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1950s | |
The Eligibles', "Car Trouble"
Misheard Lyrics: Car travel on the lonely road
Original Lyrics: Car trouble on the lonely road
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1960s | |
Frank Sinatra's, "Strangers in the Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Little Debbie knows
Original Lyrics: Little did we know
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Rolling Stones', "All Over Now"
Misheard Lyrics: spend all my money, playing her half-assed games.
Original Lyrics: spend all my money, playing her high-classed games.
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1970s | |
Elton John's, "Daniel"
Misheard Lyrics: Danielle says, "It's the best places out of a limousine"
Original Lyrics: Daniel says, "It's the best places I've ever seen"
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Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds', "Don't Pull Your Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't blow your nose now on me, baby
Original Lyrics: Don't pull your love out on me, baby
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Leo Sayer's, "When I Need You"
Misheard Lyrics: It's cola. It's cola, and I like it too
Original Lyrics: It's cold out but hold out and do like I do
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Neil Sedaka's, "Laughter in the Rain"
Misheard Lyrics: Ooh, how I love the baby faces
Original Lyrics: Ooh, how I love the rainy days
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Styx's, "Come Sail Away"
Misheard Lyrics: We'll search for Talullah
Original Lyrics: We'll search for tomorrow
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The Trammps', "Disco Inferno"
Misheard Lyrics: That was when my spunk got hot.
Original Lyrics: That's when my spark got hot.
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1980s | |
AC/DC's, "You Shook Me All Night Long"
Misheard Lyrics: She had satin sighs, tellin’ me no lies
Knockin’ me out with those American thighs Original Lyrics: She had sightless eyes, tellin’ me no lies
Knockin’ me out with those American thighs |
Air Supply's, "Even the Nights are Better"
Misheard Lyrics: Even the nights of Bedrock
Original Lyrics: Even the nights are better
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Bananarama's, "Cruel Summer"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a good (good) good summer
Original Lyrics: It's a cruel (cruel) cruel summer
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Bananarama's, "Cruel Summer"
Misheard Lyrics: Stage voices are saying
Original Lyrics: Strange voices are saying
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Boy Meets Girl's, "Waiting For A Star To Fall"
Misheard Lyrics: Little boy start a fire
Original Lyrics: Waiting for a star to fall
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Expose's, "What You Don't Know"
Misheard Lyrics: Love is not an asshole
Original Lyrics: Love is not an answer
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Jeffrey Osborne's, "The Borderlines"
Misheard Lyrics: The bottom line
Original Lyrics: The Borderlines
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Men At Work's, "Down Under"
Misheard Lyrics: Buying bread from a man named Russell
He was six foot four and full of muscle Original Lyrics: Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six foot four and full of muscle |
Michael Jackson's, "Beat It"
Misheard Lyrics: No one wants a bigger feast
Original Lyrics: No one wants to be defeated
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Michael Jackson's, "Beat It"
Misheard Lyrics: No one wants to be free
Original Lyrics: No one wants to be defeated
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Musical Youth's, "Pass the Dutchie"
Misheard Lyrics: How does it feel when you're up to no good?
Original Lyrics: How does it feel when you got no food?
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Nena's, "99 Luftballons"
Misheard Lyrics: 99 nights on the air
Original Lyrics: 99 knights of the air
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Tiffany's, "Could've Been"
Misheard Lyrics: Didn't need a thing
Original Lyrics: Didn't mean a thing
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1990s | |
Ace of Base's, "Wheel of Fortune"
Misheard Lyrics: Stop acting cruel
Original Lyrics: Stop acting cool
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Aerosmith's, "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: I don’t want to miss the fair.
Original Lyrics: I don't want to miss a thing.
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Expose's, "I Wish the Phone Would Ring"
Misheard Lyrics: Make me some ice cream
Original Lyrics: Wake me from this dream
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Expose's, "Your Baby Never Looked Good in Blue"
Misheard Lyrics: Someone knew
Original Lyrics: Someone new
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Genesis', "I Can't Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh I'm checking everything is in place
Original Lyrics: Oh and checking everything is in place
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Janet Jackson's, "Rhythm Nation"
Misheard Lyrics: We are apart from an immigration
Original Lyrics: We are part of a rhythm nation
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Killing Heidi's, "Weir"
Misheard Lyrics: Would you like it in the end
Original Lyrics: Will you make it in the end?
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Michael Jackson's, "Jam"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't you talk to me while screamin' junk.
Original Lyrics: Don't you talk to me, don't scream and shout.
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TLC's, "All That"
Misheard Lyrics: Kiss his own dad
or Piss his own dad Original Lyrics: This is all that
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers', "Mary Jane's Last Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: I hear someone creepin' in
Original Lyrics: I feel summer creepin' in
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2000s | |
Commercial's, "Dodo Internet"
Misheard Lyrics: Welcome! Welcome!
Original Lyrics: One call, One call!
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Royksopp's, "Remind Me"
Misheard Lyrics: A friend of mine had never had some cotton
Original Lyrics: A friend no longer live I had forgotten
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Sean Paul's, "Gimme the Light"
Misheard Lyrics: Just gimme the d***, and piss on this bro
I can’t take it no mo’ Original Lyrics: Jus gimme the light and pass the dro.
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2010s | |
Ava Max's, "Sweet but psycho"
Misheard Lyrics: Grab a cop gun kinda crazy
She's poisoned the daisies Yeah, people say, "Run, don't walk away" Original Lyrics: Grab a cop gun kinda crazy
She's poison but tasty Yeah, people say, "Run, don't walk away" |
Commercial's, "Wayfair"
Misheard Lyrics: Wayfair, you can check what I mean
Original Lyrics: Wayfair, you got just what I need
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Katy Perry's, "Chained to the Rhythm"
Misheard Lyrics: Dance dance dance to the disco Shaun
Original Lyrics: Dance dance dance to the distortion
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Meghan Trainor's, "All About That Bass"
Misheard Lyrics: Every itch from you is perfect
Original Lyrics: Every inch of you is perfect
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Post Malone's, "Takin' Shots"
Misheard Lyrics: Me and Dre came for the poo poo
Original Lyrics: Me and Dre came for the pum pum.
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