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1960s | |
Strawberry Alarm Clock's, "Incense and Peppermints"
Misheard Lyrics: Dead kings and mannequins
Original Lyrics: Dead king and many things
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The Doors', "Roadhouse Blues"
Misheard Lyrics: Acid Lady, Acid Lady, Lift up your blouse Lift up your blouse
Original Lyrics: Ashen Lady, Ashen Lady, Give up your vows Give up your vows
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1970s | |
10cc's, "Dreadlock Holiday"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't like cricket, I love it.
Original Lyrics: I don't like reggae, I love it.
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Bread's, "Everything I Own"
Misheard Lyrics: You never said too much but still you surely know
Original Lyrics: You never said too much but still you showed the way
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Cliff Richard's, "Devil Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Just a devil woman, beneath a lot of woman
Original Lyrics: She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind Beware the devil woman She's gonna get you. |
Daryl Hall & John Oates', "It's A Laugh"
Misheard Lyrics: But I just look at myself as if I were a bird brain
Original Lyrics: But I just look at myself as if I were above me
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England Dan And John Ford Coley's, "I'd Really Love To See You Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm not talking about Bolivia
Original Lyrics: I'm not talkin' 'bout movin' in.
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Hot Chocolate's, "You Sexy Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: I believe in Rolls-Royce
Since you came around Route 66 Original Lyrics: I believe in miracles
Since you came along You Sexy Thing |
Meatloaf's, "Bat Out of Hell"
Misheard Lyrics: And I never saw the "side on" curve till it was way too late
Original Lyrics: And I've never seen the sudden curve till it's way too late.
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Paul Simon's, "Kodachrome"
Misheard Lyrics: Mama don't take my cola wars
Original Lyrics: Mama don't take my Kodachrome
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Schoolhouse Rock's, "Mother Necessity"
Misheard Lyrics: Motherless sympathy
Original Lyrics: Mother Necessity
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The Moody Blues', "Nights in White Satin"
Misheard Lyrics: Nasty like satin
Original Lyrics: Nights in white satin
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Vicki Sue Robinson's, "Turn the Beat Around"
Misheard Lyrics: Got a big concussion
Original Lyrics: Like to hear percussion
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1980s | |
Jesse Frederick's, "Everywhere You Look (Full House Theme)"
Misheard Lyrics: What ever happened to the little bitty teeth.
Original Lyrics: what ever happened to predictability
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John Parr's, "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)"
Misheard Lyrics: Feel like a bat again, on low flying high
Original Lyrics: Feel like you're back again and hope riding high
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Kenny Loggins', "Footloose"
Misheard Lyrics: Geez Louise put me up on my knees
Original Lyrics: Please, Louise, pull me off of my knees
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Paul Simon's, "You Can Call Me Al"
Misheard Lyrics: I will be your buddy cop
Original Lyrics: I will be your bodyguard
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Queen's, "Hammer to Fall"
Misheard Lyrics: Mr. Reed don't share at all.
Original Lyrics: History won't care at all.
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Queen's, "I Want It All"
Misheard Lyrics: Just an alley creeper lying on his feet
Original Lyrics: Just an alley creeper light on his feet.
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REO Speedwagon's, "Can't Fight This Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics: And if I have to throw up on the floor
Concussion to your core Original Lyrics: And if I have to call upon the floor
Come crashing to your door |
Starship's, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
Misheard Lyrics: Just for a cause
Original Lyrics: Just fall apart
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The Vapors', "Turning Japanese"
Misheard Lyrics: Journey Japanita with a Journey Japanita and a Flintstone.
Original Lyrics: Turning Japanese
I think I’m turning Japanese I really think so. |
Tina Turner's, "Private Dancer"
Misheard Lyrics: Just a silent dancer
Original Lyrics: Just a private dancer
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USA for Africa's, "We Are the World"
Misheard Lyrics: When your turning out
Original Lyrics: When you're down and out
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1990s | |
Alan Jackson's, "Who's Cheatin' Who?"
Misheard Lyrics: Stevie Wonder who's cheatin' who and who's being true?
Original Lyrics: Still you wonder who's cheatin' who and who's being true
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Collective Soul's, "The World I Know"
Misheard Lyrics: I dream myself a nude down titty
Original Lyrics: I drink myself of newfound pity
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Des'ree's, "You Gotta Be"
Misheard Lyrics: You gotta sleep together
Original Lyrics: You gotta stay together
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LFO's, "Summer Girls"
Misheard Lyrics: I like Steven Burns but I hate Blue's Clues
or I like eggs and bacon but I hate Froot Loops Original Lyrics: I like Kevin Bacon but I hate Footloose
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Michael Jackson's, "Black or White "
Misheard Lyrics: It's black, it's white, it's W-U-Y!
Original Lyrics: It's black, it's white
It's tough for you to get by |
Veruca Salt's, "Seether"
Misheard Lyrics: Can't fight us either
Original Lyrics: Can't find the seether
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Weird Al Yankovic's, "Smells Like Nirvana"
Misheard Lyrics: Tell your mama
Original Lyrics: Sayonara
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2000s | |
Anastacia's, "Sick And Tired"
Misheard Lyrics: My life is all a lie
Original Lyrics: My love is on the line.
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Commercial's, "Pepperidge Farm Goldfish"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh look at the pretzel swimming
Original Lyrics: Oh, look, the pretzel's winning
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Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar, We're Goin' Down"
Misheard Lyrics: We're goin' bow-wow on a merry-go-round
Original Lyrics: We're goin' down, down in an earlier round
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Gorillaz's, "Feel Good Inc."
Misheard Lyrics: Shoot, I'm stepping in hotter this year.
Original Lyrics: Shit I'm stepping in the heart of this here
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Jesse McCartney's, "Beautiful Soul"
Misheard Lyrics: I won't get another minimum wage
Original Lyrics: I won't let another minute go to waste
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System of a Down's, "Chic-n-Stu"
Misheard Lyrics: Walking to the refrigerator, door's closed.
Original Lyrics: This ballgames in the refrigerator, door's closed.
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2010s | |
Halsey / Khalid's, "Eastside"
Misheard Lyrics: Feel in love with Mr old Osmond
Original Lyrics: When I was young, I fell in love. We used to hold hands, man that was enough.
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Lil Nas X's, "Old Town Road"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna take my horse to the hotel room
Original Lyrics: I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road
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Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars', "Uptown Funk"
Misheard Lyrics: Smoother than a fresh dry Skippy
Original Lyrics: Smoother than a fresh jar of Skippy
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Skrillex's, "Bangarang"
Misheard Lyrics: Suck on all my balls boys
Original Lyrics: Shout to all my lost boys
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Sturgill Simpson's, "The Promise"
Misheard Lyrics: And if I had the proper words
Original Lyrics: And if I had to walk the world
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Taylor Swift's, "ME!"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey kids, stealing is fun!
Original Lyrics: Hey kids, spelling is fun!
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will.i.am's, "#thatPOWER"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a lie, I'm a lie, I'm a lie
Original Lyrics: I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive
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