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1960s | |
Peter & Gordon's, "World Without Love"
Misheard Lyrics: She may come, I know not when.
When she does, I'll lose, so baby until then... Original Lyrics: She may come, I know not when.
When she does, I'll know, so baby until then... |
The Dixie Cups', "Chapel of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Goin' to the chapel Abner, gonna get married
Original Lyrics: Goin' to the chapel and we're gonna get married
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The Skip-Jacks', "(Meet) The Flintstones"
Misheard Lyrics: That's right, with the family down the street.
Rudolph, Kerr to see a person beat. Original Lyrics: Let's ride with the family down the street
Through the courtesy of Fred's two feet |
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1970s | |
Carly Simon's, "You're So Vain"
Misheard Lyrics: And you watched yourself go: "Vaaat..?"
Original Lyrics: As you watched yourself gavotte
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Cast of Evita's, "Buenos Aires"
Misheard Lyrics: Just a little touch of some poverty
Original Lyrics: Just a little touch of star quality
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Cast of Evita's, "Buenos Aires"
Misheard Lyrics: Just a little touch of stuffed poverty
Original Lyrics: Just a little touch of star quality
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Cast of Evita's, "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't buy for me Orangina
Original Lyrics: Don't cry for me Argentina
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Cast of Evita's, "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"
Misheard Lyrics: I kept my condoms
Original Lyrics: I kept my promise
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Diana Ross', "The Boss"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm social! Social!
Original Lyrics: I was so sure, so sure
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Fire On High"
Misheard Lyrics: Down girls! Down girls! D*mn nerds! D*mn it!
It’s a miatza! All the servers in a zenith! Original Lyrics: The music is reversible, but time is not!
Turn back! Turn back! Turn back! Turn back! |
Elton John's, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Pilsner beer
Original Lyrics: Didn't you, dear?
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Elton John's, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Shouldn't be
Original Lyrics: Sugar Bear
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James Taylor's, "Fire and Rain"
Misheard Lyrics: I just can't remember to the Santa Fe
Original Lyrics: I just can't remember who to send it to
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Styx's, "Renegade"
Misheard Lyrics: And I am so far from my own
Original Lyrics: And I am so far from my home
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The Grateful Dead's, "Truckin"
Misheard Lyrics: Sometimes you wait for Moshe Dayan
Original Lyrics: Sometimes your cards ain't worth a dime
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1980s | |
Foreigner's, "Urgent"
Misheard Lyrics: Your underwear is so hard to find
Original Lyrics: You're everywhere, but you're so hard to find
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Guns 'N' Roses', "Nightrain"
Misheard Lyrics: I gotta snoop doggy doggy dog that smile
Original Lyrics: I got a dog eat dog sly smile.
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Madonna's, "La Isla Bonita"
Misheard Lyrics: I fell in love with lumbago
Original Lyrics: I fell in love with San Pedro
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Michael Jackson's, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Misheard Lyrics: I was saved by the sound of my guitar
Original Lyrics: mama-say mama-sa mama-coo-sa
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Michael Jackson's, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Misheard Lyrics: On the same of a sound of Michael’s song
Original Lyrics: Ma ma se, ma ma sa, ma-ma cu sa.
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Police's, "Message in a Bottle"
Misheard Lyrics: Massaging a butt hole.
Original Lyrics: Message in a bottle
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Prefab Sprout's, "The King of Rock 'n' Roll"
Misheard Lyrics: Hot dog, jumping frog, I'm for cooking
Original Lyrics: Hotdog, jumping frog Albequerque!
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R.E.M.'s, "We Walk"
Misheard Lyrics: Take oasis, more light's playing
Original Lyrics: Take oasis, Marat's bathing.
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Sharon Redd's, "Beat the Street"
Misheard Lyrics: Be discreet
Original Lyrics: Beat the street
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Talk Talk's, "Such a Shame"
Misheard Lyrics: And that's a shame
Original Lyrics: And that's a change
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The Police's, "Every Breath You Take"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a pool hall ace
Original Lyrics: How my poor heart aches.
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1990s | |
Britney Spears', "...Baby One More Time"
Misheard Lyrics: Give me a son
Original Lyrics: Give me a sign
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Nightcrawlers', "Push the Feeling On"
Misheard Lyrics: Aliza who loves you
Aliza a hug for you Original Lyrics: Their lives again; their lives---to pull us through
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Rusted Root's, "Send Me on My Way"
Misheard Lyrics: Momadisay, Momadiyah
Original Lyrics: You know what they say about the young
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The Cranberries', "Linger"
Misheard Lyrics: But I'm in the Simpsons
Original Lyrics: But I'm in so deep
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2000s | |
ATC's, "Around the World (La La La La La)"
Misheard Lyrics: Blah blah blah blah blah
Original Lyrics: La La La La La
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B*Witched's, "Mickey"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh Mickey, what a cutie
Original Lyrics: Oh Mickey, what a pity
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Bowling For Soup's, "Friends Like You"
Misheard Lyrics: Stuck with Van Halen, Affleck, through the semi-years
Original Lyrics: Stuck with Van Halen halfway through the Sammy years
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Bowling For Soup's, "Trucker Hat"
Misheard Lyrics: When I'm with you, I've got everything
I can walk and I can breathe Original Lyrics: When I'm with you, I've got everything I could want and I could need
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Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar, We're Goin' Down"
Misheard Lyrics: We're going down down on a merry go round,
Sugar we're goin' down swinging I'll be your number 1 with a bullet, I know I've got a complex, cock it and pull it or We're going down down on an earlier round Sugar we're going down swing it I'll be your number 1 with a bullet Another God complex, cock it and pull it Original Lyrics: We’re going down, down in an earlier round
And Sugar, we’re going down swinging I’ll be your number one with a bullet A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it |
Howie Day's, "Collide"
Misheard Lyrics: Even the wrong ones seem to ride
Original Lyrics: Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
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My Chemical Romance's, "Give ‘Em Hell, Kid"
Misheard Lyrics: If you, wahoo! I’d never have an affair
Original Lyrics: If you were here I’d never have a fear
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Samantha Mumba's, "Gotta Tell You"
Misheard Lyrics: Flowing insomnia like never before
Original Lyrics: Flowing inside me like never before
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Train's, "Calling All Angels"
Misheard Lyrics: Bawling our nation
Original Lyrics: Calling all angels
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2010s | |
Fall Out Boy's, "Hold Me Tight, Or Don't"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna sleep on every piece of fudge
And stuffing that comes out of you Original Lyrics: I wanna sleep on every piece of fuzz
And stuffing that comes out of you |
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Fun.'s, "Some Nights"
Misheard Lyrics: Some nights I stay up casting in my bad luck
Original Lyrics: Some nights I stay up cashing in my bad luck
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misc | |
xmas | |
Traditional's, "Jingle Bells"
Misheard Lyrics: The horse was lean and lame
Original Lyrics: The horse was lean and lank
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