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1950s | |
Frank Sinatra's, "Come Fly with Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't cry with me
Original Lyrics: Come fly with me
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Frank Sinatra's, "Love and Marriage"
Misheard Lyrics: You can't have one without the otter
Original Lyrics: You can't have one without the other
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1960s | |
Blood, Sweat and Tears', "Spinning Wheel"
Misheard Lyrics: You're never in
Original Lyrics: You never win
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Frank Sinatra's, "Strangers in the Night"
Misheard Lyrics: Wandering in the night
Original Lyrics: Wondering in the night
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Glen Campbell's, "Gentle on My Mind"
Misheard Lyrics: My beard a roughning coal pile,
And a dirty hat pulled over 'cross my face Original Lyrics: My beard a rustling, cold towel,
And a dirty hat pulled low across my face |
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1970s | |
Billy Joel's, "The Entertainer"
Misheard Lyrics: I am the alligator
Original Lyrics: I am the entertainer
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Cliff Richard's, "Miss You Nights"
Misheard Lyrics: But these tissue nights are the longest
Original Lyrics: But these miss you nights are the longest
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Commodores', "Slippery When Wet"
Misheard Lyrics: Bein' a Mary Mack
Original Lyrics: Bein' a married man
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England Dan and John Ford Coley's, "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm not talkin' 'bout gorillas
Original Lyrics: I'm not talkin' 'bout movin' in
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Natalie Cole's, "This Will Be (an Everlasting Love)"
Misheard Lyrics: Enough, enough, enough, enough
Original Lyrics: Love, love, love, love
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Peter Frampton's, "Do You Feel Like We Do?"
Misheard Lyrics: Bump man
Original Lyrics: Bob Mayo on the keyboards, Bob Mayo
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Radio Theme's, "American Top 40"
Misheard Lyrics: Casey's close to close
Original Lyrics: Casey's coast to coast
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Radio Theme's, "American Top 40"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm Casey Cason
Original Lyrics: I'm Casey Kasem
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The Doors', "Riders on the Storm"
Misheard Lyrics: In fact we're all alone.
Original Lyrics: An actor on a loan.
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1980s | |
Billy Idol's, "White Wedding"
Misheard Lyrics: That the sultan lived in this world
Original Lyrics: Look for something left in this world
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Bon Jovi's, "Bad Medicine"
Misheard Lyrics: Your love is like dad's medicine
Original Lyrics: Your love is like bad medicine
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Bon Jovi's, "Born to Be My Baby"
Misheard Lyrics: And lady I was made to be your man
Original Lyrics: And baby I was made to be your man
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Bon Jovi's, "I'll Be There for You"
Misheard Lyrics: When you breathe, I wanna breathe the air for you
Original Lyrics: When you breathe, I wanna be the air for you
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Bon Jovi's, "Lay Your Hands on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Pray your hands on me
Original Lyrics: Lay your hands on me
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Bon Jovi's, "Living in Sin"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't need no diapers
Original Lyrics: I don't need no diamonds
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Bon Jovi's, "Runaway"
Misheard Lyrics: She's a little overweight
Original Lyrics: She's a little runaway
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Hall & Oates', "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)"
Misheard Lyrics: I can't bust a nut
Original Lyrics: I can't go for that
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John Parr's, "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)"
Misheard Lyrics: Up and where the eagles flyin' higher and higher
Original Lyrics: I'll be where the eagles flyin' higher and higher
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Mental As Anything's, "Live It Up"
Misheard Lyrics: If you smile, you won't fall down
On all the people in this pickup joint Original Lyrics: If you smiled, the walls would fall down
On all the people in this pickup joint |
1990s | |
Bon Jovi's, "Always"
Misheard Lyrics: This rodeo is bleeding
Original Lyrics: This Romeo is bleeding
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Bon Jovi's, "Bed of Roses"
Misheard Lyrics: And some Bond gave me nightmares
Original Lyrics: And some blonde gave me nightmares
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Bon Jovi's, "Keep the Faith"
Misheard Lyrics: I have suffered for my hunger
Original Lyrics: I have suffered for my anger
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Dubstar's, "Anywhere"
Misheard Lyrics: Even perspiration couldn't stay
Original Lyrics: Even persistination couldn't stay
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Dubstar's, "Elevator Song"
Misheard Lyrics: Yes I'll be the one who's dead
Original Lyrics: Yes I'll be the one who's there
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Dubstar's, "I Will Be Your Girlfriend"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm the gun on your shoes
Original Lyrics: I'm the gum on your shoes
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Dubstar's, "Stars"
Misheard Lyrics: To know these Zonks and to see them
Original Lyrics: To know these songs and to sing them
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Initial D Soundtrack's, "Deja Vu"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't you see my commission, the nation
Is gonna run it again Original Lyrics: Don't you see my condition, the fiction
Is gonna run it again |
Joan Osborne's, "One of Us"
Misheard Lyrics: Just a stranger bites the dust
Original Lyrics: Just a stranger on the bus
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Lisa Stansfield's, "All Around the World"
Misheard Lyrics: Why he's gonna wait
Original Lyrics: Why he's gone away
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2000s | |
Arctic Monkeys', "Fluorescent Adolescent"
Misheard Lyrics: The older boy's a slag
Original Lyrics: Oh, the boy's a slag
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Daddy Yankee's, "Rompe"
Misheard Lyrics: Rope it, rope it, rope it
Original Lyrics: Rompe, rompe, rompe
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Dubstar's, "I (Friday Night)"
Misheard Lyrics: Another time I sang your mind
Original Lyrics: Another time I sang, "You're mine"
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Fleetwood Mac's, "Peacekeeper"
Misheard Lyrics: Cheeseburger, take your time
Original Lyrics: Peacekeeper, take your time
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John Mayer's, "Say"
Misheard Lyrics: Better put it in rotation
Original Lyrics: Better put it in quotations
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Radiohead's, "Everything In Its Right Place"
Misheard Lyrics: Yesterday I woke up stuck in Alamo
Original Lyrics: Yesterday I woke up suckin' on a lemon.
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2010s | |
Commercial's, "Daisy Sour Cream"
Misheard Lyrics: Do a double, do, do a double
Original Lyrics: Do a dollop, do, do a dollop
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Fifth Harmony's, "Worth It"
Misheard Lyrics: Give it to me, I'm working
Original Lyrics: Give it to me, I'm worth it
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Gotye's, "Somebody That I Used to Know"
Misheard Lyrics: But you didn't have to snoop so long
Half your friends collect your rackets And you change your number Original Lyrics: No, you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records And then change your number |
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country | |
Martina McBride's, "Valentine"
Misheard Lyrics: Know where to speak
Original Lyrics: No way to speak
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Nelly featuring Tim McGraw's, "Over and Over"
Misheard Lyrics: I think she's breathing
Original Lyrics: I think she's leaving
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