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1960s | |
Arlo Guthrie's, "Alice's Restaurant"
Misheard Lyrics: You can get anything you want
At LAX Restaurant Original Lyrics: You can get anything you want
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Arlo Guthrie's, "Alice's Restaurant"
Misheard Lyrics: You can get anything you want
The Palisades Restaurant Original Lyrics: You can get anything you want
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The Animals', "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place"
Misheard Lyrics: Watched his hairpiece turning gray
Original Lyrics: Wached his hair been turning gray
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The Archies', "Sugar, Sugar"
Misheard Lyrics: You are my campy girl
Original Lyrics: You are my candy girl
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1970s | |
Paul McCartney's, "Live and Let Die"
Misheard Lyrics: Given a dime
Original Lyrics: live and let die
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The Miracles', "Love Machine - Pt. 1"
Misheard Lyrics: My mother has electric boobs
Original Lyrics: My motor cranked electricutes
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Three Dog Night's, "Joy to the World"
Misheard Lyrics: Jerry Springer was a bullfrog
Original Lyrics: Jeremiah was a bullfrog
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1980s | |
Bananarama's, "Love in the First Degree"
Misheard Lyrics: Guilty as a duck can be
Original Lyrics: Guilty as a girl can be
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Band Aid's, "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
Misheard Lyrics: Beda World
Original Lyrics: Feed the world.
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Martika's, "Toy Soldiers"
Misheard Lyrics: Step by step, heart to heart, left right left, we all fall down. Like Toyota
Original Lyrics: Step by step, heart to heart, left right left, we all fall down. Like toy soldiers
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Starship's, "We Built This City"
Misheard Lyrics: A coney place to pom-pom,
Listen to the radio Original Lyrics: Marconi plays the mambo Listen to the radio
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1990s | |
Eminem's, "My Name Is"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey kids, do you like violins?
Original Lyrics: Hey kids, do you like violence?
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Rusted Root's, "Send Me on My Way"
Misheard Lyrics: A-Diddy-Sing-A-Diddy-Gum
Original Lyrics: Nobody Safe, Nobody Run.
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Rusted Root's, "Send Me on My Way"
Misheard Lyrics: Naughty Safe, naughty tell you to run
Original Lyrics: I may see you, I may tell you to run
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Snot's, "Deadfall"
Misheard Lyrics: "Someone's tryin' to kill me, man!" "Who would try to kill you, Eddie?" "The f***in' eggars!" or "The f***in' N***ers!"
Original Lyrics: "The f***in' hangars!"
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Soundgarden's, "Spoonman"
Misheard Lyrics: All my friends are aliens
Original Lyrics: All my friends are Indians
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The Wallflowers', "6th Avenue Heartache"
Misheard Lyrics: It's shrunken me
Original Lyrics: Is drawn on me
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The Wallflowers', "One Headlight"
Misheard Lyrics: With one deadline
Original Lyrics: With one headlight
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The Wallflowers', "The Difference"
Misheard Lyrics: She tried Kipper
Original Lyrics: She tried to kiss her
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2000s | |
2010s | |
Bruno Mars', "That's What I Like"
Misheard Lyrics: Props to tell for dinner
Original Lyrics: Lobster tail for dinner
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Fences featuring Macklemore and Ryan Lewis', "Arrows"
Misheard Lyrics: In Roseland, we're falling
Original Lyrics: Arrows land, we're falling
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Mariah Carey's, "The Distance"
Misheard Lyrics: Filet us filet us
La di da or For laughs, for laughs La di da Original Lyrics: For life, for life
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Faith Hill's, "Breathe"
Misheard Lyrics: I can see your dream
Original Lyrics: I can feel you breathe
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Jo Dee Messina's, "Unmistakable"
Misheard Lyrics: It's been 23 years
Original Lyrics: It's been 23 weeks
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misc | |
Alfred Lord Tennyson (performed by Porky Pig)'s, ""The Charge of the Light Brigade""
Misheard Lyrics: Happily happily dharma
Original Lyrics: Half a league half a league / Half a league onward
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'N Sync's, "Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays"
Misheard Lyrics: Nelly Christmas
Original Lyrics: Merry Christmas
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Celine Dion's, "Don't Save It All for Christmas Day"
Misheard Lyrics: How many people are craving for love?
Original Lyrics: How many people are praying for love?
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David Bowie & Bing Crosby's, "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy"
Misheard Lyrics: I pray my witch will come true
Original Lyrics: I pray my wish will come true
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Eartha Kitt's, "Santa Baby"
Misheard Lyrics: Think of all the calls I missed
Original Lyrics: Think of all the fun I missed
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Faith Hill's, "Where are You, Christmas?"
Misheard Lyrics: Where is the laptop?
Original Lyrics: Where is the laughter?
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Hall and Oates', "Jingle Bell Rock"
Misheard Lyrics: Tinker Bell, Tinker Bell, Tinker Bell rocks
Original Lyrics: Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono's, "Happy Xmas (War is Over)"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's hope for some football
Original Lyrics: Let's hope it's a good one
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Jon Bon Jovi's, "Please Come Home for Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: Please come home for kisses
Original Lyrics: Please come home for Christmas
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Kelly Clarkson's, "Underneath the Tree"
Misheard Lyrics: Snow is falling and a capital C
Original Lyrics: Snow is falling as the carolers sing
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Lou Rawls', "The Little Drummer Boy"
Misheard Lyrics: That's it to give our king
Original Lyrics: That's fit to give our king
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Mariah Carey's, "Joy to the World"
Misheard Lyrics: And blunders of his love
Original Lyrics: And wonders of his love
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Paul McCartney's, "Wonderful Christmastime"
Misheard Lyrics: We're simply having a waterfall Christmas tower
Original Lyrics: We're simply having a wonderful Christmastime
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Stevie Wonder's, "What Christmas Means to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Lots of stormy nights
Original Lyrics: Lots of snow and ice
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Sting's, "I Saw Three Ships"
Misheard Lyrics: I saw three s***s concealing
Original Lyrics: I saw three ships come sailing
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Sting's, "The Coventry Carol"
Misheard Lyrics: Bye-bye roulette, roulette
Original Lyrics: Bye-bye lully, lullay
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U2's, "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
Misheard Lyrics: The church bells and tower
Original Lyrics: The church bells in town
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