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1960s | |
Bobby Fuller Four's, "I Fought the Law"
Misheard Lyrics: I broke the law and the wrong one
Original Lyrics: I fought the law and the law won
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Bobby Vee's, "Take Good Care of My Baby"
Misheard Lyrics: Take good care of my mind, maybe
Original Lyrics: Take good care of my baby
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Carl Perkins', "Matchbox"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm sitting here wondering, matchbox holding my door...
Original Lyrics: I'm sitting here wondering would a matchbox hold my clothes...
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Ray Charles', "I Got a Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Hurting in the morning
Original Lyrics: Early in the morning
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Strawberry Alarm Clock's, "Incense And Peppermints"
Misheard Lyrics: Good sense, in a sense, cripples Mankind
Original Lyrics: Good sense, innocence, cripplin' mankind.
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The Crystals', "Then He Kissed Me"
Misheard Lyrics: And then he p***ed me
Original Lyrics: And then he kissed me
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The McCoys', "Hang On Sloopy"
Misheard Lyrics: Snoopy, when I see you
Original Lyrics: Sloopy, when I see you
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The Reflections', "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet"
Misheard Lyrics: Just like Romaine and Julianne
Original Lyrics: Just like Romeo and Juliet
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1970s | |
Alice Cooper's, "Elected"
Misheard Lyrics: I wanna be erected, erected, erected, Hallelujah
Original Lyrics: I wanna be elected, elected, elected, Hallelujah
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Barbra Streisand's, "Stoney End"
Misheard Lyrics: Ben Stein has lost control
Original Lyrics: The sky has lost control
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Carpenters', "For All We Know"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's take a night time to see
Original Lyrics: Let's take a lifetime to see
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David Soul's, "Going In with My Eyes Open"
Misheard Lyrics: This time I'm going in with my fly open
Original Lyrics: This time I'm going in with my eyes open
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Doobie Brothers', "Minute by Minute"
Misheard Lyrics: Diamond diamond diamond diamond
Original Lyrics: By minute by minute by minute by minute
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Eddie Money's, "Maybe I'm a Fool"
Misheard Lyrics: On the end of time
Original Lyrics: On the edge of time
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González's, "Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet"
Misheard Lyrics: Ooh ooh well you see, you're all I ever wanted in a gorilla
Original Lyrics: Ooh ooh well you see, you're all I ever wanted in a girl
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Jim Croce's, "Operator (That's Not the Way it Feels)"
Misheard Lyrics: And kill me to numbers
Original Lyrics: And give me the number
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New York City's, "I'm Doing Fine Now"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm doin' time now
Without you baby Original Lyrics: I'm doin' fine now
Without you baby |
The Spinners', "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love?"
Misheard Lyrics: This time of year
Original Lyrics: Since I met you
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The Stampeders', "Sweet City Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: I hear the boys
Original Lyrics: I hear your voice
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Vicki Lawrence's, "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"
Misheard Lyrics: The judge just killed me in a Maybelline trial
Original Lyrics: The judge said guilty in a make believe trial
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1980s | |
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Rakin' Bacon Palestine
Original Lyrics: Reagan Begin Palestine
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Bon Jovi's, "You Give Love A Bad Name"
Misheard Lyrics: You can't love a band aid
Original Lyrics: You give love a bad name.
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Hall & Oates', "You Make My Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics: Taking medicine with a dreamer
Original Lyrics: When they're messing with a dreamer
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Kim Carnes', "Bette Davis Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: Fill the bathtub just to please you
Original Lyrics: All the better just to please you.
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Pretenders', "My City Was Gone"
Misheard Lyrics: There was no damn town
Original Lyrics: There was no downtown
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Prince's, "Little Red Corvette"
Misheard Lyrics: Medium red Corvette
Original Lyrics: Little red Corvette
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The B 52s', "Love Shack"
Misheard Lyrics: You're WHAT?!?
Tan-Ru....busted! Original Lyrics: Your what?! Tin roof rusted.
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1990s | |
Disney's 'The Lion King''s, "Circle Of Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Naan, DiKenya, baguette, this chihuahua
Original Lyrics: Nants ingonyama bagithi baba.
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Eiffel 65's, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
Misheard Lyrics: boo la hee Barney died
Original Lyrics: Da bee, da ba dee ba da die.
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Poison's, "Ride the Wind"
Misheard Lyrics: Where angels and demons pedophile
Original Lyrics: Where angels and demons dare to fly
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Prince's, "7"
Misheard Lyrics: They stand in the way off long
Original Lyrics: They stand in the way of love
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Republica's, "Ready to Go"
Misheard Lyrics: From the rooftop, shower out
Original Lyrics: From the rooftop, shout it out
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Rezillos', "Destination Venus"
Misheard Lyrics: Mapping the positions of my bodily emissions
I lose all my inhibitions - no conditions Original Lyrics: Somewhere in the distance I could hear a voice one instance
Then it faded from existence - no persistence |
2000s | |
AFI's, "Miss Murder"
Misheard Lyrics: Pain is my love cannon
Original Lyrics: Hey, Miss Murder, can I?
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Britney Spears', "3"
Misheard Lyrics: Peter calling a tree
Everybody loves OSHA Original Lyrics: Peter, Paul and Mary
Everybody, let’s go |
Britney Spears', "Toxic"
Misheard Lyrics: But I love playing Chopsticks
Original Lyrics: But you know that you’re toxic
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Eminem's, "Without Me"
Misheard Lyrics: ‘Cause it feels so empty without meat
Original Lyrics: ‘Cause it feels so empty without me
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Fall Out Boy's, "Sugar, We're Goin' down"
Misheard Lyrics: Isn't it messed up that I'm just dying to leave?
Original Lyrics: Isn't it messed up that I'm just dying to be him?
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Fall Out Boy's, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race"
Misheard Lyrics: I am an arm stealer
Original Lyrics: I am an arms dealer
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Rihanna featuring Jay-Z's, "Umbrella"
Misheard Lyrics: That I’ll always be a prayer
Original Lyrics: That I’ll always be a friend
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2010s | |
Foster the People's, "Pumped Up Kicks"
Misheard Lyrics: All the other kids with the pumped up kicks,
You better run, better run, faster than my puppy. Original Lyrics: All the other kids with the pumped up kicks,
You'd better run, better run, faster than my bullet. |
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misc | |
TV Commercials', "Flintstones Chewable Vitamins"
Misheard Lyrics: We are Flinstone kids
Ten million songs and growing Original Lyrics: We're the Flintstones Kids
Ten million strong, and growing. |
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