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1960s | |
Diana Ross and the Supremes', "Stop! In the Name of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Before you break my car
Original Lyrics: Before you break my heart
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The Rolling Stones', "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
Misheard Lyrics: We decided that we would have a sword fight
Original Lyrics: We decided that we would have a soda
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1970s | |
ABBA's, "Knowing Me, Knowing You"
Misheard Lyrics: Holding me, holding you
Original Lyrics: Knowing me, knowing you
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Boston's, "More Than A Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics: I hear librarians walking away
or I heard Maid Marian walking away Original Lyrics: I see my Marianne walking away
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Joe Jackson's, "Is She Really Going Out with Him?"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a man there who's mauled down as dead
Original Lyrics: There's a man there who's marked down as dead
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John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John's, "You're the One That I Want"
Misheard Lyrics: Do you wanna envelope
Original Lyrics: You're the one that I want
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Meat Loaf's, "Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad"
Misheard Lyrics: I know you’re looking for a movie in a mountain of rocks
Original Lyrics: I know you’re looking for a ruby in a mountain of rocks
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Peter Gabriel's, "Solsbury Hill"
Misheard Lyrics: And liberty, she blew it
Original Lyrics: And liberty she pirouette
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Queen's, "Killer Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: She's a killer queen
Gunman in jeopardy or She's a killer queen Gunpowder guillotine or She's a killer, creep Young man in jeopardy or She's a killer queen Gunpowder, turpentine Original Lyrics: She's a killer queen
Gunpowder, gelatine |
Queen's, "Somebody to Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Bite me somebody to love
Original Lyrics: Find me somebody to love
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Schoolhouse Rock's, "The Great American Melting Pot"
Misheard Lyrics: The Great American Mansion Park
Original Lyrics: The Great American Melting Pot
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The Dramatics', "Whatcha See is Whatcha Get"
Misheard Lyrics: Look and see, it's what you get
Original Lyrics: Whatcha see is whatcha get
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1980s | |
10,000 Maniacs', "Eat for Two"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby cranky and baby chew
Baby sippers, baby poop was a baby boom Original Lyrics: Baby blankets and baby shoes
Baby slippers, baby spoons, walls of baby blue |
Animotion's, "Obsession"
Misheard Lyrics: Lord, there's no maternity
Original Lyrics: Lord, there's no alternative
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Commercial's, "Wendy's - Choose Fresh"
Misheard Lyrics: Cheese fresh. Cheese Wendy's.
Original Lyrics: Choose fresh. Choose Wendy's.
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Dead Kennedys', "Too Drunk to F***"
Misheard Lyrics: You're bald like tha baby in "Eraserhead"
Original Lyrics: You bawl like the baby in 'Eraserhead'.
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Duran Duran's, "The Reflex"
Misheard Lyrics: I stole the ring wire on a TV set
Original Lyrics: I sold the Renoir and the TV set.
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Eurythmics', "Here Comes the Rain Again"
Misheard Lyrics: Falling on my head like a traffic jam
Original Lyrics: Falling on my head like a tragedy
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Paula Abdul's, "Cold Hearted"
Misheard Lyrics: G-G-G-Gold colored snake
Original Lyrics: C-C-C-Cold hearted snake
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Paula Abdul's, "Cold Hearted"
Misheard Lyrics: He's a gold colored snake
Original Lyrics: He's a cold hearted snake
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Peter Gabriel's, "Games Without Frontiers"
Misheard Lyrics: Whistling tunes we p*** on the goons in the jungle
Original Lyrics: Whistling tunes we're kissing baboons in the jungle
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Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Under the Bridge"
Misheard Lyrics: It's the CD I live for
Original Lyrics: It's the city I live in
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Stranglers', "Skin Deep"
Misheard Lyrics: Better watch our for the Schoolies
Original Lyrics: Better watch out for the Skin Deep.
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T'Pau's, "Heart and Soul"
Misheard Lyrics: A little bit of Harlem soul
Original Lyrics: A little bit of heart and soul
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Taylor Dayne's, "Don't Rush Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Not another strangler
Original Lyrics: Not another stranger
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The Stranglers', "Skin Deep"
Misheard Lyrics: Better watch out for your Goolies
Original Lyrics: Better watch out for the skin deep.
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U2's, "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
Misheard Lyrics: It puts my Batgirl
Original Lyrics: It puts my back up
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1990s | |
Commercial's, "Delta Air Lines"
Misheard Lyrics: You'll love the way we cry
Original Lyrics: You'll love the way we fly
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Green Day's, "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
Misheard Lyrics: But idiots are right
Original Lyrics: But in the end it's right
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Mariah Carey's, "Honey"
Misheard Lyrics: What you got is far beyond repair
Original Lyrics: What you got is far beyond compare
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Natalie Merchant's, "Kind & Generous"
Misheard Lyrics: You know I'm down
Original Lyrics: You know I'm bound
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Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Under the Bridge"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't ever wanna feel like a dick that day
Original Lyrics: I don't ever wanna feel like I did that day
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The Notorious B.I.G.'s, "Hypnotize"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm sicker than your average Pocahontas
Original Lyrics: I'm sicker than your average poppa
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Toni Braxton's, "Unbreak My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Bring back the Nazis when I held you beside me
Original Lyrics: Bring back those nights when I held you beside me
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Toni Braxton's, "Unbreak My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: I need a rose to hold me now
Original Lyrics: I need your arms to hold me now
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2000s | |
Calvin Harris', "Sweet Nothing"
Misheard Lyrics: You're giving me sexy dolphin
Original Lyrics: You’re giving me such sweet nothing
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Interpol's, "Obstacle 1"
Misheard Lyrics: She can't read, she can't read, she's mad.
Original Lyrics: She can read, she can read, she's bad.
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OK Go's, "Do What you Want"
Misheard Lyrics: in the mushing of the tuna
Original Lyrics: in a machine built for two
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2010s | |
Katy Perry's, "Firework"
Misheard Lyrics: Make 'em go Ah, Ah, Ah
You're gonna leave 'em moaning Ah, Ah, Ah Boom, boom, boom... Original Lyrics: Make 'em go Ah, Ah, Ah
You're gonna leave 'em all in awe, awe, awe Boom, boom, boom... |
Taylor Swift's, "I Think He Knows"
Misheard Lyrics: I want you, that’s my toes
Original Lyrics: I want you, bless my soul
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xmas | |
Traditional/Robert Shaw Chorale's, "A Virgin Unspotted"
Misheard Lyrics: Her majesty Mary put sort of away
Original Lyrics: Then let us be merry, put sorrow away
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