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1950s | |
Elvis Presley's, "Hound Dog"
Misheard Lyrics: You ate nothin' but a hot dog With ketchup on the side.
Original Lyrics: You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Cryin' all the time.
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1960s | |
Beach Boys', "Fun Fun Fun"
Misheard Lyrics: She makes an 8500 look like the Roman chariot race now.
Original Lyrics: She makes the Indy 500 look like a Roman chariot race now.
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Beatles', "Across the Universe"
Misheard Lyrics: Kangaroo Dave, like
Original Lyrics: Jai guru deeva om.
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The Beach Boys', "California Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: I dig a French bikini all the while I was talkin'
By a plum tree in the sand. Original Lyrics: I dig a French bikini on Hawaiian island dolls
By a palm tree in the sand. |
The Beach Boys', "Fun Fun Fun"
Misheard Lyrics: You shouldn't collide now, you shouldn't collide
Original Lyrics: You shouldn't have lied now, you shouldn't have lied
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The Hollies', "Step Inside"
Misheard Lyrics: You don't need an irritation
Original Lyrics: You don't need an invitation
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The Lovin' Spoonful's, "Do You Believe in Magic?"
Misheard Lyrics: If it's just plain music or rhythm and blues
Original Lyrics: If it's jug band music or rhythm and blues
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The Lovin' Spoonful's, "Do You Believe in Magic?"
Misheard Lyrics: Just don't listen
Original Lyrics: Just go and listen
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The Rolling Stones', "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
Misheard Lyrics: I was raised by two lesbians in hell
Original Lyrics: I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag
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1970s | |
Bread's, "Make It with You"
Misheard Lyrics: And if I choose the one I'd like to help me through.
I'd like to bake it with you. Original Lyrics: And if I choose the one I'd like to help me through.
I'd like to make it with you. |
Bread's, "Make It with You"
Misheard Lyrics: I'd like to bake it with you.
Original Lyrics: I'd like to make it with you
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Crosby, Stills, and Nash's, "Southern Cross"
Misheard Lyrics: I have been around the world,
Looking for that foreign girl Original Lyrics: I have been around the world,
Looking for that woman-girl |
Elton John's, "Tiny Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby darling, she's abandoned
How it feels to fade away Original Lyrics: Lay me down in sheets of linen
You had a busy day today. |
Harry Chapin's, "Cat's in the Cradle"
Misheard Lyrics: Little Boy Blue, a banana baboon
Original Lyrics: Little Boy Blue and the man in the moon.
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Yes', "Roundabout"
Misheard Lyrics: Mothers come out in the sun and they stand there
Original Lyrics: Mountains come out of the sky and just stand there
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1980s | |
AC/DC's, "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
Misheard Lyrics: See the knees and the dunder chief.
Original Lyrics: Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap.
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Billy Ocean's, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)"
Misheard Lyrics: She touched on me and blamed it on jeans
Original Lyrics: She dashed by me, in painted on jeans
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Devo's, "Whip It"
Misheard Lyrics: Tattoo detected, it's not too late
Original Lyrics: Try to detect it, it's not too late
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Huey Lewis And The News', "The Heart of Rock and Roll"
Misheard Lyrics: Now the oboe my be barely breathing.
Original Lyrics: Now the old boy may be barely breathing.
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John Mellencamp's, "ROCK in the U.S.A"
Misheard Lyrics: Born little Seka in the USA
Original Lyrics: R. O. C. K. in the U.S.A
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KISS's, "Lick It Up"
Misheard Lyrics: Í've got a cream and it's time you taste it
Original Lyrics: Life's such a treat, and it's time you taste it.
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Michael Jackson's, "Man in the Mirror"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause they got no place to the beast,
That's what I'm started with me Original Lyrics: 'Cause they got no place to be,
That's why I'm starting with me |
Midnight Oil's, "Kosciusko"
Misheard Lyrics: No stranger to blue comedy Now they'd like to be someone else
Original Lyrics: No stranger to brutality Now they'd like to be someone else
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Sting's, "Englishman In New York"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm elephant, I'm little elephant
Original Lyrics: I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien
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Van Halen's, "Hot For Teacher"
Misheard Lyrics: I think the clock is slow. I don't feel thirty.
Original Lyrics: I think the clock is slow. I don't feel tardy.
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Whitney Houston's, "One Moment in Time"
Misheard Lyrics: You're a weiner for a lifetime.
Original Lyrics: You're a winner
For a life time |
Womack & Womack's, "Teardrops"
Misheard Lyrics: Hairy tooth hairy tooth
Original Lyrics: Every tune, every tune
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1990s | |
Billy Vera and the Beaters', "King of Queens theme - All My Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Sittin' here in traffic on the Queensborough Bridge, tonight
Original Lyrics: Sittin' here in traffic on the Queensboro Bridge tonight
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Bon Jovi's, "Keep the Faith"
Misheard Lyrics: Forget your way once was
Original Lyrics: Forget your wayward son
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Eagles', "Get Over It"
Misheard Lyrics: I'd like to find you in a child and kick its little ass.
Original Lyrics: I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little ass
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Elton John's, "The Circle of Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Nutsylvannia! Bag a peachy, mama.
Original Lyrics: Nants ingonyama bagithi baba.
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Eminem's, "My Name Is"
Misheard Lyrics: Mindless teacher wanted to flunk me in junior high
Original Lyrics: My English teacher wanted to flunk me in junior high
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2000s | |
Commercial's, "Daisy Sour Cream"
Misheard Lyrics: Do a dollop of Gaisy
Original Lyrics: Do a dollop of Daisy
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Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar, We're Goin' Down"
Misheard Lyrics: A loaded gun complex, cock it and pull it.
Original Lyrics: A loaded god complex, cock it and pull it.
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Job For A Cowboy's, "Entombment Of A Machine"
Misheard Lyrics: We're gulping delightful man, from Mr. Yuk.
Original Lyrics: With only delayed movements, from its figure.
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Job For A Cowboy's, "Entombment of a Machine"
Misheard Lyrics: Put on this white sweatshirt,
And the mayonnaise isn't safe no more. Original Lyrics: Beyond this life, so sleep, sleep among us, hesitate no more
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Job For A Cowboy's, "Entombment of a Machine"
Misheard Lyrics: This Mario Kart party is getting wild.
Original Lyrics: Its body is covered in hundreds of wires.
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Job for a Cowboy's, "Entombment of a Machine"
Misheard Lyrics: Camouflage missle.
Original Lyrics: Collapse from its jaws
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Job for a Cowboy's, "Entombment of a Machine"
Misheard Lyrics: Fliiiiiiiiiiiiiiies!
Original Lyrics: [Scream]
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Job for a Cowboy's, "Entombment of a Machine"
Misheard Lyrics: In the lawn with a playful gnome,
Morning of apple pie. Original Lyrics: We kneel and we plead for no mourning ahead of us.
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Job for a Cowboy's, "Entombment of a Machine"
Misheard Lyrics: Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!.
Original Lyrics: [Scream]
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Job for a Cowboy's, "Entombment of a Machine"
Misheard Lyrics: Underwear been worn with holes,
And it wasn't alone. Original Lyrics: And a world, a world without,
A world without you. |
System of a Down's, "Lonely Day"
Misheard Lyrics: I turn to lonely day.
And it's time. C'mon, it's the loneliest day of my life. And if you go, I won't to go with you. Original Lyrics: Such a lonely day.
And it's mine. The most loneliest day of my life. And if you go, I wanna go with you. |
Westlife's, "What Do They Know"
Misheard Lyrics: Only the stories, most of wet Julies
Original Lyrics: Only the stories, most of which are lies
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2010s | |
Camila Cabello's, "Crying in the Club"
Misheard Lyrics: Ain't no crying in the club, hey hey
The bakeraaaay Original Lyrics: Ain't no crying in the club, hey hey
Let the beat carry |
Ed Sheeran's, "Shape of You"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm in love with your snake body
Original Lyrics: I'm in love with the shape of you
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Panic! At the Disco's, "Let's Kill Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Where they always had belonged Cold hearts or colder socks
Original Lyrics: Where they always have belonged Cold hearts brew colder songs
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The Weeknd's, "Starboy (feat. Daft Punk)"
Misheard Lyrics: Got the money, need to urinate
Original Lyrics: You talking money, need a hearing aid
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misc | |
Crush 40's, "Live and Learn"
Misheard Lyrics: But you can't hardly swallow your peas and grain
Original Lyrics: But you can hardly swallow your fears and pain
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