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1950s | |
The Crests', "Sixteen Candles"
Misheard Lyrics: You're the prettiest, filthiest girl I've ever seen
Original Lyrics: You're the prettiest
The loveliest girl I ever seen. |
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1960s | |
The Flying Machine's, "Smile a Little Smile for Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Rosarita
Original Lyrics: Rose Marie
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1970s | |
Billy Joel's, "My Life"
Misheard Lyrics: Bought a ticket at the rest stop
Original Lyrics: Bought a ticket at the West Coast
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Lynyrd Skynyrd's, "Sweet Home Alabama"
Misheard Lyrics: C'mon Pop, don't let it stop there
OR Smile Pop, don't let it stop there Original Lyrics: My Montgomery's got the answer
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Neil Sedaka's, "Bad Blood"
Misheard Lyrics: Had (had) enough (enough)
Original Lyrics: Bad (bad) blood (blood)
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Peaches and Herb's, "Shake Your Groove Thing"
Misheard Lyrics: Shake your goolies, shake your goolies,
Yeah, yeah Original Lyrics: Shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing,
Yeah, yeah |
Slade's, "My Friend Stan"
Misheard Lyrics: My friend Jack’s got a grape in his crack
Original Lyrics: My friend Jack’s got an ache in his back
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Smokey Robinson and the Miracles', "I Second That Emotion"
Misheard Lyrics: A second hand in motion
Original Lyrics: I second that emotion
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Tony Orlando and Dawn's, "Knock Three Times"
Misheard Lyrics: Twice on the pipe means you'll wake on a shore.
Original Lyrics: Twice on the pipe means you ain't gonna show.
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Wizzard's, "Ball Park Incident"
Misheard Lyrics: The sheriff came up to wrestle my mother
Original Lyrics: The sheriff came on to question my brother
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1980s | |
ABBA's, "The Winner Takes It All"
Misheard Lyrics: The winner sucks his ball
Original Lyrics: The winner takes it all.
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Billy Joel's, "This Is the Time"
Misheard Lyrics: They're giving a damn now
Original Lyrics: They're tearing it down now
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Bon Jovi's, "I'll Be There for You"
Misheard Lyrics: Women say what love can do
Original Lyrics: Words can't say what love can do
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Cyndi Lauper's, "Time After Time"
Misheard Lyrics: After my picture's taken
Original Lyrics: After my picture fades
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Enya's, "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)"
Misheard Lyrics: C'est Noël, c'est Noël, c'est Noël (French for 'It's Christmas time')
Original Lyrics: Sail away, sail away, sail away.
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Hall & Oates', "You Make My Dreams"
Misheard Lyrics: When the Mets win the dreamer
Original Lyrics: When they're messing with a dreamer
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Matthew Wilder's, "Break My Stride"
Misheard Lyrics: I sailed away to China
In a literal boat to find ya Original Lyrics: I sailed away to China
In a little row boat to find you |
Metallica's, "Of Wolf and Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Back to the meaning of.... LICE!!!!
Original Lyrics: back to the meaning of.... LIFE!!!
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Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney's, "The Girl Is Mine"
Misheard Lyrics: The dumb blonde girl is mine
Original Lyrics: The doggone girl is mine
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1990s | |
Barenaked Ladies', "If I Had $1000000"
Misheard Lyrics: But they don't have three-wrapped bacon
Original Lyrics: But they don't have pre-wrapped bacon
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Black Crowes', "Hard to Handle"
Misheard Lyrics: And they've got some more Rolling Stones
Original Lyrics: And I've got some more in store
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Corona's, "Try Me Out"
Misheard Lyrics: So I dressed up like a light bulb
Original Lyrics: So I dressed up like a lover
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Eric Clapton's, "Change the World"
Misheard Lyrics: I would beat up some guy in the universe
Original Lyrics: I would be the sunlight in your universe
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Eric Clapton's, "Change the World"
Misheard Lyrics: I would picture some guy in the universe
Original Lyrics: I would be the sunlight in your universe
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Eric Clapton's, "Change the World"
Misheard Lyrics: Maybe if I could change the world
Original Lyrics: Baby, if I could change the world
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Eric Clapton's, "Tears in Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause I know I don't belong here in Paris
Original Lyrics: 'Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven
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Janet Jackson's, "Whoops Now"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't know why Jarvis called me in
OR I don't know why Jasper called me in Original Lyrics: I don't know why my job has called me in
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Jon Bon Jovi's, "Blaze of Glory"
Misheard Lyrics: But I drew first bluff
Original Lyrics: But I drew first blood
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Lords of the Underground's, "Tic Toc"
Misheard Lyrics: This is how we love
Original Lyrics: This is how we rock
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Rod Stewart featuring Ronald Isley's, "This Old Heart of Mine"
Misheard Lyrics: Pembroke a thousand times
Original Lyrics: Been broke a thousand times
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Savage Garden's, "Santa Monica"
Misheard Lyrics: And modern bodies too
Original Lyrics: And modern buddies too
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Sheryl Crow's, "All I Wanna Do"
Misheard Lyrics: Until the song's covered on the 7th complementary part
Original Lyrics: Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Blvd.
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2000s | |
Basement Jaxx's, "Where's Your Head At?"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't let the world play tricks on you
Original Lyrics: Don't let the walls cave in on you
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Feeder's, "Pushing the Senses"
Misheard Lyrics: Finishing avenue
Original Lyrics: Feelings you never knew
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Jesse McCartney and T-Pain's, "Body Language"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's have a sex-a-nation baby.
Original Lyrics: Let's have a celebration baby.
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Mary J. Blige's, "No More Drama"
Misheard Lyrics: Another mission learned
Original Lyrics: Another lesson learned
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Nelly's, "The E.I."
Misheard Lyrics: Under the, under the mommy, E.I., E.I.
Original Lyrics: Andale, Andale, Mami, E.I., E.I.
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2010s | |
Bastille's, "Pompeii"
Misheard Lyrics: egg egg yolk, egg yolk egg egg yolk, egg yolk egg egg yolk, egg yolk egg egg yolk, egg yolk
Original Lyrics: eh eh oh, eh oh eh eh oh, eh oh eh eh oh, eh oh eh eh oh, eh oh
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Kungs featuring Cookin' On 3 Burners', "This Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: These gremlins don't really come for free
Original Lyrics: These presents don't really come for free
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Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's, "Despacito"
Misheard Lyrics: I’ll start provoking little skaters
Original Lyrics: Hasta provocar tus gritos
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Rascal Flatts', "Life Is a Highway"
Misheard Lyrics: There ain't much time yesterday
Original Lyrics: There ain't much time left today
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Rascal Flatts', "This Everyday Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't get enough of this everyday bug
Original Lyrics: I can't get enough of this everyday love
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