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1960s | |
Joe Cocker's, "Feelin' Alright"
Misheard Lyrics: Bom, you start to meep a wombat rag
Original Lyrics: Well boy, you sure took me for one big ride
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The Beatles', "Back in the USSR"
Misheard Lyrics: come and keep your come-rag warm
Original Lyrics: come and keep your comrade warm
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Tommy James and the Shondells', "Mony Mony"
Misheard Lyrics: Mormon Mormon
Original Lyrics: Mony Mony
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1970s | |
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band's, "Night Moves"
Misheard Lyrics: Working on her 9th move
Original Lyrics: Working on our night moves
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Carpenters', "Top of the World"
Misheard Lyrics: Something in the windows learned my name
Original Lyrics: Something in the wind has learned my name
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Cast of Annie's, "Tomorrow"
Misheard Lyrics: Someone will come out tomorrow
Original Lyrics: The sun will come out tomorrow
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Eagles', "Hotel California"
Misheard Lyrics: Warm smell of policemen rising up through the air
Original Lyrics: Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air
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Elton John's, "Bennie and the Jets"
Misheard Lyrics: She's got electric boobs
A mole has two You know a read it then Macca seen old whore Original Lyrics: She's got electric boots
A mohair suit You know I read it in a magazine Oh oh, |
The B-52's', "Dance This Mess Around"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm just a little fat girl
Original Lyrics: I'm not no Limburger.
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1980s | |
A-Ha's, "Take On Me"
Misheard Lyrics: But I'll be stoned anyway
Original Lyrics: But that's me stumbling away.
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Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start The Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Bardot, Budapest, Alabama cruise chest Princess Grace, taking place, trouble in the sewage
Original Lyrics: Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev Princess Grace, 'Peyton Place', trouble in the Suez
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Bob Seger's, "Horizontal Bop"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody wants to do the whores on the bottle.
Original Lyrics: Everybody wants to do the Horizontal Bop.
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George Michael's, "I Want Your Sex"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't look in the Bible, just look in my eyes.
Original Lyrics: Don't need no Bible, just look in my eyes.
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Little River Band's, "The Other Guy"
Misheard Lyrics: The other guy wants me around to talk to or kick
Original Lyrics: The other guy won't be around to talk to our kids
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Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports', "Boo To You Too"
Misheard Lyrics: Go to YouTube Go to YouTube Go to YouTube
Original Lyrics: Boo to you too
Boo to you too Boo to you too |
Pretenders', "Brass in Pocket"
Misheard Lyrics: Gonna make you, make you, make you nonsense
Original Lyrics: Gonna make you, make you, make you notice
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Queen's, "Another One Bites The Dust"
Misheard Lyrics: Shura! (a Russian guy’s name)
Original Lyrics: Shootout!
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Rocky Burnette's, "Tired of Toein' the Line"
Misheard Lyrics: You're rolling over all the storyline
Original Lyrics: You're rolling over clover so refined
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USA for Africa's, "We are the World"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a toy we're making
Original Lyrics: There's a choice we're making
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1990s | |
Bill Nye the Science Guy's, "Crust ("Vogue" Parody)"
Misheard Lyrics: Pentatonix, anarchy
Original Lyrics: Plate tectonics are the key
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Duran Duran's, "Ordinary World"
Misheard Lyrics: Ours is just a little sorrow gone
Original Lyrics: Ours is just a little sorrowed talk
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Janet Jackson's, "Again"
Misheard Lyrics: Like a maid in the King and my heart is saying your hands
Original Lyrics: Kinda late in the game and my heart is in your hands
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Rusted Root's, "Send Me on My Way"
Misheard Lyrics: Naughty Safe, Naughty tell You To Run
Original Lyrics: On may see you, On may tell you to run
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The Lion King's, "Mbusa"
Misheard Lyrics: Baaaa Sabenya suu buuu nish sabawa
Original Lyrics: Busa le lizwe
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The Pretenders', "Human"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm not made of store
Original Lyrics: I'm not made of stone
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2000s | |
311's, "Amber"
Misheard Lyrics: Whoa, amber is the color of your inner dreams.
Original Lyrics: Whoa, amber is the color of your energy.
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Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar We're Going Down"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, don't mind me
I'm watching YouTube in your closet Original Lyrics: Oh, don't mind me
I'm watching you two from the closet |
Hoobastank's, "The Reason"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a pervected person. There aren't many things I wish I didn't do. But I Continue yearning. I really want to do sick things to you.
Original Lyrics: I'm not a perfect person. As many things I wish I didn't do. But I continue learning. I never meant to do those things to you.
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The White Stripes', "Seven Nation Army"
Misheard Lyrics: I’m gonna work the straw
Original Lyrics: I’m gonna work this job.
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Theme Songs', "Digimon"
Misheard Lyrics: Digimon are the garlic trucktales
Original Lyrics: Digimon, Digital Monsters, Digimon are the Champions
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2010s | |
2NE1's, "I Am The Best"
Misheard Lyrics: Make a change, cha la ga
Original Lyrics: Naega jeil jal naga
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Calvin Harris & Sam Smith's, "Promises"
Misheard Lyrics: And then my mama says, I can’t make you golden Grahams,
But I’ll give you anything Original Lyrics: I make no promises, I can't do golden rings
But I'll give you everything |
Childish Gambino's, "This Is America"
Misheard Lyrics: I know you wanna die
Original Lyrics: I know you wanna dance
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Epica's, "Deep Water Horizon"
Misheard Lyrics: We've all been inhaling from the paint
Original Lyrics: We've all been healing from the pain
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Gerry Cinnamon's, "Sometimes"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm on a four seagull trip
Original Lyrics: I'm on a false ego trip
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Linkin Park's, "Castle of Glass"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause of holy crap
In this castle of glass Original Lyrics: 'Cause I'm only a crack
In this castle of glass |
MK & Jonas Blue & Becky Hill's, "Back & Forth"
Misheard Lyrics: Are are we are, are we always having salad?
Original Lyrics: Oh oh we oh oh always never tell if
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Milky Chance 's, "Stolen Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: Dance some mo'
or Dance and moan Original Lyrics: Dancin' on
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Milky Chance 's, "Stolen Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: Stolen paradise
Original Lyrics: Stoned in paradise
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country | |
Alan Jackson's, "Tall, Tall Trees"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll buy you tall, tall trees,
All the waters and disease. Original Lyrics: I'll buy you tall, tall trees,
All the waters in the seas. |
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misc | |
Woody Guthrie's, "This Land is Your Land"
Misheard Lyrics: When this song was Chinese
Original Lyrics: When the sun was shining
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xmas | |
Bing Crosby's, "Christmas in Killarney"
Misheard Lyrics: The neighbors pay a car
Original Lyrics: The neighbors pay a call
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Harry Connick, Jr.'s, "(It Must've Been Ol') Santa Claus"
Misheard Lyrics: Through my winter Christmas Eve
Original Lyrics: Through my window Christmas Eve
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Jack Jones', "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
Misheard Lyrics: Said the little land to the shepherd bot
Original Lyrics: Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy
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The Statler Brothers', "I Believe in Santa's Cause"
Misheard Lyrics: I believe in Santa's clause
or I believe in Santa Claus Original Lyrics: I believe in Santa's cause
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Thurl Ravenscroft's, "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
Misheard Lyrics: Sink, sank, sunk
Original Lyrics: Stink, stank, stunk
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Traditional's, "Deck the Halls"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't we know our game of terror?
Original Lyrics: Don we now our gay apparel
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