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1950s | |
Art and Dotty Todd's, "Chanson D'Amour"
Misheard Lyrics: Shaw saw the moor
Original Lyrics: Chanson D'Amour
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1960s | |
Buffalo Springfield's, "For What It's Worth"
Misheard Lyrics: Singing songs that they carry inside
Mostly saying to wait for our time Original Lyrics: Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side |
The Beatles', "Across The Universe"
Misheard Lyrics: Jack of all trades, man
Original Lyrics: Jai guru deva, Om
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1970s | |
Can's, "I Want More"
Misheard Lyrics: Every day's got summer rain
Original Lyrics: If we take a summary
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John Denver's, "Rocky Mountain High"
Misheard Lyrics: Rocky Mountain High, Marlon Brando
Original Lyrics: Rocky Mountain High, In Colorado
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John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John's, "You're The One That I Want"
Misheard Lyrics: I've got chills and my boat is flyin'
Original Lyrics: I got chills, they're multiplying.
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Labelle's, "Lady Marmalade"
Misheard Lyrics: Geo Lady Marmalade
Original Lyrics: Creole Lady Marmalade
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Queen's, "Killer Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: Got body, check her teeth!
Original Lyrics: Gunpowder, gelatine
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Queen's, "Somebody To Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Got a feel I got no river
Original Lyrics: Got no feel I got no rhythm
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Rod Stewart's, "Maggie May"
Misheard Lyrics: I've laughed at bawdier jokes
My love you didn't need to coax. Original Lyrics: I laughed at all of your jokes
My love you didn't need to coax |
1980s | |
Belinda Carlisle's, "Heaven Is A Place On Earth"
Misheard Lyrics: The same heaven, love comes first!
Original Lyrics: They say in Heaven, “Love comes first!”
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Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Uyên didn't start the fire
Original Lyrics: We didn't start the fire.
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Dead Or Alive's, "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)"
Misheard Lyrics: You spin me light brown, baby, light brown
Like a record baby, bright brown, brown, brown. Original Lyrics: You spin me right 'round, baby right 'round
Like a record baby, right 'round, 'round, 'round. |
Europe's, "The Final Countdown"
Misheard Lyrics: It happened to Beavis (Beavis)
Original Lyrics: We're heading to Venus (Venus)
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John Mellencamp's, "Cherry Bomb"
Misheard Lyrics: That's when a sport was a sport
Original Lyrics: That's when a smoke was a smoke.
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Juice Newton's, "Queen of Hearts"
Misheard Lyrics: Play it with the queen of hearts
Knowing that it really smarts The joker is the only fool Who'll do anything for you Original Lyrics: Playing with the queen of hearts
Knowing it ain't really smart The joker ain't the only fool Who'll do anything for you |
Latin Quarter's, "Radio Africa"
Misheard Lyrics: Like a jock strap's hat, we can keep them on
Original Lyrics: Like a jaw snapped shut, it keeps them apart
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Metallica's, "Creeping Death"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm Creepy Dave.
Original Lyrics: I'm creeping death.
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Public Image Limited's, "Rise"
Misheard Lyrics: Ain't gonna waste my energy
Original Lyrics: Anger is an energy
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Public Image Limited's, "Rise"
Misheard Lyrics: In the wrong rise with you
Original Lyrics: May the road rise with you
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Public Image Limited's, "Rise"
Misheard Lyrics: They put a hot wire to my head
Cos of the things I with Sid Original Lyrics: They put a hot wire to my head
Cos of the things I did and said |
Real Life's, "Send Me An Angel"
Misheard Lyrics: Send me an email
Original Lyrics: Send me an angel.
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Robert Plant's, "Big Log"
Misheard Lyrics: My love isn't made for a threeway.
Original Lyrics: My love is in league with the freeway.
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The Escape Club's, "Shake for the Sheik"
Misheard Lyrics: Gonna shake for the shake
Original Lyrics: Gonna shake for the sheik
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The Exploited's, "Dead Cities"
Misheard Lyrics: Simon Weston's in a cell
With twenty horses getting on down Bang a drum, seizure Stop feeding me your onions Original Lyrics: I'm getting wasted in this city
Those council houses are getting me down Go up town see who's there There's nothing to do it's getting me down |
Thin Lizzy's, "Thunder & Lightning"
Misheard Lyrics: Rocking with the Clergyman
Original Lyrics: Rocking in the Classroom
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Tina Turner's, "Private Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics: Stretch marks a dollar
Original Lyrics: Deutsch marks or dollars
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Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics: I touch the drain down in Africa.
Original Lyrics: I bless the rains down in Africa.
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Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm Mr. Rain down in Africa
Original Lyrics: I bless the rains down in Africa.
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1990s | |
Foo Fighters', "Next Year"
Misheard Lyrics: Everything's all right up here
In Brockentown Original Lyrics: Everything's all right up here
If I come down |
Green Day's, "Brain Stew"
Misheard Lyrics: That stuff I know, delirium.
Original Lyrics: Passed the point of delirium.
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Max Coveri's, "Running in the 90s"
Misheard Lyrics: it's a nude whale activity
Original Lyrics: is a new way I like to be
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Rod Stewart's, "Broken Arrow"
Misheard Lyrics: Who else is gonna bring you a broken Aero?
Who else is gonna bring you a bottle of Sprite? Original Lyrics: Who else is going to bring you a broken arrow?
Who else is going to bring you a bottle of rain? |
Snoop Doggy Dogg's, "Gin And Juice"
Misheard Lyrics: As I take me a drink to the middle of the street
And get to mackin to this bitch named Shady (Shady?) Original Lyrics: As I take me a drink to the middle of the street
And get to mackin to this bitch named Sadie (Sadie?) |
The Escape Club's, "I'll Be There"
Misheard Lyrics: In a whisker on the wind
Original Lyrics: In a whisper on the wind
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The Tragically Hip's, "Ahead by a Century"
Misheard Lyrics: You are a head-lice injury
Original Lyrics: You are ahead by a century
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2000s | |
Jason Mraz's, "I Want You To Have It All"
Misheard Lyrics: I want you to die, oh
Original Lyrics: I want you to have it all
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Paramore's, "That's What You Get"
Misheard Lyrics: That pussycat
Original Lyrics: That's what you get
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Rammstein's, "Spring"
Misheard Lyrics: They mention laughing Austin Ryan
Original Lyrics: Die Menschen laufen aus den Reihen
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2010s | |
Carly Rae Jepsen's, "Call Me Maybe"
Misheard Lyrics: And I'll be up with boys
Original Lyrics: And all the other boys
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Childish Gambino's, "This Is America"
Misheard Lyrics: Underpants, underpants, underpants
Original Lyrics: Hunnid bands, hunnid bands, hunnid bands
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Hot Dad's, "Home Improvement"
Misheard Lyrics: he's on a ladder watching you poop
Original Lyrics: he's on a ladder watching you brood
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Hot Dad's, "Home Improvement"
Misheard Lyrics: you wank every morning
Original Lyrics: you wake every morning
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Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars', "Uptown Funk!"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a bad man, mama jama.
Original Lyrics: Am I bad 'bout that money?
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Zayn's, "Dusk Till Dawn"
Misheard Lyrics: Can you feel where the wind is?
Original Lyrics: Can you feel why you're in this?
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DC Talk's, "Jesus Freak"
Misheard Lyrics: I saw a man with tat on his big fat belly
It wiggled around like Mother Angeli Original Lyrics: I saw a man with a tat on his big fat belly
It wiggled around like marmalade jelly |
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