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1950s | |
The Teddy Bears', "To Know Him Is to Love Him"
Misheard Lyrics: Is to lull, lull, lull him
Original Lyrics: Is to love, love, love him
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1960s | |
Diana Ross and the Supremes', "Stop in the Name of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Give it up Motown
Original Lyrics: Think it over
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The 5th Dimension's, "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"
Misheard Lyrics: Heaven's sunshine
Original Lyrics: Let the sunshine
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The Beach Boys', "Little Deuce Coupe"
Misheard Lyrics: She's my little misfit
Original Lyrics: She's my little deuce coup
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The Byrds', "Mr. Tambourine Man"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for toupee.
Original Lyrics: I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade.
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1970s | |
America's, "A Horse with No Name"
Misheard Lyrics: 'cause there ain't no one for to give you no thing
Original Lyrics: 'cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
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Bruce Springsteen's, "10th Avenue Freeze Out"
Misheard Lyrics: dead devil in the freezer
Original Lyrics: Tenth Avenue freeze out
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Carpenters', "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"
Misheard Lyrics: Summer fun, we'll have big fun on the barroom
Original Lyrics: Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
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Crosby, Stills and Nash's, "Just a Song Before I Go"
Misheard Lyrics: Driving me to the A-Port
Original Lyrics: Driving me to the airport
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England Dan And John Ford Coley's, "I'd Really Love To See You Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: But there’s a warm wind blowing the SARS around
And I’d really love to see you tonight. Original Lyrics: But there's a warm wind blowing, the stars are out
And I'd really love to see you tonight |
Todd Rundgren's, "I Saw the Light"
Misheard Lyrics: Then you dazed up at me
Original Lyrics: Then you gazed up at me
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1980s | |
AC/DC's, "You Shook Me All Night Long"
Misheard Lyrics: You showed me Ore-Ida
Original Lyrics: You shook me all night long
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Bonnie Tyler's, "Holding Out for a Hero"
Misheard Lyrics: Isn’t there a white noise upon a fiery steed?
Original Lyrics: Isn’t there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
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Commercial's, "Hickory Farms"
Misheard Lyrics: Come in and try before you die
Original Lyrics: Come in and try before you buy
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Commercial's, "Visa"
Misheard Lyrics: It's everything you want to see
Original Lyrics: It's everywhere you want to be
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Dead Can Dance's, "Enigma of the Absolute"
Misheard Lyrics: Sailor Man hung down her head
Laid bare her heart for the world to see Original Lyrics: Saloman hung down her head
Laid bare her heart for the world to see |
Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Livin’ like your brother with red iPhone
Original Lyrics: Livin' like a lover with a radar phone.
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Echo and the Bunnymen's, "Ripeness"
Misheard Lyrics: Made choices
At the wrong time Wrote my age in skin 'Cause age was mine I don't feel dead Smelt like roses Harvested my thought 'Cause it was time Original Lyrics: Mature you said
At the wrong time Broke my aging skin 'Cause age was mine Had a field day Smelt like roses Harvesting my thoughts 'Cause it was time |
Echo and the Bunnymen's, "Ripeness"
Misheard Lyrics: Yeah, should be policed
Or something Original Lyrics: Death should be unleashed
Or something |
Jeff Healey's, "Hoochie Coochie Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Said you got a pork chop coming
Original Lyrics: Said you got a boy child coming
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Kaoma's, "Lambada"
Misheard Lyrics: I have pooped myself, why are you stuck way down on the floor?
Original Lyrics: A recordação vai estar com ele aonde for
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Kaoma's, "Lambada"
Misheard Lyrics: Sure, I have reached a howling brat in the moor
KMG, I know Sophie's a good Dad. Original Lyrics: Chorando estará, ao lembrar de um amor
Que um dia não soube cuidar |
Madonna's, "Papa Don't Preach"
Misheard Lyrics: Daddy, daddy, if you could oversee
Original Lyrics: Daddy, daddy, if you could only see
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Pat Benatar's, "Love Is a Battlefield"
Misheard Lyrics: We are struck
Original Lyrics: We are strong
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Pat Benatar's, "We Belong"
Misheard Lyrics: We belong to the cover
Original Lyrics: We belong to the thunder
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Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson's, "Tonight I Celebrate My Love"
Misheard Lyrics: It seems the natural thing to chew
Original Lyrics: It seems the natural thing to do
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Rod Stewart's, "Young Turks"
Misheard Lyrics: Young horse be free tonight
Original Lyrics: Young hearts be free tonight
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Steve Winwood's, "Roll with It"
Misheard Lyrics: Roll with the Bradys
Original Lyrics: Roll with it, baby
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Technotronic's, "Pump Up The Jam"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh I, I'm pledged to say,
Get your booty on the porch tonight! Original Lyrics: I want a place to stay.
Get your booty on the floor tonight. |
The Lotus Eaters', "First Picture of You"
Misheard Lyrics: Flood the world deep in some wine
Original Lyrics: Flood the world deep in sunlight
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The Lotus Eaters', "First picture of You"
Misheard Lyrics: Spread the c*m beneath the others
Original Lyrics: Spread the calm to meet the others
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1990s | |
Bush's, "Machinehead"
Misheard Lyrics: We live, sweetheart,
We live, sweetheart. Original Lyrics: Breathe in, breathe out,
Breathe in, breathe out. |
Cinderella's, "Shelter Me"
Misheard Lyrics: She went into a tavern and took more than a tea
Original Lyrics: To look into the cabinet, it takes more than a key
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Lisa Stansfield's, "You Can't Deny It"
Misheard Lyrics: We try each other's raisins
Original Lyrics: We drive each other crazy
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Red Hot Chili Peppers', "Scar Tissue"
Misheard Lyrics: With the bermashave it’s a lonely view.
Original Lyrics: With the birds I'll share this lonely view.
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Savage Garden's, "To the Moon and Back"
Misheard Lyrics: Everyone's got a theory about the Bit-O-Honey
Original Lyrics: Everyone's got a theory about the bitter one
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Smashing Pumpkins', "Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Tomorrow stinks, tomorrow stinks of consequence
She s***ty shakes the jimmy jakes of cowardice Original Lyrics: To my mistakes to my mistakes of cowardice
She shimmy shakes the Jimmy Jakes of consequence |
Smashing Pumpkins', "To Forgive"
Misheard Lyrics: I forget to forget you see
Nothing is important, can't you see? Original Lyrics: I forget to forget you see
Nothing is important to me |
Take That's, "Babe"
Misheard Lyrics: A little wife stood at your door
Original Lyrics: A little boy stood at your door
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Weird Al Yankovic's, "The Weird Al Show Theme"
Misheard Lyrics: He was caught in a death threat
Original Lyrics: He was caught in a bear trap
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2000s | |
Norah Jones', "Don't Know Why"
Misheard Lyrics: I would be a vagabond
Driving down the road alone. Original Lyrics: But I'll be a bag of bones
Driving down the road alone. |
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Vanessa Carlton's, "White Houses"
Misheard Lyrics: But I hold on to the ceiling in white houses
Original Lyrics: But I hold on to the secrets in white houses
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2010s | |
Lady Gaga's, "Poker Face"
Misheard Lyrics: Cutie mark, cutie mark!
No one can breed all over the place. Original Lyrics: Can't read my, can't read my,
No he can't read my Poker Face. |
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