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1960s | |
The Beach Boys', "Help Me Rhonda"
Misheard Lyrics: Healthy Roman yeah
Get around in my car Original Lyrics: Help me Rhonda yeah
Get her out of my heart |
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1970s | |
Bad Company's, "Rock and Roll Fantasy"
Misheard Lyrics: Here come the Jetsons, one two three
Original Lyrics: Here come the jesters, one two three
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Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton's, "Those Were The Days (Theme from All In The Family)"
Misheard Lyrics: Mister, we could use a man like Harvey Poo for a day.
Original Lyrics: Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.
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Joni Mitchell's, "All I Want"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna be the one that you want to see
On an itchy sweater Original Lyrics: I wanna be the one that you want to see
I wanna knit you a sweater |
Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "Simple Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Get your lust from the rich man's gold.
Original Lyrics: Forget your lust for the rich man's gold.
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Steely Dan's, "Don't Take Me Alive"
Misheard Lyrics: I’m a pool keepers son
Original Lyrics: I'm a book-keeper's son.
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Steve Miller Band's, "Fly Like an Eagle"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna try like a beagle
Original Lyrics: I wanna fly like an eagle
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Stevie Wonder's, "Pastime Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics: Harmony of them
Original Lyrics: How many of them
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Theme Songs', "Top Cat"
Misheard Lyrics: Close friends get to call him TC, providing it's wetting the 'T'
Original Lyrics: Close friends get to call him 'T.C.'
Providing it's with dignity. |
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1980s | |
Billy Squier's, "My Kinda Lover"
Misheard Lyrics: Mom's got a llama
Original Lyrics: You're my kinda lover
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Duran Duran's, "The Reflex"
Misheard Lyrics: The reflex is a lonely child
It’s got me by the balls Original Lyrics: The Reflex is an only child
He's waiting in the park |
Elton John's, "Sacrifice"
Misheard Lyrics: Cocoa heart
A rendezvous It's getting better, baby It's a 2x2 Original Lyrics: Cold, cold heart
Hard done by you Some things look better, baby Just passing through |
Go Go’s', "Our Lips Are Sealed"
Misheard Lyrics: It’s a tennis game, s'il vous plait, hey hey hey
Original Lyrics: It’s a jealous game people play, hey hey hey.
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Huey Lewis and the News', "Want a New Drug"
Misheard Lyrics: I want a new truck, one that won't quit
Original Lyrics: I want a new drug, one that won't quit.
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Iron Maiden's, "Aces High"
Misheard Lyrics: There goes the sound of the guns sending f**k
Original Lyrics: There goes the sound of the guns sending flak
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Madonna's, "Open Your Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Open your card to me
Original Lyrics: Open your heart to me
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Movie Scripts', "Flash Gordon"
Misheard Lyrics: Pathetic EarthLink
Original Lyrics: Pathetic earthlings
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Prince featuring Sheena Easton's, "U Got The Look"
Misheard Lyrics: Call you bitchin' Black
Call me to cum up your back Cool show, I think I want to U got the look U got the look Shove the doobie cookin' in my book Your face when jammin' Your body wrecked from slammin' If your loving's good I'm scared to ram it Original Lyrics: Color U peach and black
Color me takin' aback Crucial, I think I wantcha' You've got the look You've got the hook U sho'nuf do be cookin' in my book Your face is jammin' Your body's heck-a-slammin' If your love is good Let's get 2 rammin'. |
Queen's, "Princes of the Universe"
Misheard Lyrics: Francis of the Universe
Original Lyrics: Princes of the Universe
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Rick Astley's, "Together Forever"
Misheard Lyrics: Together forever and ever to find
Original Lyrics: Together forever and never to part
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Roxette's, "It Must Have Been Love "
Misheard Lyrics: Lay a wishbone on my pillow
Original Lyrics: Lay a whisper on my pillow
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Sheena Easton's, "Morning Train (9 to 5)"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm making a fool, a fight
Original Lyrics: Amazingly full of fight
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Steve Winwood's, "Higher Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Bring me a pie up, love
Original Lyrics: Bring me up higher love
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The B-52s', "Love Shack"
Misheard Lyrics: The love shack is a literal place where we can get together
Original Lyrics: The love shack is a little old place where we can get together.
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Toni Basil's, "Mickey"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh please, baby, please don't leave me in the sand, Mickey
Original Lyrics: Oh please, baby, please don't leave me in this jam, Mickey
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Yes', "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Owner of a lonely horse
Original Lyrics: Owner of a lonely heart
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1990s | |
Alanis Morissette's, "Ironic"
Misheard Lyrics: Life has a funny way, swinging your bum
While everything's okay and everything's gone rye! Original Lyrics: Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right |
Backstreet Boys', "I Want It That Way"
Misheard Lyrics: Ain't nothin but a heartache
Ain't nothin but a pit stain Original Lyrics: Ain't nothin but a heartache
Ain't nothin but a mistake |
Savage Garden's, "To the Moon and Back"
Misheard Lyrics: And now she's waiting for the right kind of primate to come
Original Lyrics: And now she's waiting for the right kind of pilot to come
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Sultans of Ping F.C.'s, "Where's Me Jumper?"
Misheard Lyrics: I know a little Latin, a kissen a kai,
Original Lyrics: He said, "I know a little Latin : man, Acus Manacai"
I said "I don't know what it means", he said "Neither do I" |
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Third Eye Blind's, "How's It Going To Be?"
Misheard Lyrics: I want to taste the salt of your skin
The sublime of oblivion, oblivion Original Lyrics: I want to taste the salt of your skin
The soft dive of oblivion, oblivion. |
Underworld's, "Juanita"
Misheard Lyrics: Your thin paperweight
Original Lyrics: Your thin paper wings
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2000s | |
"Weird Al" Yankovic's, "You're Pitiful"
Misheard Lyrics: What a bomber being you
Original Lyrics: What a bummer being you
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Nickelback's, "Rockstar"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna be great like Elvis, without the tassels
I rape bodyguards and love to beat up vassals Original Lyrics: I wanna be great like Elvis, without the tassels
Hire bodyguards that love to beat up assholes |
Paramore's, "That's What You Get"
Misheard Lyrics: That pussycat
Original Lyrics: That's what you get
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2010s | |
Camila Cabello's, "Havana"
Misheard Lyrics: I was hitting people
Original Lyrics: I was getting moolah
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Granger Smith's, "Backroad Song"
Misheard Lyrics: C'mon, c'mon sing along, sing along to my bathroom song
Original Lyrics: C'mon, c'mon sing along, sing along to my backroad song
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Passenger's, "Feather on the Clyde"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, there's a river that runs through Costco
Original Lyrics: Well, there's a river that runs through Glasgow
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Passenger's, "Let Her Go"
Misheard Lyrics: Standing at the bottom of a glass
Original Lyrics: Staring at the bottom of your glass
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Sia's, "Elastic Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Well I've got thick skin and an elastic heart
Show my knee, my knee's too sharp I'm like a rubber band until you pull too hard But I messed up and I'm at fault Original Lyrics: Well I've got thick skin and an elastic heart
But your blade it might be too sharp I'm like a rubber band until you pull too hard But I may snap when I move close |
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xmas | |
Thurl Ravenscroft's, "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
Misheard Lyrics: Your soul is an appalling donkey
Original Lyrics: Your soul is an appalling dump heap
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