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1950s | |
Ray Ellington's, "Rockin' Through the Rye"
Misheard Lyrics: Max Welton’s braes are Bonny
Original Lyrics: Let's rock this way, says Bonnie...
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1960s | |
The Skip-Jacks', "Limehouse Blues"
Misheard Lyrics: And those vagina blues
Original Lyrics: And those weird China blues
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1970s | |
Atlanta Rhythm Section's, "So Into You"
Misheard Lyrics: When you walked into the room There was voodoo in the vibes
Original Lyrics: I am so into you
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Bee Gees', "Stayin' Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: New York City breakin' and everybody shakin'
Original Lyrics: Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'.
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Billy Joel's, "Travelin' Prayer"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey boy, take a look out around
Original Lyrics: Hey Lord, take a look all around
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Grand Funk Railroad's, "The Loco-Motion"
Misheard Lyrics: You gotta swing your tits now
Original Lyrics: You gotta swing your hips now
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Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "Sweet Home Alabama"
Misheard Lyrics: Now Russell Schultz he got the swamp bus
Original Lyrics: Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers.
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band's, "Blinded by the Light"
Misheard Lyrics: rapped off like a duce another roller in the night
Original Lyrics: Revved up like deuce, another runner in the night.
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Parliament's, "Give Up the Funk"
Misheard Lyrics: Me what the f***
or We wrote the book Original Lyrics: We want the funk
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T-Connection's, "Do What You Wanna Do"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't let nobody tell you what to do
You gotta be on Judge Judy too Original Lyrics: Don't let nobody tell ya what to do
You gotta be your judge, and your jury too |
The Bee Gees', "More than a Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Mulberry woman
Mulberry woman to me Original Lyrics: More than a woman
More than a woman to me |
The Bee Gees', "Stayin' Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: You may love the women more
But they need to rest since I was born. Original Lyrics: Music loud and women warm
I've been kicked around since I was born. |
The Friends of Distinction's, "Grazing in the Grass"
Misheard Lyrics: Grazin' in the grass is a gas baby can you dig it?
Original Lyrics: Grazin' in the grass is a yes baby can you dig it?
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The Members', "The Sound of the Suburbs"
Misheard Lyrics: The drugs are quite good, the place is too loud
And I can't hear the wood Original Lyrics: The drums quite good, the bass is too loud
And I can't hear the words |
The O'Jays', "For the Love of Money"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh mommy mommy
Original Lyrics: Almighty dollar
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Tom Robinson Band's, "2-4-6-8 Motorway"
Misheard Lyrics: 2-4-6-8 Masturbate
Original Lyrics: 2-4-6-8 Motorway
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1980s | |
"Weird Al" Yankovic's, "Fat"
Misheard Lyrics: I take up seven roses
Original Lyrics: I take up seven rows
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Duran Duran's, "Girls On Film"
Misheard Lyrics: Girls on film (they're sucking my penis)
Original Lyrics: Girls on film (Two Minutes Later)
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Faster Pussycat's, "Slip Of The Tongue"
Misheard Lyrics: When I slip on some dung I'm in deep shit
Original Lyrics: With a slip of the tongue I'm in deep shit
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Pebbles', "Mercedes Boy"
Misheard Lyrics: Feel your happy side of me
Original Lyrics: Feel your heartbeat inside of me
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The Exploited's, "Dead Cities"
Misheard Lyrics: Dead sh*tty, dead sh*tty
Original Lyrics: Dead cities, dead cities
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The Exploited's, "Dead Cities"
Misheard Lyrics: Disease, disease
Original Lyrics: Dead cities, dead cities
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The Exploited's, "Dead Cities"
Misheard Lyrics: Mercedes, Mercedes
Original Lyrics: Dead cities, dead cities
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The Exploited's, "Dead Cities"
Misheard Lyrics: Tired of all your literature
There are no more secrets here There's no future take me home Simon Cowell, you dead man Original Lyrics: See the man in the electric chair
They beat him up and shave his hair There is no future to behold In the city of dead you'll be there |
1990s | |
Blue Boy's, "Remember Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Remember me, I'm the one who ate your babies eyes
Original Lyrics: Remember me, I'm the one who had your babies
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Counting Crows', "A Long December"
Misheard Lyrics: I love December
Original Lyrics: A long December
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Counting Crows', "Mr. Jones"
Misheard Lyrics: I was down in the nude a**hole, damn
Original Lyrics: I was down in the New Amsterdam
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Jay-Z's, "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)"
Misheard Lyrics: New York has limousine
Original Lyrics: New York has ever seen
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Metallica's, "Wherever I May Roam"
Misheard Lyrics: And my ties are 70s
Original Lyrics: And my ties are severed clean
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The 1975's, "Chocolate"
Misheard Lyrics: Poison play, poison play, poison
Original Lyrics: Pause it, play it, pause it, play it, pause it
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2000s | |
Counting Crows feat. Vanessa Carlton's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics: A big pair of dice
Original Lyrics: They paved paradise
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Counting Crows', "Accidentally in Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm Tinker Bell
Original Lyrics: I think about it
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Panic at the Disco's, "Northern Downpour"
Misheard Lyrics: Look back at both feet and that 1D meme
Original Lyrics: Look back at both feet and that winding knee
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Sean Kingston's, "Take You There"
Misheard Lyrics: Surely I could take you there
Original Lyrics: Shorty I could take you there
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The Kooks', "Naive"
Misheard Lyrics: Rhino, she knows, that knows that I'm not from Alaska
Original Lyrics: I know, she knows, that she knows I'm not fond of asking
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2010s | |
Daft Punk's, "Get Lucky"
Misheard Lyrics: You're not a Mexican. Lucky!
Original Lyrics: We're up all night to get lucky
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Ed Sheeran's, "Castle On The Hill"
Misheard Lyrics: We watched the sunset
Over the cars along the hill Original Lyrics: We watched the sunset
Over the castle on the hill |
Ed Sheeran's, "Perfect"
Misheard Lyrics: Bedford on the cross
Original Lyrics: Barefoot on the grass
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Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran's, "River"
Misheard Lyrics: 'cause she loves danger cycle path
Original Lyrics: 'cause she loves danger psychopath
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Sia's, "Elastic Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: There's chocolate in my pizza shop
Original Lyrics: But your blade it might be too sharp
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The 1975's, "Chocolate"
Misheard Lyrics: Boys in play, boys in play, boys in
Original Lyrics: Pause it, play it, pause it, play it, pause it
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The 1975's, "Chocolate"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey now, call it a spliff 'cause you know that you will
Original Lyrics: Hey now, call it a split 'cause you know that you will
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The 1975's, "Chocolate"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey now, well being on speed is like punching a door
Original Lyrics: Hey now, we're building up speed as we're approaching the hill
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Zedd's, "Clarity"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh wow,
Tell me right now are you my daddy? Original Lyrics: If our love's,
Insanity why are you my clarity? |
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Florida Georgia Line's, "Dance for Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Maybe somewhere under the stars
In my car, in the dark Linkin Park Original Lyrics: Maybe somewhere under the stars
In my car, in the dark We can park |
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