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1960s | |
Monkees', "You Just May Be The One"
Misheard Lyrics: Hail Nimbus! Hail Someone!
Original Lyrics: All men must have someone.
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Otis Redding's, "Trick or Treat"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause I can't wait to have that wiener that I love
If it's dick o' cheese Original Lyrics: 'Cause I can't wait till Halloween to find out
If it's trick or treat |
Percy Sledge's, "When A Man Loves A Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: He give up all his (garments ?) & sleep out in th' rain
Original Lyrics: He'd give up all his comfort
Sleep out in the rain. |
The Eligibles', "Gilligan's Island"
Misheard Lyrics: It's enough to fine.
Original Lyrics: It's an uphill climb.
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1970s | |
Bread's, "Aubrey"
Misheard Lyrics: And all those things we've named
Original Lyrics: And Aubrey was her name
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Jackson 5's, "Dancing Machine"
Misheard Lyrics: Won't you get down?
Original Lyrics: Watch her get down
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The Animals', "It's My Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Use my life and I'll do 101
Original Lyrics: It's my life and I'll do what I want
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The Hollies', "4th July, Asbury Park (Sandy)"
Misheard Lyrics: For me this bored walk life is through
You ought to quit the sea too Original Lyrics: For me this boardwalk life is through
You ought to quit this scene too |
The O'Jays', "Love Train"
Misheard Lyrics: Candy all over the world
Original Lyrics: People all over the world
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The Who's, "Who Are You"
Misheard Lyrics: I took the cue right out of town
Back to the road I've been Original Lyrics: I took the Tube back out of town
Back to the rolling pin |
1980s | |
Genesis', "Invisible Touch"
Misheard Lyrics: She reaches in and that’s not polio.
Original Lyrics: She reaches in, grabs right hold of your heart.
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Hall & Oates', "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)"
Misheard Lyrics: You got the booty, now you want my soul
Original Lyrics: You got the body, now you want my soul
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Huey Lewis and the News', "Stuck with You"
Misheard Lyrics: That the same four lovers
Are the same friends And the same are gay Original Lyrics: Like the same phone number
All the same friends And the same address |
Men at Work's, "Down Under"
Misheard Lyrics: You never work, you never take cover
Original Lyrics: You better run, you better take cover
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Phil Collins', "In the Air Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: It's all been a paradise
or It's all been a pack of lies Original Lyrics: It's all been a pack of lies
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Phil Collins', "Sussudio"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll just stay alone
Original Lyrics: I'll just say the words
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The Police's, "Don't Stand So Close to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Looks nice
Looks nice (so good) Looks nice (so good) to me Original Lyrics: Don't stand
Don't stand (so) Don't stand (so close) to me |
Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics: Cheers only whispers of some quiet conversation.
Original Lyrics: But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation.
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Toto's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics: It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men from Mars could ever do Original Lyrics: It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do |
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1990s | |
Bad Wolves', "Hear Me Now"
Misheard Lyrics: I never knew Wheatly more than Fred
Original Lyrics: I never knew we'd be more than friends
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Eric Clapton's, "My Father's Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: Step by step, I realized
Original Lyrics: Bit by bit, I realized
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Jennifer Lopez's, "Waiting for Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Tossing and turning, the ocean was strong
Original Lyrics: Tossing and turning, emotion so strong
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Joan Osborne's, "One of Us"
Misheard Lyrics: Just a spaniel on the bus
Original Lyrics: Just a stranger on the bus
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Joan Osborne's, "One of Us"
Misheard Lyrics: Just a stagecoach on the bus
Original Lyrics: Just a stranger on the bus
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2000s | |
Backstreet Boys', "Drowning"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm sweating for our love
Original Lyrics: I'm swept away by love
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Bad Religion's, "I Love My Computer"
Misheard Lyrics: And no odds ever going take my love from me
Original Lyrics: And no one is ever gonna take my love from me
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Case's, "Missing You"
Misheard Lyrics: How can I be so dandruff in mane?
Original Lyrics: How can I be so damn demanding?
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Fuel's, "Hemorrhage"
Misheard Lyrics: Hold me now I feel bodacious
Am I the only place left to go Original Lyrics: Hold me now I feel contagious
Am I the only place left to go? |
Fuel's, "Prove"
Misheard Lyrics: Everything, I hope to be at Village Inn
Those lines you're telling somewhere Original Lyrics: Everything I hoped to be and feel
Is in those lies you're telling somewhere |
Incubus', "Wish You Were Here"
Misheard Lyrics: The sky resembles a backlit cannibal
With full sponge yeti Original Lyrics: The sky resembles a backlit canopy
With holes punched in it |
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Ja Rule featuring Case's, "Livin' it Up"
Misheard Lyrics: Lemon-lime
Original Lyrics: Live your life
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Jessica Simpson's, "I Think I'm in Love with You"
Misheard Lyrics: I think I'm alarmed
Original Lyrics: I think I'm in love
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Maroon 5's, "She Will Be Loved"
Misheard Lyrics: And she will be alone
Original Lyrics: And she will be loved
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Pink's, "Get the Party Started"
Misheard Lyrics: And my nurse said he's best
Original Lyrics: In my Mercedes-Benz
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Ricky Martin and Christina Aguilera's, "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely"
Misheard Lyrics: Now Mommy wants to be lonely
Original Lyrics: Nobody wants to be lonely
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The Fray's, "Never Say Never"
Misheard Lyrics: So let me go
So let me go So let me go Original Lyrics: Don't let me go
Don't let me go Don't let me go |
2010s | |
Alessia Cara's, "Out of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't know... I don't know
Original Lyrics: Out of love... out of love
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Ariana Grande's, "Get Well Soon"
Misheard Lyrics: Is there such a lotta talkin' about this
Maybe I should crown myself for the modest or Maybe I should grab myself by the madness Original Lyrics: Is there such a ladder to get above this?
Maybe I should ground myself where the mud is |
Ariana Grande's, "Get Well Soon"
Misheard Lyrics: You can work your way to the top
Just know that there's ups and downs in this rut I'll follow fear and just save you all up Just know there is so much wrong at the top Original Lyrics: You can work your way to the top
Just know that there's ups and downs and there's drops Unfollow fear and just say "you are blocked" Just know there is so much room at the top |
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Fat White Family's, "Feet"
Misheard Lyrics: Feet, you're family now
Original Lyrics: Feet, don't fail me now
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Imagine Dragons', "Radioactive"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones
Just you wait till I get you home Original Lyrics: I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my systems blow |
Weezer's, "Africa"
Misheard Lyrics: You turned to me as if to say, hurry boy, it's waiting there for you.
Original Lyrics: He turned to me as if to say, hurry boy, it's waiting there for you.
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misc | |
Cast of The Wizard of Oz's, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
Misheard Lyrics: Why did you run away, mom?
Original Lyrics: Somewhere over the rainbow,
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Commercial's, "Bic Perfume"
Misheard Lyrics: L.A. is in your pocket
Original Lyrics: Put Paris in your pocket
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