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1960s | |
Bruce Channel's, "Hey Baby"
Misheard Lyrics: Come on, baby, give me your world
Original Lyrics: Come on, baby, give me a whirl
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Joni Mitchell's, "Roses Blue"
Misheard Lyrics: She's gotten into terracotta potions
Original Lyrics: She's gotten into tarot cards and potions
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1970s | |
David Bowie's, "Space Oddity"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm feeling very scared
Original Lyrics: I'm feeling very still
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Dire Straits', "Angel of Mercy"
Misheard Lyrics: And if I give up my soul, won't you give me the right
Original Lyrics: And if I give up my sword, won't you give me the right
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Eddie Money's, "Two Tickets to Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm gonna take you on a trip so far from the East
Original Lyrics: I'm gonna take you on a trip so far from here
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Elton John's, "Bennie And The Jets"
Misheard Lyrics: She's got electric boots, a mole named "Sue".
Original Lyrics: She's got electric boots, a mohair suit.
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Joe Jackson's, "Is She Really Going Out with Him?"
Misheard Lyrics: Something's going all around here
Original Lyrics: Something's going wrong around here
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Leo Sayer's, "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"
Misheard Lyrics: You make me feel like w*nking, I'm gonna w*nk the night away
Original Lyrics: You make me feel like dancing, I'm gonna dance the night away
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Looking Glass', "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne"
Misheard Lyrics: And warring against the whites
Original Lyrics: And worrying the whys
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The Hollies', "Long Dark Road"
Misheard Lyrics: In Miami and in my car
Original Lyrics: In my head and in my heart
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1980s | |
Don Henley's, "Sunset Grill"
Misheard Lyrics: Watch the basket people walk around and mambo
Original Lyrics: Watch the basket people walk around and mumble
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Rickie Lee Jones', "The Real End"
Misheard Lyrics: Is this the re-run?
Original Lyrics: Is this the real end?
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Rickie Lee Jones', "The Real End"
Misheard Lyrics: Keep on holding him to yourself
Keep your anger down What can I worry about If you can forgive, well, it might prove it after Original Lyrics: Keep all your old linen to yourself
Keep your bank account What you don't worry about If you can give, well, it might be able to work out |
Rickie Lee Jones', "The Real End"
Misheard Lyrics: Maybe I wanted just to pass like that
Original Lyrics: Maybe a woman just acts like that
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Rickie Lee Jones', "The Real End"
Misheard Lyrics: Way I treated my little ange was like
The Marquis DeSade with a new plan Original Lyrics: Way I treated my little lamb was like
The Marquis DeSade and her new clown |
Rickie Lee Jones', "The Real End"
Misheard Lyrics: You got a little boy
He's so funny He wants to be with you all the time But don't tell him he's the only one Or you - your new boy becomes a-hard to find Original Lyrics: You got a new boy
He's so fine He wants to be with you all the time But don't tell him he's the only one Or your new boy becomes a hard to find |
Stevie Nicks', "Edge of Seventeen"
Misheard Lyrics: Nothing else, builders
Original Lyrics: Nothing else mattered
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1990s | |
Beats International's, "Dub Be Good To Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't care about your older girls, just be good to me
Original Lyrics: I don't care about your other girls, just be good to me
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Cake's, "The Distance"
Misheard Lyrics: You're lucky we crashed at the starting line
Original Lyrics: Reluctantly crouched at the starting line
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Commercial's, "Hooked on Phonics"
Misheard Lyrics: Book of phonics works for me!
Original Lyrics: Hooked on Phonics works for me!
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Deborah Cox's, "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here"
Misheard Lyrics: And if you get me
or And if you catch me Original Lyrics: How did you get here?
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Enya's, "Book of Days"
Misheard Lyrics: This way could be my Brooklyn Dreams
Original Lyrics: This way could be my Book of Days
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Madonna's, "Ray of Light"
Misheard Lyrics: And I feel like a disco duck
Original Lyrics: And I feel like I just got home
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Sarah McLachlan's, "Good Enough"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey you're glass is heavy
Original Lyrics: Hey you're glass is empty
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Sarah McLachlan's, "Sweet Surrender"
Misheard Lyrics: It doesn't mean lunch
Original Lyrics: It doesn't mean much
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Snap!'s, "The Power"
Misheard Lyrics: It's giving me a headache
Original Lyrics: It's gettin' kinda hectic
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The Divinyls', "I Touch Myself"
Misheard Lyrics: You're the one who makes me go manic
Original Lyrics: You're the one who makes me come running
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2000s | |
Bomfunk MC's', "Freestyler"
Misheard Lyrics: Cheese scraped from the top of my dome
Original Lyrics: Yeah, straight from the top of my dome.
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Chevelle's, "Send the Pain Below"
Misheard Lyrics: Some silver thing below
Original Lyrics: So send the pain below
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Chevelle's, "The Red"
Misheard Lyrics: With your single doubt
Original Lyrics: When you're singled out
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Corinne Bailey Rae's, "Put Your Records On"
Misheard Lyrics: Si-fi invaded dreams
Original Lyrics: Sapphire and faded jeans
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Daft Punk's, "One More Time"
Misheard Lyrics: We won't ingenerate
Original Lyrics: We're gonna celebrate
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Gwen Stefani's, "Hollaback Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: I ain't no Harlem ac-tor
Original Lyrics: I ain't no hollaback girl.
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Kelly Clarkson's, "My Life Would Suck Without You"
Misheard Lyrics: You're kind of teasing me
Original Lyrics: You got a piece of me
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Nine Days', "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)"
Misheard Lyrics: I absolutely love her with her style
Original Lyrics: I absolutely love her when she smiles
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TV Show Scripts', "VeggieTales - Esther: The Girl Who Became Queen"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey, who bited the queen?
Did you bite the queen? Uh, no. I don't think I did. Original Lyrics: Hey, who invited the queen?
Did you invite the queen? Uh, no. I don't think I did. |
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Toploader's, "Dancing in the Moonlight"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody's washing with some Woolite
Original Lyrics: Everybody's dancing in the moonlight
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Toploader's, "Dancing in the Moonlight"
Misheard Lyrics: We keep Blue's Clues, we keep them tight
Original Lyrics: We keep things loose, we keep them tight
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2010s | |
Commercial's, "HealthMarkets"
Misheard Lyrics: Get detergent, paper plates, Hot Pockets
Original Lyrics: Your insurance marketplace, HealthMarkets
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country | |
Shania Twain's, "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"
Misheard Lyrics: The way I'll be
Original Lyrics: The way I feel
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Shania Twain's, "That Don't Impress Me Much"
Misheard Lyrics: You got the books, but have you got the touch?
Original Lyrics: You got the looks, but have you got the touch?
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Shania Twain's, "That Don't Impress Me Much"
Misheard Lyrics: You got the brakes, but have you got the touch?
Original Lyrics: You got the brains, but have you got the touch?
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Shania Twain's, "That Don't Impress Me Much"
Misheard Lyrics: You think you're a fool, but have you got the touch?
Original Lyrics: You think you're cool, but have you got the touch?
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Shania Twain's, "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?"
Misheard Lyrics: Whose bed have your books been under?
Original Lyrics: Whose bed have your boots been under?
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