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1960s | |
5th Dimension's, "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh hurry up!
Original Lyrics: Aquarius!
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Blood, Sweat and Tears', "Spinning Wheel"
Misheard Lyrics: Ride a painted phony
Original Lyrics: Ride a painted pony
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1970s | |
Blood, Sweat and Tears', "Lucretia MacEvil"
Misheard Lyrics: Back seat to lilac
Original Lyrics: Back seat Delilah
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Blood, Sweat and Tears', "Lucretia MacEvil"
Misheard Lyrics: Eagle, that's your name
Original Lyrics: Evil, that's your name
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Boney M's, "Rasputin"
Misheard Lyrics: Ru ru rush that B Russia's greatest war tactic
Original Lyrics: Ra ra Rasputin Russia's greatest love machine
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Bruce Springsteen's, "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"
Misheard Lyrics: Ten devils in the free south
Original Lyrics: Tenth Avenue freeze out
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Chicago's, "Feelin' Stronger Every Day"
Misheard Lyrics: So now the time has come up
Original Lyrics: So now the time has come
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Elton John's, "Bennie And The Jets"
Misheard Lyrics: She's got electric spoons
I gotta have toons Oh ah she's ready with spaghetti ah ah! Bennie and the Jets! Original Lyrics: She's got electric boots
A mohair suit You know I read it in a magazine Bennie and the Jets |
Gordon Lightfoot's, "If You Could Read My Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: You know that toast is me
Original Lyrics: You know that ghost is me
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Queen's, "Killer Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: Gonna jive with a lazy bean
Original Lyrics: Dynamite with a laser beam
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Rod Stewart's, "Maggie May"
Misheard Lyrics: Wake up, Maggie
I think I got something to Satan Original Lyrics: Wake up, Maggie
I think I got something to say to you |
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1980s | |
Billy Joel's, "This Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Tomorrow is a long time waiting
Original Lyrics: Tomorrow is a long time away
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Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Belgians in a condo
Original Lyrics: Belgians in the Congo
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Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Buildin’ Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
Original Lyrics: Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion
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Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Edgar Reagan
Original Lyrics: Begin, Reagan
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Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Little Rock, past the neck, Mickey Mantle, cateracts, Sputnik, Joe and I, ‘Bridge on the River Kwai’
Original Lyrics: Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac, Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, 'Bridge on the River Kwai'
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Genesis', "Invisible Touch"
Misheard Lyrics: She seemed so happy, living on the top shelf.
Original Lyrics: She seems to have an invisible touch, yeah.
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Genesis', "That's All"
Misheard Lyrics: It's only a shame, that song
Original Lyrics: It's only a shame, that's all
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INXS's, "Listen Like Thieves"
Misheard Lyrics: Listen like Steve
Original Lyrics: Listen like thieves
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INXS's, "The One Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: Now he talks. Masturbate, yeah!
Original Lyrics: Rarely talk and that's the danger.
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Prince's, "Little Red Corvette"
Misheard Lyrics: Real heck oh heck
Original Lyrics: Little red Corvette
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Stars On 45's, "Stars On 45"
Misheard Lyrics: So jump, jump, jump, jump, jonsabeth
Original Lyrics: But don't, don't, don't, don't, don't forget.
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The Beach Boys', "Kokomo"
Misheard Lyrics: Martinique, and mounds of rotten steak
Original Lyrics: Martinique, that Monserrat mystique.
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Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics: Early bird is waiting there for you
Original Lyrics: Hurry, boy, it's waiting there for you
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Toto's, "Make Believe"
Misheard Lyrics: Why don't we Maybelline...
Original Lyrics: Why don't we make believe...
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Toto's, "Rosanna"
Misheard Lyrics: Not for a year since she's wide awake
Original Lyrics: Not for a year since she went away
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1990s | |
AC/DC's, "Thunderstruck"
Misheard Lyrics: Will and Grace
And I thought what could I do Original Lyrics: My mind raced
And I thought what could I do |
Hanson's, "MMMbop"
Misheard Lyrics: Mmmbop beatdown fondue bop. Give it up for doo bop, beatdown fondue.
Original Lyrics: Mmmbop ba duba dop ba duba. Ba duba ba duba, duba badu.
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Initial D Soundtrack's, "Deja Vu"
Misheard Lyrics: It's so hard when I try to be mean
Original Lyrics: It's so hard when I try to believe!
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Initial D Soundtrack's, "Deja Vu"
Misheard Lyrics: hire all the beef
Original Lyrics: higher on the beat
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Paula Abdul's, "The Promise of a New Day"
Misheard Lyrics: See the winter from these steaks in our past
Original Lyrics: See the wisdom from mistakes in our past
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Polaris', "Hey Sandy"
Misheard Lyrics: It's kind of strange
You're looking at the leafy rain And can you settle a shindig? Or have you picked a dolphin yet? I said yeah Original Lyrics: Hey smilin' strange
You're lookin' happily deranged Can you settle a sure bet? Or have you picked your target yet? Hey sandy |
Radiohead's, "Creep"
Misheard Lyrics: But I'm a dick
I suck dildo Original Lyrics: But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo |
Ray Stevens', "Everything is Beautiful"
Misheard Lyrics: Like a stormy summer night
Original Lyrics: Like a starry summer night
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Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Californication"
Misheard Lyrics: Hot dogs are cold
Original Lyrics: Hardcore, soft porn
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2000s | |
Counting Crows', "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics: Pink paradise, put up a park a lot.
Original Lyrics: They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
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Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar, We're Goin' Down"
Misheard Lyrics: A lyrical complex
Original Lyrics: A loaded God complex
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Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar, We're Going Down"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll be your number one, double it
A bulletproof complex, cock it and pull it Original Lyrics: I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it. |
Katy Perry's, "Waking Up in Vegas"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause now we're part of the crime
Original Lyrics: 'Cause now we're partners in crime
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KeSha's, "Tik Tok"
Misheard Lyrics: Do I make your heart beat like an Inuit drum?
Original Lyrics: Do I make your heart beat like an 808 drum?
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Ne-Yo's, "Closer"
Misheard Lyrics: Fund her wrist pelt, I can't wake
Original Lyrics: Under her spell I can't break
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Papa Roach's, "Last Resort"
Misheard Lyrics: Cut my wife into pieces
This is my last divorce Suffocate her, no breathing Don't give a f**k I cut her bleeding Original Lyrics: Cut my life into pieces
This is my last resort Suffocation, no breathing Don't give a f**k if I cut my arm bleeding |
The Killers', "Mr. Brightside"
Misheard Lyrics: Choking on your alibi.
Original Lyrics: Joking on your alibi.
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The Used's, "Sound Effects And Overdramatics"
Misheard Lyrics: Now you're changing places, and I switched my pace, I'm a breathing racist when you mention blue
Original Lyrics: Now you're changing places, and I switched my pace, and my breathing races when you mention blue
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2010s | |
5 Seconds of Summer's, "She's Kinda Hot"
Misheard Lyrics: But we’re a rhizome
Yeah, we’re a rhizome We are the kings and the queens of the new broken scene Yeah, we’re a rhizome Original Lyrics: But we’re alright though
Yeah, we’re alright though We are the kings and the queens of the new broken scene Yeah, we’re alright though |
Dua Lipa's, "New Rules"
Misheard Lyrics: I got new roof I count 'em
Original Lyrics: I got new rules I count 'em
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Katy Perry's, "California Gurls"
Misheard Lyrics: But nothing comes close to the girl in clothes
Original Lyrics: But nothing comes close to the Golden Coast
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