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1950s | |
Frank Sinatra's, "You Make Me Feel So Young"
Misheard Lyrics: You make me be so young
Original Lyrics: You make me feel so young
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1970s | |
Carly Simon's, "You Belong to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Pooh bear, come to me
Original Lyrics: You belong to me
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Carly Simon's, "You Belong to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You’ve been wrong to me
Original Lyrics: You belong to me
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Curtis Mayfield's, "Superfly"
Misheard Lyrics: The man of the hour
Has a whale of great power Original Lyrics: The man of the hour
Has an air of great power |
Elton John's, "Tiny Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics: Lay me down on sheets of lettuce, you had some bills to pay
Original Lyrics: Lay me down in sheets of linen
You had a busy day today |
Gordon Lightfoot's, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
Misheard Lyrics: When supper time came the old cook was a d***.
Original Lyrics: When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck.
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Jerry Reed's, "The Bandit"
Misheard Lyrics: Shackled only by peat moss,
Then well they make change. Original Lyrics: Stacked only by freedom, you wear no man’s chain.
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Jerry Reed's, "“The Legend”"
Misheard Lyrics: They swear he’s got asphalt a runnin’
In his veins. Original Lyrics: They swear he’s got ice water runnin’
In his veins. |
Manfred Mann's Earth Band's, "Blinded By The Light"
Misheard Lyrics: And little Early-Burly kept my anus Curly-Wurly
Original Lyrics: And little Early-Pearly came by in his Curly-Wurly
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Marvin Gaye's, "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"
Misheard Lyrics: Living here in Harlem...
Original Lyrics: Make me wanna holler, throw up both my hands
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Talking Heads', "Psycho Killer"
Misheard Lyrics: Psycho killer
Casket scene Original Lyrics: Psycho killer
Qu'est que c'est |
The Carpenters', "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft"
Misheard Lyrics: Calling doctor pants, calling doctor pants.
Original Lyrics: Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
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1980s | |
Andrew Gold's, "Thank You For Being A Friend (Golden Girls theme)"
Misheard Lyrics: And if you threw a potty
Original Lyrics: And if you threw a party
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Billy Joel's, "Allentown"
Misheard Lyrics: Met our mothers in the new pesto
Original Lyrics: Met our mothers in the USO
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Cliff Richard's, "We Don't Talk Any More"
Misheard Lyrics: Piss off, honey, now we don't talk any more.
Original Lyrics: It's so funny how we don't talk any more.
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Eddie Money's, "Take Me Home Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: just like a running stag
Original Lyrics: Just like Ronnie sang...
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The Waitresses', "No Guilt"
Misheard Lyrics: Didn’t cost anything
So I bought them Original Lyrics: Needed new posters
So I bought them |
Tracy Chapman's, "Talkin' About a Revolution"
Misheard Lyrics: Those tiny little tables are starting to turn
Original Lyrics: 'Cause finally the tables are starting to turn
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Whitney Houston's, "Saving All My Love For You"
Misheard Lyrics: But that's just an old taxi scene.
Original Lyrics: But that's just an old fantasy.
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1990s | |
Celine Dion's, "All By Myself"
Misheard Lyrics: O'Bama's elf, don't wanna be O'Bama's elf any more
Original Lyrics: All by myself, don't wanna be all by myself any more
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Della Reese's, "I Will Walk with You"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a Whopper meal
Original Lyrics: I will walk with you
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Della Reese's, "I Will Walk with You"
Misheard Lyrics: When you walk on the lawn
Original Lyrics: When you walk down the road
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Marcy Playground's, "Sex and Candy"
Misheard Lyrics: Envious stares at my erection.
Original Lyrics: Devious stares in my direction
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Roxette's, "Fading Like a Flower"
Misheard Lyrics: In a time
When the zombie stands alone Original Lyrics: In a time
When the sun descends alone |
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Vanessa Williams', "Colors of the Wind"
Misheard Lyrics: Have you smoked with all the coloreds on the mountain.
Original Lyrics: Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains?
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2000s | |
Avenged Sevenfold's, "God Hates Us"
Misheard Lyrics: Children hate me!
Original Lyrics: Total nightmare!
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Bombfunk MC's', "Freestyler"
Misheard Lyrics: Like Celine Dion, Karma Chameleon
Original Lyrics: Like Celine Dion, come on chameleon
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Chris Brown's, "Run It!"
Misheard Lyrics: Is Jermaine on the floor? If he ain’t, let me know.
Original Lyrics: Is ya man on the floor? If he ain’t, let me know.
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Chris Rice's, "When Did You Fall (In Love with Me)"
Misheard Lyrics: Was it at the copy shop?
Original Lyrics: Was it at the coffee shop?
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Coldplay's, "Yellow"
Misheard Lyrics: And it was called Yamaha
Original Lyrics: And it was called Yellow
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DJ Sammy's, "Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: Thinking about our nominees
Original Lyrics: Thinking about our younger years
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Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar We're Going Down"
Misheard Lyrics: I know you’ve got cornflakes, cook it in pudding
Original Lyrics: A loaded god complex, cock it and pull it
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Good Charlotte's, "Hold On"
Misheard Lyrics: But we all eat the same way as you do
Original Lyrics: But we all bleed the same way as you do
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Josh Kelley's, "20 Miles To Georgia"
Misheard Lyrics: George is going to tuck me in
Original Lyrics: Georgia's going to tuck me in
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Josh Kelley's, "20 Miles To Georgia"
Misheard Lyrics: George is going to tuck me in
Original Lyrics: Georgia's going to tuck me in
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Lloyd featuring Lil Wayne's, "You"
Misheard Lyrics: Send them a test message
Original Lyrics: Send them a text message
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2010s | |
Ava Max's, "Sweet but Psycho"
Misheard Lyrics: That's what she's like, oh
Original Lyrics: So left but she's right, though
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Eminem's, "Venom"
Misheard Lyrics: VENOM (I got that) to the VENOM (VENOM)
Not know when I'm VENOM Never gonna slow up VENOM Ready to snap in for VENOM Thinking it's time for VENOM They ain't gonna know what VENOM Original Lyrics: Venom (I got that)
Adrenaline momentum (venom) Not knowing when I'm ever gonna slow up and I'm Ready to snap any moment I'm Thinking it's time to go get 'em They ain't gonna know what hit 'em |
Maroon 5's, "What Lovers Do"
Misheard Lyrics: Ooh, ooh, tryin' to do what llamas do (ooh)
Original Lyrics: Ooh, ooh, tryin' to do what lovers do (ooh)
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Nicki Minaj's, "Anaconda"
Misheard Lyrics: My Abercrombie, don't...
Original Lyrics: My Anaconda, don't...
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Panic! At The Disco's, "Roaring 20s"
Misheard Lyrics: Row me like a boat, 'cause I wanna go home
Original Lyrics: Roll me like a blunt, 'cause I wanna go home
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Pharrell Williams (& Nile Rodgers, Daft Punk)'s, "Get Lucky"
Misheard Lyrics: She's up all night 'til the sun
I'm up all night to get some She's up all night for good fun I'm up for Mexican lucky We're up all night 'til the sun We're up all night to get some We're up all night for good fun We're up for Mexican lucky We're up for Mexican lucky We're up for Mexican lucky We're up for Mexican lucky We're up for Mexican lucky Original Lyrics: She's up all night 'til the sun
I'm up all night to get some She's up all night for good fun I'm up all night to get lucky We're up all night 'til the sun We're up all night to get some We're up all night for good fun We're up all night to get lucky We're up all night to get lucky We're up all night to get lucky We're up all night to get lucky We're up all night to get lucky |
Post Malone's, "Psycho"
Misheard Lyrics: Crashed my motorcycle, my mama's mad like Michael.
Original Lyrics: AP goin' psycho, lil' mama bad like Michael
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Priyanka Chopra's, "Erase"
Misheard Lyrics: It reeks
Original Lyrics: Erase
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Sia's, "Chandelier"
Misheard Lyrics: Come back to Lionel's Bar!
Original Lyrics: Throw 'em back, till I lose count
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Amy Grant's, "Sing Your Praise to the Lord"
Misheard Lyrics: One more Ariana Grande
Original Lyrics: One more hallelujah
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Point of Grace's, "The Great Divide"
Misheard Lyrics: Science tried to fathom my distance
Original Lyrics: Silence tried to fathom my distance
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