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1950s | |
Danny and the Juniors', "At the Hop"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's go do the hop (oh baby)
Original Lyrics: Let's go to the hop (oh baby)
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1970s | |
AC/DC's, "Highway to Hell"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm only highway to hell
Original Lyrics: I'm on a highway to hell
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Billy Joel's, "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)"
Misheard Lyrics: Nigger can't drive in a Cadillac
But at least he can polish the fenders Original Lyrics: If he can't drive with a broken back
At least he can polish the fenders |
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young's, "Woodstock"
Misheard Lyrics: In my dreams I saw the bomber jet planes riding shotgun in the sky
Original Lyrics: And I dreamed I saw the bombers and planes riding shotgun in the sky.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "Free Bird"
Misheard Lyrics: If I leave with her tomorrow.
Would you still remember me? For I must speeding truck now. 'Cause just two minutes play I've gotta see. If I stayed here with you. Original Lyrics: If I leave here tomorrow.
Would you still remember me? For I must be traveling on, now. 'Cause there's too many places I've got to see. But, if I stayed here with you, girl. |
Mud's, "Tiger Feet"
Misheard Lyrics: ...that's right, that's right
I really love your dynamite Original Lyrics: ...that's right, that's right
I really love your tiger light |
Mud's, "Tiger Feet"
Misheard Lyrics: Your flesh, your bones, your light is just what you like
Original Lyrics: Well, flash your warning lights just as long as you like
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Peter Frampton's, "Doobie Wah"
Misheard Lyrics: Put your hand into my rear
What you found? Original Lyrics: Put your hand in the lottery
What you found? |
Sherbet's, "Howzat"
Misheard Lyrics: How how how sad
You missed a bout I called you out How sad Original Lyrics: How how howzat
You messed about I caught you out Howzat |
Styx's, "Babe"
Misheard Lyrics: Babe I'm leaving, I'll say you want again.
And someone try to snot. I know they feeding but trying to forget. Before it for a while. 'Cause I'll be lonely without you. And I'll need your love you see me too. So, please believe me, my heart is in your hands. 'Cause I'll be missing you. Babe, I love you. Original Lyrics: Babe I'm leaving, I'll say it once again.
And somehow try to smile. I know the feeling we're trying to forget. If only for a while. 'Cause I'll be lonely without you. And I'll need your love to see me through. Please believe me, my heart is in your hands. 'Cause I'll be missing you. Babe, I love you. |
Styx's, "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna be a new kind of man
Original Lyrics: I'm gonna be a blue collar man
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers', "Here Comes My Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: She is out on me tonight
Original Lyrics: She is all I need tonight
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers', "Breakdown"
Misheard Lyrics: Say there ain't no cents
Original Lyrics: Say there ain't no sense
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers', "Breakdown"
Misheard Lyrics: Say there ain't no cents
Original Lyrics: Say there ain't no sense
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Vicki Lawrence's, "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"
Misheard Lyrics: Now he got met and he's so rare
And Annie said "Boy, don't lose your hair" 'Cause to tell you the truth, I ain't with her myself Original Lyrics: Now he got mad and he saw red
And Andy said "Boy, don't lose your head" 'Cause to tell you the truth, I've been with her myself |
Wizzard's, "See My Baby Jive"
Misheard Lyrics: Let me warn you, mate, coming down the street just to see my baby drive
Original Lyrics: every one you meet coming down the street just to see my baby jive
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1980s | |
Asia's, "Here Comes the Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics: I thought I'd die
Why, all the reasons dearly bade me Original Lyrics: I thought I'd die, why?
All the reasons still evade me |
Bon Jovi's, "In and Out of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: In and out a lot
Original Lyrics: In and out of love
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Bruce Springsteen's, "Cover Me"
Misheard Lyrics: This whole world is out there just trying to snore.
Original Lyrics: This whole world is out there just trying to score.
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Dire Straits', "Money for Nothing"
Misheard Lyrics: Yeah buddy, that's his own head
Original Lyrics: Yeah buddy, that's his only care
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Foreigner's, "Waiting for a Girl Like You"
Misheard Lyrics: I've been waiting for a girl like you, your lover will survive.
I've been waiting for someone new to make me feel like. Yeah, waiting for a girl like you to coming to my life. I've been waiting, waiting for you. Original Lyrics: I've been waiting for a girl like you, your loving will survive.
I've been waiting for someone new to make me feel alive. Yeah, waiting for a girl like you to come into my life. I've been waiting, waiting for you. |
Queen and David Bowie's, "Under Pressure"
Misheard Lyrics: It's the terror of Norway, what this world is about
Original Lyrics: It's the terror of knowing, what the world is about
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R.E.M.'s, "The One I Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Another problem has offered my nighttime
Original Lyrics: Another prop has occupied my time
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REO Speedwagon's, "Take It on the Run"
Misheard Lyrics: You're under the girl so you take it on the run
Original Lyrics: You're under the gun so you take it on the run
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Robert Palmer's, "Simply Irresistible"
Misheard Lyrics: She compromised my principal
Original Lyrics: She compromised my principle
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The Clash's, "The Crooked Beat"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a bird! It's a plane!
No - it's that dog Weinstein - Lane! Original Lyrics: It's a bird! It's a plane!
No - it's the dubwise stylee! |
The Power Station's, "Some Like It Hot"
Misheard Lyrics: So let's turn up the heat 'til we cry
Original Lyrics: So let's turn up the heat 'til we fry
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The Stranglers', "Golden Brown"
Misheard Lyrics: Lays me down with my Manchurians
Original Lyrics: Lays me down with my might she runs
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Tina Turner's, "What's Love Got to Do with It"
Misheard Lyrics: Once love got to do, got to do with it
Original Lyrics: What's love got to do, got to do with it
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Tom Petty's, "I Won't Back Down"
Misheard Lyrics: I want that dance.
Original Lyrics: And I won't back down.
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1990s | |
Catatonia's, "Road Rage"
Misheard Lyrics: It's up to you boyo driving me crazy
Original Lyrics: It's up to you boy, you're driving me crazy
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Dr. Alban's, "It's My Life"
Misheard Lyrics: What's that crack papa, no window?
Original Lyrics: What's that crap papa-know-it-all?
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Goo Goo Dolls', "Iris"
Misheard Lyrics: And you can't fight the cheese that ain't coming
Original Lyrics: And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
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Jeremy Irons', "Be Prepared"
Misheard Lyrics: Be prepared for the murderous Scar
Original Lyrics: Be prepared for the murkiest scam
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Robbie Williams', "Millennium"
Misheard Lyrics: An overdose of Christmas and give it up for Lance
Original Lyrics: An overdose of Christmas and give it up for lent
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Robbie Williams', "Millennium"
Misheard Lyrics: Get up and see these circles under my eyes!
Original Lyrics: Get up and see the sarcasm in my eyes.
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2000s | |
30 Seconds to Mars', "The Kill (Bury Me)"
Misheard Lyrics: Come break me down,
Marry me, bury me Original Lyrics: Come break me down,
Bury me, bury me |
Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar, We're Goin' Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Baloney god cornflakes, c**k and a bullet
Original Lyrics: A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it.
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System of a Down's, "Old School Hollywood"
Misheard Lyrics: Jack Gilardi eats 10 fee tolls
Original Lyrics: Jack Gilardi's 10 feet tall
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2010s | |
Adele's, "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"
Misheard Lyrics: Hello dear, will you wipe my butt?
Too much butter. Gotta let go, of all of our woes We both know we ain't kids no more Original Lyrics: Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts We both know we ain't kids no more |
Broadway Cast of Hamilton's, "Ten Duel Commandments"
Misheard Lyrics: Most disputes die at number two
Original Lyrics: Most disputes die and no one shoots
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Commercial's, "Incredible !ndia"
Misheard Lyrics: Incredible idiot
Original Lyrics: Incredible !ndia
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Disturbed's, "The Vengeful One"
Misheard Lyrics: Souls sleep soundly in your beds tonight
Original Lyrics: So sleep soundly in your beds tonight
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Lana Del Rey's, "Kinda Outta Luck"
Misheard Lyrics: Before I get battered, I gotta get drunk
Original Lyrics: Before I give back, I gotta get drunk
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The Weeknd's, "Starboy"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm in love with a starboy
Original Lyrics: I'm a motherf**kin' starboy.
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misc | |
Traditional's, "Sing a Song of Sixpence"
Misheard Lyrics: Sing a song of suspense
Original Lyrics: Sing a song of sixpence
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