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1950s | |
Bing Crosby's, "Easter Parade"
Misheard Lyrics: I could write a sonnet
About your Easter vomit Original Lyrics: I could write a sonnet
About your Easter bonnet |
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1960s | |
Bob Dylan's, "Positively 4th Street"
Misheard Lyrics: When I see the hockey you embrace
Original Lyrics: When I see the heartbreaks you embrace
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Desmond Dekker And The Aces', "Israelites"
Misheard Lyrics: Get up in the morning, same sh*t for breakfast
Original Lyrics: Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir
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Jimmy Ruffin's, "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"
Misheard Lyrics: What becomes of the broken party
Original Lyrics: What becomes of the brokenhearted
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Neil Diamond's, "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon"
Misheard Lyrics: The voice no good
Original Lyrics: The boy's no good
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The Beatles', "All Together Now"
Misheard Lyrics: Can I have a little one?
Original Lyrics: Can I have a little more?
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The Grass Roots', "Things I Should Have Said"
Misheard Lyrics: She crossed the floor
Original Lyrics: She closed the door
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The Monkees', "Daydream Believer"
Misheard Lyrics: You once thought of me
As a white knight on a steed Now you know how spineless I can be Original Lyrics: You once thought of me
As a white knight on a steed Now you know how happy I can be |
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1970s | |
Bay City Rollers', "Remember"
Misheard Lyrics: Sha la la la la la la la shoo be doo
I wonder why we ever had to zip up my fly Original Lyrics: Sha la la la la la la la shoo be doo
I wonder why we ever had to say goodbye |
Bread's, "If"
Misheard Lyrics: If a picture paints a flower bulb
Original Lyrics: If a picture paints a thousand words
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Bruce Springsteen's, "Born to Run"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby, we were 4’1”
Original Lyrics: Baby, we were born to run
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Cheryl Lynn's, "Got to Be Real"
Misheard Lyrics: What, you’re fake?
Original Lyrics: What you think?
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Fleetwood Mac's, "Don't Stop"
Misheard Lyrics: Wait just a little while
Original Lyrics: If it takes just a little while
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Fleetwood Mac's, "Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)"
Misheard Lyrics: The Alamo
Original Lyrics: Rhiannon
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Led Zeppelin's, "Since I've Been Loving You"
Misheard Lyrics: Looking for Santa, to eleven every night.
Original Lyrics: Working from seven, to eleven every night.
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Mud's, "Tiger Feet"
Misheard Lyrics: I really love your tography
Original Lyrics: I really love your tiger feet
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Pink Floyd's, "Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1)"
Misheard Lyrics: Stand still Larry!
Original Lyrics: You! Yes You! Stand still, Laddy!
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Supertramp's, "Breakfast in America"
Misheard Lyrics: I never seem to get a lot
(What she got, not a lot) Take a jumbo 'cross the water Original Lyrics: I never seem to get a lot
(What you got, not a lot) Take a gumball 'cross the water |
1980s | |
Devo's, "Gut Feeling / (Slap Your Mammy)"
Misheard Lyrics: Set the baby down, set the baby - got a gun
Original Lyrics: Slap your mammy down Slap your pappy down again
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Jesse Frederick's, "Everywhere You Look"
Misheard Lyrics: A light is waiting, I can't take you home
Original Lyrics: A light is waiting to carry you home
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Michael Jackson's, "The Way You Make Me Feel"
Misheard Lyrics: My lonely days are good
Original Lyrics: My lonely days are gone
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Neneh Cherry's, "Manchild"
Misheard Lyrics: Mad child, will you ever win
Mad child, look at the state you're in Original Lyrics: Manchild, will you ever win
Manchild, look at the state you're in |
Right Said Fred's, "I'm Too Sexy"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm too sexy for my lamb
Original Lyrics: I'm too sexy for Milan
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St Winifred's School Choir's, "There's No One Quite Like Grandma"
Misheard Lyrics: There's no one quite like Grandma
And I know you c*nts agree Original Lyrics: There's no one quite like Grandma
And I know you will agree |
The Police's, "Invisible Sun"
Misheard Lyrics: There needs to be an invisible touch
Original Lyrics: There needs to be an invisible sun
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USA For Africa's, "We Are The World"
Misheard Lyrics: When you're dining out
And there seems no hope at all Original Lyrics: When you're down and out
There seems no hope at all |
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1990s | |
Amy Grant's, "That's What Love is For"
Misheard Lyrics: That has gotten us to fart
Original Lyrics: That has gotten us this far
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Blur's, "Country House"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, it's like an animal fart
Original Lyrics: Oh, it's like an animal farm
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Jennifer Paige's, "Crush"
Misheard Lyrics: Numb like our feet, every time we touch
Original Lyrics: Not like I faint every time we touch.
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Matchbox 20's, "3 A.M."
Misheard Lyrics: She only sleeps when it's late
Original Lyrics: She only sleeps when it's raining
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Sade's, "Smooth Operator"
Misheard Lyrics: Coast to coast, L.A. and Chicago, rest in peace
Original Lyrics: Coast to coast, L.A. to Chicago, western male
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Salt-N-Pepa's, "Do You Want Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Got no time for city games
Original Lyrics: Got no time for silly games
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Warren G feat. Sissel's, "Prince Igor"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh my God, I want your fig rolls
This girl called Myra's mine, I sniff your moonshine Original Lyrics: Uletaj na kryl'jach vetra
Ty V kraj rodnoj, rodnaja pesnya nasha |
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2000s | |
3 Doors Down's, "When I’m Gone"
Misheard Lyrics: Rob me when I’m wrong
Original Lyrics: Rub me when I’m wrong
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40 Below Summer 's, "Rain"
Misheard Lyrics: And I’m on my laser kind
Original Lyrics: And I’m on my knees again
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Geri Halliwell's, "It's Raining Men"
Misheard Lyrics: I feel so mean when it's moving in
Original Lyrics: I feel stormy weather moving in
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Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland's, "Dilemma"
Misheard Lyrics: Even when I've been no fool
Original Lyrics: Even when I'm with my boo
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2010s | |
Getter Jaani's, "Rockefeller Street (Nightcore)"
Misheard Lyrics: One, two, symmetry, dollar Rockefeller tree
Original Lyrics: One two seven three
Down at Rockefeller Street |
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country | |
Alabama's, "Love in the First Degree"
Misheard Lyrics: And throw away the king
Original Lyrics: And throw away the key
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Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor's, "Green Acres"
Misheard Lyrics: I get allergic Saturday
Original Lyrics: I get allergic smelling hay
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Jeannie C. Riley's, "Harper Valley P.T.A."
Misheard Lyrics: And you're all Harper Valley here on trial
Original Lyrics: And you're all Harper Valley hypocrites
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John Michael Montgomery's, "I Swear"
Misheard Lyrics: I see the questions in your mind
Original Lyrics: I see the questions in your eyes
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Shania Twain's, "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"
Misheard Lyrics: Is do karate and have a little fun
Original Lyrics: Is the prerogative to have a little fun
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misc | |
Bob Dylan's, "I Contain Multitudes"
Misheard Lyrics: The flowers are Dian like all things do
Original Lyrics: The flowers are dyin' like all things do
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Bob Dylan's, "Murder Most Fowl"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Twas a dark day in Dallas, December '63
Original Lyrics: 'Twas a dark day in Dallas, November '63
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The Weeknd's, "Blinding Lights"
Misheard Lyrics: No, I can't sleep until I feel your Tux
Original Lyrics: No, I can't sleep until I feel your touch
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