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1950s | |
Danny & The Juniors', "At the Hop"
Misheard Lyrics: Lick your lips and wet your chicken.
Original Lyrics: You calypso and you chicken.
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Frank Sinatra's, "Love and Marriage"
Misheard Lyrics: It's an instant that you can't disparage
Original Lyrics: It's an institute you can't disparage
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Jerry Lee Lewis', "Great Balls of Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: You broke my wheel
Original Lyrics: You broke my will
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1960s | |
Dean Martin's, "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"
Misheard Lyrics: How yucky can one guy be?
Original Lyrics: How lucky can one guy be?
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Easybeats', "Friday On My Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: Tonight, I'll spread my bread (with peanut butter?).
Original Lyrics: Tonight, I'll spend my bread.
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Frank Sinatra's, "Luck Be a Lady"
Misheard Lyrics: Luck let a genuine man see
Original Lyrics: Luck let a gentleman see
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Johnny Rivers', "Secret Agent Man"
Misheard Lyrics: seasick Asian man
Original Lyrics: secret agent man
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The Left Banke's, "Walk Away Renee"
Misheard Lyrics: Just walk away, Renee
You won't see me down at Bob Eubanks' home Original Lyrics: Just walk away, Renee
You won't see me follow you back home. |
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1970s | |
Boney M's, "Rasputin"
Misheard Lyrics: La La Ecstasy other drugs and LSD
Original Lyrics: Ra Ra Rasputin
Lover of the Russian queen |
Cher's, "Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves"
Misheard Lyrics: Sea and Ski's the brand for me
Original Lyrics: Gypsies, tramps, and thieves.
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Fleetwood Mac's, "Go Your Own Way"
Misheard Lyrics: You can grow your own weed
Grow your own weed. Original Lyrics: You can go your own way
Go your own way. |
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John Travolta and Olivia Newton John's, "Summer Nights"
Misheard Lyrics: He ran by me Got my so damp.
Original Lyrics: He ran by me
Got my suit damp. |
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Player's, "Baby Come Back"
Misheard Lyrics: Wearing a mask of Paul's Bravada
Original Lyrics: Wearing a mask of false bravado
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Styx's, "Come Sail Away"
Misheard Lyrics: Come celebrate
or Don't stay away Original Lyrics: Come sail away
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1980s | |
Billy Ocean's, "Suddenly"
Misheard Lyrics: There's beauty up above
And since we never have no desire Original Lyrics: There's beauty up above
And things we never take notice of |
Don Henley's, "Boys Of Summer"
Misheard Lyrics: After the poisoned son of a gun.
Original Lyrics: After the boys of summer have gone.
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Don Henley's, "Boys Of Summer"
Misheard Lyrics: I can see you, your birds get shattered in the sun.
Original Lyrics: I can see you, your brown skin shining in the sun.
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Mike Oldfield's, "Foreign Affair"
Misheard Lyrics: A new tear and Tory for an in town and storey
And a goon pal-a-mare Original Lyrics: A new territory for an intimate story
A lagoon by la mer |
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Nik Kershaw's, "The Riddle"
Misheard Lyrics: Near a tree by a river, there's a hole in the ground
Where an old man, a baron, goes around and round. And his mind, he's a-peaking in the bale of the night For a strange kind of fashion, there's a wrong and right. Don't ever, never fight over you. Original Lyrics: Near a tree by a river, there's a hole in the ground
Where an old man of Aran goes around and around. And his mind is a beacon in the veil of the night For a strange kind of fashion There's a wrong and a right. But he'll never, never fight over you. |
Pretenders', "Mystery Achievement"
Misheard Lyrics: Mr. Cheese Man
or Listerine achievement Original Lyrics: Mystery achievement
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Rod Stewart's, "You're In My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: You'll be my breshen, I'll grow old.
Original Lyrics: You'll be my breath shall I grow old.
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Squeeze's, "Tempted"
Misheard Lyrics: Tainted by the fruit of another
Tainted but the truth is discovered Original Lyrics: Tempted by the fruit of another
Tempted but the truth is discovered |
The Cure's, "Hanging Gardens"
Misheard Lyrics: Fall fall fall fall
Out of the sky Cum on my face as the animals die Original Lyrics: Fall fall fall fall
Out of the sky Cover my face as the animals die |
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1990s | |
Bette Midler's, "Billy-A-Dick"
Misheard Lyrics: Poor old me, I'm beat as can be
And my river stream's started to run. Original Lyrics: Poor old me, I'm beat as can be
And my rim has even started to rust. |
Billy Joel's, "No Man's Land"
Misheard Lyrics: Before they pass the nasty plan
Original Lyrics: Before they pass the master plan
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Eric Clapton's, "My Father's Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: Not for his mind
Original Lyrics: My father's eyes
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Hole's, "Malibu"
Misheard Lyrics: How are you so fun, with your belly on fire
Original Lyrics: How are you so burnt, when you're barely on fire
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Mariah Carey's, "Dreamlover"
Misheard Lyrics: Gene Wilder, come and rescue me
Original Lyrics: Dreamlover, come and rescue me
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Republica's, "Ready to Go"
Misheard Lyrics: You're wet in tears
or You were in tears Original Lyrics: You're weird in tears
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Styx's, "Show Me the Way"
Misheard Lyrics: So free that I lost my faith
Original Lyrics: So afraid that I lost my faith
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Usher's, "You Make Me Wanna..."
Misheard Lyrics: Start a jubilation s*** with you
Original Lyrics: Start a new relationship with you
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2000s | |
Amy MacDonald's, "This Is the Life"
Misheard Lyrics: And when you wake up in the morning, hippo was a size
Original Lyrics: When you wake up in the morning and your head feels twice the size
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Fall Out Boy's, "20 Dollar Nose Bleed"
Misheard Lyrics: My pen's a dream.
My my my pens a dream (pens a dream) my pens a dream. Original Lyrics: B-b-b-b Benzedrine,
My, my, my Benzedrine, B-b-b-b Benzedrine now. |
Fall Out Boy's, "Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying"
Misheard Lyrics: I’m adding lettuce to asbestos in a ghost town
Original Lyrics: I'm mailing letters to addresses in a ghost town
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Flow's, "Go!!!"
Misheard Lyrics: we are fighting treehouse
Original Lyrics: we are fighting dreamers
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KT Tunstall's, "Suddenly I See"
Misheard Lyrics: She makes me feel like I could be a towel
Original Lyrics: She makes me feel like I could be a tower
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2010s | |
Calvin Harris Feat. Rihanna's, "This Is What You Came For"
Misheard Lyrics: Q, ew, ew, Q ew, ew, Q, ew, ew, Q, ew, ew, Q, ew, ew, Q, ew, ew
Original Lyrics: You, ou, ou, You, ou, ou, You, ou, ou, You, ou, ou, You, ou, ou, You, ou, ou
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Eminem's, "The Monster"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm friends with the monster, the son of my bitch
Original Lyrics: I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed
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Jamie Christopherson's, "The Only Thing I Know for Real"
Misheard Lyrics: The man in the mirror, not in bed
Original Lyrics: The man in the mirror nods his head
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Justin Timberlake's, "Can’t Stop the Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics: Kiss the magic
Kiss the magic Kiss the magic Original Lyrics: Just imagine
Just imagine Just imagine |
Vance Joy's, "Riptide"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna be your lieutenant
Original Lyrics: I wanna be your left hand man
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WWE's, "Written in My Face"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a shameful thing, lobster head
Original Lyrics: It's a shame for they lost their head
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