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1960s | |
The Beatles', "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
Misheard Lyrics: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Go By
Original Lyrics: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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1970s | |
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's, "Love The One You're With"
Misheard Lyrics: Love the one you is.
Original Lyrics: Love the one you're with.
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Can't Get it Out of My Head"
Misheard Lyrics: Now my whole world has gone for dead
Original Lyrics: Now my old world has gone for dead
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Elton John's, "Bennie and the Jets"
Misheard Lyrics: Terrified of parking lots so stick around
Original Lyrics: We kill the fatted calf tonight so stick around.
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Led Zeppelin's, "Black Dog"
Misheard Lyrics: Oooo I wanna screw your mouth
Original Lyrics: Move the way you're doin' now
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Seals and Crofts', "Summer Breeze"
Misheard Lyrics: Dull wind you're the jazzman in my mind.
Original Lyrics: Blowin' through the jasmine in my mind.
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Stealer's Wheel's, "Stuck in the Middle with You"
Misheard Lyrics: Clown's hysterectomy
Jokers to the right Original Lyrics: Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right |
The Emotions', "Best of My Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Makes me feel so openly gay
Original Lyrics: That you give so openly yeah
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The Main Ingredient's, "Everybody Plays the Fool"
Misheard Lyrics: Cause your mine, with emotion.
Original Lyrics: You can cloud your mind with emotion
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1980s | |
Alphaville's, "Forever Young"
Misheard Lyrics: It's so hard to get old without a corpse
Original Lyrics: It's so hard to get old without a cause
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Bryan Adams', "Summer of '69"
Misheard Lyrics: Jimmy quit, Joey got married
Original Lyrics: Jimmy quit, Jody got married
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Men Without Hats', "Safety Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody look at Japan.
Original Lyrics: Everybody look at your hands.
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Michael Damian's, "Saved by the Bell"
Misheard Lyrics: Before I head to jail
Original Lyrics: Before I hesitate
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Michael Damian's, "Saved by the Bell"
Misheard Lyrics: If my teacher pops a tent
Original Lyrics: If the teacher pops a test
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Queen's, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Insane coho
Original Lyrics: This thing called love
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Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock's, "It Takes Two"
Misheard Lyrics: It takes 2 to make a dingo ride
Original Lyrics: It takes two to make a thing go right.
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St Winifred's School Choir's, "There's No One Quite Like Grandma"
Misheard Lyrics: Before it's bedtime, on her knee
To us some butchery Original Lyrics: Before it's bedtime, on her knee
To us a book she'll read |
Surface's, "Shower Me With Your Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Everyday I through sometimes come true
Original Lyrics: Fairy tales they do sometimes come true
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Surface's, "Shower Me With Your Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Shower me with your love that I look for
Original Lyrics: Shower me with the love that I long for
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Swing Out Sister's, "Break Out"
Misheard Lyrics: Tomorrow looks and shows
Don't let your destination change Original Lyrics: Tomorrow looks unsure
Don't leave your destiny to chance |
Swing Out Sister's, "Break Out"
Misheard Lyrics: You're fighting with less confidence
Don't let expectations go Original Lyrics: You're fighting with lost confidence
All expectations gone |
Tanita Tikaram's, "Twist In My Sobriety"
Misheard Lyrics: Look, my eyes are just hollowed rounds.
Original Lyrics: Look, my eyes are just holograms.
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1990s | |
CeCe Peniston's, "Finally"
Misheard Lyrics: My view lens can't describe it.
Original Lyrics: My feelings can't describe it.
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Mansun's, "Dark Mavis"
Misheard Lyrics: In the path of righteous man
There is rubber where I stand I'll be the one You can kiss his thighs until the end of the month Original Lyrics: In the path of righteous man
There is rubble where I stand I'll be the one You can kiss his vase until the end of the month |
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch's, "Good Vibrations"
Misheard Lyrics: It’s such a sweet Dixie shine
Original Lyrics: It's such a sweet sensation.
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Massive Attack's, "Teardrop"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't go chasing stains
Original Lyrics: Love, love is a verb
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Rage Against The Machine's, "Killing in the Name"
Misheard Lyrics: Some of those that brought forces
Were the same that brought crosses. Original Lyrics: Some of those that work forces
Are the same that burn crosses. |
Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Otherside"
Misheard Lyrics: How low, how low will I slide?
Original Lyrics: How long, how long will I slide?
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Shania Twain's, "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?"
Misheard Lyrics: Boots pet, have your boots petted under.
Original Lyrics: Whose bed have your boots been under?
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Sheryl Crow's, "All I Wanna Do"
Misheard Lyrics: All I wanna do is have some lunch
Original Lyrics: All I wanna do is have some fun
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TLC's, "Waterfalls"
Misheard Lyrics: Sharing medicine that she just can't touch
Original Lyrics: Staring at a son that she just can't touch
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The Breeders', "Cannonball"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't forget this reggae song
Original Lyrics: The bong in this reggae song
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2000s | |
Artful Dodger Featuring Craig David's, "Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta)"
Misheard Lyrics: Re-rewind,when I cross these balla, Saleta!
Original Lyrics: Re-rewind, when the crowd say bo selecta.
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Artful Dodger Featuring Craig David's, "Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta)"
Misheard Lyrics: Re-rewind,when I cross these balls/bolts, Saleta!
Original Lyrics: Re-rewind, when the crowd say bo selecta.
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Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar, We’re Going Down"
Misheard Lyrics: And we’re going down down in a river of blood, but sugar we’re going down swinging
Original Lyrics: We’re going down down in an earlier round, and sugar we’re going down swinging
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Justin Timberlake's, "Like I Love You"
Misheard Lyrics: You know that I love you like I love you
Original Lyrics: Ain't nobody love you like I love you
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Justin Timberlake's, "Senorita"
Misheard Lyrics: Guys: It feels like somethin's heatin' up, can I leave wit you?
Ladies: I don't know what I'm thinkin' 'bout when I'm leavin' wit you Original Lyrics: Guys: It feels like somethin's heatin' up, can I leave wit you?
Ladies: I don't know, but I'm thinkin' 'bout really leavin' wit you |
Michael Jackson's, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Misheard Lyrics: I’m insane one the side of a mountain top
Original Lyrics: Mama se mama sa, mama cu sa.
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2010s | |
Alice In Chains', "Acid Bubble"
Misheard Lyrics: Incel obsolescence.
Original Lyrics: Intend obsolescence.
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Bebe Rexha's, "I'm a Mess"
Misheard Lyrics: Everything's been so messed up in lady.
Original Lyrics: Everything's been so messed up here lately.
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Justin Timberlake's, "Strawberry Bubblegum"
Misheard Lyrics: Little girl won't you be my strawberry bubblegum
Then I'd be your blueberry potty pie Original Lyrics: Little girl won't you be my strawberry bubblegum
Then I'd be your blueberry lollipop |
Nicki Minaj's, "Bed"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm not Cardi B, I'm the beat
Original Lyrics: I got Carter III on repeat
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Nicky Jam & Will Smith & Era Istrefi's, "Live It Up"
Misheard Lyrics: Thousand Roblox, one shot
Original Lyrics: Thousand road blocks, one shot
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Roosevelt's, "Colours"
Misheard Lyrics: When you left, you took your carrots with you
Original Lyrics: When you left, you took your colours with you
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misc | |
Cast of the Wizard of Oz's, "The Wizard of Oz"
Misheard Lyrics: We're off to see the lizard
Original Lyrics: We're off to see the Wizard
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