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1960s | |
Peter and Gordon's, "Lady Godiva"
Misheard Lyrics: Peter X, the difficult X
Original Lyrics: He directs certificate "X"
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Theme Song's, "Top Cat"
Misheard Lyrics: Law abiding it's whitikatee.
Original Lyrics: Providing it's with dignity.
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1970s | |
Al Stewart's, "Year of the Cat"
Misheard Lyrics: You go strolling through the crowd like a pizza roll
Original Lyrics: You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre
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David Bowie's, "Young Americans"
Misheard Lyrics: Ain't there a woman like a sock on the jaw?
Original Lyrics: Ain't there a woman I can sock in the jaw?
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Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes', "If You Don't Know Me by Now"
Misheard Lyrics: If you don't love me by that
Original Lyrics: If you don't know me by now
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Neil Young's, "Tell Me Why"
Misheard Lyrics: Tell me lies later, compensate me
Original Lyrics: Tell me lies later, come and see me
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The Stranglers', "Peaches"
Misheard Lyrics: Walking on the beaches
Looking at the features Original Lyrics: Walking on the beaches
Looking at the peaches |
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1980s | |
Animotion's, "I Engineer"
Misheard Lyrics: You see I engineer this game
Original Lyrics: You see I engineer this gain
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Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Rambo, The King and I, and the cashier on the right
Original Lyrics: Brando, The King and I, and The Catcher in the Rye
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Billy Joel's, "You're Only Human (Second Wind)"
Misheard Lyrics: Sooner or later, you'll feel that Molotov kick in
Original Lyrics: Sooner or later, you'll feel that momentum kick in
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Dragon's, "Rain"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a happiness thing.
And it's happiness to you. Original Lyrics: It's a happening thing.
And it's happening to you. |
Enya's, "Orinoco Flow"
Misheard Lyrics: Move down, move down
Move down, move down Original Lyrics: Da da, da da
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Foreigner's, "Juke Box Hero"
Misheard Lyrics: Heard the roar of the crown
Original Lyrics: Heard the roar of the crowd
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Hawkwind's, "Ghost Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: Nixon set us free.
Original Lyrics: Dead sun, set us free.
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INXS's, "Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)"
Misheard Lyrics: Some tide's like wooden huts
Original Lyrics: Sometimes it wouldn't hurt.
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Michael Jackson's, "Man in the Mirror"
Misheard Lyrics: My baby went to court
Original Lyrics: My favourite winter coat
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Michael Jackson's, "Smooth Criminal"
Misheard Lyrics: Misheard (Line 1): So she went into the depot, she likes sushi, she's enabled. Misheard (Line 2): Annie, are you walking? Misheard (Line 3): Were you devis that you're okay? Misheard (Line 4): Sounding heartbeats, and temptations.
Original Lyrics: Line 1: She ran underneath the table, he could see she was unable. Line 2: Annie, are you okay? Line 3: Will you tell us that you're okay? Line 4: Sounding heartbeats, intimidations.
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Paula Abdul's, "Cold Hearted"
Misheard Lyrics: All the world just can't be slow
He's been trick-or-treating Original Lyrics: All the world's a candy store
He's been trick-or-treating |
Pink Floyd's, "Learning to Fly"
Misheard Lyrics: My sole intention is learning to fly
Original Lyrics: A soul in tension that's learning to fly
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Prince's, "Little Red Corvette"
Misheard Lyrics: Real men commit
Original Lyrics: Little red corvette
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Tears for Fears', "Shout"
Misheard Lyrics: Shout, shout, ready or not!
These are the things I can do without. Come on, I'm talking to you. or Shop, shop, ready or not! These are the things I can do without. Come on, I'm talking to you. Original Lyrics: Shout, shout, let it all out.
These are the things I can do without. Come on, I'm talking to you. |
The B-52's', "Roam"
Misheard Lyrics: Take it hip to hip, rocking through the world with that ass!
Original Lyrics: Take it hip to hip rocking through the wilderness
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Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics: I miss the rains down in Africa
Original Lyrics: I bless the rains down in Africa
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1990s | |
10,000 Maniacs', "Candy Everybody Wants"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm lost and hate is the candy
Original Lyrics: If lust and hate is the candy
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Enigma's, "Return to Innocence"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't beat the crowd to be strong
Original Lyrics: Don't be proud to be strong
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Nirvana's, "In Bloom"
Misheard Lyrics: He's the one that offered his son
Original Lyrics: He's the one that likes all our pretty songs
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Nirvana's, "In Bloom"
Misheard Lyrics: Here's some truth
Turn the red to blue Original Lyrics: Bruise some fruit
Tender age in bloom |
Offspring's, "Come Out And Play (Keep 'Em Separated)"
Misheard Lyrics: You run your own chain, you know we do it all the time
Heyyyy, we're not ok Original Lyrics: If they're under 18 they won't be doing any time
Heyeyeyey, come out and play |
REM's, "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite"
Misheard Lyrics: Don’t eat your Baker
Original Lyrics: Call me when you try to wake her up
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Saint Etienne's, "He's on the Phone"
Misheard Lyrics: She went to Mexico
She did anyway Original Lyrics: She never meant to call
She did anyway |
2000s | |
DMX's, "Party Up (Up In Here)"
Misheard Lyrics: Jago make me lose my mind, up in here up in here
Original Lyrics: Y'all gonna make me lose my mind.
Up in here, up in here. |
Job For A Cowboy's, "Entombment of a Machine"
Misheard Lyrics: We are tumors on the milkshake.
Original Lyrics: Entombment of a machine.
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Job For A Cowboy's, "Suspended by the Throat"
Misheard Lyrics: Lick the c*ck and suck the martyred blood.
Original Lyrics: Let the carcass of the martyr burn.
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2010s | |
Charlie Puth's, "Attention"
Misheard Lyrics: I just wanna touch you
Original Lyrics: You just want attention
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Charlie Puth's, "Attention"
Misheard Lyrics: You've been runnin' round, runnin' round, runnin' round throwin' that turtle on my neck
Original Lyrics: You've been runnin' round, runnin' round, runnin' round throwin' that dirt all on my name
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Danny Brown's, "RadioSong"
Misheard Lyrics: So they say you need a hit, I jerked off the single
Original Lyrics: So they say you need a hit, a chart-topping single.
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Janet Jackson's, "Unbreakable"
Misheard Lyrics: Ever since we got molested
Original Lyrics: Ever sacred, ever lasting
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Kaleo's, "Way Down We Go"
Misheard Lyrics: Cause they will run you down, dancing frog
Original Lyrics: Cause they will run you down, down til the dark
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The Killers', "The Man"
Misheard Lyrics: You're looking in the mirror
Original Lyrics: You're looking at the man
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The Lumineers', "Ho Hey"
Misheard Lyrics: I believe in you.
You believe in me. In my sweet home. I believe in you. Original Lyrics: I belong with you.
You belong with me. You're my sweetheart. I belong with you. |
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James Moore, Jr.'s, "Taste and See"
Misheard Lyrics: I will bless the Lord at all times.
His praise shall always be on my list. Original Lyrics: I will bless the Lord at all times.
His praise shall always be on my lips. |
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country | |
Brandi Carlile's, "Josephine"
Misheard Lyrics: Kiss my ass when I sleep.
Original Lyrics: Kiss my eyes when I sleep.
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Garth Brooks', "To Make You Feel My Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Stores are ranging down a rolling sea
Original Lyrics: Storms are raging down a rolling sea
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Lila McCann's, "To Get Me to You"
Misheard Lyrics: Every time my heartwood beret
Original Lyrics: Every time my heart would break
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Traditional's, "The Fox"
Misheard Lyrics: The f***s went out on a chilly night
Original Lyrics: The fox went out on a chilly night
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misc | |
The Decemberists', "Calamity Song"
Misheard Lyrics: You and me and the war of the enzymes
Original Lyrics: You and me and the war of the end-times
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