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1950s | |
Elvis Presley's, "Don't Be Cruel"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't be gruel, I got a car so true
Original Lyrics: Don't be cruel, I got a heart so true
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Elvis Presley's, "Love Me Tender"
Misheard Lyrics: Love September, loving June
Original Lyrics: Love me tender, love me true
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1960s | |
Monkees', "Daydream Believer"
Misheard Lyrics: Cheer up Sweet Regine......
Original Lyrics: Cheer up Sleepy Jean....
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The Monkees', "Goin' Down"
Misheard Lyrics: When you find me in the morning wettin’ the ground
Original Lyrics: When you find me in the morning wet and drowned
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1970s | |
America's, "Sister Golden Hair"
Misheard Lyrics: And I knew poo-poo's hard to find
Original Lyrics: And I've been too, too hard to find
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Electric Light Orchestra's, "Fire On High"
Misheard Lyrics: God bless, God bless, God bless, God bless
It's a Miata, Officer Frizzy. Original Lyrics: [Reversed] The music is reversible, but time is not!
Turn back! Turn back! Turn back! Turn back! |
Elton John's, "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Come and save my aftermath
Original Lyrics: Someone saved my life tonight
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Joe Walsh's, "Rocky Mountain Way"
Misheard Lyrics: Time to change the platter
Original Lyrics: Time to change the batter
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Jose Feliciano's, "Chico and the Man"
Misheard Lyrics: You can see the morning sun if you fly
Original Lyrics: You can see the morning sun if you try
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Loggins and Messina's, "Your Mama Don't Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: And your debit card rocks and rolls
Original Lyrics: And your daddy don't rock and roll
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Paul McCartney's, "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"
Misheard Lyrics: Little little Beatle, won't you get around? (Get around)
Get your feet up off the ground Little little get around. Original Lyrics: Live a little, be a gypsy, get around (get around)
Get your feet up off the ground Live a little, get around. |
Player's, "Baby Come Back"
Misheard Lyrics: Any kind of two can see
Original Lyrics: Any kind of fool can see
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Player's, "Baby Come Back"
Misheard Lyrics: I was robbed, and I just can't live without you
Original Lyrics: I was wrong, and I just can't live without you
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The Three Degrees', "When Will I See You Again"
Misheard Lyrics: Precious love
Original Lyrics: Precious moments
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1980s | |
Expose's, "Seasons Change"
Misheard Lyrics: It's been long on 5th Avenue
Original Lyrics: It's been so long since I found you
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Joy Division's, "Dead Souls"
Misheard Lyrics: We're figures from the past I'm told (Or, where figures from the past unfold)
And mocking voices ring the bold Original Lyrics: Where figures from the past stand tall
And mocking voices ring the halls |
Matthew Wilder's, "Break My Stride"
Misheard Lyrics: Ain't nothing but a drink last night
Original Lyrics: Ain't nothing gonna break my stride
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Mel and Kim's, "Respectable"
Misheard Lyrics: Get out of view, we just don't have the time
Original Lyrics: Get out of here, we just don't have the time
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Mr. Mister's, "Kyrie"
Misheard Lyrics: Humiliation down the road that I must travel
Humiliation through the darkness of the night Humiliation where I'm going, will you follow? Humiliation on a highway in the night Original Lyrics: Kyrie Eleison down the road that I must travel
Kyrie Eleison through the darkness of the night Kyrie Eleison where I'm going, will you follow? Kyrie Eleison on a highway in the night |
Philip Bailey and Phil Collins', "Easy Lover"
Misheard Lyrics: Leave her, leave her
Original Lyrics: Leave it, leave it
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Philip Bailey and Phil Collins', "Easy Lover"
Misheard Lyrics: We'll just say that there's no other
Till she finds another. Original Lyrics: For she'll say that there's no other
Till she finds another. |
Sade's, "Smooth Operator"
Misheard Lyrics: Coast to coast, L.A. to Chicago, Western Bell
Original Lyrics: Coast to coast, L.A. to Chicago, western male.
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The Jets', "Crush on You"
Misheard Lyrics: She's always talking when she should be whispering
Original Lyrics: She's always talking when she should be listening
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1990s | |
Ace of Base's, "All That She Wants"
Misheard Lyrics: All that she wants is a normal baby
Original Lyrics: All that she wants is another baby
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Bryan Adams', "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"
Misheard Lyrics: She needs her mommy
Original Lyrics: She needs somebody
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DJ Luck and MC Neat's, "A Little Bit of Luck"
Misheard Lyrics: With a Machu Picchu Machu Picchu Machu through the night.
Original Lyrics: With a little bit of luck, we can make it through the night.
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Jennifer Lopez's, "Waiting for Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Gone are the days where the song used to sing
Original Lyrics: Gone are the days when the sun used to set
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Massive Attack's, "One Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Some men don't feel secure Unless they have a woman on their tongue They have to play the field To prove they have charm
Original Lyrics: Some men don't feel secure Unless they have a woman on each arm They have to play the field Prove they have charm
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Michael Penn's, "No Myth"
Misheard Lyrics: What if I were rolling up your black jeans?
Original Lyrics: What if I were Romeo in black jeans?
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Rednex's, "Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics: Fiddlin' out for Cotton Eye Joe
Original Lyrics: If I hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
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Spice Girls', "2 Become 1"
Misheard Lyrics: One big love to ya, baby
Such a spirit free, it's the only way to be Silly games that you were playing Empty words we'd both forsaken Original Lyrics: Wanna make love to you, baby
Set your spirit free, it's the only way to be Silly games that you were playing Empty words we both were saying |
The Tragically Hip's, "Ahead by a Century"
Misheard Lyrics: You are an egocentric mess.
Original Lyrics: You are ahead by a century.
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2000s | |
Sonique's, "It Feels So Good"
Misheard Lyrics: It ain't the public eye
Original Lyrics: It ain't the job you got
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The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus', "Face Down"
Misheard Lyrics: I knew that she was found
Original Lyrics: A new life she has found
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2010s | |
Cee-Lo Green's, "Forget You"
Misheard Lyrics: Although they’re playing in my church
Original Lyrics: Although there’s pain in my chest
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Fates Warning's, "Begin Again"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, lamenting all those retarded, over
And pretending that the world would change retarded And even though I know you've waited so retarded You never thought that it would end like this Like this Original Lyrics: Oh, lamenting all those yesterdays
And pretending that the world would change, it goes on And even though I know you've waited so long You never thought that it would end like this Like this |
Portugal. The Man's, "Feel It Still"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm 11 just for kicks
Original Lyrics: I'm a rebel just for kicks
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country | |
misc | |
Jennifer Lopez's, "In the Morning"
Misheard Lyrics: Say it with a warning
Original Lyrics: Say it in the morning
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SAINt JHN's, "Roses (Imanbek Remix)"
Misheard Lyrics: Standing on the table, Rosé, Rosé, f**k the walls
Original Lyrics: Standing on the table, Rosé, Rosé, f**k the waters
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xmas | |
Wham!'s, "Last Christmas"
Misheard Lyrics: A face on a lover with a fart in his heart
Original Lyrics: A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
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