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1950s | |
Les Paul & Mary Ford's, "How High the Moon?"
Misheard Lyrics: Somewhere there's music
I'll play the tune Original Lyrics: Somewhere there's music
How faint the tune |
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1960s | |
The Grass Roots', "Midnight Confessions"
Misheard Lyrics: In a denied confections.
When I telling the world that I love you. Original Lyrics: In my midnight confessions.
When I tell all the world that I love you. |
Traffic's, "Empty Pages"
Misheard Lyrics: Often lost and forgotten, the sickness and the mirth
Original Lyrics: Often lost and forgotten, the vagueness and the mud
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Traffic's, "Empty Pages"
Misheard Lyrics: Staring at empty pages, since you've gone, the same old lines
Staring at empty pages, knowing along the edges Original Lyrics: Staring at empty pages, centered 'round the same old plot
Staring at empty pages, flowing along the ages |
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1970s | |
ABBA's, "Take A Chance On Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Ollie oxen free
Original Lyrics: Honey, I'm still free!
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Bee Gees', "Stayin' Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: New York City breakin' and everybody shakin', have potato night, potato night.
Ha ha ha ha, potato night, potato night. Original Lyrics: Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive. Ha ha ha ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive. |
Billy Joel's, "Piano Man"
Misheard Lyrics: When I worry under man's clothes
Original Lyrics: When I wore a younger man's clothes
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Elton John's, "Rocket Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Burning on the fields of Arrimore
Original Lyrics: Burning out his fuse up here alone.
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Kate Bush's, "Wuthering Heights"
Misheard Lyrics: It's me, I can't pee
I've come home, I'm so cold Original Lyrics: It's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home, I'm so cold |
Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics: Scare a moose, scare a moose, will you moo the man mango?
Original Lyrics: Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
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Steely Dan's, "Peg"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey, Will you come back to me
Original Lyrics: Peg, it will come back to you
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1980s | |
Blondie's, "Denis"
Misheard Lyrics: Beneath the knee, oh with your ice so blue
Original Lyrics: Denis Denis, oh with your eyes so blue
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Bon Jovi's, "Bad Medicine"
Misheard Lyrics: I was born addicted
'Cos I'm kissing a truck. Original Lyrics: I was born addicted
'Cos your kiss is the drug. |
Corey Hart's, "Sunglasses at Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't fall in love with the guy who shaves his balls
or Don't be afraid of the dying shades of fall Original Lyrics: Don't be afraid of the guy in shades, oh no.
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Daryl Hall & John Oates', "Maneater"
Misheard Lyrics: She can tell by the purple Jaguar
Original Lyrics: A she-cat tamed by the purr of a Jaguar
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Madonna's, "Dress You Up"
Misheard Lyrics: Gonna dress you up in Mylar
Original Lyrics: Gonna dress you up in my life
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Michael Jackson's, "Bad"
Misheard Lyrics: You're throwing stone out your ass.
Original Lyrics: You're throwing stones to hide your hands.
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Michael Jackson's, "Smooth Criminal"
Misheard Lyrics: Doo bee dee bah
Doo bee doppah I smooth criminals Original Lyrics: You've been hit by
You've been struck by A smooth criminal |
Murray Head's, "One Night in Bangkok"
Misheard Lyrics: A very special little history
Original Lyrics: A little flesh, a little history
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Murray Head's, "One Night in Bangkok"
Misheard Lyrics: This grips me more than a muddy old river or reclining footer
Original Lyrics: This grips me more than a muddy old river or reclining Buddha
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Starship's, "We Built This City"
Misheard Lyrics: Marconi plays the bop pop
Original Lyrics: Marconi plays the mamba
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Teena Marie's, "Square Biz"
Misheard Lyrics: I've been on casting shows a little bit
And so they call be Vanilla Charm Original Lyrics: I've been called Casper, Shorty, Little Bit and some they call me Vanilla Child
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The Eurythmics', "Love Is a Stranger"
Misheard Lyrics: And I want you to have a circumcision
Original Lyrics: And I want you
And I want you And I want you so, it's an obsession. |
UB40's, "Red Red Wine"
Misheard Lyrics: monkey choked the lion get broke one by one upon a little row boat,
Original Lyrics: The line broke, the money get choked,
Bunbah, ganjapani, little rubber boat |
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1990s | |
Blink-182's, "All the Small Things"
Misheard Lyrics: And on and on and on
Original Lyrics: na na na na na na na
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Chumbawamba's, "Tubthumping"
Misheard Lyrics: I get no tub
But I get up again You're never gonna keep it down. Original Lyrics: I get knocked down
But I get up again You're never gonna keep me down. |
Eric Clapton's, "Layla"
Misheard Lyrics: I tried to keep you constellation.
When your old man select you down. Like a fool, I fell in love with you. Original Lyrics: I tried to give you consolation.
When your old man had let you down. Like a fool, I fell in love with you. |
Nirvana's, "Pennyroyal Tea"
Misheard Lyrics: Sewer cancer eternally
Original Lyrics: So I can sigh eternally
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Nirvana's, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Misheard Lyrics: Well we act up and we're dangerous
Here we are now entertain us 'Cause we're stupid, and contagious Here we are now...entertain us A mulatto, and albino.... Hot potato....have a Frito, yeah Original Lyrics: With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us I feel stupid and contagious Here we are now, entertain us A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido Yeah, hey |
Urge Overkill's, "Girl You'll Be a Woman Soon"
Misheard Lyrics: He's not your kind
Original Lyrics: He's macho can
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2000s | |
Nickelback's, "Feeling Way Too Damn Good"
Misheard Lyrics: Every time I turn around, I fall in love and find my heart face down.
Where the hell's the sweatshirt? Original Lyrics: Every time I turn around, I fall in love and find my heart face down.
When and where is where it should! |
No Doubt's, "Running "
Misheard Lyrics: Running, running
As fast as we can Do you think you'll make it? (Do you think we'll make it?) Original Lyrics: Running, running
As fast as we can Do you think we'll make it? (Do you think we'll make it?) |
Outkast's, "Bombs Over Baghdad"
Misheard Lyrics: I want you to electrocute Fievel
Original Lyrics: Power music, electric revival
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Travis', "Re-Offender"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody fix your ass
Everybody fix that meal Original Lyrics: Everybody thinks you're well
Everybody thinks I'm ill |
2010s | |
Calvin Harris', "Feels (feat. Pharrell, Katy Perry and Big Sean)"
Misheard Lyrics: One minute, you're here
In New Mexico Original Lyrics: One minute, you're here
And the next, you go |
Future's, "Mask Off"
Misheard Lyrics: pharcyde, my pharcyde
Original Lyrics: Percocets, Molly, Percocets
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Kidz Bop's, "Please Don't Stop the Music"
Misheard Lyrics: Legs escaping to the music, DJ let it flay
Original Lyrics: Let's escape into the music, DJ let it play
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Lady Gaga's, "Alejandro"
Misheard Lyrics: Dog on my knee, dog on my knee, Ali Andrew
I'm watching babe, I'm watching babe, Ronaldo Don't want to kiss, don't want to touch Just want my cigarette butt Don't bother me, don't bother me, Ronaldo Ali Andrew, Ali Andrew, Ali Ali Andrew, Ali Ali Andrew Original Lyrics: Don't bother me, don't bother me, Alejandro
I'm not your babe, I'm not your babe, Fernando Don't want to kiss, don't want to touch Just smoke my cigarette and hush Don't call me name, don't call my name, Roberto Alejandro, Alejandro Ale-ale-jandro, Ale-ale-jandro |
Lil' Jon's, "Turn Down for What"
Misheard Lyrics: ten thousand one
Original Lyrics: Turn down for what.
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Shawn Mendes', "Mercy"
Misheard Lyrics: You've Got All Of Me
Original Lyrics: You've Got A Hold Of Me
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Shawn Mendes', "Stitches"
Misheard Lyrics: Needle in the head, gotta get it outta my head. Needle in the head, gonna wind up dead.
Original Lyrics: Needle and the thread, gotta get you outta my head Needle and the thread, gonna wind up dead
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Slipknot's, "Killpop"
Misheard Lyrics: So volatile
Little better than a numberphile Original Lyrics: Oh - so volatile
A little better than a man defiled |
Taylor Swift's, "Blank Space"
Misheard Lyrics: Got a long list stomach lovers
Original Lyrics: Got a long list of ex-lovers
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xmas | |
Traditional's, "Winter Wonderland"
Misheard Lyrics: It don't matter, we can build a snowman.
Original Lyrics: In the meadow we can build a snowman.
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