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1960s | |
B.J. Thomas', "Hooked on a Feeling"
Misheard Lyrics: I looked up a CD
Original Lyrics: I'm hooked on a feeling
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Desmond Dekker and the Aces', "Israelites"
Misheard Lyrics: You touch me in your farm, you sound your alarm
Original Lyrics: You catch me in your farm, you sound your alarm
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Mel and Tim's, "Backfield in Motion"
Misheard Lyrics: Pipe down, you start cheatin' on me
Original Lyrics: First down, you start cheatin' on me
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TV Show Scripts', "Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen"
Misheard Lyrics: Everything we design is carried out; there are no mistakes.
Original Lyrics: Everything we decide is carried out; there are no mistakes.
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1970s | |
Elton John's, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Misheard Lyrics: Sniffing for tickets like you.
Original Lyrics: Sniffing for tidbits like you.
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John Lennon's, "Imagine"
Misheard Lyrics: But I'm not the worrywart
Original Lyrics: But I'm not the only one
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John Lennon's, "Instant Karma (We All Shine On)"
Misheard Lyrics: Ariel, shine on
Original Lyrics: And we all shine on
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L.T.D.'s, "(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again"
Misheard Lyrics: Every time I knew about you
Original Lyrics: Every time I move, I lose
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Marvin Gaye's, "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)"
Misheard Lyrics: Fish full of mercy
Original Lyrics: Fish full of mercury
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Rupert Holmes', "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"
Misheard Lyrics: If you're not into rodents
Original Lyrics: If you're not into yoga
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Ten Years After's, "I'd Love to Change the World"
Misheard Lyrics: Them and us, stop the war.
Original Lyrics: Senators, stop the war.
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1980s | |
Bob Seger's, "Fire Lake"
Misheard Lyrics: Who wants to go find Elaine
Original Lyrics: Who wants to go to Fire Lake
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Bobby Brown's, "Don't Be Cruel"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey yo, Cherie, what's up with the attitude?
Original Lyrics: Hey yo cutie what's up with this attitude?
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Bobby Brown's, "My Prerogative"
Misheard Lyrics: Evil tricks is not my thing
Original Lyrics: Ego trips is not my thang
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Bobby Brown's, "My Prerogative"
Misheard Lyrics: Some ask me questions,
Why am I so real? or Some ask me questions, Why am I surreal? Original Lyrics: Some ask me questions,
Like am I for real? |
Christopher Cross', "All Right"
Misheard Lyrics: I know, I know it's overnight
Original Lyrics: I know, I know what's on your mind
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Christopher Cross', "Ride Like the Wind"
Misheard Lyrics: And I got a wrong way to go
Original Lyrics: And I got a long way to go
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Christopher Cross', "Sailing"
Misheard Lyrics: Every word is a sympathy
Original Lyrics: Every word is a symphony
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Christopher Cross', "Think of Laura"
Misheard Lyrics: I know she wanted that way
Original Lyrics: I know she'd want it that way
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Jeffrey Osborne's, "On the Wings of Love"
Misheard Lyrics: The only way to try
Original Lyrics: The only way to fly
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Jeffrey Osborne's, "Stay with Me Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Make me feel just like a stupid girl
Original Lyrics: Make me feel just like a schoolboy, girl
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Jeffrey Osborne's, "You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song)"
Misheard Lyrics: You got to mortify my love
Original Lyrics: You got to fortify my love
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Simple Minds', "Don't You (Forget About Me)"
Misheard Lyrics: Rain keeps coming
or Rain keeps going Original Lyrics: Rain keeps falling
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Traveling Wilburys', "Handle with Care"
Misheard Lyrics: Reputations changeable
The situation is horrible Original Lyrics: Reputations changeable
Situations tolerable |
U2's, "Angel of Harlem"
Misheard Lyrics: Cheesecake in Harlem,
Harlem, Oh! Original Lyrics: She says it's heart,
Heart and soul. |
U2's, "Angel of Harlem"
Misheard Lyrics: Coming here to spend the day,
Touched the ground at J.F.K. Original Lyrics: It was a cold and wet December day
When we touched the ground at JFK. |
U2's, "Angel of Harlem"
Misheard Lyrics: Got John Coltrane and Love Supreme,
Miles Davis got to be an angel. Original Lyrics: We got John Coltrane and a love supreme
Miles, and she's got to be an angel |
U2's, "Angel of Harlem"
Misheard Lyrics: Moonlight on the avenue,
God no, they got to you Original Lyrics: Blue light on the avenue
God knows they got to you |
U2's, "Angel of Harlem"
Misheard Lyrics: See the truth behind the lies
In town Original Lyrics: She sees the truth behind the lies
Angel |
1990s | |
Ace of Base's, "Beautiful Life"
Misheard Lyrics: It’s the Culligan man
Original Lyrics: It’s a beautiful life
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Arrested Development's, "Mr. Wendal"
Misheard Lyrics: I bid you dignity to stand with pride
Original Lyrics: I feed you dignity to stand with pride
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Nightcrawlers', "Push the Feeling On"
Misheard Lyrics: Eliza’s gay,
A life full of soup Original Lyrics: Their lives again
Their Li, to pull us through |
Richard Marx's, "Hazard"
Misheard Lyrics: And leave this old Nevada town
Original Lyrics: And leave this old Nebraska town
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Static X's, "Fix"
Misheard Lyrics: Pudding and Jello, Drug Test, Banana Sex
Original Lyrics: Tune it in, chill out, drop dead
I need a fix |
U2's, "One"
Misheard Lyrics: You act like you never had that
And you want me to go without Original Lyrics: You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without |
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2000s | |
Dismantled 's, "Get It Through"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll never get through to you
I'm too white Original Lyrics: I'll never get through to you
I'm too wide |
Dizzee Rascal and Armand Van Helden's, "Bonkers"
Misheard Lyrics: But I let Santa give me the slip
OR But I let Sandy give me the slip Original Lyrics: But I let sanity give me the slip
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Fall Out Boy's, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race"
Misheard Lyrics: Dis einaseen it's a dog's arse face
Original Lyrics: This ain't a scene, it's a g**d*** arms race.
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Nelly's, "Country Grammar"
Misheard Lyrics: Goo down
Down baby gosh I in a cocoa puff Original Lyrics: Goin' down down baby
Yo' street in a Range Rover. |
Shakira's, "Whenever, Wherever"
Misheard Lyrics: 10 million ways to love somebody
Original Lyrics: Too many ways to love somebody
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2010s | |
Metallica's, "Now That We're Dead"
Misheard Lyrics: When Lars has won, may it be
It's you I'm madly fighting for Original Lyrics: When loss has won, may it be
It's you I'm madly fighting for |
SAINt JHN's, "Roses (Imanbek Remix)"
Misheard Lyrics: I walked in the corner with a bag of screaming goats
Original Lyrics: I walked in the corner with the body screaming dolo
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Zeds Dead's, "Cowboy (Congorock Remix)"
Misheard Lyrics: Slap me in the ass
Original Lyrics: Just looked me in the eyes
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misc | |
Ed Sheeran's, "Afterglow"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh I would hold on to the apple core
Original Lyrics: Oh I would hold on to the afterglow
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Taylor Swift's, "Willow"
Misheard Lyrics: And if it was an overboard case
Original Lyrics: And if it was an open-shut case
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