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1950s | |
Commercial's, "Mr. Clean"
Misheard Lyrics: Mr. Clean gets rid of dirty crime in Greece in just a minute
Original Lyrics: Mr. Clean gets rid of dirt and grime and grease in just a minute
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1960s | |
Jimi Hendrix's, "All Along the Watchtower"
Misheard Lyrics: Please don't stand there and drink my wife
Original Lyrics: Business men, they drink my wine. Plowmen dig my earth
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The Archies', "Sugar, Sugar"
Misheard Lyrics: You are my candy turd
Original Lyrics: You are my candy girl
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The Monkees', "Daydream Believer"
Misheard Lyrics: Cheer up sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean.
Do I daydream, believe I'm under home coming Queen? Original Lyrics: Cheer up sleep Jean, oh what can it mean,
To a daydream believer and a homecoming queen? |
1970s | |
Dire Straits', "Sultans of Swing"
Misheard Lyrics: Constipation in other places
Original Lyrics: Competition in other places
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Jackson 5's, "I'll Be There"
Misheard Lyrics: You and I must make a pie
Original Lyrics: You and I must make a pact.
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Led Zeppelin's, "Stairway to Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: In a tree, buy the book
Original Lyrics: In a tree by the brook
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Patti Smith's, "Rock 'n' Roll N****r"
Misheard Lyrics: Maybe it was a black sheep
Maybe it was a whore ... Maybe, maybe, maybe it was a rock 'n' roll n***** Original Lyrics: Baby was a black sheep
Baby was a whore ... Baby, baby, baby was a rock 'n' roll n***** |
Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I just gotta get out of this prison sale
Original Lyrics: I just gotta get out of this prison cell
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Vicki Sue Robinson's, "Turn the Beat Around"
Misheard Lyrics: Like the Great Depression
Original Lyrics: Love to hear percussion
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1980s | |
Bruce Springsteen's, "Born in the U.S.A."
Misheard Lyrics: Porn in the USA
Original Lyrics: Born in the USA
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Starship's, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
Misheard Lyrics: Lennon says we're crazy
Original Lyrics: Let 'em say we're crazy
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The Clash's, "I Fought the Law"
Misheard Lyrics: I thought wrong with a woman
Original Lyrics: I fought the law, and the law won
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Twisted Sister's, "I Wanna Rock"
Misheard Lyrics: So I can hear my favorite social let's go
Original Lyrics: So I can hear my favorite song so let's go
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Van Halen's, "And the Cradle Will Rock"
Misheard Lyrics: And when some local kid gets down
They try and drum him out of town They say, 'You coulda least been a Phaedra, boy. Phaedra boy.' Original Lyrics: And when some local kid gets down
They try and drum him out of town They say, 'You coulda least faked it, boy.' Faked it boy |
1990s | |
BLACKstreet's, "No Diggity"
Misheard Lyrics: Pigeon feelings is a no
Or Pitchin' feelings is a no Original Lyrics: Catching feelings is a no
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Cast of Rent's, "Seasons of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: How do you measure, measure a yam?
Original Lyrics: How do you measure, measure a year?
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Charles & Eddie's, "Would I Lie to You?"
Misheard Lyrics: 99 to you, baby
Original Lyrics: Would I lie to you, baby?
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Commercial's, "Pepsi"
Misheard Lyrics: We know you want to drink, beat beat beat us up!
Original Lyrics: We know you want to drink P-E-P-S-I
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Commercial's, "Walt Disney World"
Misheard Lyrics: Call 1-407-W-DISNEY and make the train come true
Original Lyrics: Call 1-407-W-DISNEY and make the dream come true
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Everything But the Girl's, "Missing"
Misheard Lyrics: Step off the tracks
Original Lyrics: Step off the train
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Riders in the Sky's, "Woody's Roundup"
Misheard Lyrics: Meet the old prospector
Original Lyrics: Pete's the old prospector
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The Lion King's, "Circle of Life"
Misheard Lyrics: aaaaah topanga bag of peaches mama
Original Lyrics: Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba Sithi uhm ingonyama
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Weezer's, "The Good Life"
Misheard Lyrics: I just need to admit that I have sugar in my tank
Original Lyrics: I just need to admit that I want sugar in my tea
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2000s | |
Bowling for Soup's, "1985"
Misheard Lyrics: Please make this stuff, stuff, stuff
Original Lyrics: Please make this stop, stop, stop
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Bowling for Soup's, "Jimmy Neutron"
Misheard Lyrics: To buy candy bars
Original Lyrics: With my candy bars
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Britney Spears', "I Love Rock 'N' Roll"
Misheard Lyrics: I love f***ing road
Original Lyrics: I love rock 'n' roll
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Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar, We're Going Down"
Misheard Lyrics: We're gonna die, die on our burial ground
And shouldn't we gonna die, sweetie? Original Lyrics: We're going down, down in an earlier round
And Sugar, We're goin' down swingin' |
The Chainsmokers', "Roses"
Misheard Lyrics: Shy in with my lovely gall
Original Lyrics: Say you'll never let me go
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The Kooks', "Naive"
Misheard Lyrics: I know, she knows, I'm not from the Westside
Original Lyrics: And I know she knows that I'm not fond of asking.
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Theme Songs', "Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat"
Misheard Lyrics: Sagwa yo adventure
Original Lyrics: Sagwa, you're my best friend
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2010s | |
misc | |
Julia Lee's, "(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch and Grab It"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna turn the TV
I'm gonna turn the TV It's knocking at your door Original Lyrics: Opportunity
Opportunity Is knocking at your door |
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xmas | |
Alvin and the Chipmunks', "The Chipmunk Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Me, I want to pull a boob!
Original Lyrics: Me, I want a hula hoop!
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Amy Grant's, "A Christmas to Remember"
Misheard Lyrics: A Christmas in December
Original Lyrics: A Christmas to remember
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Brenda Lee's, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"
Misheard Lyrics: You will get a scandalous feeling
Original Lyrics: You will get a sentimental feeling
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Carpenters', "Merry Christmas Darling"
Misheard Lyrics: The Christmas brush is true
Original Lyrics: The Christmas rush is through
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Chuck Berry's, "Run Rudolph Run"
Misheard Lyrics: No, no, Rudolph
Original Lyrics: Run, run, Rudolph
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Commercial's, "M&M's Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: He does resist! They do resist!
Original Lyrics: He does exist! They do exist!
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Elton John's, "Step Into Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: So hop above that dirty boy
Original Lyrics: So hop above the turntable
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Jackson 5's, "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"
Misheard Lyrics: You better not pow
Original Lyrics: You better not pout
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Mitch Miller's, "Must Be Santa"
Misheard Lyrics: Beer that's light
Original Lyrics: Beard that's white
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Norah Jones', "Peace"
Misheard Lyrics: Peas when the day is down
Original Lyrics: Peace when the day is down
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The Ronettes', "Frosty the Snowman"
Misheard Lyrics: Down by the billings
Original Lyrics: Down by the village
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Traditional's, "Have a Holly-Jolly Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: Gizzards just for me!
Original Lyrics: Kiss her once for me.
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