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1950s | |
Lonnie Donegan's, "Rock Island Line"
Misheard Lyrics: Well if you want to ride you gotta ride it like a fanny
Original Lyrics: Well if you want to ride you gotta ride it like you find it
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1960s | |
Johnny Horton's, "Battle of New Orleans"
Misheard Lyrics: We fired once more and the apes began to running
Original Lyrics: We fired once more and they began a runnin'
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Petula Clark's, "A Sign of the Times"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a sign of a dime
Original Lyrics: It's a sign of the times
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Petula Clark's, "Colour My World"
Misheard Lyrics: So you can colour my whirl
Original Lyrics: So you can colour my world
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Petula Clark's, "Don't Give Up"
Misheard Lyrics: Let the hot cakes
Original Lyrics: Let the heartaches
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Petula Clark's, "My Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Milo is warmer than the Warner's sunshine
Original Lyrics: My love is warmer than the warmest sunshine
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Petula Clark's, "Round Every Corner"
Misheard Lyrics: Round every porno
Original Lyrics: round every corner
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Petula Clark's, "The Cat in the Window (The Bird in the Sky)"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a cat and a widow
Original Lyrics: There's a cat in the window
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Petula Clark's, "The Other Man's Grass is Always Greener"
Misheard Lyrics: But would you if you really had to chew?
Original Lyrics: But would you if you really had to choose?
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Petula Clark's, "Who Am I"
Misheard Lyrics: Restricted by rotini life
Original Lyrics: Restricted by a routine of life
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Petula Clark's, "You'd Better Come Home"
Misheard Lyrics: And I'm watching my love
Original Lyrics: And I won't share my love
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The Beatles', "Across The Universe"
Misheard Lyrics: Jacques rue Davis
Original Lyrics: Jai Guru Deva
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The Mindbenders', "A Groovy Kind of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: A gooey kind of love
Original Lyrics: a groovy kind of love
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The Mindbenders', "A Groovy Kind of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Bring your clothes to me
Original Lyrics: When you're close to me
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1970s | |
Free's, "All Right Now"
Misheard Lyrics: Let’s move before they move the f***ing rain
Original Lyrics: Let's move before they raise the parking rate.
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Gloria Gaynor's, "Honeybee"
Misheard Lyrics: You're my hummingbird
Original Lyrics: You're my honeybee
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Guess Who's, "No Sugar Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: No sugar tonight, McCarthy
No sugar tonight, Monty Original Lyrics: No sugar tonight in my coffee
No sugar tonight in my tea |
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Sex Pistols', "Anarchy in the U.K."
Misheard Lyrics: So many ways to get what you want
I use the best I use the rest I use the enemy I use anarchy. Original Lyrics: So many ways to get what you want
I use the best I use the rest I use the N.M.E. I use anarchy. |
The Who's, "Baba O'Riley"
Misheard Lyrics: Out here in the fears
Original Lyrics: Out here in the fields
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The Who's, "I Can See for Miles"
Misheard Lyrics: I can see from Niles and Niles and Niles
Original Lyrics: I can see for miles and miles and miles
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The Who's, "Won't Get Fooled Again"
Misheard Lyrics: We don't get poop again
Original Lyrics: We don't get fooled again
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Trooper's, "3 Dressed Up as a Nine"
Misheard Lyrics: You're just a freak
Dressed up as a nun Original Lyrics: You're just a 3 dressed up as a nine
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War's, "Low Rider"
Misheard Lyrics: All my friends love Winona Ryder
Original Lyrics: All my friends know the Low Rider
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1980s | |
Bryan Adams', "Summer of '69"
Misheard Lyrics: I got my first real sex-dream.
Original Lyrics: Got my first real six-string.
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Men at Work's, "Be Good Johnny"
Misheard Lyrics: Tickle, tickle, tickle
Original Lyrics: Be good, be good, be good
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Men at Work's, "Down Under"
Misheard Lyrics: Do you love a man Down Under?
Original Lyrics: Do you come from a land Down Under?
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Men at Work's, "Who Can It Be Now?"
Misheard Lyrics: It's just my pants to see
Original Lyrics: It's just my fantasies
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Michael Jackson's, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Imma sing my song, the mongoose song
Original Lyrics: Mama se, mama sa, mama coo sa.
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Rick Springfield's, "Bruce"
Misheard Lyrics: And it just won't let me pee
Original Lyrics: And it just won't let me be
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Rick Springfield's, "Celebrate Youth"
Misheard Lyrics: I can see the Hungry-Man
Original Lyrics: I can see the younger man
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Rick Springfield's, "I Get Excited"
Misheard Lyrics: The farm's ignited
Original Lyrics: The fire's ignited
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Rick Springfield's, "I've Done Everything for You"
Misheard Lyrics: I'd be a billionaire
Original Lyrics: I'd be a millionaire
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Rick Springfield's, "Love Is Alright Tonite"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm not a walking class dog
Original Lyrics: I'm not a working class dog
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Rick Springfield's, "State of the Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: I cannot see
Original Lyrics: I am the sea
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The Exploited's, "Dead Cities"
Misheard Lyrics: Stalin's government is all around
Original Lyrics: Snarling and gobbing and falling around
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1990s | |
Initial D Soundtrack's, "Running in the 90s"
Misheard Lyrics: almond fire
Original Lyrics: I need fire
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Stephen Stills', "Second Noah Theme Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Weather wind blows
Original Lyrics: Where the wind blows
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2000s | |
Beck's, "Peachen & Cream"
Misheard Lyrics: Keep your lamplight cinder burning
Original Lyrics: Keep your lamplights trimmed and burning
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Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar, We're Going Down"
Misheard Lyrics: lie in the glass, next to the mausoleum
Original Lyrics: lie in the grass, next to the mausoleum
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Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys', "Empire State of Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: Conci jungles wedges tomato
Original Lyrics: Concrete Jungle where dreams are made of
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Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys', "Empire State of Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: The lights win despite you
Original Lyrics: The lights will inspire you
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The Pillows', "Little Busters"
Misheard Lyrics: Maybe kids don't need the mustard
Original Lyrics: Maybe, kids don't need the masters
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2010s | |