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1960s | |
Aretha Franklin's, "See Saw"
Misheard Lyrics: Your love is like sea salt
Original Lyrics: Your love is like a see saw
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Led Zeppelin's, "Whole Lotta Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby, You need Kool-Aid , baby I’m not fool-aid
Original Lyrics: Baby, You need coolin', baby I'm not foolin'
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Procol Harum's, "A Whiter Shade Of Pale"
Misheard Lyrics: We skipped our lives and dangled
Original Lyrics: We skipped the light Fandango.
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Smokey Robinson & The Miracles', "Going To A Go-Go"
Misheard Lyrics: Going to a Coke Float
Original Lyrics: Going to a go-go
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Stevie Wonder's, "Hey Harmonica Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Do it if you can, can, can, Culligan Man
Original Lyrics: Do it if you can, can, can, Harmonica Man
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Stevie Wonder's, "I Don't Know Why"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't drink wine
Original Lyrics: I don't know why
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Stevie Wonder's, "Nothing's Too Good for My Baby"
Misheard Lyrics: Nothing's too good for my gun
Original Lyrics: Nothing's too good for my girl
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Stevie Wonder's, "Travlin' Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Keeps me moving dangerously
Original Lyrics: Keeps me moving aimlessly
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Stevie Wonder's, "Workout Stevie, Workout"
Misheard Lyrics: I got a tuna fish
Original Lyrics: I got a tune I play
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Stevie Wonder's, "You Met Your Match"
Misheard Lyrics: Learning for you
Original Lyrics: Yearning for you
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1970s | |
AC/DC's, "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
Misheard Lyrics: Dirty deeds under London Sheets
Original Lyrics: Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap.
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Atlanta Rhythm Section's, "So in to You"
Misheard Lyrics: I have soul in you
Original Lyrics: I am so in to you
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Peter Frampton's, "Baby I Love Your Way"
Misheard Lyrics: Ooh baby, I love yaoi
Original Lyrics: Ooh baby, I love your way.
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Stevie Wonder's, "Another Star"
Misheard Lyrics: You fell in love with what?
Original Lyrics: You fell in love with one
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Stevie Wonder's, "We Can Work it Out"
Misheard Lyrics: Weekends work it out
Original Lyrics: We Can Work it Out
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The Jackson 5's, "Shake Your Body Down To The Ground"
Misheard Lyrics: There's things! There's shops! Shake your body down too low!
Original Lyrics: Let's dance, let's shout
Shake your body down to the ground. |
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1980s | |
Bananarama's, "Robert DeNiro's Waiting"
Misheard Lyrics: Robert di neros waiting fucking italians
Original Lyrics: Robert DeNiro's waiting
Talking Italian. |
Billy Idol's, "Eyes Without A Face"
Misheard Lyrics: One more bad dream could bring a fall.
Original Lyrics: One more bad break could bring a fall.
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Hazel O'Connor's, "D-Days (Decadent Days)"
Misheard Lyrics: Dagenham Boys
Original Lyrics: Decadent Days
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INXS's, "Different World"
Misheard Lyrics: I turned around, if you had looked
Original Lyrics: Out of the red, into the blue
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John Stewart and Stevie Nicks', "Gold"
Misheard Lyrics: People out there trying to get you in the know.
Original Lyrics: People out there are turning music into gold.
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Scorpions', "Still Loving You"
Misheard Lyrics: I will compel, I will compel
Original Lyrics: I will be there, I will be there.
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Scorpions', "Still Loving You"
Misheard Lyrics: I will compel, I will compel
Original Lyrics: I will be there, I will be there.
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Stevie Wonder's, "Skeletons"
Misheard Lyrics: Premises in your pantry
Original Lyrics: Crevices in your pantry
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Weezer's, "Say It Ain't So"
Misheard Lyrics: your dog is a heartbreaker.
Original Lyrics: Your drug is a heartbreaker.
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1990s | |
David Gray's, "This Year's Love"
Misheard Lyrics: This year's love made the list.
Original Lyrics: This year's love had better last.
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Depeche Mode's, "Enjoy The Silence"
Misheard Lyrics: Take it only to heart.
Original Lyrics: They can only do harm.
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Gabrielle's, "Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics: Dreams can come true, look at every vomit of you.
Original Lyrics: Dreams came come true, look at me, babe I'm with you.
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Jessie's, "Under the bridge"
Misheard Lyrics: You're gonna waste your time
Original Lyrics: Under the bridge downtown
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Killing Heidi's, "Weir"
Misheard Lyrics: Would you like it in the ass?
Original Lyrics: Will you make it in the end?
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Lauryn Hill's, "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
Misheard Lyrics: Batfink, Batfink, Batfink
Original Lyrics: That thing, that thing, that thing
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Mark Morrison's, "Return of the Mack"
Misheard Lyrics: Return after me
Original Lyrics: Return of the Mack
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The Bucketheads', "The Bomb"
Misheard Lyrics: Pizza twirling through my mind
Original Lyrics: Streets' sounds swirling through my mind.
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2000s | |
Caramell's, "Caramelldansen"
Misheard Lyrics: Dance with me all, Cap and needed handbag. Yours only yours. I wanna stay with Winston. It’s no lie, Lisa in the crowd said: Look, Larry had me caramel dancin’!
Original Lyrics: Dansa med oss Klappa era hnder Gr som vi gr Ta ngra steg t vnster Lyssna och lr Missa inte chansen Nu r vi hr med Caramelldansen
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Eric Prydz and Steve Windwood's, "Call On Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Color me, color me Come on me, come on me
Original Lyrics: Call on me, call on me Call on me, call on me
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Fall Out Boy's, "20 Dollar Nose Bleed"
Misheard Lyrics: But don't let the darkness in I wanna blow up dreams yeah
Original Lyrics: But don't let the doctor in I wanna blow off steam and
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Fall Out Boy's, "Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes"
Misheard Lyrics: Imperfect boys with their perfect ploys
Original Lyrics: And perfect boys with their perfect lives
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Filter 's, "Take A Picture"
Misheard Lyrics: Let go my eggplant
Original Lyrics: Awake on my airplane
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Jess Harnell's, "MacGoogles Theme Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Macgoogles is me name and I’m a spunky frog It’s time to play a game with your favorite island frog
Original Lyrics: MacGoogles is my name, I like a swampy bog
It's time to play a game with your favorite highland frog. |
Jimmy Eat World's, "The Middle"
Misheard Lyrics: It just takes some time, little girl, living in the afterlife
Original Lyrics: It just takes some time little girl. You're in the middle of the ride
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The All-American Rejects', "It Ends Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Just a little insight
Will make this right Original Lyrics: Just a little insight
Won’t make this right |
2010s | |
Ed Sheeran's, "Shape of You"
Misheard Lyrics: Every lady's covered in something brand new
Original Lyrics: Every day discovering something brand new
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Jessie J's, "Dirty Dancing in the Moonlight"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh baby baby, got me feeling sunlight
Original Lyrics: Oh baby baby, got me feeling so right
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misc | |
Traditional's, "Pop Goes the Weasel"
Misheard Lyrics: The monkey gets the measles
and Pop goes the measles Original Lyrics: The monkey chased the weasel
and Pop Goes the Weasel |
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