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1960s | |
The Box Tops', "Soul Deep"
Misheard Lyrics: My life depends on your touch
My love is a river and it's so deep A waitin' inside me it's a so deep Groovy to hide, can't be denied Love is a river running so deep Original Lyrics: A lot depends on your touch
My love is a river running soul deep A way down inside me it's a soul deep Too big to hide, can't be denied Love is a river running soul deep |
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The Who's, "Pinball Wizard"
Misheard Lyrics: A digitalis ball
Original Lyrics: The digit counters fall
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1970s | |
Bee Gees', "Nights On Broadway"
Misheard Lyrics: Even if it takes some laughter
Original Lyrics: Even if it takes a lifetime
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Bill Withers', "Lean On Me"
Misheard Lyrics: We all have swallowed
Original Lyrics: We all have sorrow
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Bob Welch's, "Sentimental Lady"
Misheard Lyrics: Central Pennsylvania
Original Lyrics: Sentimental Lady
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Boston's, "More Than a Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics: When I'm tired of Jack and coke
Original Lyrics: When I'm tired of thinking cold
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Deep Purple's, "Woman from Tokyo"
Misheard Lyrics: Brined women in Tokyo
She makes sleep Original Lyrics: My woman from Tokyo
She makes me see |
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Five Man Electrical Band's, "Signs"
Misheard Lyrics: Fine, fine, everything's fine
Original Lyrics: Sign sign everywhere a sign
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Pink Floyd's, "Wish You Were Here"
Misheard Lyrics: Wish you worked here.
Original Lyrics: Wish you were here
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The Rolling Stones', "Start Me Up"
Misheard Lyrics: Ride like the wind at double speed
My hands are greasy, she a-made, made in the shade Original Lyrics: Ride like the wind at double speed
I'll take you places that you never, never been |
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1980s | |
Billy Squier's, "Too Daze Gone"
Misheard Lyrics: Couldn't waste my head just to save the day (losin')
Original Lyrics: Couldn't raise my head just to save the day (losin')
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Cinderella's, "Nobody's Fool"
Misheard Lyrics: Since we broke the time
Original Lyrics: Since we broke the ties
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Icicle Works', "Whisper To A Scream"
Misheard Lyrics: We are, we are, we are rebel helpers
Original Lyrics: We are, we are, we are ever helpless
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John Mellencamp's, "Pink Houses"
Misheard Lyrics: Go to work in some high rise
And vacation down at the gull o' Mexico Original Lyrics: Go to work in some high rise
And vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico |
Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton's, "Islands in the Stream"
Misheard Lyrics: I intend to say, that is what we are
Original Lyrics: Islands in the stream, that is what we are
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Kool & the Gang's, "Joanna"
Misheard Lyrics: She's the whore, the whore for me
Original Lyrics: She's the one, the one for me
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Madonna's, "Papa Don't Preach"
Misheard Lyrics: Parkay don't teach
Original Lyrics: Papa don't preach
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Men At Work's, "Down Under"
Misheard Lyrics: I said to the man “are you trying to touch me?”
Original Lyrics: I said to the man “Are you trying to tempt me?”
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Mister Mister's, "Kyrie "
Misheard Lyrics: Carrying a razor down the road
Original Lyrics: Carrying a Lazer down the road
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Patti Austin and James Ingram's, "Baby, Come to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a special kind of mattress in the air
Original Lyrics: There's a special kind of magic in the air
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Sergio Mendes', "Never Gonna Let You Go"
Misheard Lyrics: Gonna hold your body close tonight
From Thursday on we're gonna be together Original Lyrics: Gonna hold your body close to mine
From this day on we're gonna be together |
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Shriekback's, "Into Method"
Misheard Lyrics: Levi ipsum lorem Fiorucci Gucci shoes
Original Lyrics: Levi Yves St. Laurent Fiorucci Gucci shoes
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Steel Pulse's, "Macka Splaff"
Misheard Lyrics: Feeling irie in Iceland
Original Lyrics: Feelings ire in I self
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The Alan Parsons Project's, "Games People Play"
Misheard Lyrics: All of the children have porno
Original Lyrics: All of the children have grown up
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The Fall's, "2nd Dark Age"
Misheard Lyrics: I mean Yoko entertains you
Original Lyrics: A mediocre anti-Jew
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The Police's, "Canary In A Coalmine"
Misheard Lyrics: Marrying a gold mine
Original Lyrics: Canary in a coalmine
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The Police's, "Don't Stand So Close To Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You're spe--
You're special Original Lyrics: Don't stand
Don't stand so |
The Police's, "King Of Pain"
Misheard Lyrics: I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
With the water in circles running 'round my brain I could somehow resolve the issue in this rain That it's my destiny to be the king of pain. Original Lyrics: I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
With the world turning circles running 'round my brain I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign But it's my destiny to be the king of pain. |
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1990s | |
After 7's, "Can't Stop"
Misheard Lyrics: You never made a give from you to me
Original Lyrics: It never made a difference to me
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Fatboy Slim's, "The Rockefeller Skank"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's dunk your mother.
Original Lyrics: The funk soul brother.
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Janet Jackson's, "Pleasure Principle"
Misheard Lyrics: What I thought was happiness was only four-time bliss.
Original Lyrics: What I thought was happiness was only part-time bliss
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2000s | |
Beenie Man featuring Janet Jackson's, "Feel It Boy"
Misheard Lyrics: Sometimes I thought your love was a choo-choo
Original Lyrics: Sometimes I thought your love was so true true
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Bowling for Soup's, "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius"
Misheard Lyrics: To buy candy bars
Original Lyrics: With my candy bars
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Coldplay's, "In My Place"
Misheard Lyrics: In my face, in my face
or Innerspace, Innerspace Original Lyrics: In my place, in my place
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Daft Punk's, "Digital Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Before I knew it, this TV show's gone
Original Lyrics: Before I knew it, this dream was all gone
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Fall Out Boy's, "The Take Over, The Breaks Over"
Misheard Lyrics: I’m boring but overcompensate with
Headlines and flash, flash, flash for tiger fever Original Lyrics: I’m boring but overcompensate with
Headlines and flash, flash, flash photography |
Las Ketchup's, "The Ketchup Song"
Misheard Lyrics: I said ehe ha dehe alede tudeledi sedi noa arabia de to be a de willili be
Original Lyrics: Aserejé ja de jé de jebe
Tu de jebere sebiunouva Majabi an de bugui An de buididipí. |
Modjo's, "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby, bring me to life
Original Lyrics: Lady, hear me tonight
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OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown's, "The Way You Move"
Misheard Lyrics: I like the Brady Bunch
Original Lyrics: I like the way you move
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The Kooks', "Naive"
Misheard Lyrics: I know, she knows, that I'm not from the rosker.
Original Lyrics: I know, she knows, that I'm not fond of asking.
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2010s | |
Ava Max's, "Sweet But Psycho"
Misheard Lyrics: She's voicing the daydreams
Original Lyrics: She's poison but tasty
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Being as an Ocean's, "Play Pretend"
Misheard Lyrics: A telephone line for you to remain here.
Original Lyrics: I'm too far gone for you to bring me back.
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Dayseeker's, "Spotless Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm holding on to Europe,
But they want Stalin to instead. Original Lyrics: I'm holding on to your love,
But they won't stop till it's dead. |
Lizzo's, "Good as Hell"
Misheard Lyrics: I do my head toss, check my nails
Original Lyrics: I do my hair toss, check my nails
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Sia's, "Cheap Thrills "
Misheard Lyrics: Baby I don’t need all of it all to have fun tonight
Original Lyrics: Baby I don’t need dollar bills to have fun tonight
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