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1960s | |
Blood, Sweat, and Tears', "And When I Die"
Misheard Lyrics: well, then let the time bend near
Original Lyrics: well, then let the time be near
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Crosby, Stills, And Nash's, "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: Asking me said she's so pretty
Original Lyrics: Asking me said she so free
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Crosby, Stills, And Nash's, "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: Just nut from the nedelee
Original Lyrics: Chestnut brown canary
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Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young's, "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: Please be gone I'm tied on cue
Original Lyrics: Listen to me buddy girl
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Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young's, "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
Misheard Lyrics: Please be gone I'm tied on cue
Original Lyrics: Please be gone I'm tired of you
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Elvis Presley's, "Suspicious Minds"
Misheard Lyrics: Ask me where I've been
Original Lyrics: Asking where I've been
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1970s | |
10cc's, "The Things We Do for Love"
Misheard Lyrics: And you're looking for the answer when you're right
Original Lyrics: And you're looking for the answer in your eyes
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Boney M.'s, "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord"
Misheard Lyrics: They hear a queer sing a song,
The music seemed to come from his a*** Original Lyrics: They hear a choir sing a song,
The music seemed to come from afar |
Climax Blues Band's, "Couldn't Get it Right"
Misheard Lyrics: I didn't have the time
Original Lyrics: I couldn't get it right
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Climax Blues Band's, "Couldn't Get it Right"
Misheard Lyrics: I started searching for a getaway
Original Lyrics: I started searching for a better way
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Earth, Wind & Fire's, "September"
Misheard Lyrics: Say that you're relentless
Original Lyrics: Say that you'll remember
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Jackson 5's, "Dancing Machine"
Misheard Lyrics: She's a texting machine
Original Lyrics: She's a dancing machine
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Jackson 5's, "I Want You Back"
Misheard Lyrics: Follow in the girl
Original Lyrics: Following the girl
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Jackson 5's, "I Want You Back"
Misheard Lyrics: Spare me of this cost
Original Lyrics: Spare me of this cause
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Jethro Tull's, "Thick as a Brick"
Misheard Lyrics: My word's got a whisker your death is a shout
Original Lyrics: My word's but a whisper your deafness a shout
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Paul McCartney and Wings', "Jet"
Misheard Lyrics: Suffer again, Jeff!
Original Lyrics: Suffragette Jet
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The Edgar Winter Group's, "Free Ride"
Misheard Lyrics: Come on and take a beehive
Original Lyrics: Come on and take a free ride
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1980s | |
Annie Lennox and Al Green's, "Put a Little Love in Your Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Lend them a hand in hand
Original Lyrics: Lend them a helping hand
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Commercial's, "Time magazine"
Misheard Lyrics: Reach out and understand
Original Lyrics: Read Time and understand
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Depeche Mode's, "People are People"
Misheard Lyrics: Piccolo people
Original Lyrics: People are people
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Diana Ross', "I'm Coming Out"
Misheard Lyrics: It's a movie coming out
Original Lyrics: There's a new me coming out
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1990s | |
Chumbawamba's, "Tubthumping"
Misheard Lyrics: Dancing the night away
Original Lyrics: P***ing the night away
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Cowboy Junkies', "Crescent Moon"
Misheard Lyrics: My ma and my pa won't love you in the land
Original Lyrics: I know I'm not part of the life you had planned
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Patty Smyth and Don Henley's, "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough"
Misheard Lyrics: And it's sad when you know
It's your heart you can't touch Original Lyrics: And it's sad when you know
It's your heart you can't trust |
Shania Twain's, "That Don't Impress Me Much"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't believe you kiss your car at night
Original Lyrics: I can't believe you kiss your car goodnight.
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Sheryl Crow's, "My Favorite Mistake"
Misheard Lyrics: You're my favorite Hispanic
Original Lyrics: You're my favorite mistake
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Vanessa Williams', "Colors of the Wind"
Misheard Lyrics: Can you paint with all the colors of the wheel?
Original Lyrics: Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
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2000s | |
2010s | |
Bruno Mars', "Locked Out of Heaven"
Misheard Lyrics: 'cause you make a free ride
Original Lyrics: 'cause you make me feel like
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Gotye featuring Kimbra's, "Somebody I Used to Know"
Misheard Lyrics: She didn't have to tough it up
Original Lyrics: She didn't have to cut me off
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xmas | |
Amy Grant's, "A Christmas to Remember"
Misheard Lyrics: A Christmas to the owl
Original Lyrics: A Christmas to remember
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Andy Williams', "It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
Misheard Lyrics: There’ll be scary Post Toasties
Original Lyrics: There’ll be scary ghost stories
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Band Aid 30's, "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
Misheard Lyrics: No rain or rivers throw
Original Lyrics: No rain or rivers flow
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Bill Engvall's, "Here's Your Sign Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: "Are those the three mice and men?"
Original Lyrics: "Are those the three wise men?"
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Justin Bieber's, "Mistletoe"
Misheard Lyrics: Under the Nickelodeon
Original Lyrics: Under the mistletoe
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Los Del Rio's, "Macarena Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: You would even say it grows
Original Lyrics: You would even say it glows
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Movie Scripts', "Christmas with the Kranks"
Misheard Lyrics: I need that stuff from chimps
Original Lyrics: I need that stuff from Chip's
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Paul McCartney's, "Wonderful Christmastime"
Misheard Lyrics: The moon is right,
They're spewing up Original Lyrics: The moon is right,
The spirits up |
Sting's, "I Saw Three Ships"
Misheard Lyrics: I saw three s***s come sailing by
Original Lyrics: I saw three ships come sailing in
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The Temptations', "My Christmas Tree"
Misheard Lyrics: Does it look the same?
Original Lyrics: Doesn’t look the same
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Tom Jones featuring Cerys Matthews', "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
Misheard Lyrics: I really can't stay,
But baby, it's covid outside Original Lyrics: I really can't stay,
But baby, it's cold outside |
Traditional's, "Jingle Bells"
Misheard Lyrics: And opened a horse, sleigh!
Original Lyrics: In a one-horse open sleigh, hey!
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Traditional's, "The Holly and the Ivy"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, they're rising up the sun
Original Lyrics: O'er the rising of the sun
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