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1950s | |
Frankie Laine's, "Rawhide"
Misheard Lyrics: Bowlin', bowlin', bowlin'
Original Lyrics: Rollin', rollin', rollin'
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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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Disney's 'Mary Poppins''s, "Feed The Birds"
Misheard Lyrics: Feed the birds, tuppence the birds, tuppence, tuppence, tuppence the birds.
Original Lyrics: Feed the birds, tuppence a bag, tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag.
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The Rolling Stones', "Paint It Black"
Misheard Lyrics: Like a new Old Navy
Original Lyrics: Like a newborn baby
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1970s | |
Bee Gees', "Love You Inside Out"
Misheard Lyrics: Love you inside an ant
Original Lyrics: Love you inside and out
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Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were the Days"
Misheard Lyrics: Songs that made the kids hooray
Original Lyrics: Songs that made the hit parade
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Chicago's, "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"
Misheard Lyrics: As I was working down the street one day
A frigid lady looked at me and said her diamond watch had stopped, oh dear Original Lyrics: As I was walking down the street one day
A pretty lady looked at me and said her diamond watch had stopped cold dead |
Chic's, "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)"
Misheard Lyrics: It makes me daisy
Original Lyrics: It makes me hazy
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Dire Straits', "Sultans of Swing"
Misheard Lyrics: A cannon's blowing Texas
Original Lyrics: A band is blowing Dixie
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Fleetwood Mac's, "Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics: Summer only happens when it's raining
Original Lyrics: Thunder only happens when it's raining
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George Harrison's, "My Sweet Lord"
Misheard Lyrics: Really wanna scream
Original Lyrics: Really wanna see you
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Godspell's, "Day By Day"
Misheard Lyrics: To see people near me
Lotta people near me A lot of people near me Original Lyrics: To see Thee more clearly
To love Thee more dearly To follow Thee more nearly. |
Michael Jackson's, "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
Misheard Lyrics: Keep up with the bone door stop
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Keep up, and the buck don't stop
Original Lyrics: Keep on with the force, don't stop
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Paul Simon's, "Kodachrome"
Misheard Lyrics: Mama don't take my photos home
Original Lyrics: Mama don't take my Kodachrome
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1980s | |
Blondie's, "The Tide Is High"
Misheard Lyrics: The sky is high but I'm holding on
Original Lyrics: The tide is high but I'm holding on
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Duran Duran's, "Hold Back the Rain"
Misheard Lyrics: No masquerade
Original Lyrics: Hold back the rain
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Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam's, "Lost in Emotion"
Misheard Lyrics: Princella, Princella
Original Lyrics: Que sera, que sera
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Men Without Hats', "Safety Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a shaky dance
Original Lyrics: It's the Safety Dance
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Michael Jackson's, "Billie Jean"
Misheard Lyrics: But DeChance is not my son
Original Lyrics: But the kid is not my son
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Queen's, "Princes of the Universe"
Misheard Lyrics: We're the Christmas of the universe
or We're the Christians of the universe Original Lyrics: We're the princes of the universe
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REM's, "Don’t go back to Rockville"
Misheard Lyrics: Looking into what’s a good time
Original Lyrics: Looking at your watch a third time
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REO Speedwagon's, "I Do' Wanna Know"
Misheard Lyrics: Otter waternoose
Original Lyrics: I do' wanna know
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REO Speedwagon's, "One Lonely Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Why, mommy, why?
Original Lyrics: one lonely night
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REO Speedwagon's, "Sweet Time"
Misheard Lyrics: We're gonna take our own sweet child
or We're gonna take our own SweeTARTS Original Lyrics: We're gonna take our own sweet time
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Theme Songs', "Cha-La Head Cha-La"
Misheard Lyrics: Cha-la enchilada
Original Lyrics: Cha-la head cha-la
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Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics: I miss the rains down in Africa
Original Lyrics: I bless the rains down in Africa.
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USA for Africa's, "We are the World"
Misheard Lyrics: We are the ones who make a Friday
Original Lyrics: We are the ones who make a brighter day
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1990s | |
Bell Biv DeVoe's, "Poison"
Misheard Lyrics: That girl is frozen
Original Lyrics: That girl is poison
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DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince's, "Summertime"
Misheard Lyrics: And think of the summers of the pest
Original Lyrics: And think of the summers of the past
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Rammstein's, "Du Hast"
Misheard Lyrics: Da hash b*tch gets f**ked
Original Lyrics: Du hast mich gefragt.
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Theme Songs', "Dexter's Laboratory"
Misheard Lyrics: But Deedee blows his experiments, to steal the rings
Original Lyrics: But Deedee blows his experiments to smithereens
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Vanessa Williams', "Just for Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: It's hard to read your eyes
Original Lyrics: It's hard to realize
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Vanessa Williams', "Running Back to You"
Misheard Lyrics: I won't come Roman
Original Lyrics: I won't come running
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Ziggy Marley's, "Believe in Yourself (Arthur Theme)"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a sinkhole message
Original Lyrics: It's a simple message
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2000s | |
Bowling for Soup's, "Punk Rock 101"
Misheard Lyrics: My Dickies, your sweatbands
My spiked hair, your new zans Original Lyrics: My Dickies, your sweatbands
My spiked hair, your new Vans |
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Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule's, "Ain't It Funny (Remix)"
Misheard Lyrics: It must beat ass
Original Lyrics: It must be ass
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Rammstein's, "Ich Tu Dir Weh"
Misheard Lyrics: One-insole dandy, rise again!
Original Lyrics: Wohin soll denn die Reise gehen
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2010s | |
Andy Grammer's, "The Pocket "
Misheard Lyrics: I want a lady octopus stocking.
Original Lyrics: I want a lady I can put stock in.
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Justin Bieber's, "Love Yourself"
Misheard Lyrics: And I never liked you
Admit that I was wrong Original Lyrics: And I never like to admit that I was wrong
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country | |
Applejack Ft. Apple Bloom's, "Raise This Barn"
Misheard Lyrics: Racist barn, racist barn
One, two, three, four Together, we can racist barn One, two, three, four Original Lyrics: Raise this barn, raise this barn
One, two, three, four Together, we can raise this barn One, two, three, four |
Applejack Ft. Apple Family & Pinkie Pie's, "Apples to the Core"
Misheard Lyrics: We're arseholes to the core
Original Lyrics: We're Apples to the core
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Joe Diffie's, "If The Devil Danced In Empty Pockets"
Misheard Lyrics: ...and a call girl for a wife.
Original Lyrics: ...and a twelve girl chorus line.
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misc | |
Traditional's, "Baa Baa Black Sheep"
Misheard Lyrics: Barbra Streisand, have you Andy Warhol?
Original Lyrics: Baa Baa Black Sheep, have you any wool?
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