Original Lyrics: Days grow longer and nights grow shorter.
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Rihanna's, "Don't Stop the Music"
Misheard Lyrics: Fleas don't stop the music
Original Lyrics: Please don't stop the music
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Sophie Ellis Bextor's, "Murder on the Dancefloor"
Misheard Lyrics: You drive me crazy after all
Think you're Mr. Know-it-all Original Lyrics: You drive me crazy, up the wall
Think you're Mr. Know-it-all |
Strong Bad's, "The Cheat Is Not Dead"
Misheard Lyrics: Vegeta's not dead
Original Lyrics: The cheat is not dead
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The Killers', "Somebody Told Me"
Misheard Lyrics: That I had in Fairview, where we were last year.
Original Lyrics: That I had in February of last year.
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2010s | |
Beck's, "Wow"
Misheard Lyrics: It's just another perfect night
We're gonna take you to Malibu We're gonna take you to Malibu Like these mindless porches / Porsches Like these violent potions Original Lyrics: It's just another perfect night
We're gonna take it around the world We're gonna take it around the world Ride these wild horses Ride these wild horses |
Beck's, "Wow"
Misheard Lyrics: Succulent times, these times
Original Lyrics: Secular times, these times
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Charlie Puth's, "Attention"
Misheard Lyrics: You've been runnin' 'round, runnin' 'round, runnin' 'round Throwing that turtle on my knee
Original Lyrics: You've been runnin' 'round, runnin' 'round, runnin' 'round Throwing that dirt all on my name
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Harry Styles', "Sign of the Times"
Misheard Lyrics: Why are we always stuck and running from the police
Original Lyrics: Why are we always stuck and running from the bullets
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The Strumbellas', "Young & Wild"
Misheard Lyrics: I jumped that prominent plane
To see you f***ing fight A little house on fire Just to see you blinding sky Original Lyrics: I jump off from an airplane
To see if I can fly I lit a house on fire Just to see a painted sky |
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country | |
Reba McEntire's, "I'm a Survivor"
Misheard Lyrics: and the heart of a tiger
Original Lyrics: And the heart of a fighter.
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misc | |
Traditional's, "America (My Country 'Tis Of Thee)"
Misheard Lyrics: Of BIC
Original Lyrics: Of thee, I sing.
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xmas | |
Bing Crosby's, "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
Misheard Lyrics: You better not shout
You better not try You better not count Original Lyrics: You better watch out
You better not cry You better not pout |
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