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1950s | |
Jerry Lee Lewis', "Great Balls of Fire"
Misheard Lyrics: You broke my leg
Original Lyrics: You broke my will
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1960s | |
Dion and the Belmonts', "Ruby"
Misheard Lyrics: Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, won't you remind?
Original Lyrics: Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, won't you be mine?
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The Four Tops', "Baby I Need Your Loving"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby I need your money
Got to have all your money Original Lyrics: Baby I need your loving
Got to have all your loving |
1970s | |
Billy Joel's, "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant"
Misheard Lyrics: Perhaps a bottle of rosetti instead
Original Lyrics: Perhaps a bottle of rose instead
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Candi Staton's, "Young Hearts Run Free"
Misheard Lyrics: You'll count up the years,
And they will be filled with queers Original Lyrics: You'll count up the years,
And they will be filled with tears |
Carly Simon's, "You're So Vain"
Misheard Lyrics: And all the girls dream that
They'd be a-walkin', they'd be a-walkin' Original Lyrics: And all the girls dreamed that
They'd be your partner, they'd be your partner. |
Creedence Clearwater Revival's, "Sweet Hitchhiker"
Misheard Lyrics: Sweetie Chahaikah
Original Lyrics: Sweet hitchhiker
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Dollar's, "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"
Misheard Lyrics: When I tell that selfie
Original Lyrics: When I say that something
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Dollar's, "Love's Gotta Hold on Me"
Misheard Lyrics: I just want a soldier
Original Lyrics: I just wanna hold you
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Dollar's, "Shooting Star"
Misheard Lyrics: Dancing with a stranger
Original Lyrics: Dancing in the strange light
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Dollar's, "Who Were You with in the Moonlight"
Misheard Lyrics: Making me so-so
Original Lyrics: Making me so sad
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Grand Funk Railroad's, "Some Kind of Wonderful"
Misheard Lyrics: She's some kind of motorhome
Original Lyrics: She's some kind of wonderful
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Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway's, "Where Is the Love?"
Misheard Lyrics: You said you'd give to me soup
Original Lyrics: You said you'd give to me soon
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The Doors', "Roadhouse Blues"
Misheard Lyrics: Passion lady, passion lady, give up your mouse, give up your mouse
Original Lyrics: Ashen lady, ashen lady
Give up your vows, give up your vows. |
The Who's, "Goin' Mobile"
Misheard Lyrics: I can pull up by the curve
Original Lyrics: I can pull up by the curb
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Tony Orlando and Dawn's, "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'round the Ole Oak Tree"
Misheard Lyrics: If I told the police
Original Lyrics: If I told her please
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1980s | |
AC/DC's, "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
Misheard Lyrics: Thirty three hundred thunder trees
or Thirty three hundred bumble bees Original Lyrics: Dirty deeds done dirt cheap
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Aretha Franklin and George Michael's, "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"
Misheard Lyrics: So we were brought together through desperate need
Original Lyrics: So we were drawn together through destiny
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Band Aid's, "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
Misheard Lyrics: Beaver, wooaaaaaaah!
Original Lyrics: Feed the world
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Billy Squier's, "The Stroke"
Misheard Lyrics: Stump me, stump me
Original Lyrics: Stroke me, stroke me
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Bucks Fizz's, "Land of Make Believe"
Misheard Lyrics: You're an asshole once again
Original Lyrics: You're an outlaw once again
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Dollar's, "Give Me Back My Heart"
Misheard Lyrics: There were so many times you listened
Original Lyrics: There were so many times you whispered
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Dollar's, "Give Me Some Kinda Magic"
Misheard Lyrics: And I don't want to lose my hole on you
Original Lyrics: And I don't want to lose my hold on you
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Dollar's, "Hand Held in Black and White"
Misheard Lyrics: Into the morning light
Original Lyrics: Into the northern light
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Dollar's, "Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour)"
Misheard Lyrics: Set my heart on making your mind
Original Lyrics: Set my heart on making you mine
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Dollar's, "Videotheque"
Misheard Lyrics: At the video tech (the video tech)
Original Lyrics: At the videotheque (the videotheque)
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Morrissey's, "Every Day is Like Sunday"
Misheard Lyrics: Come, Arm & Hammer! Come!
Original Lyrics: Come, Armageddon! Come!
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Sheena Easton's, "Morning Train (9 to 5)"
Misheard Lyrics: My baby loves the NordicTrack
Original Lyrics: My baby takes the morning train
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Steve Perry's, "Oh Sherrie"
Misheard Lyrics: Love songs, love songs
Original Lyrics: Holds on, holds on
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Steve Perry's, "Oh Sherrie"
Misheard Lyrics: You sure haven't gone!
Original Lyrics: You should have been gone!
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The Police's, "When the World Is Running Down"
Misheard Lyrics: My motor's running slow
Original Lyrics: An Otis Redding song
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Thompson Twins', "Lies"
Misheard Lyrics: Weiss, Weiss, Weiss, get out!
Original Lyrics: Lies, lies, lies, yeah!
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Thompson Twins', "Love on Your Side"
Misheard Lyrics: And you need to move around
Original Lyrics: And you need to move about
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Whitney Houston's, "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
Misheard Lyrics: My lonely heart falls
Original Lyrics: My lonely heart calls
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1990s | |
Alanis Morissette's, "Head Over Feet"
Misheard Lyrics: I've never felt this happy before
Original Lyrics: I've never felt this healthy before
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Betty Boo's, "Where Are You Baby?"
Misheard Lyrics: You could have told me you were leaving
Original Lyrics: Did they tell me you were leaving?
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Bryan Adams', "Please Forgive Me"
Misheard Lyrics: Please forget me
Original Lyrics: Please forgive me
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Pulp's, "Disco 2000"
Misheard Lyrics: Won't it be strange when we're all fooling around?
Original Lyrics: Won't it be strange when we're all fully grown?
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The Human League's, "Heart Like a Wheel"
Misheard Lyrics: Heart like a wheel, changing in time, eating a colder seal
Original Lyrics: Heart like a wheel, changing in time, beating colder steel
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The Notorious B.I.G.'s, "One More Chance"
Misheard Lyrics: Destro tongue all down her throat
Original Lyrics: Death stroke tongue all down her throat
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2000s | |
Maximum The Hormone's, "What’s Up People?"
Misheard Lyrics: White people.
Original Lyrics: What’s up people?!
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New Found Glory's, "All Down Hill From Here"
Misheard Lyrics: Pikachu erected out your butt
Original Lyrics: Figured you were acting out your part.
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Robbie Williams', "Rock DJ"
Misheard Lyrics: I just wanna rock with BJ
Original Lyrics: I don't wanna rock, DJ
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2010s | |
Vocaloid's, "Echo"
Misheard Lyrics: Never would have guessed the echo in the mirror
Original Lyrics: When I'm up against the echo in the mirror
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misc | |
TV Commercials', "Flintstones Chewable Vitamins"
Misheard Lyrics: We are Flintstones kids
Building bones and growing Original Lyrics: We're the Flintstones Kids
Ten million strong, and growing. |
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