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1960s | |
Aretha Franklin's, "(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: You make me feel so fired
Original Lyrics: You make me feel so tired
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Connie Francis', "Everybody's Somebody's Fool"
Misheard Lyrics: And there are no receptions to the room
Original Lyrics: And there are no exceptions to the rule
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The Beatles', "Something"
Misheard Lyrics: Something in the stars
Original Lyrics: Something in the style
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1970s | |
Chicago's, "Questions 67 and 68"
Misheard Lyrics: Does it matter in the heart?
Original Lyrics: Does it matter anyhow?
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Coldplay's, "Clocks"
Misheard Lyrics: Lights go out in a candy sale
Original Lyrics: Lights go out and it can’t be saved
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Devo's, "Jocko Homo"
Misheard Lyrics: Some keep it all
In business suits Teachers and critters All dance the boot Original Lyrics: Monkey men all
In business suits Teachers and critics All dance the poot |
Devo's, "Jocko Homo"
Misheard Lyrics: We give it up all made man
But he used the monkey to do her Apes in the plan The walking rumor I can walk like an ape, talk like an ape Like you don’t wanna forget who God made man, but he monkey "du ply de glue" Original Lyrics: (All together now)
God made man But he used the monkey to do it Apes in the plan We're all here to prove it I can walk like an ape Talk like an ape Do what monkey do God made man But a monkey supplied the glue |
Gloria Gaynor's, "Never Can Say Goodbye"
Misheard Lyrics: It's that same old Disney hang-up
Original Lyrics: It's that same old dizzy hang up
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Jackson 5's, "I Want You Back"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, baby, give me a woman’s pants
Original Lyrics: Oh, baby, give me one more chance
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Joe Walsh's, "Life’s Been Good"
Misheard Lyrics: I have a mansion
Original Lyrics: I haven’t mentioned
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Rickie Lee Jones', "Chuck E.'s in Love"
Misheard Lyrics: How come he don’t come pee up here with me?
Original Lyrics: How come he don't come PLP with me
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Slade's, "Gudbuy T'Jane"
Misheard Lyrics: I like 'em so young, so young
Original Lyrics: I say you're so young, you're so young
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1980s | |
ABBA's, "Super Trouper"
Misheard Lyrics: Tonight the pooper scooper beams are gonna blind me
But I won't feel blue (poop-p-per scoop-p-per) Like I always do (poop-p-per scoop-p-per) 'Cause somewhere in the crap there's you Original Lyrics: Tonight the super trouper beams are gonna blind me
But I won't feel blue (sup-p-per troup-p-per) Like I always do (sup-p-per troup-p-per) 'Cause somewhere in the crowd there's you |
Commercial's, "Jordache Jeans"
Misheard Lyrics: Door Dash is the cook that's right
Original Lyrics: Jordache is the look that's right
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Devo's, "Gut Feeling / (Slap Your Mammy)"
Misheard Lyrics: I've got a gun, so beat it
Original Lyrics: I got a gut feeling
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Devo's, "Mr DNA"
Misheard Lyrics: It's movin' 'round mahts-maht the reality
Calm and stormy weather - around the clock! We shot the poles in the hole Original Lyrics: Suburban robots that monitor reality
Common stock We work around the clock We shove the poles in the holes holes |
Men at Work's, "Be Good Johnny"
Misheard Lyrics: Chicken, chicken, chicken
Original Lyrics: Be good, be good, be good
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Sheena Easton's, "Morning Train (9 to 5)"
Misheard Lyrics: Greg Brady takes the morning train
Original Lyrics: My baby takes the morning train
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The Dream Academy's, "Life in a Northern Town"
Misheard Lyrics: They sat on a stormy ground
Original Lyrics: They sat on a stony ground
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The Stranglers', "Skin Deep"
Misheard Lyrics: Better watch out for the queen bee
Original Lyrics: Better watch out for the skindeep
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View from the Hill 's, "No Conversation"
Misheard Lyrics: If you make the right suggestion I will not uphold you
or If you make the right suggestion I will not oppose you or If you make the right suggestion I will not have told you or If you make the right suggestion I will not have fold you or If you make the right suggestion I will not have fault you Original Lyrics: If you make the right suggestion I will not a-hold you
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1990s | |
Bee Gees', "For Whom The Bell Tolls"
Misheard Lyrics: You're no longer there to break my phone
Original Lyrics: You're no longer there to break my fall
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Dina Carroll's, "Don't Be a Stranger"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't feed the stranger
Original Lyrics: Don't be a stranger
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Enigma's, "Return to Innocense"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh my, my oh my my my
Original Lyrics: (part of Taiwanese chant)
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Loreena McKennitt's, "The Mummers' Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: In the milkman of the night
or In the mailman overnight Original Lyrics: In the rambling of the night
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Ludacris', "Southern Hospitality"
Misheard Lyrics: Drop balls on 'em
Original Lyrics: Drop 'bows on 'em
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Michael Jackson's, "You Are Not Alone"
Misheard Lyrics: Your curtains I will wear
Original Lyrics: Your burdens I will bear
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Nirvana's, "All Apologies"
Misheard Lyrics: Alan Alda all day long.
Original Lyrics: All in all is all we are.
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Shania Twain's, "Man! I Feel Like A Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Man! I feel like a Womble
Original Lyrics: Man! I feel like a woman
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Third Eye Blind's, "Semi-Charmed Life"
Misheard Lyrics: The sky was cold
Original Lyrics: The sky was gold
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Weezer's, "Say It Ain't So"
Misheard Lyrics: Flip on the telly, wrestle with deer meat
Original Lyrics: Flip on the telly, wrestle with Jimmy
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Will To Power's, "I'm Not In Love"
Misheard Lyrics: It's just a silly face I'm going through
Original Lyrics: It's just a silly phase I'm going through
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2000s | |
Avril Lavigne's, "My Happy Ending"
Misheard Lyrics: We were mentally
Original Lyrics: We were meant to be
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Creed's, "With Arms Wide Open"
Misheard Lyrics: When I was hopeless
Original Lyrics: with arms wide open
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John Mayer's, "Edge of Desire"
Misheard Lyrics: So young and full of ramen, all the way to the egg of desire
Original Lyrics: So young and full of running, all the way to the edge of desire
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Justin Timberlake's, "SexyBack"
Misheard Lyrics: Go Peppa, go with it
Original Lyrics: Go 'head, be gone with it
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Katy Perry's, "Hot N' Cold"
Misheard Lyrics: You always think I would speak critically.
Original Lyrics: And you overthink, always speak cryptically
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Katy Perry's, "If You Can Afford Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I can be bored, but you pay the price
Original Lyrics: I can be bought, but you pay the price
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Katy Perry's, "If You Can Afford Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm not a piece of ass, a one night stand, a storage shed
Original Lyrics: I'm not a piece of ass, a one night stand, a storage ship
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Katy Perry's, "If You Can Afford Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm not a piece of ass, a one night stand, a store of sh*t
Original Lyrics: I'm not a piece of ass, a one night stand, a storage ship
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Katy Perry's, "Self-Inflicted"
Misheard Lyrics: These words are self-infected.
Original Lyrics: These wounds are self-inflicted.
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Shakira's, "Underneath Your Clothes"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a man in charge
Original Lyrics: There's a man I chose
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2010s | |
Melanie Martinez's, "Detention"
Misheard Lyrics: Please don't be mad if I don't smell that Polaroid
Original Lyrics: Please don't be mad if I don't smile back, alright?
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Melanie Martinez's, "Pity Party"
Misheard Lyrics: But told them decorations were in pastel rib guns
Original Lyrics: But told them decorations were in pastel ribbons
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country | |
Traditional's, "Yellow Hearts"
Misheard Lyrics: I shot fur mane in big blow darts,
Her fur colour like the cars Original Lyrics: I wrote her name in yellow hearts,
Her favorite color like the stars. |
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