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1960s | |
Allman Brothers Band's, "Whipping Post"
Misheard Lyrics: Like I've been down to the whipping post
Original Lyrics: Like I've been tied to the whipping post
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Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash's, "Jackson"
Misheard Lyrics: We got married in a theatre, harder than a pit bull's brown.
Original Lyrics: We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout
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1970s | |
Barbra Streisand's, "Stoney End"
Misheard Lyrics: But the light flickered out and farted as the sun began to rise
Original Lyrics: But the light flickered out and parted as the sun began to rise
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David Bowie's, "1984"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm looking for the Jesus that I knew in '65
Original Lyrics: I'm looking for the treason that I knew in '65
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Don't Bring Me Down"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll tell you once more before I get off the phone, don't bring me down
Original Lyrics: I'll tell you once more before I get off the floor, don't bring me down
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Elton John's, "Tiny Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics: Hold my toaster, Toby Anstis
Original Lyrics: Hold me closer, tiny dancer
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Honey Cone's, "Want Ads"
Misheard Lyrics: He thinks that I'm a poo
Original Lyrics: He thinks that I'm a fool
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Jethro Tull's, "Aqualung"
Misheard Lyrics: Sitting on the park bench, five little girls with bad intent
Original Lyrics: Sitting on the park bench, eyeing little girls with bad intent
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Jethro Tull's, "Cross-Eyed Mary"
Misheard Lyrics: She’s the Robin Hood of hockey
Original Lyrics: She’s the Robin Hood of Highgate
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Jethro Tull's, "Locomotive Breath"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh his intestines scraping
Sweat breaking on his brow Original Lyrics: He feels the piston scraping
Steam breaking on his brow |
Jim Croce's, "I Got A Name"
Misheard Lyrics: Who let me down the highway
Don’t let me down the highway Original Lyrics: Moving me down the highway
Rolling me down the highway |
Joe Walsh's, "Funk #49"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't think that's effing right.
Original Lyrics: I don't think that's acting right.
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Toto's, "Hold the Line"
Misheard Lyrics: It's not the way you're dreaming in France
Original Lyrics: It's not in the way you've been treating my friends
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War's, "Why Can't We Be Friends?"
Misheard Lyrics: They wouldn't have you in the Bum-I-A
Original Lyrics: I know you're working for the cia
they wouldn't have you in the Mafia. (Pronounced 'maf-ee-ey-ay') |
1980s | |
James Ingram and Michael McDonald's, "Yah Mo B There"
Misheard Lyrics: Snowmobilin’— up and over
Original Lyrics: Yah mo b there.
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Matthew Wilder's, "Break My Stride"
Misheard Lyrics: Ain’t nothing gonna break my stride,
Nobody’s gonna smoke weed now. Oh, no. I’ve got to keep on moving. Original Lyrics: Ain’t nothing gonna break my stride,
Nobody’s gonna slow me down. Oh, no. I’ve got to keep on moving. |
Men at Work's, "Down Under"
Misheard Lyrics: I come from a land down under,
Adidas flow and meant under... Original Lyrics: I come from a land down under,
Where beer does flow and men chunder... |
Michael Jackson's, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Imma say imma sorry to Microsoft.
Original Lyrics: Ma ma se, ma ma sa, ma ma ma coo sa.
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Patti LaBelle's, "If Only You Knew"
Misheard Lyrics: If only you're nude
Original Lyrics: If only you knew
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Prefab Sprout's, "King Of Rock 'N' Roll"
Misheard Lyrics: Hot dog, jumping frog, outdoor cooking
Original Lyrics: Hot dog, jumping frog, Albuquerque
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Prefab Sprout's, "The King of Rock and Roll "
Misheard Lyrics: Pop star, Drunken Dog, I want a cookie
Original Lyrics: Hot dog, Drunken Frog, Alberquerque
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The Clash's, "Rock The Casbah "
Misheard Lyrics: Drop your bombs between the Memorex
Original Lyrics: Drop your bombs between the minarets
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The Go-Go's', "Skid Marks on My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: I bike alone
Original Lyrics: I buy you cologne
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1990s | |
Danzig's, "I Luciferi"
Misheard Lyrics: War! I'm on a goddamn boat!
Original Lyrics: Warm! I'm on a nine day fall!
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LeAnn Rimes', "Can’t Fight the Moonlight"
Misheard Lyrics: Can’t f**k the moonlight nooo you can’t f**k it
Original Lyrics: Can’t fight the moonlight noooo you can’t fight it
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Live's, "Lightning Crashes"
Misheard Lyrics: Like a rolling thunder juicing the wind
Original Lyrics: Like a rolling thunder chasing the wind
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Sheryl Crow's, "All I Wanna Do"
Misheard Lyrics: Until the sun comes up, although Santa mauled a couple of us
Original Lyrics: Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard.
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Spice Girls', "Wannabe"
Misheard Lyrics: Make it last forever,
French is never ends... Original Lyrics: Make it last forever,
Friendship never ends... |
Spirit of the West's, "Home for a Rest"
Misheard Lyrics: Her railroad perfume so seductive and sweet
Original Lyrics: A rare old perfume so seductive and sweet
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Vengaboys', "We Like to Party"
Misheard Lyrics: Feet like a toilet
Feet like Feet like a toilet Original Lyrics: We like to party
We like We like to party |
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2000s | |
Aya Hirano's, "Lost My Music"
Misheard Lyrics: I steal, I steal, I rob you
Original Lyrics: I still, I still, I love you
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Ed Sheeran's, "Perfect"
Misheard Lyrics: Darling just died right here.
Original Lyrics: Darling just dive right in.
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Hall & Oates', "Do it for Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I won't do it for crime
Original Lyrics: I won't do it for pride
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Justin Timberlake's, "SexyBack"
Misheard Lyrics: Go heavy go
Original Lyrics: Go ahead be gone with it
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2010s | |
Adele's, "Rolling in the Deep"
Misheard Lyrics: Bowling in the deep
Original Lyrics: Rolling in the deep
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Adele's, "Rolling in the Deep"
Misheard Lyrics: See how I'll leave with every piece of food
Original Lyrics: See how I'll leave with every piece of you
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Bemani's, "True Blue"
Misheard Lyrics: I think a heart always learns to compute
Original Lyrics: I think a heart always learns to come through
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Bemani's, "True Blue"
Misheard Lyrics: We never knew love's a guardian and hearts broke
Original Lyrics: We never knew love's a garden and hard to grow
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Bemani's, "True Blue"
Misheard Lyrics: it's how curtains close
Original Lyrics: it's how currents flow
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Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna's, "This Is What You Came For"
Misheard Lyrics: Lightning, triceratops she moos
Original Lyrics: Lightning strikes every time she moves
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Halsey's, "Bad at Love"
Misheard Lyrics: But you can't blame me for trying.
You know I'd be lying saying go get the wine. Original Lyrics: But you can't blame me for trying.
You know I'd be lying saying you were the one. |
John Legend's, "All of Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You're my ham and my bikini
Original Lyrics: You're my end and my beginning
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Katy Perry's, "Dark Horse"
Misheard Lyrics: So you want to play with my pig?
Original Lyrics: So you wanna play with magic?
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Kelly Clarkson's, "Love So Soft"
Misheard Lyrics: Love some sauce(some sauce)
Original Lyrics: Love so soft (so soft).
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Maroon 5's, "What Lovers Do"
Misheard Lyrics: Say say say, hey hey now baby.
You gonna make me hit you with that ladle, baby. Original Lyrics: Say say say, hey hey now baby
You gonna make me hit you with that lay down, baby |
Pink's, "Beautiful Trauma"
Misheard Lyrics: My perfect white bottom
Original Lyrics: My perfect rock bottom
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