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1960s | |
Bobby 'Boris' Pickett's, "Monster Mash"
Misheard Lyrics: Now everything's cool, that's part of the plan
Original Lyrics: Now everything's cool, Drac's a part of the band
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1970s | |
Bed Gees', "Tragedy"
Misheard Lyrics: Here I lie in a long stand only part of town
Original Lyrics: Here I lie in a lost and lonely part of town
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Boney M's, "Rivers Of Babylon"
Misheard Lyrics: Requiring a Rasta song
Original Lyrics: Requiring of us a song.
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Genesis', "Carpet Crawlers"
Misheard Lyrics: My old man and superman are held in kryptonite
Original Lyrics: Mild mannered supermen are held in kryptonite
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Genesis', "Carpet Crawlers"
Misheard Lyrics: The Carpet Crawlers, he better call us.
Original Lyrics: The Carpet Crawlers heed their callers.
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Gino Vannelli's, "I Just Wanna Stop"
Misheard Lyrics: When I think about those nights and laundry on
Original Lyrics: When I think about those nights in Montreal
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Led Zeppelin 's, "Stairway to Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: It makes me wander
Original Lyrics: It makes me wonder
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band's, "Blinded by the Light"
Misheard Lyrics: Blinded by the light
Wake up like deuce And then a rumor in the night Original Lyrics: Blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night |
Queen's, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Misheard Lyrics: Hit me where the wind blows
Original Lyrics: Anyway the wind blows
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The Monks', "Drugs In My Pocket"
Misheard Lyrics: I got juice in my rocket, I dunno what to do with it
Original Lyrics: I got drugs in my pocket, I dunno what to do with them
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1980s | |
Belinda Carlisle's, "Heaven is a Place on Earth"
Misheard Lyrics: We'll make Kevin to play sudden death
Original Lyrics: We'll make heaven a place on earth
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Blondie's, "The Tide is High"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm not the Cover Girl
Original Lyrics: I'm not the kind of girl
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Boney M's, "The Alibama"
Misheard Lyrics: Here we come to Alabama
Original Lyrics: He comes The Alibama
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Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians', "What I Am"
Misheard Lyrics: Drown me in the shallow water, before I get too deep.
Original Lyrics: Shove me in the shallow water
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Guns N' Roses', "Welcome to the Jungle"
Misheard Lyrics: Yelp her for the jumble
Original Lyrics: Welcome to the Jungle
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Men At Work's, "Who Can It Be Now?"
Misheard Lyrics: I gotta pee now
Original Lyrics: Who can it be now
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Michael Jackson's, "Billie Jean"
Misheard Lyrics: Then everyone turned with ice cream being the one
So we dance, on the floor, hit and run. Original Lyrics: Then every head turned with eyes that dreamed of being the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round |
Rene and Angela 's, "I'll Be Good"
Misheard Lyrics: Knock me up, baby
Original Lyrics: Knock me out, baby
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Rene and Angela 's, "I'll Be Good"
Misheard Lyrics: My brother says to you
Original Lyrics: My promise is to you
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Rod Stewart's, "Young Turks"
Misheard Lyrics: Billy kissed his ears
Original Lyrics: Billy pierced his ears
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Sneaker's, "More Than Just the Two of Us"
Misheard Lyrics: And we just have to be old enough, old enough
Original Lyrics: And we just have to keep holding on, holding on
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The Smiths', "How Soon is Now"
Misheard Lyrics: I am human and I need to be wrong
Original Lyrics: I am human and I need to belong
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Tommy Tutone's, "8675309 (Jenny)"
Misheard Lyrics: Cheddar Cheddar, who can I turn to?
OR Jenna Jenna, who can I turn to? Original Lyrics: Jenny Jenny, who can I turn to?
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‘Til Tuesday's, "Voices Carry"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, take it down south. This is scary...
Original Lyrics: hush hush keep it down now voices carry
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1990s | |
Aerosmith's, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't wanna miss a friend
Original Lyrics: I don't want to miss a thing
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Beastie Boys', "Intergalactic"
Misheard Lyrics: Intergalactic, formal gathering, formal gathering, intergalactic.
Original Lyrics: Intergalactic, planetary, planetary, intergalactic.
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Cast of 'The Nightmare Before Christmas''s, "This Is Halloween"
Misheard Lyrics: Mistletoe
Original Lyrics: It's our town!
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Cornershop's, "Brimful Of Asha"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody needs a Bazooka kiddo
Original Lyrics: Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow.
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Pearl Jam's, "Jeremy"
Misheard Lyrics: Jeremy smoking glass today
Original Lyrics: Jeremy spoke in class today.
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Wilson Phillips', "Hold On"
Misheard Lyrics: Pizza goes to waste
Original Lyrics: Things'll go your way
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2000s | |
Eminem's, "Without Me"
Misheard Lyrics: It feels so intsy without me
Original Lyrics: It feels so empty without me
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Franz Ferdinand's, "Do You Want To"
Misheard Lyrics: Gotta mix some dirty laundry
Original Lyrics: Gotta make somebody love me
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Katy Perry's, "Hot N Cold"
Misheard Lyrics: You change your mind like a girl, changes close
Original Lyrics: You change your mind like a girl changes clothes
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Nelly Furtado's, "Say It Right"
Misheard Lyrics: You don’t seem so happy at all to me
Original Lyrics: you don't mean nothing at all to me.
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The Cult's, "Libertine"
Misheard Lyrics: Her pussy tastes all so sweet
Original Lyrics: Fightin' the disease violence against the seed
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2010s | |
Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna's, "This is What You Came for"
Misheard Lyrics: Fight me!
Original Lyrics: Lightning...
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Ed Sheeran's, "Shape of You"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm in love with Bobby
Original Lyrics: I'm in love with your body
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Idina Menzel's, "Queen of Swords"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm playing like the queen of storks.
Original Lyrics: I'm slaying like the queen of swords.
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Khalid's, "Young Dumb & Broke"
Misheard Lyrics: [Gibberish]
Original Lyrics: Young, dumb, young, young dumb and broke
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Sia feat. Sean Paul's, "Cheap Thrills"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby I don't need double pills to have fun tonight
Original Lyrics: Baby I don't need dollar bills to have fun tonight
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Tim McGraw's, "Indian Outlaw"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm an i***t outlaw
Part parakeet and hotdog My baby, she's a chicken frog Original Lyrics: I'm an Indian outlaw
Half Cherokee and Choctaw My baby, she's a Chippewa |
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xmas | |
Anne Murray and Michael Buble's, "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
Misheard Lyrics: Say lend me your coat
Original Lyrics: Say lend me your comb
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