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1960s | |
Diana Ross and the Supremes and the Temptations', "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna write every check in the book
Original Lyrics: I'm gonna use every trick in the book
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Jan and Dean's, "Popsicle (Popsicle Truck)"
Misheard Lyrics: Orange shells, lemon and lime
Original Lyrics: Orange, cherry, lemon and lime
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Peter, Paul, and Mary's, "Blowin' in the Wind"
Misheard Lyrics: The answer is blowin' in the air
Original Lyrics: The answer is blowin' in the wind
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1970s | |
America's, "A Horse with No Name"
Misheard Lyrics: Sad to think it was debt
Original Lyrics: Sad to think it was dead
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Billy Joel's, "Say Goodbye to Hollywood"
Misheard Lyrics: Say goodbye to Collingwood
Original Lyrics: Say goodbye to Hollywood
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Carly Simon's, "Nobody Does It Better"
Misheard Lyrics: Like Helen above me
Original Lyrics: Like heaven above me
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Helen Reddy's, "I Am Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh yes, I am wife
But it's wisdom born of pain. Original Lyrics: Oh yes, I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain. |
Ringo Starr's, "Back Off Boogaloo"
Misheard Lyrics: I got a black heights right from Woodstock
Original Lyrics: I got a flash right from the start
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Seals & Crofts', "Diamond Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: You shimmer and shine
Original Lyrics: You sure do shine
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Stephen Bishop's, "On and On"
Misheard Lyrics: Taken from the fire into the crying pet
Original Lyrics: Taken from the fire into the frying pan
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Stevie Wonder's, "I Wish"
Misheard Lyrics: I think those days good, go and buy some smoke.
Original Lyrics: I wish those days could, come back once more.
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Stevie Wonder's, "Sir Duke"
Misheard Lyrics: You can feel it all over peekaboo
Original Lyrics: You can feel it all over, people
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Tommy James', "Draggin' the Line"
Misheard Lyrics: Playin' around
(Playin' around) Original Lyrics: Draggin' the line
(Draggin' the line) |
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1980s | |
Al Jarreau's, "Mornin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Shine on black and white and tan
My baby said she loves me and Need I tell you that everything here is just fine Here, in mine Original Lyrics: Shine 'em bright in white and tan
My baby said she loves me and Need I tell you that everything here is just fine In my mind |
Bananarama's, "I Heard a Rumour"
Misheard Lyrics: I heard a Hoover
Original Lyrics: I heard a rumour
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Billy Squier's, "Lonely Is the Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Lonely is the night, been hiding much to long
Original Lyrics: Lonely is the night when you find yourself alone
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David Bowie's, "Modern Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Makes me wear my shirt on time
Original Lyrics: Takes me to the church on time
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Go-Go's', "Our Lips Are Sealed"
Misheard Lyrics: Ain't no time for what they say
Original Lyrics: Pay no mind to what they say
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Go-Go's', "Our Lips are Sealed"
Misheard Lyrics: In the charities people play
Original Lyrics: In the jealous games people play
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Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes', "Up Where We Belong"
Misheard Lyrics: Some hang on to these two feet
Original Lyrics: Some hang on to used to be
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Kid Creole and The Coconuts', "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy"
Misheard Lyrics: But my baby's Arthur Daley.
Original Lyrics: Mama's baby, Papa's baby
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Kid Creole and The Coconuts', "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy"
Misheard Lyrics: Ono, ono, onomatopoeia.
Original Lyrics: I don't, I don't, I don't want to be your (x8)
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Neil Diamond's, "Heartlight"
Misheard Lyrics: Turn on your Auckland
Original Lyrics: Turn on your heartlight
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Pat Benatar's, "Heartbreaker"
Misheard Lyrics: The events of a winner
Original Lyrics: The invincible winner
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Pat Benatar's, "Heartbreaker"
Misheard Lyrics: The invisible woman
Original Lyrics: The invincible winner
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Rick Astley's, "Together Forever"
Misheard Lyrics: Together forever and never too fast
Original Lyrics: Together forever and never to part
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Run DMC featuring Aerosmith's, "Walk This Way"
Misheard Lyrics: Broke his spell
Original Lyrics: walk this way
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The Rolling Stones', "Waiting On a Friend"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm just waiting on a train
Original Lyrics: I'm just waiting on a friend
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Thomas Dolby's, "She Blinded Me with Science"
Misheard Lyrics: Toiletries in motion
Original Lyrics: Poetry in motion
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1990s | |
Bee Gees', "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
Misheard Lyrics: All the tears and the turn-around years
When I would not wait for no one Original Lyrics: All the tears and the turbulent years
When I would not wait for no one |
Bee Gees', "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
Misheard Lyrics: And I'm missing you more and the banner will roll
Original Lyrics: And I'm missing you more and the fire that will roar
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Bee Gees', "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
Misheard Lyrics: When I would not wait for Noah
Original Lyrics: When I would not wait for no one
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Nas', "One Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Do I roll them two phillies together and the friends we call them U-Haft
Original Lyrics: Rollin' two phillies together: in the Bridge we call 'em oo-wops
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PM Dawn's, "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby you save me
Original Lyrics: Baby you send me
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Pulp's, "Something Changed"
Misheard Lyrics: I wrote this song to a house before we met
Original Lyrics: I wrote this song two hours before we met
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Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Scar Tissue"
Misheard Lyrics: With the birds of shell it's a lonely view.
Original Lyrics: With the birds I'll share this lonely viewin'
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Robbie Williams', "Old Before I Die"
Misheard Lyrics: She's locked in a stable
She's unable to breathe Original Lyrics: She's not feeling stable
She's unable to breathe |
Texas', "Say What You Want"
Misheard Lyrics: Twenty seconds until bath-time
OR Twenty seconds until bedtime OR Twenty seconds until the bad time Original Lyrics: Twenty seconds on the back time
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Toni Braxton's, "Breathe Again"
Misheard Lyrics: I promise you I promise you that
That I won't clean my teeth again (teeth again, teeth again) Original Lyrics: I promise you I promise you that
That I shall never breathe again (breathe again, breathe again) |
2000s | |
50 Cent's, "In Da Club"
Misheard Lyrics: Butthole full of bub
or Butthole full of Bud Original Lyrics: A bottle full of bub'
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Reeltime Travelers', "Like a Songbird That Has Fallen"
Misheard Lyrics: from this frozen shadow valley lay my sweary head
Original Lyrics: from this frozen shadow valley they must be revived
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Savage's, "Swing"
Misheard Lyrics: now let me cigarettes woo
Original Lyrics: now let me see your hips swing
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2010s | |
Alicia Keys', "Girl On Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: This girl is on time
Original Lyrics: This girl is on fire
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Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor's, "Marvin Gaye"
Misheard Lyrics: Let's mark that gay and get him on
Original Lyrics: Let's Marvin Gaye and get it on
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Ed Sheeran's, "Castle on the Hill"
Misheard Lyrics: We watched the sunset
Over the carts along the hill Original Lyrics: We watched the sunset
Over the castle on the hill |
Panic! At The Disco's, "Roaring 20s"
Misheard Lyrics: The Pasta, the pavement
Original Lyrics: The past on the pavement
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Tones and I's, "Dance Monkey"
Misheard Lyrics: Moo for me, moo for me, moo for me, moo for me
Original Lyrics: Move for me, move for me, move for me, move for me
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