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1960s | |
The Doors', "Roadhouse Blues"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, I woke up this morning, I got myself a meal
Original Lyrics: Well, I woke up this morning, I got myself a beer
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Tom Jones', "She's A Lady"
Misheard Lyrics: She always knows her place, she doesn't carry mace and makes me dinner.
Original Lyrics: Well she's all you'd ever want
She's the kind I'd like to flaunt And take to dinner. |
1970s | |
Andy Gibb's, "(Love is) Thicker Than Water"
Misheard Lyrics: Nothing's higher than a fountain
or Nothing's higher than a mountain Nothing's sicker than Walter Original Lyrics: Love is higher than a mountain
Love is thicker than water |
Andy Gibb's, "An Everlasting Love"
Misheard Lyrics: But I will make it true
Original Lyrics: But I will make it through
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Blondie's, "Heart Of Glass"
Misheard Lyrics: Riding high, or low on solution
Original Lyrics: Riding high on love's true bluish light.
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Cat Stevens', "Wild World"
Misheard Lyrics: And it's breaking my car
Original Lyrics: And it's breaking my heart
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Don McLean's, "American Pie"
Misheard Lyrics: I saw you dancing nin to Jim
Original Lyrics: I saw you dancing in the gym
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Player's, "This Time I'm in It for Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Predict the 70s
Original Lyrics: Predict a sunny day
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The Buggles', "Video Killed The Radio Star"
Misheard Lyrics: Radio killed the radio star
Original Lyrics: Video killed the radio star
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The Police's, "Message in a Bottle"
Misheard Lyrics: Sailing out an S.O.S.
Original Lyrics: Sending out an S.O.S.
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1980s | |
Expose's, "What You Don't Know"
Misheard Lyrics: No, she's not a dancer
Original Lyrics: No is not an answer
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Expose's, "When I Looked at Him"
Misheard Lyrics: It's not a drink
Original Lyrics: It's not a dream
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Expose's, "Your Baby Never Looked Good in Blue"
Misheard Lyrics: But don't break my car
Original Lyrics: But don't break my heart
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Fear's, "Let's Have A War"
Misheard Lyrics: Cincinnati, Dallas, Cincinnati, Dallas, Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Dallas....
Original Lyrics: There's so many of us, there's so many of us,
There's so many, there's so many of us... |
Jeffrey Osborne's, "We're Going All the Way"
Misheard Lyrics: There's no need to be a friend
Original Lyrics: There's no need to be afraid
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Neil Diamond's, "Love on the Rocks"
Misheard Lyrics: Just pour me a treat
Original Lyrics: Just pour me a drink
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Shriekback's, "Nemesis"
Misheard Lyrics: Come on give up
I think we're finished Original Lyrics: Cover him up
I think we're finished |
The Buggles', "Video Killed the Radio Star"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh-a oh. I made your children.
Original Lyrics: Oh-a oh. I met your children.
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The Buggles', "Video Killed the Radio Star"
Misheard Lyrics: Video killed the radio store
Original Lyrics: Video killed the radio star
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The Jets', "You Got it All"
Misheard Lyrics: You would make everything clean
Original Lyrics: You would make everything clear
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The Police's, "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"
Misheard Lyrics: Is all I want to sing to you
Original Lyrics: Is all I want to say to you
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The Police's, "Don't Stand So Close to Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Just like the old man in that old America
Original Lyrics: Just like the old man in that book by Nabokov
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1990s | |
Brooks and Dunn's, "Boot Scootin' Boogie"
Misheard Lyrics: Scooby-doo boogie
Original Lyrics: Boot scoot'n boogie
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David Bowie's, "Little Wonder"
Misheard Lyrics: Little wanker, little wanker you.
Original Lyrics: Little wonder, little wonder you.
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Expose's, "I Wish the Phone Would Ring"
Misheard Lyrics: Wake me from this drink
Original Lyrics: Wake me from this dream
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Expose's, "I'll Never Get Over You (Getting Over Me)"
Misheard Lyrics: From the havens
Original Lyrics: From the heavens
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Expose's, "Let Me Be the One"
Misheard Lyrics: Falling in love with just a gay
Original Lyrics: Falling in love is just a game
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Expose's, "Tell Me Why"
Misheard Lyrics: It ankles every night
Original Lyrics: It echoes every night
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Foo Fighters', "Big Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I could stand to Pooh
Original Lyrics: I could stand to prove
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Nightcrawlers', "Push the Feeling On"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, life is a game.
And life will pull us. Original Lyrics: Oh, and their lives again,
Their lives will pull us through |
Richard Marx's, "Now and Forever"
Misheard Lyrics: When the 70s hang by a thread
Original Lyrics: When my sanity hangs by a thread
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Spin Doctors', "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong"
Misheard Lyrics: Letter S, letter S
Original Lyrics: Little Miss, Little Miss
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Spin Doctors', "Two Princes"
Misheard Lyrics: And if you like to call me later
Original Lyrics: And if you want to call me baby
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Tom Petty's, "You Don't Know How It Feels"
Misheard Lyrics: So let it get to the point
Less road, another joint Original Lyrics: So let me get to the point
Let's roll another joint |
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2000s | |
Barenaked Ladies', "Seven Little Monsters Theme Song"
Misheard Lyrics: They cause trouble whenever they go
Original Lyrics: They cause trouble wherever they go
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Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys', "Empire State of Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: Africa Bimbataship
Original Lyrics: Afrika Bambaathaa s***
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Nickelback's, "Gotta Be Somebody"
Misheard Lyrics: Someone to love with highlights in their hair
There's gotta be somebody for me like that Original Lyrics: Someone to love with my life in their hands
There's gotta be somebody for me like that |
Shaggy's, "Angel"
Misheard Lyrics: You're on Charlie's Angels
Original Lyrics: You're my darling, angel
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WarioWare: Touched's, "Ashley's Theme"
Misheard Lyrics: She never breaks the law so she never goes to hell
Original Lyrics: She never plays with dolls and she never combs her hair
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WarioWare: Touched's, "Ashley's Theme"
Misheard Lyrics: She never breaks the law so she never goes to
Original Lyrics: She never plays with dolls and she never combs her hair
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Young the Giant's, "Cough Syrup"
Misheard Lyrics: Life's too short for a caribou.
Original Lyrics: Life's too short to even care at all.
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2010s | |
Jess Glynne's, "Hold My Hand"
Misheard Lyrics: 'Cause I don't wanna walk on my hands anymore, won't you understand?
'Cause I don't wanna walk alone I'm ready for this, there's no denying I'm ready for this, you've got me folding I'm ready for this, I need you rolling Original Lyrics: 'Cause I don't wanna walk on my own anymore, won't you understand?
'Cause I don't wanna walk alone I'm ready for this, there's no denying I'm ready for this, you stop me falling I'm ready for this, I need you all in |
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's, "Shallow"
Misheard Lyrics: And in the bath times I feel myself
Original Lyrics: And in the bad times I fear myself
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Loud Luxury featuring Brando's, "Body"
Misheard Lyrics: Babe, look, it's Geppetto
Original Lyrics: Babe, just hit the pedal
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Loud Luxury featuring Brando's, "Body"
Misheard Lyrics: I want that cruel love
Body on my, losing all my incense, yeah Original Lyrics: I want that crew love
Body on my, losing all my innocence, yeah |