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1960s | |
Beach Boys', "Sloop John B"
Misheard Lyrics: Hoist up the zombie sail
Original Lyrics: Hoist up the John B's sail!
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1970s | |
AC/DC's, "TNT"
Misheard Lyrics: Lock up your pet, oh run for your life
Original Lyrics: Lock up your back door, run for you life
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Bee Gees', "Love You Inside Out"
Misheard Lyrics: Love you inside an ant
Original Lyrics: Love you inside and out
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Bill Withers', "Lovely Day"
Misheard Lyrics: Coverage, coverage, coverage, coverage
Original Lyrics: lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day
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Billy Joel's, "Big Shot"
Misheard Lyrics: You had to open up around
Original Lyrics: You had to open up your mouth
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Billy Joel's, "Just the Way You Are"
Misheard Lyrics: You're two for million
Original Lyrics: You're too familiar
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Billy Joel's, "Until the Night"
Misheard Lyrics: I've been denied
I've been denied Whoa I just like bacon Original Lyrics: Until the Night
Until the Night Whoa I just might make it |
Manfred Mann's Earth Band's, "Blinded by the Light"
Misheard Lyrics: And she was blinded by the light
Wrapped up like a douche and a rotor in the night Original Lyrics: And she was blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night. |
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Molly Hatchet's, "Flirtin' with Disaster"
Misheard Lyrics: And I'm floodin' with disaster
Original Lyrics: And I'm flirtin' with disaster
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Steve Miller Band's, "The Joker"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a midnight talker
Original Lyrics: I'm a midnight toker
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1980s | |
Commercial's, "Doublemint Gum"
Misheard Lyrics: Making you evil eyes
Original Lyrics: Making you realize
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Commercial's, "Wrigley's Spearmint Gum"
Misheard Lyrics: It's that little lick from Wrigley's Spearmint Gum
Original Lyrics: It's that little lift from Wrigley's Spearmint Gum
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Elton John's, "Nikita"
Misheard Lyrics: Counting tensioned soldiers in a row
Original Lyrics: Counting ten tin soldiers in a row
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Elton John's, "Sacrifice"
Misheard Lyrics: Cocaine Heart, as done by you
Original Lyrics: Cold cold heart, hard done by you
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Huey Lewis and the News', "The Heart of Rock and Roll"
Misheard Lyrics: Now the odor may be barely breathing
Original Lyrics: Now the old boy may be barely breathing
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James Reyne's, "Hammer Head"
Misheard Lyrics: It stands for Lipton tea for the hound in my head
Original Lyrics: Some silken slip of evil
Hammer head. |
Michael Jackson's, "Billie Jean"
Misheard Lyrics: But the Chad I not my son
Original Lyrics: The kid is not my son.
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Mr. Mister's, "Kyrie"
Misheard Lyrics: Korean Lace along the the road that I must travel
Original Lyrics: Kyrie eleison down the road that I must travel
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Sergio Mendes', "Never Gonna Let You Go"
Misheard Lyrics: I gave some then but now I, hit a ten Or I loved you then but now I, hit a ten
Original Lyrics: I gave some then but now I intend Or I loved you then but now I intend
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The Kinks', "Come Dancing"
Misheard Lyrics: My aunt Vachona died. Just died.
Original Lyrics: Part of my childhood died. Just died.
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The Pointer Sisters', "I'm So Excited"
Misheard Lyrics: I know, I know, I know, I know
I want you, I want you Original Lyrics: I know, I know, I know, I know
I want to, I want to |
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1990s | |
Alice In Chains', "Nothin' Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Got this dick at 7:38
Can't Hitler for nothing I ate Original Lyrics: Began this take at 7:38
Head hit the board, enough that it aches |
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Elton John and George Michael's, "Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: News and everything
Original Lyrics: Losing everything
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Genesis', "No Son Of Mine"
Misheard Lyrics: You know son, you're no son of mine.
Original Lyrics: You're no son, you're no son of mine.
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Mariah Carey's, "Fantasy"
Misheard Lyrics: Image is a rapture, creep into me so hard
Original Lyrics: Images of rapture creep into me slowly
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Mariah Carey's, "Honey (Bad Boy Remix) "
Misheard Lyrics: So when you cover your mouth they could hear you still sneeze
Original Lyrics: So when you cover your mouth they could hear you still scream
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The Lion King's, "Circle of Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Aaaaaah sevenya mamamichi mama
Original Lyrics: Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba Sithi uhm ingonyama
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The Presidents of the United States of America's, "Cleveland Rocks"
Misheard Lyrics: Greenland rocks!
Original Lyrics: Cleveland Rocks!
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2000s | |
Coldplay's, "Viva la Vida"
Misheard Lyrics: Missionaries in a farm field
Original Lyrics: Missionaries in a foreign field
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Out Hud's, "How Long"
Misheard Lyrics: How long has it been since Danzig?
Original Lyrics: How long has it been since then (since then)?
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Porcupine Tree's, "Deadwing"
Misheard Lyrics: I hate all you Jews
Original Lyrics: Paying all your dues
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Switchfoot's, "Meant to Live"
Misheard Lyrics: We want more than the morals of our fathers
Original Lyrics: We want more than the wars of our fathers
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The Cooler Kids', "Dreams Can Be"
Misheard Lyrics: If you take a chance and you make the league
Original Lyrics: If you take a chance and you take a leap
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The Cooler Kids', "Dreams Can Be"
Misheard Lyrics: my crying eyes were too burnt to see
Original Lyrics: my crying eyes were too blurred to see
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2010s | |
Dihaj's, "Skeletons"
Misheard Lyrics: Stroke his cheekbones, think it out
Original Lyrics: Talk is cheap, don't speak in tongues
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Dua Lipa's, "New Rules"
Misheard Lyrics: I've got ohms I got 'em
Original Lyrics: I got new rules I count 'em
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Ed Sheeran's, "Shape of You"
Misheard Lyrics: Everythin' is covered in something brand new
Original Lyrics: Every day discovering something brand new
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Gin Wigmore's, "Head to Head"
Misheard Lyrics: But Howl, it's cold out
Original Lyrics: But hell, it's cold out
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Tich's, "Dumb"
Misheard Lyrics: Sorry got a weasel
Original Lyrics: Sorry gotta be so
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