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1950s | |
Frankie Laine's, "Rawhide"
Misheard Lyrics: Keep those boogies moving
Original Lyrics: Keep those dogies moving
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Pat Boone's, "Moody River"
Misheard Lyrics: Moody River
Mordantly and the faintest night Original Lyrics: Moody River
More deadly than the vainest knife. |
1960s | |
Jan And Dean's, "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena"
Misheard Lyrics: But parked in her rickety old garage
Is a brand new, shiny red super start Dodge. Original Lyrics: But parked in her rickety old garage
Is a brand new, shiny red Super Stock Dodge. |
The Monkees', "I'll Be Back Upon My Feet"
Misheard Lyrics: Maybe I will meet a girl who'll try to kick me down
But you won't have to drown Original Lyrics: Maybe I will meet a girl who'll try to keep me down
But you don't have to cry |
Theme Song's, "Top Cat"
Misheard Lyrics: Bromiding is working a tee
Original Lyrics: Providing it's with dignity.
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Tony Hatch's, "Downtown"
Misheard Lyrics: Listen to the rhythm of the gentle boxing gopher
Original Lyrics: Listen to the rhythm of the gentle Bossa Nova
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1970s | |
Bay City Rollers', "Money Honey"
Misheard Lyrics: I like the pork shed, just to see what you can get
Original Lyrics: Sly like a fox, yea, just to see what you can get
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Bay City Rollers', "Saturday Night"
Misheard Lyrics: F-A-T you are G-A-Y, right
Original Lyrics: S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night!
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Billy Preston's, "Nothing from Nothing"
Misheard Lyrics: Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin'
You gotta have somethin' if you want to beat me Original Lyrics: Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin'
You gotta have somethin' if you want to be with me |
Bob Marley And The Wailers', "Exodus"
Misheard Lyrics: Exodus, movement of the Bieber
Original Lyrics: Exodus, movement of Jah people.
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Bob Marley's, "Heathen"
Misheard Lyrics: We can fight them on the wall
or We can fight them underwater Original Lyrics: De heathen back, yeah, 'pon de wall
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Elton John's, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Misheard Lyrics: Goodbye yellow brick road
We're really the dark clouds society now Original Lyrics: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Where the dogs of society howl |
Fleetwood Mac's, "Gold Dust Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Godless German
Original Lyrics: Heartless challenge
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Peter Gabriel's, "Solsbury Hill"
Misheard Lyrics: Climbing up on sauce for you I don't see the city light
Original Lyrics: Climbing up on Solsbury Hill I could see the city light
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1980s | |
Billy Ocean's, "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going"
Misheard Lyrics: And do the thing that lovers' juice
Original Lyrics: And do the thing that lovers do
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Dan Hartman's, "We Are the Young"
Misheard Lyrics: is it all candy dreams
Original Lyrics: is an arcade of dreams
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Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Force some sugar on me
OR Foursome: sugar on me Original Lyrics: Pour some sugar on me
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Devo's, "Girl U Want"
Misheard Lyrics: She sends an aroma right under my nose;
It drips on down and it drips on my balls Original Lyrics: She sends out an aroma of undefined love
It drips on down in a mist from above |
Edye Gorme's, "Life with Lucy theme song"
Misheard Lyrics: Every day holds cheese to possibilities galore
Original Lyrics: Every day holds keys to possibilities galore
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Elton John's, "I'm Still Standing"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm still Spanish
Original Lyrics: I'm still standing
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Kate Bush's, "Running Up That Hill"
Misheard Lyrics: I'd get into small brown places
Original Lyrics: I'd get him to swap our places.
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Madness', "Our House"
Misheard Lyrics: Sister signing in her sleep
Original Lyrics: Sister's sighing in her sleep
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Tears For Fears', "Sowing the Seeds of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Balls to the rules and bugger the plan
Original Lyrics: We’re fools to the rules of a Government plan
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The Smiths', "This Charming Man"
Misheard Lyrics: A young young country boy
Original Lyrics: A jumped-up pantry boy
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The Waitresses', "Square Pegs"
Misheard Lyrics: Scare pads, scare pads
Scare-scare-scare...PADS! Original Lyrics: Square pegs, square pegs
Square-square-square...PEGS! |
1990s | |
Inner Circle's, "Bad Boys"
Misheard Lyrics: When they shum jum rum come for you
Original Lyrics: When the sheriff John Brown come for you
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Livin' Joy's, "Don't Stop Movin'"
Misheard Lyrics: You got to get it light
Original Lyrics: You got to get it right
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Smashing Pumpkins', "Apples + Oranges"
Misheard Lyrics: It came from your thoughts, your dreams, and Dijon
Original Lyrics: It came from your thoughts, your dreams and visions
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The B-52's', "(Meet) The Flintstones"
Misheard Lyrics: Mr. Flintstone
Original Lyrics: Meet the Flintstones
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The Heights', "How Do You Talk to an Angel"
Misheard Lyrics: Tell me, tell me the words to deflate
Original Lyrics: Tell me, tell me the words to define
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2000s | |
Commercial's, "Kellogg's Fruit Loops"
Misheard Lyrics: Just follow your nose,
For the fruity taste of Joe's Original Lyrics: Just follow your nose,
For the fruity taste that shows |
Eminem feat. Dido's, "Stan"
Misheard Lyrics: You just don't call
I'm wonderin' why, but I'm not mad at all. Original Lyrics: My tea's gone cold
I'm wonderin' why I got out of bed at all. |
Las Ketchup's, "The Ketchup Song"
Misheard Lyrics: I said a hey-ha, eh-hey, a heaven to the, heaven to say you know my mommy and a boobie and a willie lippy.
Original Lyrics: aserejè ja de jè de jebe tu de jebere seibiunouva, majavi an de bugui an de buididipi,
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Mary Mary's, "Shackles (Praise You)"
Misheard Lyrics: I just want the Frasier
Original Lyrics: I just want to praise you
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Wu-Tang Clan's, "Gravel Pit"
Misheard Lyrics: Check out my radishes
Original Lyrics: Check out my gravel pit
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2010s | |
Adele's, "Send My Love (to Your New Lover)"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby I'm Sir Isaac
Original Lyrics: Baby I'm so rising
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Alsion Moyet's, "Beautiful Gun"
Misheard Lyrics: Is that a gun toting gay?
Is that a gun toting gay? That's a wobble I rate It’s the air that you take Is that a gun toting gay? Original Lyrics: You’ve got a gun toting gait
You’ve got a gun toting gait That’s a walk that I rate It’s the effort you take You’ve got a gun toting gait |
Fall Out Boy's, "The Kids Aren't Alright"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm yours
When the gravy pours Stay thirsty like before Don't you know that the kids aren't all, the kids aren't alright Original Lyrics: I'll be yours
When it rains it pours Stay thirsty like before Don't you know that the kids aren't all, the kids aren't alright |
Kendrick Lamar's, "King Kunta"
Misheard Lyrics: Which way you and I was walking?
Original Lyrics: Bitch, where you when I was walking?
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Linkin Park's, "A Line in the Sand"
Misheard Lyrics: Your truth woke up
Original Lyrics: Your truth will come
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country | |
Oasis', "Wonderwall"
Misheard Lyrics: Today, is gonna be the day, that they're gonna put a bag on you.
Original Lyrics: Today, is gonna be the day, that they're gonna throw it back to you.
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xmas | |
Bette Midler's, "Cool Yule"
Misheard Lyrics: And fill the stuffing by the fireplace
Original Lyrics: And fill the stockings by the fireplace
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Traditional's, "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
Misheard Lyrics: Park the heron angels sting
Original Lyrics: Hark! The herald angels sing
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Traditional's, "Jingle Bells"
Misheard Lyrics: And then we got on socks
Original Lyrics: And then we got upsot
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Traditional's, "Jolly Old St. Nicolas"
Misheard Lyrics: She thinks dolls are Polly
Original Lyrics: She thinks dolls are folly
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