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1960s | |
1970s | |
Bread's, "Make It with You"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna bake it with you.
Original Lyrics: I wanna make it with you.
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Jimmy Buffett's, "Who's the Blonde Stranger?"
Misheard Lyrics: Who's the Von-stranger
Original Lyrics: Who's the blonde stranger?
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Steely Dan's, "Peg"
Misheard Lyrics: Then, you're sure to start a war
You see it all, hee-hee It's your very foreign movie Original Lyrics: Then the shutter falls
You see it all in 3-D It's your favorite foreign movie |
Supertramp 's, "Breakfast In America"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't you look at my girl friend, she's the only one I got
Original Lyrics: Take a look at my girlfriend, she's the only one I got.
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1980s | |
DeBarge's, "Rhythm of the Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Feel the beat of the rhythm of the night
Original Lyrics: To the beat of the rhythm of the night
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DeBarge's, "Rhythm of the Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Under the street lights, the senior's being said
Original Lyrics: Under the street lights, the scene is being set
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DeBarge's, "Who's Holding Donna Now"
Misheard Lyrics: I've waited half a million times
Original Lyrics: I've read it half a million times
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Debarge's, "Who's Holding Donna Now"
Misheard Lyrics: Well I keep wondering who's holding diamond now
or Well I keep wondering who's holding Donna now Original Lyrics: When I keep wondering who's holding Donna now
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Dire Straits', "Money for Nothing"
Misheard Lyrics: We got it in store, Michael in office
Original Lyrics: We gotta install microwave ovens
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Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam's, "Lost in Emotion"
Misheard Lyrics: Get Sarah, get Sarah
Original Lyrics: Que sera, que sera
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Nik Kershaw's, "Don Quixote"
Misheard Lyrics: common sense, is as good as the Cafe Honeymoon
Original Lyrics: common sense, is as good as a cafe' on the moon
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Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2"
Misheard Lyrics: Leave those kits alone!
Original Lyrics: Leave those kids alone!
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Quiet Riot's, "Mama Weer All Crazee Now"
Misheard Lyrics: I want a lockdown so come on
Original Lyrics: I want a lot now so come on
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R.E.M.'s, "Stand"
Misheard Lyrics: Carry uncle purse to help you wrong
Original Lyrics: Carry a compass to help you along
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R.E.M.'s, "Stand"
Misheard Lyrics: Now face more
Now face less Original Lyrics: Now face north
Now face west |
The Bangles', "Glitter Years"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't really know How we survived the Clinton years What did we do it all for Do you remember the Clinton years?
Original Lyrics: I don't really know How we survived the glitter years What did we do it all for Do you remember the glitter years
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Warrant's, "Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: I got now where left to go?
But no one really care. I don't need what you do. But I never giving up on your... heaven is too far away. Original Lyrics: I've got nowhere left to go.
No one really cares. I don't know what to do. But I'm never giving up on you. Heaven isn't too far away. |
Winger's, "Headed for a Heartbreak"
Misheard Lyrics: Headed for a heartbeat.
Don't make me hurt you. Original Lyrics: Headed for a heartbreak.
Don't make me hurt you. |
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1990s | |
Annie Lennox's, "A Whiter Shade of Pale"
Misheard Lyrics: A lighter shade of pale
Original Lyrics: a whiter shade of pale
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Chaka Khan's, "Reading Rainbow"
Misheard Lyrics: Take a look, it's in a poke
Original Lyrics: Take a look, it's in a book
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Foo Fighters', "This Is A Call"
Misheard Lyrics: This is a call to all my pass rushing nation.
Original Lyrics: This is a call to all my past resignations.
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Jane's Addiction's, "Been Caught Stealing"
Misheard Lyrics: Because you live once when I was 5
Original Lyrics: I've been caught stealing once when I was 5.
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Nirvana's, "Dive"
Misheard Lyrics: Doubt, doubt, doubt, doubt in me
Original Lyrics: Dive, dive, dive, dive in me.
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Oasis', "Live Forever"
Misheard Lyrics: Lately, did you ever feel the pain in the morning rain,
As your son s***s in a bowl? Original Lyrics: Lately, did you ever feel the pain in the morning rain
As it soaks you to the bone? |
Paula Cole's, "I Don't Want to Wait"
Misheard Lyrics: It's so hard to reach out to the one
Original Lyrics: It's so hard to be gentle and warm
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Primitive Radio Gods', "Standing Outside a Broken Phonebooth With Money..."
Misheard Lyrics: I bend down hard and take
Original Lyrics: I've been downhearted baby.
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Savage Garden's, "I Want You"
Misheard Lyrics: Oooh I want you, I don't know where to find you
But ooh I'd die to find out Original Lyrics: Ooh I want you I don't know if I need you
But ooh I'd die to find out |
The Cardigans', "Lovefool"
Misheard Lyrics: Left me, left me.
Say that you left me. Need me, need me. Just say that you need me. I don't care that anything but you. Original Lyrics: Love me, love me.
Say that you love me. Leave me, leave me. Just say that you need me. I can't care 'bout anything but you. |
The Cardigans', "Lovefool"
Misheard Lyrics: Mama tells me I shouldn't fallen
Original Lyrics: Mama tells me I shouldn't bother
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Tom Petty's, "Into the Great Wide Open"
Misheard Lyrics: The sky was a lemon
Original Lyrics: The sky was the limit
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2000s | |
Axel Rudi Pell's, "July Morning"
Misheard Lyrics: Wednesday.
Came the revolution. I was looking for you. or
Wednesday.
Can you feel the lotion? I was looking for you. or
Wednesday.
Can you rest for lotion? I was looking for you. Original Lyrics: With the day.
Came the resolution. I'll be looking for you. |
Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar We're Going Down"
Misheard Lyrics: We're going bow-wow on a merry-go-round
Original Lyrics: We're going down, down in an earlier round
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Job For A Cowboy's, "Entombment of a Machine"
Misheard Lyrics: I chew my glove like bree bree.
Original Lyrics: Entombment of a machine.
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Linkin Park's, "Bleed It Out"
Misheard Lyrics: Shotgun up for lock-n-load
Original Lyrics: Shotgun Opera, lock and load.
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Queens of the Stone Age's, "No One Knows"
Misheard Lyrics: President Kennedy.
Original Lyrics: Pleasantly caving in.
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Robin Thicke's, "When I Get You Alone"
Misheard Lyrics: You can keep your toys in the jar tonight, alright
Original Lyrics: You can keep your toys in the drawer tonight, alright
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Stone Sour's, "Through Glass"
Misheard Lyrics: And is the star (the star)?
Shine for you. And is the star (the star)? Like you. Original Lyrics: And it's the stars.
The stars that shine for you. And it's the stars. The stars that lie to you. |
System Of A Down's, "B.Y.O.B."
Misheard Lyrics: Magazines of Vaiderbladt, we point at it.
Original Lyrics: Barbarisms by Barbaras with pointed heels.
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Ziggy Marley's, "Believe in Yourself (Arthur)"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a sinful message
Many calls from the heart Original Lyrics: It's a simple message
And it comes from the heart |
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2010s | |
Bruno Mars', "That's What I Like"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't you be shinin' so bright
Original Lyrics: Gold jewelry shinin' so bright
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Carly Rae Jepsen's, "Call Me Maybe"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey I just met you, Melissa's crazy
Original Lyrics: Hey I just met you, and this is crazy
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Ed Sheeran's, "Shape of You"
Misheard Lyrics: And trust me I'll give it to John's now.
Original Lyrics: And trust me I'll give it a chance now.
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Imagine Dragons', "Radioactive"
Misheard Lyrics: I feel it in my balls, you make my sister moan!
Welcome to the nude age, to the nude age! Welcome to the nude age, to the nude age! Original Lyrics: I feel it in my bones enough to make my systems growl!
Welcome to the new age, to the new age! Welcome to the new age, to the new age! |
Kimbra's, "Come Into My Head"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh won't you come into my head
Come inside, right out of my head Original Lyrics: Oh won't you come into my head
Come inside, lie down in my head |
Kimbra's, "Come Into My Head"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, want a piece of my mind?
Ecstatic and erratic at the drop of a dime Oh, want a piece of my mind? Climatic and dramatic like a Guggenheim Original Lyrics: Oh, you want a piece of my mind?
Emphatic and erratic at the drop of a dime Oh, you want a piece of my mind? Climactic and dramatic like Jekyll and Hyde |
The Vamps', "Oh Cecilia"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh Cecilia, you're breaking my heart
You're shaking my coffin astray yeah Original Lyrics: Cecilia, you're breaking my heart
You're shaking my confidence daily |
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country | |
Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Scar Tissue"
Misheard Lyrics: Skycaptain is a know it all
Original Lyrics: Sarcastic Mister Know-it-all.
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