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1950s | |
Chuck Berry's, "Sweet Little Sixteen"
Misheard Lyrics: Over to my remodel
Original Lyrics: Over tomorrow morning
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1960s | |
Brook Benton's, "It's Just a Matter of Time"
Misheard Lyrics: After I kill you
Original Lyrics: After I give you
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Chubby Checker's, "Limbo Rock"
Misheard Lyrics: All around the little cock
Original Lyrics: All around the limbo clock
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Deep Purple's, "Smoke On The Water"
Misheard Lyrics: smoke covered walter, the fire engine guy
Original Lyrics: Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky
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Dinah Washington's, "What a Difference a Day Makes"
Misheard Lyrics: Today I'm a pot of you, dear
Original Lyrics: Today I'm a part of you, dear
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Eric Burdon and War's, "Spill the Wine"
Misheard Lyrics: Too bad you kicked that girl
Original Lyrics: Spill the wine, take that pearl
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Mountain's, "Mississippi Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: Way down around Pittsburgh
Original Lyrics: Way down around Vicksburg
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Otis Redding's, "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm coughin' on the dock of the bay
Original Lyrics: I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
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Paul Revere and the Raiders', "Hungry"
Misheard Lyrics: You wanna know what movies have so
Original Lyrics: You wanna know what moves me so
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Percy Sledge's, "When A Man Loves A Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: When a man drugs a woman
Original Lyrics: When a man loves a woman
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The Dave Clark Five's, "Bits and Pieces"
Misheard Lyrics: Only just a few days to go
Original Lyrics: Only just a few days ago
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The Rolling Stones', "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
Misheard Lyrics: Nothing, Jack Sprat
Original Lyrics: Jumpin' Jack Flash
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1970s | |
John Paul Young's, "Love Is in the Air"
Misheard Lyrics: Covid's in the air, everywhere I look around
Original Lyrics: Love is in the air, everywhere I look around
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Paul McCartney and Wings', "Helen Wheels"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm on wheels
Original Lyrics: Helen Wheels
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Pioneers', "Let Your Yeah Be Yeah"
Misheard Lyrics: Let your hair be hair and your nose be nose
Original Lyrics: Let your yeah be yeah and your no be no
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Shaun Cassidy's, "Hey Deanie"
Misheard Lyrics: Can't you watch Between the Lions?
Original Lyrics: Can't you read between the lines?
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Sly and the Family Stone's, "Family Affair"
Misheard Lyrics: One child throws up today
Original Lyrics: One child grows up today
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Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman's, "Stumblin' In"
Misheard Lyrics: Quality Inn
Original Lyrics: Stumblin' in
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The Damned's, "Smash It Up"
Misheard Lyrics: Cough it up, cough it up
Original Lyrics: Smash it up, smash it up
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The Knack's, "My Sharona"
Misheard Lyrics: When you gonna get to me, get to me? Is it just a matter of time, Corona?
Original Lyrics: When you gonna give to me, give to me? Is it just a matter of time, Sharona?
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1980s | |
Billy Joel's, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the sewers
Original Lyrics: Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the Suez
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Bruce Springsteen's, "My Hometown"
Misheard Lyrics: Last night I suited him up for Halloween and said someday, you could look around.
Original Lyrics: Last night I sat him up behind the wheel and said "Son, take a good look around"
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Chicago's, "Will You Still Love Me?"
Misheard Lyrics: I never had a thing to chew
Original Lyrics: I never had a thing to prove
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John Mellencamp's, "Serious Business"
Misheard Lyrics: Jack sat, Violet sat, Rock n Roll
Original Lyrics: sex and violence and rock n roll
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Natalie Cole's, "Pink Cadillac"
Misheard Lyrics: When you get on my nerds like you do
Original Lyrics: When you get on my nerves like you do
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Pretenders', "Middle of the Road"
Misheard Lyrics: Dropping the bum on my street
Original Lyrics: Dropping the bomb on my street.
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Steve Miller Band's, "Jet Airliner"
Misheard Lyrics: Big old Jim and his rhino
Original Lyrics: Big ol' jet airliner
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1990s | |
Baby D's, "I Need Your Loving"
Misheard Lyrics: Change your hair, look around you
Change your hair, it will astound you. Original Lyrics: Change your heart, look around you
Change your heart, it will astound you. |
Dana Dawson's, "3 Is Family"
Misheard Lyrics: Finally complete, the Treehouse Family
Original Lyrics: Finally complete, three is family
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Destiny's Child's, "No, No, No"
Misheard Lyrics: Yell, yell, yell, yell, yell
Original Lyrics: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
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Madonna's, "Secret"
Misheard Lyrics: Someone's coming over me
Original Lyrics: Something's coming over me
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Michael Jackson's, "Remember the Time"
Misheard Lyrics: Do you read my books?
Original Lyrics: Do you remember?
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The Lion King's, "Circle of Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Ahhhhh suck Kenya, who the beaches Mama
Original Lyrics: Nants ingonyama bagithi baba
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2000s | |
Craig David's, "Fill Me In"
Misheard Lyrics: Is play Jeopardy! on you
Original Lyrics: Is be checking up on you
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Destiny's Child's, "Bootylicious "
Misheard Lyrics: Move, Oprah, you can handle me
Original Lyrics: Move, groove, prove you can hang with me
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Fall Out Boy's, "Fame Infamy"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a linebacker but I'm better with the pass
Original Lyrics: I'm all right in bed but I'm better with the pen
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Fall Out Boy's, "Thriller"
Misheard Lyrics: I can take your problems away
When they're not in the way Original Lyrics: I can take your problems away
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Sugababes', "Easy"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey Mr. Postman, where's the mail for my male parts?
Original Lyrics: Hey Mr. Postman, where's the mail for my mailbox?
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2010s | |
Ava Max's, "Sweet But Psycho"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, she's sweet butter cycle
Original Lyrics: Oh, she's sweet but a psycho
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Joey Vantes', "Lisa Frank"
Misheard Lyrics: Ow, ow ow ow ow
Coming to someone's house with ant bites Amy Grant Jumping over her husband Original Lyrics: Oh, oh oh oh oh
Coming down from the clouds Lisa Frank Descending on you |
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's, "Despacito"
Misheard Lyrics: You can be the slapper's hero
Original Lyrics: Y que olvides tu apellido
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Pink's, "Just Like Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: saving the world after just one day
Original Lyrics: If I could light the world up for just one day
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Jonas Brothers', "What a Man Gotta Do"
Misheard Lyrics: To be Alaskan nights and your first Dubai
Original Lyrics: To be your last good night and your first good day
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