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1950s | |
1960s | |
Dusty Springfield's, "Wishin' and Hopin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Richer and poorer and bigger and braver
Original Lyrics: Wishin' and hopin' and thinkin' and prayin'
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Jefferson Airplane's, "White Rabbit"
Misheard Lyrics: Remember what the Doughboy said
Original Lyrics: Remember what the dormouse said
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Led Zeppelin's, "Living Loving Maid (She's Just A Woman)"
Misheard Lyrics: With a purple operator and a fifths in hand
Original Lyrics: With a purple umbrella and a fifty cent hat
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Manfred Mann's, "Do Wah Diddy Diddy"
Misheard Lyrics: And I really lost my mom
Original Lyrics: And I nearly lost my mind
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1970s | |
Bay City Rollers', "You Made Me Believe in Magic"
Misheard Lyrics: You know that I can be to the urinal
Original Lyrics: You know that I can be true to your love
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Blondie's, "(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear"
Misheard Lyrics: I am always touched by your pregnancies
Original Lyrics: I am always touched by your presence dear
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Bonnie Tyler's, "It's a Heartache"
Misheard Lyrics: It's you and it's too late
It's you when you're down. Original Lyrics: Hits you when it's too late
Hits you when you're down |
Carl Douglas', "Kung Fu Fighting"
Misheard Lyrics: It's an ancient Chinese art,
And everybody blew their farts Original Lyrics: It's an ancient Chinese art,
And everybody knew their part |
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Telephone Line"
Misheard Lyrics: Terrible mind
Original Lyrics: Telephone line
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Gordon Lightfoot's, "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
Misheard Lyrics: Of the big lake they called bitchy doomy
Original Lyrics: Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee
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Led Zeppelin's, "Ramble On"
Misheard Lyrics: I’m gonna ride along
Original Lyrics: I’m gonna ramble on
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Olivia Newton-John's, "If You Love Me..."
Misheard Lyrics: If you love me, let me go
Original Lyrics: If you love me, let me know
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The Hollies', "He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother"
Misheard Lyrics: He ain’t healthy
Original Lyrics: He ain’t heavy
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Tommy James', "Draggin' the Line"
Misheard Lyrics: Travelin' around
Original Lyrics: Draggin' the Line
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1980s | |
ABC's, "How to Be a Millionaire"
Misheard Lyrics: I've seen the fugitive
Original Lyrics: I've seen the future
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Aerosmith's, "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)"
Misheard Lyrics: That, that, dude looks like a lady!
Original Lyrics: (Sax bleat), (Sax bleat), Dude looks like a lady!
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Asia's, "Heat of the Moment"
Misheard Lyrics: It was the heat of the Mormon
Original Lyrics: It was the heat of the moment
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Billy Joel's, "She's Got a Way"
Misheard Lyrics: She's gone away to Florida
Original Lyrics: She's got a way about her
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Billy Ocean's, "Caribean Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: She touched my meat in painted-on jeans
Original Lyrics: She dashed by me in painted on jeans
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Calling America"
Misheard Lyrics: In a goddamn world
Original Lyrics: In a modern world
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Genesis', "Abacab"
Misheard Lyrics: I cum on the walls, there on the floor
Original Lyrics: Look up on the wall, there on the floor
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Ken Barrie's, "Postman Pat"
Misheard Lyrics: Early in the morning,
Just as gays are yawning Original Lyrics: Early in the morning,
Just as day is dawning |
OMD's, "Messages"
Misheard Lyrics: And menstruation is this plan of yours
To ensure I don't forget Original Lyrics: It makes it worse is this a plan of yours
To ensure I don't forget |
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Terence Trent D'Arby's, "Sign Your Name"
Misheard Lyrics: Slowly remake love
Original Lyrics: Slowly we make love
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Womack & Womack's, "A.P.B."
Misheard Lyrics: YouTube can't do this to me
Original Lyrics: You two can't do this to me
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ZZ Top's, "Legs"
Misheard Lyrics: She's got lips down to her panties...
Original Lyrics: She's kinds jet set
Try undo her panties. |
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1990s | |
Eve 6's, "Inside Out"
Misheard Lyrics: So callous, where my mind stays
Original Lyrics: So Cal is where my mind states
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Smash Mouth's, "Walking on the Sun"
Misheard Lyrics: It's just like getting fat: it retracts before impact
Original Lyrics: It's just like any fad, it retracts before impact
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Smash Mouth's, "Walking on the Sun"
Misheard Lyrics: You need to be there when your baby's old enough to be laid
Original Lyrics: You need to be there when your baby's old enough to relate
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The Simpsons', "Do the Bartman"
Misheard Lyrics: Shake it 'til you break it to it, don't deny.
Original Lyrics: She can do it, he can do it, so can I.
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Weezer's, "El Scorcho"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm alive like you, so please hang low
Original Lyrics: I'm a lot like you, so please, hello
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2000s | |
Crush 40's, "I Am (All of Me)"
Misheard Lyrics: Stop writing on the wall.
Original Lyrics: Black writings on the wall.
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Crush 40's, "Sonic Heroes"
Misheard Lyrics: Find you, can't find you
Defying your rage Original Lyrics: Bind you, confine you
Defying your reign |
Crush 40's, "Sonic Heroes"
Misheard Lyrics: I've got to look like Michael Bay.
Original Lyrics: I got you hooked by my own bait.
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Crush 40's, "Sonic Heroes"
Misheard Lyrics: Watch me move, and by the way
Watch me say the may Original Lyrics: Watch me rule the night away
Watch the me save the day |
Dismantled 's, "Exit"
Misheard Lyrics: Faced the crowd in a bloody mirror
Original Lyrics: Faced the crowd in a blind mirror
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Dismantled's, "The Blind"
Misheard Lyrics: Dan! We wait for Dan! We wait for Marshall!
Original Lyrics: [inaudible]
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Girls Aloud's, "Call The Shots"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a fright that burns inside me
Felix is rising Original Lyrics: Out of the fire that burns inside me
A phoenix is rising |
P. Diddy and Usher's, "I Need a Girl (Part 1)"
Misheard Lyrics: I need a girl to ride my bike
Original Lyrics: I need a girl to ride, ride, ride
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Rachel Stevens', "Sweet Dreams My LA Ex"
Misheard Lyrics: We've had an awful stink
'Til the light comes back to you now Original Lyrics: We've had it on full steam
'Til the light comes back to you now |
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2010s | |
Girls Aloud's, "Something New"
Misheard Lyrics: Boy, you'd better wash your back
Original Lyrics: Boy, you'd better watch your back
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Girls Aloud's, "Something New"
Misheard Lyrics: Got to take that bath is what you said to me
Never giving in when the sun's so hyped Got to feel that heat when your corset's right Original Lyrics: Got to take that back what you said to me
Never giving in when the sun's so high Got to feel that heat when you cross a fire |
Lorde's, "Royals"
Misheard Lyrics: I've never seen a diamond in the fraid
Original Lyrics: I've never seen a diamond in the flesh
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Maroon 5's, "Just a Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics: Justin Beiber, Justin Beiber, Justin Beiber is my dad
Original Lyrics: Just a feeling, just a feeling, just a feeling that I had
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Tame Impala's, "One more hour"
Misheard Lyrics: All your voices said you wouldn't last a minute, babe
One more hour and you know your life is going to s*** OR One more hour and you know your life is going to shift Original Lyrics: All your voices said you wouldn't last a minute, babe
One more hour and you know your life is one to share |
Trivium's, "What the Dead Man Say"
Misheard Lyrics: You killed a cow
Original Lyrics: You can’t let go
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