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1950s | |
Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters', "Honey Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Lesbian, lesbian, lesbian, lesbian love
Original Lyrics: Love me, love me, love me, love me, lo
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1960s | |
Dean Martin's, "Everybody Loves Somebody"
Misheard Lyrics: That sometime is now
Original Lyrics: My sometime is now
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1970s | |
Alan Thicke's, "It Takes Diff'rent Strokes"
Misheard Lyrics: A man is yours
Original Lyrics: A man is born
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Cast of Chicago's, "All That Jazz"
Misheard Lyrics: Where the gym is cold and the Sahara's hot
Original Lyrics: Where the gin is cold and the piano's hot
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KC and the Sunshine Band's, "Get Down Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Good times tonight
Original Lyrics: Get down tonight
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The Ramones', "I Wanna Be Sedated"
Misheard Lyrics: Hurry, hurry, hurry, before I go let go (OR, ...before I go the door)
Original Lyrics: Hurry, hurry, hurry, before I go loco
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The Temptations', "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)"
Misheard Lyrics: And it was just my fascination
Original Lyrics: And it was just my imagination
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UB40's, "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)"
Misheard Lyrics: 3 A.M., baby
Original Lyrics: Here I am, baby
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1980s | |
Journey's, "I'll Be Alright Without You"
Misheard Lyrics: I keep going on, but I'll try
Original Lyrics: I keep holding on, but I'll try
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Journey's, "Suzanne"
Misheard Lyrics: I hear your voice on the Brady Bunch
Original Lyrics: I hear your voice on the radio
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Men Without Hats', "Pop Goes the World"
Misheard Lyrics: Tacos for more
Original Lyrics: Pop goes the world
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Sheena Easton's, "For Your Eyes Only"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh you like Soul Train
Original Lyrics: For your eyes only
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Spandau Ballet's, "Communication"
Misheard Lyrics: But I'm not here
Original Lyrics: But I'm left here
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The Dream Academy's, "The Love Parade"
Misheard Lyrics: Hip hop hooray
Original Lyrics: the love parade
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The Gap Band's, "Oops Upside Your Head"
Misheard Lyrics: And Noddy had a son
Original Lyrics: And now they have a son
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The Gap Band's, "You Dropped a Bomb on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: You dropped the ball on me, baby
Original Lyrics: You dropped a bomb on me, baby
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The Pointer Sisters', "Neutron Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: Doin' the Hoover Dam
Original Lyrics: Doin' the Neutron Dance
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1990s | |
Amy Grant's, "Big Yellow Taxi"
Misheard Lyrics: With a pink coattail, a boutique, and a swinging hearts spot
Original Lyrics: With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot
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Billy Ray Cyrus', "Achy Breaky Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't tear my heart, my achy breaky heart
Original Lyrics: Don't tell my heart, my achy breaky heart
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Blink-182's, "What's My Age Again?"
Misheard Lyrics: I work alone to get the feeling right
Original Lyrics: I wore cologne to get the feeling right
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Enrique Iglesias', "Bailamos"
Misheard Lyrics: Take an arrow, amor mio
Original Lyrics: Te quiero, amor mio
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Gloria Estefan's, "Reach"
Misheard Lyrics: We rise above the storms
Original Lyrics: We rise above the stars
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Nirvana's, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Misheard Lyrics: Here we are now, in containers!
Avacado, hell if I know! Original Lyrics: Here we are now, entertain us
A mulatto, an albino |
White Town's, "Your Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: But I'll say butt out, that's for sure
Original Lyrics: But I'll soon find out, that's for sure
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White Town's, "Your Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: So much for all your eyebrow Marxist ways
Original Lyrics: So much for all your highbrow Marxist ways
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2000s | |
Bowling for Soup's, "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius"
Misheard Lyrics: This is the see-saw
Original Lyrics: This is the theme song
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Fall Out Boy's, "Dance, Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: You were a soldier
Original Lyrics: You always told us
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Gwen Stefani featuring Akon's, "The Sweet Escape"
Misheard Lyrics: If I could be safe
Original Lyrics: If I could escape
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Jordin Sparks', "Battlefield"
Misheard Lyrics: You'd better go and get your handbag
Original Lyrics: You'd better go and get your armor
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Kylie Minogue's, "Love at First Sight"
Misheard Lyrics: It was slow, it was slow, it was slow, it was slow
Original Lyrics: It was love, it was love, it was love, it was love
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Paramore's, "Brick By Boring Brick"
Misheard Lyrics: Well go get your chauffeur
And we’ll take a detour Original Lyrics: Well go get your shovel
And we’ll dig a deep hole |
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2010s | |
Allie Sherlock's, "Love Runs Out"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll be your ghost, your game, your CD-ROM.
Original Lyrics: I'll be your ghost, your game, your stadium.
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Traditional's, "You are My Sunshine"
Misheard Lyrics: Please don't take my French fries away
Original Lyrics: Please don't take my sunshine away
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xmas | |
Art Mooney and His Orchestra's, "Nuttin' for Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: Somebody's stitches on me
Original Lyrics: Somebody snitched on me
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Commercial's, "Hess Toy Truck"
Misheard Lyrics: The Tesla's back
Original Lyrics: The Hess truck's back
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Movie Scripts', "March of the Wooden Soldiers"
Misheard Lyrics: Would you shut up and go along with your work?
Original Lyrics: Would you shut up and go on with your work?
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Norah Jones', "Peace"
Misheard Lyrics: Please let me give a damn
Original Lyrics: Peace when the day is done
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Sheena Easton's, "Christmas All Over the World"
Misheard Lyrics: It's cream puffs
Original Lyrics: It's Christmas
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Smokey Robinson and the Miracles', "Christmas Everyday"
Misheard Lyrics: And the man begins to play
Original Lyrics: And the band begins to play
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TV Show Scripts', "Frosty the Snowman"
Misheard Lyrics: I get a witchy woman
Original Lyrics: I get all wishy-washy
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The Four Seasons', "Christmas Tears"
Misheard Lyrics: Christmas cheer
Original Lyrics: Christmas tears
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The Four Seasons', "Jungle Bells"
Misheard Lyrics: Are sure to get their chair
Original Lyrics: Are sure to get their share
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Traditional's, "Good King Wenceslas"
Misheard Lyrics: On the East of Eden
Original Lyrics: On the Feast of Stephen
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Traditional's, "Hark The Herld Angels Sing"
Misheard Lyrics: Hark, the Harold alien sings!
Original Lyrics: Hark the herald angels sing
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra's, "Christmas Canon"
Misheard Lyrics: On the side
Original Lyrics: On this night
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